Do Bills fans really have hope?

[Wallcrawler]

I mean, come on.

Buffalo had the number 1 defense virtually across the board.

This was the "Patrick Mahomes is broken" season. This was it. This was your big chance.

Their peak and valley quarterback strung together back to back games of his life. Are we going to see that consistently? The odds are we won't.

The Chiefs secondary lost its best player on the opening series, and were the keystone cops the rest of the way.

Still couldn't get it done.

If I were a Bills fan right now, I don't think I like the prospect of what I'm facing going forward. You not only have to match what you did, but be better? Keeping in mind if Butker just makes his kicks you probably just lose outright without all the heroics needed.

Their only hope is that Patrick Mahomes takes a year off to go invent a longer lasting light bulb or something.

[Lprechaun]

He cant run designed runs and last for long. He could be Mahomes-esque or could be on the path of Cam Newton.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by RedinTexas

The current Bills remind me of the Oilers in the late 70s. The Oilers lost to the Steelers in the AFC championship game (not a close game) and put their focus into beating the Steelers. The next year, the Oilers were better and again met the Steelers in the AFC championship game (pretty close game.) They vowed that they would be back. Bum Phillips promised that the next year they were going to kick the "sum bitch in." With all their focus on the Steelers, they got beat by the Raiders early in the playoffs and they were never the same again. You can't put all of your focus on the one team you think you have to beat.

While that is a good example, when you have a great QB... the past doesn't matter.

----Mahomes.

[Chris Meck]

Sure.

We're not going to win every year. We'll have some down years, even dynasties do.

This is the new NFL, and if we're the dynasty of the '20's, well, even The Patriots had Manning to contend with, and he got a couple in there.

and Cinci is building something over there, too. Burrow is impressive as hell.

All the good young QB's are in the AFC. It's going to be a wild ride for the next decade.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Sure.

We're not going to win every year. We'll have some down years, even dynasties do.

This is the new NFL, and if we're the dynasty of the '20's, well, even The Patriots had Manning to contend with, and he got a couple in there.

and Cinci is building something over there, too. Burrow is impressive as hell.

All the good young QB's are in the AFC. It's going to be a wild ride for the next decade.

I can see the AFC going on a roll like the NFC did in the 80s and 90s.

[MahomesMagic]

Josh Allen first started in 2018, same as Mahomes.

4 years in the league.

McDermott got there in 2017. Next year is year 6 for him.

They're not new. Their roster is older than ours.

The problem is they have a few years left before Allen's salary skyrockets and they have to beat us to go to the Super Bowl.

So they have to beat Mahomes also entering his prime with Kelce and Hill and Reid.

They a very conservative FO. They won't go for it to beat us by adding big time FAs.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Josh Allen first started in 2018, same as Mahomes.

4 years in the league.

McDermott got there in 2017. Next year is year 6 for him.

They're not new. Their roster is older than ours.

The problem is they have a few years left before Allen's salary skyrockets and they have to beat us to go to the Super Bowl.

So they have to beat Mahomes also entering his prime with Kelce and Hill and Reid.

They a very conservative FO. They won't go for it to beat us by adding big time FAs.

Allen doesn't strike me as a guy who's going to demand to be the highest paid. I would bet anything he'll work some deal that's kind of like Patrick's, so they can build a team.

That kid wants to win.

big name FA's are almost never worth it; it just makes fans giddy in the offseason.

[ForeverIowan]

Josh Allens shelf life is going to be pretty short if they continue designing runs for him. The other shoe is going to drop eventually and he will sustain some serious injuries. Let him scramble within the flow of the game. Frequent shotgun speed sweeps where hes asked to drop his shoulder into linebackers and safeties will end poorly. If I remember correctly hes already sustained one really bad concussion a year or two back.

Hell we wont even let Mahomes QB sneak it and thats justified. Keep that dude healthy at all costs. I noticed Mahomes scambled a lot less frequently in the regular season. He knew he had to hang it out there against Buffalo and took off several times and took a few hits.

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Red Dawg

Allen has to be more consistent. He just played the greatest 2 games he will ever play. He was up and down all year. He's being loved more than he should.

Exactly, the Bills should learn to be more consistent. You can’t lose to garbage teams like Jacksonville the way they did. At least the Chiefs lost to good teams.

[mililo4cpa]

I'm on to the Bengals.....

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Allen doesn't strike me as a guy who's going to demand to be the highest paid. I would bet anything he'll work some deal that's kind of like Patrick's, so they can build a team.

That kid wants to win.

big name FA's are almost never worth it; it just makes fans giddy in the offseason.

He's already on a contract that is structured in a team-friendly manner. They will have plenty of wiggle room to build the team around him, just like KC has a team-friendly deal with Mahomes.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Sure.

We're not going to win every year. We'll have some down years, even dynasties do.

This is the new NFL, and if we're the dynasty of the '20's, well, even The Patriots had Manning to contend with, and he got a couple in there.

and Cinci is building something over there, too. Burrow is impressive as hell.

All the good young QB's are in the AFC. It's going to be a wild ride for the next decade.

Very well said, the AFC is stacked with QB talent

The NFC looks DEAD