Bills team not as good as we think

we are not even close to being 1-3 you know why? Cuz we made the plays to be 4-0. Its a marathon. We had 4 games and we won all 4…what else could they do? There is no need to apologize for who we have played. The teams that are 1-3 will say they are 3 plays from being 3-1 or 4-0 but they aren’t. and you know why? Cuz they didn’t make those plays.

Football games are won on big plays and turnovers and we have had plenty of those this year in every game. ST TD’s, Defensive TD’s, game winning drives, game winning FG’s.

Get back to me after game 8 and we’ll see where we are at. No need to apologize for the schedule makers. We just play the games and have won all 4. Soon to be 5 on Sunday if the coaches get a game plan together that is sufficient.

If it wasnt for the Bills playing those teams they would be 4-7………..so….what……..just like the wonderful MARV said……its not the Bills fault for the schedule they were given……..The best thing the Bills can do is win the games that they are playing/have played….and so far…….only 3 other teams can say they’ve done as well as the Bills……and not lost a game……quit looking for reasons to be a DEBBIE DOWNER!!!!!

Just trying to put the wins in perspective and trying to be objective at the same time.

I agree that we can only play the schedule, but we have huge concerns in major areas (run offense) that we need to address before we can take on the likes of SD, Ten. etc…

We are currently a “good” team, in order to make and win the super bowl (the real objective, playoffs is not a goal, but a path to the goal) we will have to beat these better teams.

that shows no confidence in the bills dude. I can’t imagine myself being that negative about my team. Let me say something. Sure they havent been playing the greatest or the greatest teams but the difference between this team and last years bills is their ability to close games and play at the highest level when they need to. Look at some of the other “great” teams in the league. Denver lost to the Chiefs, Cowboys lost to the skins yesterday, Eagles lost to the bears, the jaguars almost lost to the texans who beat the Colts last week. No body knows which teams are the real deal yet and every team has flaws. want me to name some? The titans have a horribly lackluster offense. Denver has absolutely no defense. The cardinals have a frail quarterback and a terrible D. In my opinion every game on their schedule is a W. Have some faith

And the Titans 4 wins are against Jax, MN, Hou and the Bungles – who are a combined 3-12. Are they a bad team too?

Please take note that unlike the coaching staffs of the previous 8 years, DJ’s braintrust has made adjustments to allow us to run when we needed to (see 1st drive 2nd Half) and throw with rollouts (21yds to Schouman) and Max Protect (39 yd TD to Evans) via adjustments.

I hope the Cards try to copy the Rams because we will screen, draw and rollout them to death. Anything that doesn’t kill one only makes one stronger.

It really doesn’t matter what you or I think, it is only what the 48 plaers in uniform on Sunday believe. And right now they believe that they can beat anybody, even if things aren’t going ok.

Were the Giants a bad team in 2007 because they got down to the 7-7 Bills 14-0 on the road last season? Hardly. Winning is all that matters, and nobody has more wins in the NFL right now than the Bills (and the Titans).

I didn’t even look at the Titans 4 wins, while MN is definately better than any of our opponents, that is good to know.

The reason for this post was to just put out there our issues as we are not close to a great team yet. We have a long way to go. Do i have faith as freddyjj says? definately not, probably because of past experiences with this team. However, to coin the phrase of my group of friends “Welcome the NEW Buffalo Bills”.

They still have a ton of work to do in KEY areas. So lets not get ahead of ourselves, after SD and the Jet’s game we will know where we stand.

Those teams have poor records because we beat them into those records. Really we have an effective offense and a stout defense. A QB who makes great plays, a RB who fights for every yard, a solid D-Line, a talented secondary, tough LBs, and our offensive line will get better as the season goes on.

 What makes the NFL a great league is that on any given Sunday any team, regardless of record can win. Remember the Ravens against the Pats last year? How about the Bungles and the Giants in overtime?

We’re scoring a lot of points and holding opponents to a few. Why do you think the Cardinals would whip us? The Jets demolished them in the first half, THE JETS. You are just being depressing despite the fact that we’re undefeated.

Why would you have more faith in the Cardinals who have some losses to bad competition than our own Bills? The Cardinals have only beaten the lowly Dolphins and 49ers and they’ve lost to the Jets and Redskins. The Bills have beaten the Jags, Seahawks, Raiders and Rams. So once again, it seems that your belief that the Cards will whip us is based on some strange psychological disorder that comes from many jaded seasons as a Buffalo fan than from any objective analysis.

one of my favorite things about our team is its fans. we are some of the rowdiest most faithful and loyal fans in all of sports. i love seeing clips of people jumping, and bouncing around a packed ralph wilson stadium, with no shirts on in the middle of december. thats what makes the bills my favorite sports team. after waiting year, after year, after year…. the bills are finally figuring out exactly what it takes to circle the ‘ole wagons again, and it is down right disheartening to listen to afellow fan down play buffalo’s accomplishments to this point. some folks have the tendency to jump on the bandwagon, well i’ll tell ya right now i’ve always been on it. so J2 i suggest you just sit back and enjoy the ride because the bandwagon is finally rooling again. YEAH BILLS!!!

what’s your point? Last year the Bills were about 3 plays away from the playoffs at 7-9, easily could have been “staring at” 10-6. That team did not make those plays, this team does… I understand Bills fans being cynics, but a lot of your analysis is contrived. The copy-cat league bit, teams are going to watch tape to see what the Rams did to beat us… duh. And DJ is watching the same tape right now to correct those things. I don’t know if your girlfriend broke up with you or something, but who cares… THE BILLS ARE 4-0!

