One thing every NFL team can be thankful for in 2016
By John Buhler
Buffalo Bills: Despite record, they are playing a winning brand of football
While the Buffalo Bills are 5-5 and probably not going to make the AFC Playoffs for another season, it is not all bad in Orchard Park this Thanksgiving. If we look beyond the record and into how the Bills have played this season, this is a decent football team.
Yes, head coach Rex Ryan has cost the Bills a few games with poor decision-making in tight ball games. But there is a recipe for success in western New York, not only for the rest of 2016, but for potentially the next few years.
Buffalo has had a ton of injuries on both sides of the ball, had to fire its offensive coordinator in Week 2, and had Ryan on the hot seat almost from the get go. The Bills have been a tough out every game they have played in since Week 2’s inexplicable loss at home to the awful New York Jets.
Buffalo can run the football. He’s not great, but Tyrod Taylor gives the Bills something positive from the quarterback position they haven’t had in years. While the Pegula Family overpaid to keep Taylor in Buffalo, he is a quarterback that gives the Bills a chance to win every week.
It’s not a lot, but we’ve seen more talented Bills teams in recent years play worse and implode. This group has resiliency and should be an interesting watch the rest of the way. Their style of play bodes well in cold-weather games on the horizon. The Bills have an identity and their fans should be thankful for that.