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The Bills and Bengals having issues, the Chiefs powered by Defense (?) and a number of shaky games all around.
In past years it just seemed a little more separation in team quality. This year I just feel like there are a bunch of teams that could go on a tear and come up big. Past years it just seemed like a lot more of a brick wall to get past the top 3-4 teams.
I'm surprised the NFL leaked out that the Steelers-Bills Wild Card game could be moved to Cleveland if the upcoming winter storm is bad enough.
The new billion plus dollar Highmark stadium is being built, specifically without a dome, due the Bills feel that they can dominate during bad weather.
The Bills and Bengals having issues, the Chiefs powered by Defense (?) and a number of shaky games all around.
In past years it just seemed a little more separation in team quality. This year I just feel like there are a bunch of teams that could go on a tear and come up big. Past years it just seemed like a lot more of a brick wall to get past the top 3-4 teams.
Again this year, my sympathies to Bills fans who have yet to win a Superbowl. The Athletic has this take on the most suffering fan base in the NFL:
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To be a Bills fan, I imagine, is to exist in a state of simple agony. A cycle, repeating itself over and over: hope then pain, hope then pain, with a few missed field goals in between.
There are cruel endings, and then there is a Buffalo playoff exit. Last night’s 27-24 wilting against the Chiefs elicited actual tears in the stands. Completely understandable, considering the Bills' history both recent and distant:
2019-2023: Averaged 11.6 wins a season, made the playoffs every year and reached the AFC Championship game only once, constantly losing by single possessions along the way — seven times this season alone. Last night, Tyler Bass missed a game-tying field goal wide right.
1988-1993: Averaged 11.6 wins per season, made the playoffs every year and lost four straight Super Bowls. The most famous SB loss came on a missed field goal by Scott Norwood that went wide right.
All of that winning with no ring.
Who gains from this? The Chiefs, defending Super Bowl champs and the Bills’ eliminators in 2021, 2022 and now 2024.
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Just *seemed* more inconsistent than usual, but hey, that's likely just me.
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