End of season rankings ...

[LVGrown]

They have the Bills at 13, were we the best team not to make the playoffs?

Thoughts?

[Mr. Miyagi]

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I'd say the Jets but we beat them twice. Talent wise I think we might just be.

[Forward_Lateral]

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Easily. If you go back and look, the bills should've have 3-4 more wins. Games lost due to coaching stupidity, players stupidity and horrible QB play.

[Night Train]

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Easily. If you go back and look, the bills should've have 3-4 more wins. Games lost due to coaching stupidity, players stupidity and horrible QB play.

Thank God injuries had nothing to do with it.

[swiper]

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Every team has injuries.

[Pinkerton Security]

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YES, and thats the most frustrating part...we have so much talent, and our offense took that step forward we needed this year - our defense was the big let down. How the heck does a top 5 defense from 2014 turn into a bottom 5 defense a year later?? Blame definitely has to land on Rex, but our D coordinator has to handle some blame as well.

Question on that point: who calls our defensive plays? I assume Rex but do not know for sure.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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Thank God injuries had nothing to do with it.

EJ Manuel single-handedly lost 2 games for us.

[gebobs]

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They have the Bills at 13, were we the best team not to make the playoffs?

Thoughts?

Maybe not but they are probably on par or better than two teams that made it.

Though I live in Atlanta, I only passingly follow the Falcons. They started 5-0 including a sweep of the entire NFC East. The NFC East sucks so that may explain part of that run, but it's something the Bills couldn't do this year.

But then they went on an inexplicable 1-7 run, losing to the Bucs twice, the Colts, and the Niners. They were 1-5 in their division, the sole win being against Carolina. Over a period of ten weeks (including a bye), the only games they won were squeakers against the Titans and the Jags.

For my money, the Falcons are the best team outside looking in but they had plenty of warts too. I don't think there are any of the idle teams are worthy of being there. Nor are the Skins or the Texans.

[elroy16]

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Every team has injuries.

Yeah... no ****.


That doesn't mean it doesn't affect how a team does. Notice the drop off in how well the patriots have done without Lewis, Edelman, Gronk, or Amendola? That's a team with a HOF coach and QB. As of now, the Bills don't have either of those, so yes, injuries hurt the Bills a lot this year. They also don't have the elite players that can make up for injuries as well as other teams.


I think A. Williams injury hurt the most (Outside of Tyrod). He did a lot in terms of getting guys in position and making calls on defense. Hopefully he can come back.

[swiper]

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And yet the Patriots seem to find a way to get into the play-offs, even getting a week off as the 2-seed. So what's your point?

[elroy16]

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And yet the Patriots seem to find a way to get into the play-offs, even getting a week off as the 2-seed. So what's your point?

My point is posting "all teams have injuries" brings nothing to the conversation.

[swiper]

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My point is posting "all teams have injuries" brings nothing to the conversation.

It sure does. The poster I was responding to was using it as an excuse for the Bills record falling to what it was. The fact is that their injuries were no worse than anyone else's. Therefore that excuse is a flat failure. Try to follow.

[elroy16]

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It sure does. The poster I was responding to was using it as an excuse for the Bills record falling to what it was. The fact is that their injuries were no worse than anyone else's. Therefore that excuse is a flat failure. Try to follow.

So every team's injuries led to the exact same amount of drop off in team performance?


Right...

[swiper]

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The Bills injuries weren't any worse than anyone else's. So that poster is wrong to use it as an excuse for the Bills level of suckage.

In fact, it has been well documented that the Patriots had one of the most injured teams this season and they still made it to second seed.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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We need to bring back the function.