26CornerBlitz Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The Bills overachieved in 2017; can they do it again? With the NFL season just a couple weeks away, Andy Benoit is previewing every NFL team in reverse order of last season’s finish. Up today: the Buffalo Bills, who finished 9–7 in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ddaryl Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I would say if you watched Allen his accuracy is better than his stats at this point, but time will tell.. As of now I see him as being more accurate than Cam. We will see as the bullets start to fly this weekend with the 1's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSandwhich Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 No mention of Marcus Murphy, rather Cadet? He's clueless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Not to knock Benoit, but how much actual understanding of the Bills can he have from Idaho? He can certainly read and watch some video but that’s a far cry from being there in person. Always interesting to to hear an ‘outsiders’ take, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnearlysghost88 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 he's not wrong about our o and d lines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan1959 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 20 minutes ago, ddaryl said: I would say if you watched Allen his accuracy is better than his stats at this point, but time will tell.. As of now I see him as being more accurate than Cam. We will see as the bullets start to fly this weekend with the 1's I am not sure if it really matters. This narrative of Allen being “wildly inaccurate” has just taken on a life of it’s own... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said: I am not sure if it really matters. This narrative of Allen being “wildly inaccurate” has just taken on a life of it’s own... I'm focusing on some of the reports I read recently from preseason perspective when they look at his stats and see he is completing 55%... I blame the low comp on 3rd stringers during the 1st game mostly. He's tossed a few errant balls but a couple were just well placed for the situation that was away from the defender and gave WR the only chance at it which is a positive.. Overall My eyeball, at this early junction, says he is capable of consistent 60% eventually. But naturally we need to see more and this weekend will be huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Don Beebe Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The way I read it he says our team sucks. I don't agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whatdrought Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 What if last year was only overachieving because the media doesn't actually know anything and considers the Bills a joke?..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCOrange Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, whatdrought said: What if last year was only overachieving because the media doesn't actually know anything and considers the Bills a joke?..... It was considered overachieving because basically all of the stats suggest that the Bills are ripe for a major regression to the mean. They were a huge outlier team last year. It's not impossible for them to be an outlier again, but it's pretty rare. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mannc Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It was considered overachieving because basically all of the stats suggest that the Bills are ripe for a major regression to the mean. They were a huge outlier team last year. It's not impossible for them to be an outlier again, but it's pretty rare. Of course, it’s also possible that they’ll actually improve as a team. That possibility seems to be entirely discounted, despite the fact that we’ll have a new QB and lots of other new starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DCOrange Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 50 minutes ago, mannc said: Of course, it’s also possible that they’ll actually improve as a team. That possibility seems to be entirely discounted, despite the fact that we’ll have a new QB and lots of other new starters. It's possible, but outside of the rookies, it's not like these players are unknown. They've clearly gotten worse on the O-Line for example. All three levels of the defense could go either way IMO. Same with WRs and RBs and the QB play will almost certainly be worse this year. I think the best hope is that Daboll might be a huge upgrade over Dennison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Really? Reeeeally!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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