26CornerBlitz Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 7 hours ago, MJS said: As soon a the schedule comes out there are people shouting from the roof tops how hard it is no matter what it looks like, regardless of things like strength of schedule metrics. Jerry Sullivan is reporting the Bills might have "the worst offense in the league right now." Meanwhile, fans look at a schedule released in April, BEFORE the draft and BEFORE the final roster and BEFORE every other team has a draft and final roster, and predict with confidence that the Bills will have a top 5 pick next year. I understand Sullivan is in the clickbait business, but some fans make me wonder why they bother following this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokestradamus Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, row_33 said: there's always hope the other teams are rancid or hurt or for some reason can't bother trying to hard every given Sunday 1 The NFL is all about small margins. Talent & performance are quantifiable (to a degree) but circumstances are not. I still don't know how the 2017 roster got 9 wins and the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 This is as good as you can get with the schedule. Best schedule the Bills have had in a very long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Blokestradamus said: The NFL is all about small margins. Talent & performance are quantifiable (to a degree) but circumstances are not. I still don't know how the 2017 roster got 9 wins and the playoffs 3 games each year go the way the pigskins randomly bounced when someone dropped it.... the Fish tanking the last game helped, that's a worse strength of schedule situation than playing Cleveland it was a total fluke that they got in, now to HOST a playoff game, and a SECOND one in a given year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) Wow, five of the first seven on the road with a new starting QB. That's gonna be tough. If they can get through that gauntlet at 3-4 or 4-3 it will be very impressive. Right now I can't help but think 2-5 is the most likely result, knowing what we know at this point. Edited April 20, 2018 by eball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I just got my seats, hotel and flight booked for Green Bay. 40 yard line, 10 rows from the field behind Bills bench. Can not wait!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, xRUSHx said: I agree it is for a more established team but this team has a bunch of needs and is in the middle of a new start in this rebuild IMO. I think we need two off seasons to fix the roster so I am ok with this team taking some steps backwards this season to make the rebuild that much better. I would rather keep my expectations low for this season and get presently suprised. Certainly. The team needs some work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Based on how I watch the games, having every game but 1 be Sunday at 1:00 is absolutely perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Booked my flights to Baltimore for the opener and to Buffalo for the Monday-nighter. Couple of fun road trips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, eball said: Booked my flights to Baltimore for the opener and to Buffalo for the Monday-nighter. Couple of fun road trips! No Green Bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, buffaloboyinATL said: I just got my seats, hotel and flight booked for Green Bay. 40 yard line, 10 rows from the field behind Bills bench. Can not wait!!! how and where did you buy your tix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, PaattMaann said: how and where did you buy your tix? Vivid. They had the same seats on Stub Hub as well. Tix were $350 before fees and roughly $450 after. There were plenty of cheaper seats available as well, but this will be my first and possibly only time at Lambeau, so I splurged. If you are going, book hotel soon, they are filling fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 out of 7 on the road? hello 2-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John from Riverside Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 If we can just find a way to come out of that road game stretch 500......we might make some noise next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Just Jack said: Rooms for the opener and MNF booked. Rooms selling out FAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: No Green Bay? Nah...flights were going to be north of $400 (and nothing direct), and I decided it wasn't that important to me to see Lambeau Field after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Just now, eball said: Nah...flights were going to be north of $400 (and nothing direct), and I decided it wasn't that important to me to see Lambeau Field after all. yes, it is not going to be cheap. We are flying into Ohare Friday..Cubbies game in the afternoon..RV to GreenBay early next day..airbnb for two nights..leave out of Ohare Monday morning. Our air is going to be close ro $350 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 NE on Monday Night is gonna suck. 5 of our first 7 being on the road sucks. A bunch of empty seats in December sucks. But hey, it's not often I look at the schedule before the season and say "Hey, this is gonna be great!" unless we're playing the AFC South, and we did that last year so.... Best of luck Bills. We're going to need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: yes, it is not going to be cheap. We are flying into Ohare Friday..Cubbies game in the afternoon..RV to GreenBay early next day..airbnb for two nights..leave out of Ohare Monday morning. Our air is going to be close ro $350 too That will be a fun trip though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 3 hours ago, buffaloboyinATL said: I just got my seats, hotel and flight booked for Green Bay. 40 yard line, 10 rows from the field behind Bills bench. Can not wait!!! I got flights and hotel, how did you get tickets, I havent seen any seats available yet. