billsfan89

I think DC is a typical middle of the pack NFL team. So after two weeks to work out the rust the Bills have a good team (on the road) to gauge their talent level and current level of play. The Fins at home are obviously a good measuring stick for the Bills as the Fins are a better team than the Commanders but how you fare against mid level competition in the NFL is usually a good indicator of who you are. Either way week by week we learn more about where this team is at. Hopefully against the Commanders the Bills show out

I’m all for flexing Sunday night games and even Monday Night games once or twice but flexing a game to Thursday is insane

I think the Pats will beat the Jets but I think Billy B is safe for at least one or two more seasons. Even with a catastrophic 4-5 win season this year I think Kraft brings back the hoodie for one more season to attempt to right the ship. I think the Pats honestly aren't dead in the water. They played one of the top 3 teams in the NFC week 1 and were mostly within a score that whole game. They then played a good Fins team and once again were mostly within a score. I think the Pats will win 7-9 games this season. Their defense is really good, their ST unit is good and while their offense is bad they have some pieces on that offense like Stevenson who is a very good RB. The issue is most of their games against most competition are going to be one-score knuckleball-type games which are usually 50/50 affairs. So its going to be hard for them to get past a game above .500 that way unless they get insanely good luck which at 0-2 will only have to be more insane. TLDR: Billy B will be back in 2024 and likely 2025 if he wants to keep coaching.

Has to be the training staff, the Bills during the drought (particularly during the Jauron and Chan years) were among the lead leaders in games lost to injury year in and year out. In 2018 the Bills fired their trainer ad overhauled the staff and have been one of the more healthy teams the past 5 seasons. Outliers will happen where teams get hurt abnormally but when It happens over a long period of time something else has to be contributing to it

Damian Harris, I don’t think he is going to have a huge stat line but I think he will have a lot of important short yardage gains. I think he will have 14 carries 65 yards and a TD along with a reception or two. I think the game plan for the Bills is going to be run heavy and a lot of that ground game is going to be power running with Harris and Murray.

Not really sure what they were expecting. PFF and Football outsiders grade him out solidly even during his best season he was a "Pro Bowl" but not "All Pro" caliber MLB. He also is known as a coverage LB and Has only given up 9 yards on 5 receptions in coverage as previously pointed out. Pretty much most fans stated the Bears were paying 18 million aav for a player who was more likely a 10-12 million dollar type player. Most advanced stats also stated the same type of above average to good production for elite pay forecast. I think Edumonds will be asked to take a pay cut or be released after next season. The Bears won't run up against a huge QB contract but they might want to rebuild after Fields likely fails. Edumonds won't be a bad player so he likely will take a contract closer to 10 million or get cut and take a one year deal in the 7-8 million dollar range.

Bills 27 Washington 20 I think this is a close game. The Commanders have a really nasty D-line and an offense that will likely look to turn this into a one-possession knuckleball ball-type game by playing risk-averse on offense and trying to have their defense at home keep the game close. But I think the Bills defense comes to play and keeps Washington's offense mostly in check and the Bills offense plays more conservatively and just wears them down. I think late in the third the Bills open up a 10 point lead 27-17 but the Commanders about a little more than half way through Q4 kick a field goal and cut it to one possession but the Bills grind down the clock and the Commanders don't get the ball back or get the ball back with little time to go all the way down the field and they just run out of time or turn the ball over forcing it down the field. Tight game against a solid team way, we will know a lot about how good or bad the Bills are after this game.

Smart to have some veteran MLB depth on the PS. Klein is also as plug and play as you can get as he knows the system and hasn’t been inactive that long.

I would not be shocked to see Dorsey get HC opportunities if Josh and the offense has a really good season. I however don’t think Dorsey is going to take just any opportunity much like Daboll.

I think Jordan Phillips is also out of practice but that’s due to illness. So far through two weeks the injury report isn’t too bad. Every team is going to have a few players dinged up so after two weeks the team is looking solid on the injury front.

