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  1. 1 hour ago, LeGOATski said:

    PIT: L

    @MIA: W

    WFT: L

    HOU: W

    @KC: W

    @TEN: W

    MIA: W

    @JAC: W

    @NYJ: W

    IND: W

    @NO: W

    NE: W

    @TB: W

    CAR: W

    @NE: L

    ATL: W

    NYJ: L

     

    13-4. The Bills start out with a couple of disappointing losses and all the haters come out of the woodwork with their "last year was a fluke" hot takes. Then the streak happens. They lose a close one @NE who are fighting for a WC spot in week 16. They lose to NYJ while sitting all the starters in week 18.

     

    Outside of 2018 when we were truly 'rebuilding', one overlooked aspect of mcdermott's teams is getting of to a good start (5-2 in 2017, 2019, 2020).

     

    So if we do get out of the gates at 1-2 they'll definitely be some major concerns across the board especially since those 2 losses will be at home.

     

    Speaking of overlooked, the Steelers game is really starting to concern me because even most of the pundits and experts are writing them off this year. Big mistake IMO and I think this is going to be a very tough game even if we do win because of how motivated the Steelers are going to be + we have beat them 2 straight years.

     

     

     

  2. Homer Prediction:

     

    Bills 15 -2, make SB and possibly win

     

    Realistic Prediction:

     

    Bills 11-6, lose in divisional round

     

    Given the parity in this league and fact it's so hard to sustain year over year success in this league my gut feeling tells me the Bills will be a good team again this year, but won't have similar success as last year if anything because of bad luck with injuries and some of the same issues from last year lingering (i.e. inability to run the football, not able to hang with Chiefs, defensive inconsistency, etc).

     

    In fact here's a Vegas insider pounding the UNDER on Bills season win total of 11 for similar reasons:

     

    https://twitter.com/RossTuckerPod/status/1428735238012870663

  3. Not going to lie, assuming that Allen doesn't play a down in preseason I'm going to be paranoid as a Mofo week one against the steelers for the simple fact that it seems a lot of major injuries always happen in the first few weeks of the season.

     

    Also going against the Steelers defense and TJ Watt won't be easy especially if Dawkins isn't anywhere close to 100% or peak form.

     

    One thing is for sure Daboll better not get cute or call many designed QB runs right out of the gate.

  4. 7 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

    Lol at anyone who is seriously questioning who our backup return specialist would be in the event of a McKenzie injury.

    Amen!!!


    A good punter nullifies the need to have elite cover units, IMO. If Haack can directionally place his ball with purpose, I’d rather the up-and-coming pass rusher make the team. 

     

    This is a point a lot of people are overlooking. Even though we didn't punt much last year and weren't necessarily terrible with Cory Bojo, this team still felt the need to move on from him and bring in a new punter.

     

    And they did this likely so they don't have to worry about keeping so many ST focused players on a deep roster. So this is why I think a lot of these guys who some fans are touting as locks because of ST ability might not necessarily be the case this year (i.e. Taiwan Jones, Daryl Johnson, etc).

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, Warcodered said:

    By that same logic if things had broken a bit the other way we'd of scored TDs instead of FGs and completely blown them out of the water.

     

    This is true, could have happened as well.

     

    I guess my deeper thought on the matter is it's highly unlikely we are going to sweep the division again. Even if we beat the Jets twice can't see us sweeping both the Fish and Patriots again this year. Division games are always tough regardless of the teams individual win/loss records at the end of the season.

     

    In fact even when the Pats were going 13-3 and 14-2 just about every season with Brady they typically lost to the Jets or Dolphins those seasons (even the Bills once in a blue moon).

  6. 13 minutes ago, maddenboy said:

    where on earth do the JESTs find 6 wins?

     

    Nothing personal, but this feels like a prediction from ESPN where their predictions, total, have the league playing above .500 football (the total number of wins is more than the 256 [now 272] games that will be played).

     

    Somebody gotta lose.  I dont see the JESTs winning a single division game.  And who else can they possibly beat?

     

     

    Jets aren't going to be as bad as some think and if Saleh is good coach they will definitely upset some teams this year.

