Buffalo Bills 2016

[SwampD]

I can't believe there is actually discussion about the Bills making the playoffs. It's just not going to happen.

 

Why?

[JJFIVEOH]

The two wild card teams are already 2 games up on everybody else. So not only do the Bills have to pick up two games on those teams (possibly three if they don't have the tiebreaker) but then they have to hope the five other teams with five wins don't do the same thing. It's probably going to take an 11-5 record to make the playoffs this year. The Bills aren't going 6-0 to end the season. 

[TrueBlueGED]

I can't believe there is actually discussion about the Bills making the playoffs. It's just not going to happen.

If Trump can win the Super Bowl, the Bills can win the presidency.

[JJFIVEOH]

If Trump can win the Super Bowl, the Bills can win the presidency.

 

Are the Bills going to make it in with less wins? The electoral playoff spot.  B-)

[North Buffalo]

Not sure I can stand it, Bills win, Sabres won last night... I am confused.

[SwampD]

The two wild card teams are already 2 games up on everybody else. So not only do the Bills have to pick up two games on those teams (possibly three if they don't have the tiebreaker) but then they have to hope the five other teams with five wins don't do the same thing. It's probably going to take an 11-5 record to make the playoffs this year. The Bills aren't going 6-0 to end the season.

 

As dilussional as it may be, in my world, until they are out, they are in.

 

 

Well, at least this year.

[JJFIVEOH]

As dilussional as it may be, in my world, until they are out, they are in.

 

 

Well, at least this year.

 

I admire your optimism. 

[SwampD]

I admire your optimism.

 

Optimism may be a euphemism for psychosis, but whatever.

 

On another note, did I miss something? I thought CBS had the AFC and Fox had the NFC. Did they trade halfway through the season today?

[tom webster]

Optimism may be a euphemism for psychosis, but whatever.

 

On another note, did I miss something? I thought CBS had the AFC and Fox had the NFC. Did they trade halfway through the season today?

Part of flex scheduling. Certain weeks of the year networks can steal other network's games.

[Randall Flagg]

Optimism may be a euphemism for psychosis, but whatever.

 

On another note, did I miss something? I thought CBS had the AFC and Fox had the NFC. Did they trade halfway through the season today?

I'm glad they did it this way, it was the sole reason I could watch today.

[WildCard]

AJ Green torn hammy, done for the year.

[Doohicksie]

AJ Green torn hammy, done for the year.

 

OUCH.

As dilussional as it may be, in my world, until they are out, they are in.

 

 

Well, at least this year.

 

That's kind of where I'm at.  I also like going to watch the games at my local Bills Backers bar.  It's like going home, if even for just a few hours.  Oh, and if the Bills win, we all get a free shot of Buffalo Trace at the end of the game.

[ubkev]

Oh, and if the Bills win, we all get a free shot of Buffalo Trace at the end of the game.

Well, heck! That alone is enough reason to get me to go!

[That Aud Smell]

I tried to sit down and watch the game yesterday.

 

I didn't last. The quality of what's on the field has become generally unwatchable (to me, anyway) and the amount of commercial breaks has finally broken me.

 

I was temporarily distracted by the option of flipping to another game (why were the Bills on Fox, btw - two AFC teams?) that was on CBS (the Cowboys, I think?). 

 

That lasted until about half time.

 

I put the game on my phone in another room while I did some other house work.

 

I think this may be the season where I mark my departure from being a fan of the NFL.

[WildCard]

We should get Watkins back next week, right?

[Doohicksie]

Well, heck! That alone is enough reason to get me to go!

 

It keeps me coming back.  Well, that, and the feeling for a few hours at a time of being back home in Buffalo.

[That Aud Smell]

We should get Watkins back next week, right?

 

That appears to be the hope of many within the team.

[LGR4GM]

I tried to sit down and watch the game yesterday.

 

I didn't last. The quality of what's on the field has become generally unwatchable (to me, anyway) and the amount of commercial breaks has finally broken me.

 

I was temporarily distracted by the option of flipping to another game (why were the Bills on Fox, btw - two AFC teams?) that was on CBS (the Cowboys, I think?). 

 

That lasted until about half time.

 

I put the game on my phone in another room while I did some other house work.

 

I think this may be the season where I mark my departure from being a fan of the NFL.

I almost never sit down and just watch NFL football anymore. Every change of possession is a 5-7minute commercial break. Sometimes they even commercial, kickoff, commercial, first play of that drive. It is maddening to try and watch football these days. 

[Claude_Verret]

I tried to sit down and watch the game yesterday.

 

I didn't last. The quality of what's on the field has become generally unwatchable (to me, anyway) and the amount of commercial breaks has finally broken me.

 

I was temporarily distracted by the option of flipping to another game (why were the Bills on Fox, btw - two AFC teams?) that was on CBS (the Cowboys, I think?). 

 

That lasted until about half time.

 

I put the game on my phone in another room while I did some other house work.

 

I think this may be the season where I mark my departure from being a fan of the NFL.

 

 

The only thing that keeps me watching is being outside doing other things like grilling and BSing with others while the game is going on.  The NFL has created an unwatchable product for the couch potato.

[That Aud Smell]

I almost never sit down and just watch NFL football anymore. Every change of possession is a 5-7minute commercial break. Sometimes they even commercial, kickoff, commercial, first play of that drive. It is maddening to try and watch football these days. 

The only thing that keeps me watching is being outside doing other things like grilling and BSing with others while the game is going on.  The NFL has created an unwatchable product for the couch potato.

 

Weird as it may sound: These posts make me feel better (or at least more normal). That will be my plan going forward. Do something else useful while the game is on.

[LGR4GM]

Weird as it may sound: These posts make me feel better (or at least more normal). That will be my plan going forward. Do something else useful while the game is on.

Or buy NFL redzone (no commercials) and just split screen the Bills and RedZone so at least there is football on. 

[North Buffalo]

Yeh i check the score now and then but generally dont watch games till last quarter if at all. Again too many long commercial breaks.

[SwampD]

Weird as it may sound: These posts make me feel better (or at least more normal). That will be my plan going forward. Do something else useful while the game is on.

Yeah. Football is not a sport to watch alone, I mean, unless you are assembling a bedroom set from Ikea or some other task that will hold most of your attention.

[Huckleberry]

Yeh i check the score now and then but generally dont watch games till last quarter if at all. Again too many long commercial breaks.

 

when I was 8 years old, my mom took me and my brother on vacation to florida, well she had some work to do for Holiday inn, and our niece went with us to babysit.

One of few things I vividly remember is how many commercial breaks there were on tv, couldn't even keep watching it.

[JohnRobertEichel]

Great site for all you playoff Pollyannas:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/buffalo-bills-nfl-playoff-picture.html

 

A brief summary: if the Bills go 11-5, they're in. If they go 9-7, they're pretty much out. If they go 10-6 with the 1 loss to either Jags or Steelers or Browns or Jets, they still have about a 75% of making it. If they go 10-6 with the loss to either the Raiders or Dolphins, then their playoff chances drop down to essentially a 50% coin flip.