Carr was on a 40 million dollar a year deal they signed Jimmy G to a deal worth about 22.5 per year. The Raiders felt like Carr at a huge cap number was not going to allow them to win and that Jimmy G plus having some extra 12-17 million in cap space would be better. I don’t understand it either, they could have worked around Carr’s deal and the Raiders cap is not that bad for them they enter 2024 with 46 million in space and probably 20-30 million in “fat” they can cut to make more space if needed. So carry some extra weight on a QB contract is not going to hamper them much. Just a poorly run organization

Having two power backs behind him will only help matters as they don’t have to put a huge workload on Cook. Also the power backs splitting time between them will only make them less prone to injury.

I am not the biggest fan of PFF but their data is not always super terrible. Their data matches the eye test which also isn’t always the best

Similar to NBA players above 7 foot 2 always seem to have issues staying healthy consistently. Yao Ming was very good to dominant when he played but he was 7 foot 6 and had such a hard time staying healthy. More recently Kristaps Porzings is 7 foot 4 a good player when he plays but he has had a hard time staying healthy being significantly hurt 4 out of the past 5 seasons. Dawand Jones fell in the draft largely because of health concerns and some off field concerns. He was a late first to mid second round talent. But if you can’t stay healthy that’s always going to be an issue.

I’m ok with him getting some time to cook and learn the system. I think he will play against the Dolphins as the Bills will need a fast athlete to keep up with Hill and Waddle and Elam did that pretty well last season. So expect a couple more healthy scratches and then an activation against the Fins.

The Bills didn’t just beat a bad team they handled them very easily. The Raiders will likely be a 6-8 win team they aren’t tragic but they aren’t very good either. The Bills handed them a blowout loss which is a very positive thing.

During the drought most fans had a better understanding of what players were worth drafting. During the McBeane era fans have been wrong a lot which had been good. Thus far Benard has been decent to good hopefully that continues.

The Process turned the Bills from a team that couldn’t make the playoffs to a legit Super Bowl contender. I am not ready to toss it out just yet

Get Knox more involved too

To be fair It wasn’t but I would also say that even if the receiver caught it they wouldn’t have gotten a first down so why force It?

The Lions play calling is not helping, Geoff always needs a well developed offense to be successful he can’t “manufacture” offense like other more dynamic QB’s.

The Bills are arguably better than they were going into last season when everyone was deeming the Bills the Super Bowl favorite and a 4 point betting favorite on the road in the opener against the defending Super Bowl Champions. But the pundits have turned on the Bills somewhat and the Jets and Fins are the new kids on the block getting a lot of attention. Which I am honestly fine with. After the tumultuous 2022 season (in which the Bills still won 13 games, their division and a playoff game despite the circumstances) the Bills improved on offense and are still a stout defense. The Bills on offense added the best guard and TE in the draft and a solid starting guard in Connor McGovern. They also made some smaller moves at RB and WR. Defensively the only major loss was Edumonds and with the additions of Floyd and Poona Ford the Bills might be better on defense in some aspects.

I think a 10-7 record with a 0-1 or 1-1 playoff record is somewhere in the middle of their expectations. I think the Jets will likely need to go 12-5 and make the AFCCG to meet some of the loftier expectations or come close.

The Jets are the curiosity team this season. Flashed a lot of young talent last season but were dreadful at QB. This season they added a QB only a year removed from being MVP and a couple of other pieces. They are the shiny new toy and they are in a big media market so they are going to get a lot of attention. The Bills have been consistently good for 4 seasons now, but a sour playoff loss has made people hop off the bandwagon. Monday Night will see how well each team is compared to each other. I do expect the Jets to be good this season a 10-11 win team. I do think they even have a shot to win a playoff game with the right matchup. However, I just don't see them being better than the Bills. I think the Jets have issues at offensive tackle and at WR outside of Wilson who is a stud. I think that even if the Bills do lose on Monday it isn't over. But it should still be an interesting test.

Dawkins is going to be very critical to the success of the offense this season. Glad to hear he has committed to losing weight and keeping himself in better shape. The Bills are going to need Dawkins to be a solid LT in order for the offensive line to hold up.