Bills players and fans better make sure that they aren't one of those flash in a pan teams that have one great run and then fall back into the pack.
It was only like four years ago that the Jags were touted as the next big up and coming team because they won the AFC South and made it to the AFCCG and now four years later they are the #1 overall pick in this year's draft. In fact, they went 5-11 the following year after getting to the AFCCG. Could the Bills do the same thing? Granted, Blake Bortles was no Josh Allen, but we don't know if Allen can remotely repeat his success from last year.
"Bortles!!!!" ::throws molotov ****tail::
(If you did get that reference, yay, if not, it's just not that worth explaining... it's from "The Good Place." Since my wife, and the rest of the world, got sick, I have caught up on a lot of TV)
So anyhoo I quoted this because if there's one thing we know about Buffalo, it's that they understand how to sustain a culture of winning. Well, no, really a culture of
almost winning. I am sure the never-surpassed metric in Buffalo is reaching four consecutive Super Bowls (regardless of outcome).
That said, the humbling experience of being a Pats fan last year feels sort of good as a reset. From here, reality could be exactly as Dawkins stated, until a given Pats fan shuffles off the mortal coil... or, reality
might be that TFB is reallllly good, but that the New England Patriots are too. I don't know which. But if I get it wrong, I don't have The New England Patriots to deal with, in person, twice a year.
I guess finally getting that Super Bowl ring makes Bills players feel safe to brag. Oh no, wait. That's right.