The playoff drought will hit 20 years

[OpIv37]

Still no QB, bad coaching with predictable play calls, too many injuries, supposed "stars" who don't show up at key moments, too many penalties, missed tackles, McFumbles, doinked field goals... It's been worse but it is still not close to success.

Expect 5-6 after KC and another year of "well we can still make the playoffs if we win out and team A loses out and team B finishes with the same record as us and beats team C but has to lose to team D and team E...."

[Thurmal]

Re: The playoff drought will hit 20 years

You know what? I thought Ryan coached a pretty damn good game. He kept under control, despite some "questionable" calls, and the defense played great. Roman and the offense were terrible, though. This team is destined for 8-8, but at least you don't feel hopeless like we did under Jauron and Gailey.

[kingJofNYC]

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Will we hit a quarter century?

[Novacane]

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I disagree Thurmal, I still feel hopeless.

[kingJofNYC]

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I disagree Thurmal, I still feel hopeless.

Same, and I still care as much as I did 20 years ago, which is really mind boggling. I'm crazy for still getting emotional over this team.

[feldspar]

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We just stood toe-to-toe with the best team in the league, but we didn't win...so we'll probably doomed for another 5 years, including this one.

Gotcha.

Ryan had a hell of a defensive scheme tonight, ask me.

[Forward_Lateral]

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I disagree with the KC thing. I think they destroy the Chiefs.

If the Defense plays like it did last night, there aren't many teams that will beat Buffalo.

[Night Train]

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It was the Pats and they lost by 7.

That equals 5 more years of doom ?

OK.


Why is your grocery store out of tin foil ?

[FlyingDutchman]

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WTF is the point of this thread?

[OpIv37]

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We just stood toe-to-toe with the best team in the league, but we didn't win...so we'll probably doomed for another 5 years, including this one.

Gotcha.

Ryan had a hell of a defensive scheme tonight, ask me.

We still have no QB. We will be drafting middle of the pack this year, so even if we find one in the draft, he won't be ready for a couple of years, and by that time most of our DL and McCoy will be past their prime. Yeah, there's FA/trades, but good QB's are rarely available via those routes and if they are, we'd be hard-pressed to fit them under the cap and would likely have to dump salary somewhere else, which means a new hole.

So yeah, we are screwed for another 5 years.

The score was close but NE proved they are still leagues ahead of us. They find ways to win whereas we find ways to lose. And their only real issue was their OL.

[FlyingDutchman]

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Dude...piss off...seriously

[Joe Fo Sho]

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We still have no QB. We will be drafting middle of the pack this year, so even if we find one in the draft, he won't be ready for a couple of years, and by that time most of our DL and McCoy will be past their prime. Yeah, there's FA/trades, but good QB's are rarely available via those routes and if they are, we'd be hard-pressed to fit them under the cap and would likely have to dump salary somewhere else, which means a new hole.

So yeah, we are screwed for another 5 years.

What an exciting outlook! Tell me more!!

NE proved they are still leagues ahead of us.

Said every team NE has played this year.

[OpIv37]

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What an exciting outlook! Tell me more!!



Said every team NE has played this year.

Except that only 3 of those teams have NE in their division, which means two games against them a year and no real shot at a div crown. We've been trying to close the talent gap between us and NE for over a decade and still aren't close.

[Historian]

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I'm with OP.

Same wine, different bottle.

[Joe Fo Sho]

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Except that only 3 of those teams have NE in their division, which means two games against them a year and no real shot at a div crown. We've been trying to close the talent gap between us and NE for over a decade and still aren't close.

We don't need to win the division to end the playoff drought, and as of today New England no longer factors into our playoff chances. We control our own destiny and if we don't get in it will have nothing to do with NE. That's about all that I expected after 10 games, a realistic shot at the playoffs. Comparing any team in the NFL to New England is worthless, nobody stacks up over the last 15 years. The first thing anyone should do when trying to mimic New England would be to find their own version of Ernie Adams.