Did you even notice that the Rams ran 3-4 reverses after Avery’s? And none of them were very successful. So I hope you’re right and the Cardinals are stupid enough to try and copy the Rams, then they will lose 31-14 as well.

Hate to say it, but we beat Seattle with no receiving corps, we beat Jacksonville with no O-line, and then Oakland and Seattle who we were “supposed” to kill it was tooth and nail the whole way. That being said, they are all NFL teams and a win is a win, and I like the Bills confidence and that they have found a way to win the games we used to always lose. I will just feel more comfortable when they play 60 minutes of BIlls football against a healthy and half way decent NFL team. I’m pumped about the season and excited to be 4-0 I just haven’t drank ALL the goofey juice.

The Bills have come out of the bye week, and most notably the second half of the season, making the right adjustments and then making a run at the playoffs. By compiling wins early, this gives the Bills the opportunity to reassess themselves and then make changes to improve on the second half and more difficult part of the schedule. Also, don’t think the Bills won’t also watch tape and adjust to other teams as well.

Maybe they’re not world beaters, but it sure is nice to see them win the close games and beat the teams they’re supposed to beat…nice change from the previous 5 years or so.

Just because we are untested doesn’t mean we aren’t “as good as we think”. I haven’t seen too many Bills fans guaranteeing a trip to the Super Bowl (or even the division) at this point so I am not sure that we have anything to settle down about. I don’t care if our opponents to this point are 0-16…we are 4-0 and that’s something to be excited about. Some of the teams that have been perennial powers in the AFC have vulnerabilities this year. An opportunistic team like Buffalo can take advantage of that. I am pretty happy and looking at our schedule it’s hard to envision a 4 or 5 game losing streak this year. We might as well take advantage of an easy schedule this year because last years didn’t do us any favors.

Why do you think the Cards are going to whip us? They are playing pretty sloppy…Kurt Warner is a turnover factory. I am not guaranteeing a win…but I don’t think anyone will be surprised if we are 5-0 at this time next week.

I have to disagree with the tone you have taken in this post there has been no sign of us going on a 4 game losing streak. the buffalo bills are 4-0 for the first time in a very long time and this success has been overdue considering our faithful fan base… the Bills find themselves in the same situation the Sabres were in two years ago when they got off to a hot start and the whole city was very excited about it and many new fans jumped onto the bandwagon and honestly there is nothing wrong with that… what is the point of watching the games j2 if your just going to take a negative down we are finishing games strong and edwards has a great future ahead of him in his NFL career… our team has gained a large amount of national exposure on the NFL network and ESPN and this should make you happy our victories havent been perfect but we have finished games strong unlike the teams of recent years… so j2 if you are going to complain about a 4-0 team you might as well buy a tony romo jersey and root for dallas or some other team with a high number of big name players and impressive statistics because thats not what the 2008 buffalo bills are going to be will we beat the cardinals handily and have a bye week to prepare for san diego which will be a great test to see our team in action

before the season I would have been very happy with a 3-2 start, thinking we would pick up a bunch of wins against Jets, Miami, SF,Cleveland and any other clods on our schedule to make the wild card game, and go further next year, but the way things are going it’s possible to go a little further this year.

This is Bdot official L.V. (Logan Valley) representer reponding to the coment about the team not being that good. Everything has a starting point and you could clearly see this
(positive) change coming on last season. If you noticed the Bills lost alot of close games that they easily could have one and they nearly achieved these wins inspite of
having 17 players on injured reserved. The difference is now the young warriors have learned how to pull those close games out. It’s still a work in progress yes but you can
not deny there has been a maked improvement in this team. Learning how to win isn’t
easy and this team is now getting it so why not support and encourage them to continue to get better instead of criticizing what they’re not yet getting right. I’ve been a Bills fan for exactly 20 years now I’ve been through highs and lows yet it feels pretty good to say the Bills are undefeated after 4 weeks of play. Also don’t fall into the mind set of all of the analysts who praise teams like the “Cowboys or Colts” when they beat up on lesser teams but question us (The Bills) when we do the same. If the Bills truly make you wanna shout then support them,enjoy the ride, and pray they contiue to improve. One!!!

Some fans get pumped up by predicting big things to happen.
Some fans prepare for a victory by negating the negatives, and preparing for the weak spots.

No one’s a lesser fan or has poorer insight. It’s just difference in people.

That being said, winning teams and fans of winning teams EXPECT to win.