We need a statement win
The bar is high for the Bills this season. A 6-2 start is great, but we haven’t seen any convincing that this season will be different than any under McDermott for one big, big reason. Buffalo does not have any sort of statement win in the slightest.
The closest thing we have is a roller coaster of a win against the Rams. Buffalo’s offense went up big but the defense coughed it up. Then the offense had some late heroics to take the victory. It was exciting, but showed that there was just some paper covering the cracks all the way back in Week 3.
When the Bills faced the Chiefs and the Titans, they laid duds against their best two opponents of the season. Those two faced off in the AFC Championship game a year ago, but out-classed the Bills.
All hope is not lost, but since McDermott’s been around, Buffalo’s been elated to be a team that’s going to the playoffs more often than not. But they’ve never been a team that appears like they’re en route to do any damage there. What was Buffalo’s best win in 2019? The Cowboys? They were a .500 team. The Steelers? They didn’t have Ben Roethlisberger.
Beating the Patriots last week was fun and dandy, but it’s time for some statement wins around these parts. And not just one, either. Let’s move that bar on up higher again.
We’ve got a few potential statement wins in the second half of the season in the likes of the Seahawks this Sunday, then the Cardinals and Steelers would also qualify. Win two of those. Heck, win them all?
Time to send a message to the rest of the NFL.
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— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) November 1, 2020