Imagine being a loyal bills fan. This was their chance to finally win. Past few years Brady is gone and the division is ripe for the taking. You have josh Allen and Diggs. They have been right on the cusp of greatness but they are starting their decline now. They haven’t even sniffed a Super Bowl appearance. Yea this patriot season sucks but this is what happens. Eventually it was going to be our ride on the suck train. Bills have a lifetime membership and have reserved the best seats.
The difference is that Buffalo already has the hardest thing in football to get: an elite quarterback. I’ve watched a lot of the all 22 on Buffalo recently because I was curious about what was going on with them recently. I can say with confidence that just about everything wrong in Buffalo right now is pretty fixable. I won’t bore you with the details (unless you want them) but there’s a combination of things going on with them and none of them are so bad they can’t be worked out over time.
Bottom line is this: the window isn’t closing on Buffalo. It would be a mistake to assume that based off of a 10 game sample. Believe me, I wish that were the case, but it’s just not. So long as they have Allen, the window will remain open. The rest, comparatively speaking, is easy for them. Just like it was easy for NE for 20 years. To say that somehow NE is in some kind of better position right now compared to Buffalo is a fairly ridiculous assertion. Bad as Buffalo has looked at times this year, they’re still light-years ahead of NE. In terms of their record, talent, coaching staff, and plan going forward… it’s really not even a comparison. 99.999% of people, if given the choice, would take Buffalo’s roster, staff, and current situation over New England’s. Buffalo has a much better QB, much better WRs, much better TEs, a better OL, and (when healthy) a better defense.
NE not only looks directionless, they don’t have a single thing to point to right now where you can say, “Well, they have that going for them.” They have a 72 year old head coach/GM that can’t do either job well right now. Their coaching staff is laughably bad and has been for several years now. They have no young talent outside of a rookie CB on IR, an undersized 6th round WR from Liberty, and Barmore, who will be up for a new contract after next year. The only skill players they have locked up the next two years are Juju and Parker, who are both getting outplayed by the 130lb Pop Douglas. Their starting QB has literally been molded into the worst QB in football, their backup QB might be even worse, and they’re likely not going to lose enough games to get the #1 pick. No, I’m not sure “look on the bright side, we could be Buffalo” makes much sense. You gotta realize, NE would be incredibly LUCKY if they came out next year and looked like Buffalo does this year.