Well as I am sure you and all of the fellow Buffalonians already know the Bills lost earlier today eight to nothing by the Cleveland Browns. This dashed all hopes for the Bills to make a spot for themselves in the playoffs.

There was a lot of hype put into this game. Like I said, a victory would put the winning team in great in a great position to make it to the playoffs. The weather also played a factor in the game as well. The news providers were referring to the game as “The Snow Bowl” and “The Battle of Lake Erie.”

Both teams were huge long-shots at the beginning of the season to even have winning records by the end of the season.

The Browns always seemed to be perennial losers, but that changed this season after week one. They, like the Bills, had the odds stacked up against them as well. After benching their starting Quarterback after week one, and the releasing him to another team, having their coach on the verge of losing his job, and being totally disregarded as a good football team before the season started, they sure overcame some diversity. They became one of the league’s best offenses, and even though their defense usually does terrible they came up big against the Bills. Hence, that big goose egg of a zero the Away team, Buffalo, had under their name on the scoreboard.

To be quite honest, I did not think that the Bills would win more than five games this season, but they did in dramatic fashion.

After Kevin Everett’s injury topped off with a heart wrenching lose to the Broncos, a Cowboys lose with just seconds left on Monday Night Football, to our leading tackler in Paul P. (I am not going to bother trying to spell his last name) going down with a season ending arm injury, along with 7 others put on injured reserve, plus 12 other players that were hurt. The odds were really stacked up against us to even make a push to the playoffs this late in the season. According to my standards I am satisfied with the outcome on the Bills’ season, which still has two games left to be decided. We could possibly end up with a record of nine wins and seven loses. Not to shabby, even though we will not be heading to the post season.

Next to the Arizona Cardinals, the Buffalo Bills hold the longest current streak of not making the playoffs. That’s not a statistic a Franchise would want to be part of.

Like the saying goes, There is always next year.” And if you are a fan of Buffalo sports, you have pretty much said that your entire life.

I hope the Bills can make a few off season moves to make the team better. I have high hopes for them next year.

Now we can all root for the Sabres to make a run to the playoffs and hopefully surprise a few teams in the post season. Who knows, maybe they will even end up with a Stanley Cup. Hey, you never know.