The Buffalo Bills have been among the greatest teams in the NFL and a strong candidate for the Super Bowl every season since Josh Allen took over as starting quarterback. They simply haven’t emerged victorious yet. or attended one. Due to these two circumstances, the squad and head coach Sean McDermott have come under fire from the outside.
McDermott gave an explanation of his “narrow-minded” viewpoint this past weekend.
“I think like anything, when you talk about the Bills, whether it’s (quarterback) Josh (Allen), myself, our team, we’ve had so much success,” McDermott told NFL.com. “What’s left for Josh and for all of us is to take that one more step that we need to take.”
He continued by defending his quarterback in particular.
McDermott is right when he says that it is difficult to succeed in the NFL, particularly when one is a quarterback in a league that includes quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, and Lamar Jackson. It’s also not a mark against anyone to lose a Super Bowl in a five-year span; these games are unique and uncommon.
Teams who win several titles in a short period of time, like as the Chiefs under Mahomes and the New England Patriots under Tom Brady, are the exception rather than the rule. Additionally, they frequently ruin the NFL’s grading system for all other players.
Despite that, it is reasonable to question whether the Bills have made the most of their time with Allen. It goes beyond the simple fact that the group has never participated in or won a Super Bowl. They have only ever attended one AFC Championship game, which was four years ago, and they have dropped their last two divisional round home games. including one where the Cincinnati Bengals utterly dominated them.
The Bills are currently experiencing an annual cap crisis as a result of Allen’s contract eating up a significant amount of their salary cap space, which led to some significant changes this offseason. It’s quite probable that they’ve already missed their greatest chance to prevail.
The Bills remain a fantastic team. Easily among the NFL’s greatest. However, they have just a few minor shortcomings that keep piling up and hindering them when playing against the few teams that are on par with them. They’ve made great progress. It does seem a little lacklustre, though, that this core has only appeared in one AFC Championship game and hasn’t made it to the Super Bowl in the previous five years.