     

    A few breaks go a different way and they would have beat us last year when we were in a little funk after the Titans and Chiefs losses.

     

    With that said they are still probably in that 6 or 7 win range at best this year.

  7. No surprise here, there's zero chance that Allen and many others will be seeing the field these last 2 meaningless preseason games.

     

    Need to keep letting these bubble players and practice squad candidates battle it out especially so we can get film on some possible trade candidates to get more DB or OL help in the coming weeks.

  8. 12 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

    Yes, but not somebody washed up like Josh Norman. That experiment failed horribly. I really don't know who would be a good fit to be honest. It's too bad Sherman turned out to be a nut case.

     

    Just speculation but I have to believe Sherman was this years 'Josh Norman' type of player that Beane and McD had in mind to sign before camp until his unfortunate incident. So wondering if there is a 'plan B' so to speak if not we really need to swing a trade sooner than later.

  9. I didn't see where Sweeney got hurt either but apparently is in a walking boot which is usually indicative of a serious injury.

     

    Seemed like he was having a decent camp/preseason so far but injuries look like they may derail his career here.

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  10. On 8/17/2021 at 3:15 PM, thurst44 said:

    And it's a double-win, b/c if they are big contributors, that's probably not a great sign for the Raiders. I know unless something goes wrong with this team, the Raiders are not a worry to us, but I've never much cared for them nor for Gruden.

     

    I wouldn't be surprised if the Raiders end up being a dark horse type of team this year, their big issues last year was defense which cost them down the stretch and after coming within a few minutes of sweeping the Chiefs they simply imploded after that game. So no surprise they focused heavily on that side of the ball in the draft and FA.

     

    Regarding Peterman it would be interesting to see what he can do if he ever got the chance to start again. He's certainly a preseason all-pro and Gruden has hung on to him despite the QB carousel behind Carr. In fact there's already speculation that they are trying to unload Mariota and his contract and will cut him soon if he can't be traded which puts Peterman the clear cut QB2 in Vegas.

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  11. 32 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

    Let's not forget that Mahommes had a serious foot injury late last season which required off season surgery. 

     

    That was probably a big reason they lost the Superbowl 

     

    If true than what does that say against the Bills pathetic defensive effort against him in the AFCG when he didn't practice all week because of a concussion and had the same foot injury in question?

     

    No team is on top forever but at this point it's not out of the realm of possibility that the Chiefs and Mahomes become the next Patriots in terms of dominating the conference and league the next 15+ years. The question is whether or not the Bills and Allen will be good enough to get to a few SB's and win a few rings just like the Colts/Manning and Steelers/Big Ben did in the seasons that Brady and the Pats weren't in the SB the greater part of the 2000s' and 2010's.

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  12. 19 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

    How do you classify a team that won the SB 2 years ago, made it to the SB last year, while kicking our ass twice in the process, and who has the best QB in the NFL(until proven otherwise) as a paper tiger?

     

    That just doesn't compute.  A paper tiger is a team that looks good on paper but doesn't do anything in the big games when it counts.  Clearly that isn't them.

     

    Pretty much, I guarantee there's not a Chiefs player, coach, fan, etc that are worried about the Bills until we do something to prove otherwise.

  13. To be honest none of these are exactly 'bold' predictions based on where this team was last year and current expectations.

     

    If anything I think finishing with the #1 seed might not be possible because I still think KC has the inside track for that until proven otherwise. But the other two kind of go hand in hand because a better defense will go a long way for the Bills to win the AFC championship and SB instead of falling short like last year.

  14. I disagree with the premise of this thread for the simple obvious fact that we were 0-2 against them last year, and never really competed with them particularly in the AFC Championship that was essentially over at halftime despite getting off to a 9-0 lead early.

     

    With that said, it will be interesting to see what they look like this year especially Mahomes after finally having a truly terrible game. I think defensively they are still very average at best (unless they are facing us in which they looked like the #1 defense twice) and they aren't very deep on offense once you get past the likes of Kelce and Cheetah.  Also will they start blowing out teams again or play down to the level of competition like most of last season?

     

    But until the Bills prove they can not only hang with the Chiefs for 4 quarters and actually beat them they are the odds on favorites in the AFC.

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