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, joesixpack said: 5 out of 7 on the road? hello 2-5. The Bills do very well on the road actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Guffalo said: I got flights and hotel, how did you get tickets, I havent seen any seats available yet. Am I missing something? I got mine on Vivid Seats but there are plenty on Stub hub, Seat Geek etc... If you only need 2 together, there were some on the Packers main ticket site as well. We are at the Fairfield Inn, where are you staying? Edited April 20, 2018 by buffaloboyinATL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Looking forward to the Monday night game vs New England. It 's two days before Halloween, the fans will be crazier than usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punt75 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 23 hours ago, sullim4 said: Wow, a frontloaded away slate. 5 road games vs 2 home games to start. I'd rather think as it being 6 home games in the last 9! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 How does a team like the Redskins, who didn't make the playoffs last season and may be worse this year, get two MNF games and the Bills only get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: How does a team like the Redskins, who didn't make the playoffs last season and may be worse this year, get two MNF games and the Bills only get one? Everything in the prime time scheduling is focused on ratings. That's it. Some teams are a big ratings draw regardless of the season they had the previous year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Scary at this point I would say, 4-6 at the bye and 7-9. See how the rest of the off-season and preseason turn out. Hopefully we tank again. Edited April 21, 2018 by formerlyofCtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. K Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) I see a 2-6 start and no more than five wins for the season. Edited April 21, 2018 by Dr. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 How anyone can make schedule predictions at this point is beyond me. We have NO IDEA what teams will look like come opening day. In many cases, we don't even know who will be starting at QB against the Bills. Record predictions made any time before August are madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 50 minutes ago, Logic said: How anyone can make schedule predictions at this point is beyond me. You'll notice virtually no one making predictions (that is, predicting the record) is predicting playoffs. They're almost all predicting gloom and doom. And that's because the simplest thing to do is predict failure in the NFL. The second easiest thing to do is follow that up later with "I told you so." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: You'll notice virtually no one making predictions (that is, predicting the record) is predicting playoffs. They're almost all predicting gloom and doom. And that's because the simplest thing to do is predict failure in the NFL. The second easiest thing to do is follow that up later with "I told you so." In fairness, if you did that with the bills for the past 20 years, you’d have been more right than not. Edit: was gonna do home opener, but pats on Monday night is too good to pass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 22 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: The Bills do very well on the road actually. Just not the west coast B-more is an hours drive. I might go to that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 This is a great schedule. Get the best teams on the road early before they really start hitting their stride, then 6 of 9 at home to finish, maybe with some snow. Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Can’t complain. Tough road stretch at the start, but if they get to the halfway point still in contention, we’ll all be really happy with all of the home games in that final stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILFHUNTER#518 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 19 hours ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: How does a team like the Redskins, who didn't make the playoffs last season and may be worse this year, get two MNF games and the Bills only get one? We should be grateful we got one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Great now I'm way too excited this early. Not that it matters.. teams change overnight in the NFL, but if nothing changes, I'm optimistic: 1 we can play the Chargers well with our secondary and limit the number of picks 2 Vikings might regret swapping a conservative game manager for a gunslinger 3 Packers really overrated, Rodgers always starts slow 4 Texans tough draw. Colts, bears, Ravens, lions suck.. and McD does a fantastic job winning games we should win 5 Jags are the worst possible mismatch IMO we're basically the same team except worse in every way And AFCE our secondary will eat Tannehill and Jets QB alive. And hopefully the pats implode. Edited April 21, 2018 by PetermanThrew5Picks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfeuh57 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 wow much easier schedule than last years and probably easiest in a few years. lets take advantage of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 4 hours ago, PetermanThrew5Picks said: Great now I'm way too excited this early. Not that it matters.. teams change overnight in the NFL, but if nothing changes, I'm optimistic: 1 we can play the Chargers well with our secondary and limit the number of picks 2 Vikings might regret swapping a conservative game manager for a gunslinger 3 Packers really overrated, Rodgers always starts slow 4 Texans tough draw. Colts, bears, Ravens, lions suck.. and McD does a fantastic job winning games we should win 5 Jags are the worst possible mismatch IMO we're basically the same team except worse in every way And AFCE our secondary will eat Tannehill and Jets QB alive. And hopefully the pats implode. They are a bad matchup (for most teams) but to say we are worse in every way is just wrong. We could be better at QB, WR, TE and/or LB after the draft. I believe we are already better at RB, DT, DE and CB. I believe our pass rush and run defense has already improved. But ues, the jags are a tough game. I’m glad that it’s at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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