tredadda |
01-27-2025 07:51 PM |
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
(Post 17941458)
1) The Bills have a lot to be excited about. That team didn't rely on much in the way of older players or guys they expect to lose in FA. Most of the key players they had this year were younger or likely to be extended. And they cleared the Diggs dead cap so they'll have some money to spend. Their cap sheet is relatively clean with only Von Miller as the real headache contract they have.
They'll be better on paper next season than they were this season.
2) Those fans will still see the entire regular season as a preliminary event for the post-season and they WILL develop a cynical shell and cringe like kicked dogs anytime the wheels wobble.
I only say this because we've been there. We know this feeling extremely well. This WAS Chiefs fans before Mahomes. Now its worse for them because they have a truly spectacular QB and a very good HC/Staff. They'd have at least one championship by now, if not more than one, coming out of the NFC. So it has to burn.
It cuts both ways. They'll still be confident and they should be. They still have a badass under center in the prime of his career.
But they're going to be waiting for that football to get pulled away from them again.
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Agree with all of this. If you remember, prior to the start of the season many had them pegged as potentially in a rebuild and a fringe wild card team. They far exceeded all expectations and were minutes from a potential SB appearance.
A huge reason why they did so well this year despite everything is because they have what is needed to win in this league, and that’s an elite QB. Allen has improved every year and had his very best season this year. His biggest knock was always turnovers and he was unbelievable this year in limiting those. Plus he’s hitting his prime. That Buffalo team was not as good as their record, but because of Allen they came so close to a SB.
Now another reason for that success is an insane ability to generate turnovers while not turning it over. I do expect that to regress more to the mean next year. But their team is getting younger and with a QB like that, Buffalo won’t be a frowned upon destination for FAs.
What really sucks at the moment for him is that he’s playing when he is playing. He’s the Marino in an era of Elway (yuk) and Montana (despite different conferences). He’s the Manning in an era of Brady. While Manning finally earned one (sorta) and was carried to another, that could happen for Allen at some point.
I completely feel their pain remembering this team pre Mahomes. I heard one fan refer to McDermott to Marty and it shows how little they know about him. Every year they played dominant in the regular season only to watch it all collapse in the postseason. Our only glimmer of hope was when Montana took the Chiefs to the AFCCG before getting knocked out of the game against, ironically, the Bills. This regular season success/postseason failure hung over this organization regardless of who the coach was until Mahomes changed everything.
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