The General Predictions for the season thread

[Kelly the Dog]

Just use this thread to state what you think or hope will happen, on offense, defense, special teams, coaching, specific players, etc. Please don't turn this into a QB thread. 

 

*I think Star will be one of the keys to the season. If he is good he will have a dramatic affect on the defense, and especially in the pass game. I think Jerry Hughes returns to double digit sacks simply because QBs cannot step up into a massive pocket like they did last year. Hughes was good last year, opposing QBs too easily avoided being sacked by him by stepping up. 

 

*I think Ray Ray and maybe Marcus Murphy can and will play a key role in Daboll's offense, along with Croom or Thomas. Ray Ray, when healthy, will play a gadget role, and several times a game may get jet sweeps, WR screens, RPOs, plays lined up as RB where he goes in motion, etc. Early on, if Ray Ray is still slowed by injury, Murphy may play that role. 

 

*I fear that there will be games our secondary, the strength of our team, will let us down. I love all three good players in Hyde, Porter and Tre, but they were so vary good last year I worry that we all expect them to be great every game and chances are they won't be, plus teams will know a lot more about them this year. I worry about Davis and Gaines, although I like what I see from Taron. 

 

*Depending on how well Murphy actually performs in real games, I see Shady not having great stats because he won't get the carries. I think Ivory gets a few touches per game and Murphy, too, keeping Shady fresh. We need him of course, but that three headed monster of different styles may be needed to keep defenses off balance due to our crappy blocking. 

 

*I think Daboll is going to try to replicate part of the Patriots old two-TE offense, using Clay in the Gronk role and Croom in the Hernandez role. Of course, neither of our guys equate to their guys, but Clay gets open and Croom has size and speed and skills in the Hernandez role. I think we see a lot of formations early trying to do that. The results I have no idea. 

 

*Trent Murphy, if healthy, a big if, will be quite good. 

 

*Tremaine Edmunds will be a huge polarizing figure because he will not be so great early on and fans will wrongly fixate on certain replays where he takes himself clearly out of the play and beat it to death. 

 

*Similarly, Zay Zay will be consistently erratic and drive the fan base and this board insane, playing way better than he did last year but still a lot of bonehead plays or drops or not knowing where he is on the field. 

 

Add your own to the ongoing thread. 

[dave mcbride]

6-10 / 5-11.

[vorpma]

5 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

6-10 / 5-11.

I'm with you!

[Cornette's Commentary]

I still say we're looking at a 3-13 or 4-12 season at best.  Their schedule, up until the Colts game on October 21, is absolutely brutal and then there are the two Pats games and the Jags on Thanksgiving weekend.  I even see the Colts game as a tossup, given that it's in Indianapolis and, if Luck is healthy and back to his old form, he and TY Hilton and Eric Ebron and Jack Doyle will have a field day against our defense.

The only games I see us winning, are both Dolphins games and maybe the Jets at home. 

[Peace Frog]

[H2o]

Every week there will be a winner and a loser, except during the bye week. 

[Royale with Cheese]

I think Kelvin Benjamin will have a big year.  80 catches, 1,000 yards, 6 TD's.

 

I think McCoy will have his most rushing yards as a Bill.  He will be around 1,300 rushing yards.

 

Tremaine Edmunds will have 3 INT's.

 

Tre White makes 1st team All Pro.

[Jpsredemption]

An overmatched team by virtue of a poor roster building plan and decisions to bypass addressing the offense in any real way at skill positions or offensive line.

 

Embarassing what they did or didn't do to help the Qbs.

[Kelly the Dog]

I think we are 6-10 as well unless Josh lights it up. 

 

I was hoping for more specific examples of stuff you predict we will see from players or units though for this thread. There are other record and game prediction threads. 

[Shaw66]

I've been at 7-9 for months now, and I'm sticking with it.   Feeling a little shaky, but sticking with it.  Personally, I'd feel better with Allen on the field, but I'm trusting the process.  

[BuffaloHokie13]

2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I think Kelvin Benjamin will have a big year.  80 catches, 1,000 yards, 6 TD's.

I hope so! Snagged him late in my fantasy draft.

[Cornette's Commentary]

1 minute ago, Jpsredemption said:

An overmatched team by virtue of a poor roster building plan and decisions to bypass addressing the offense in any real way at skill positions or offensive line.

 

Embarassing what they did or didn't do to help the Qbs.

[KD in CA]

Lower rates.

 

[AllenWillBust]

7 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I think Kelvin Benjamin will have a big year.  80 catches, 1,000 yards, 6 TD's.

 

I think McCoy will have his most rushing yards as a Bill.  He will be around 1,300 rushing yards.

 

Tremaine Edmunds will have 3 INT's.

 

Tre White makes 1st team All Pro.

 

Wow, you must believe in unicorns that fart rainbows too!

 

I'm thinking 4-12, Peterman is the disaster we all think he will be, Josh Allen will show what he is, and that doesn't happen to be an NFL caliber franchise QB, McBeane is finally out of the honeymoon phase with the fans and starts to take enough heat putting their jobs on the line in 2019. And to top it all off, McCoy will clearly hit the wall.

 

 

Edited September 5, 2018 by AllenWillBust

[OutOfBubbleGum]

6-10

[Kelly the Dog]

2 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Lower rates.

 

You know that he is not a real general, and at least one of those eyebrows are fake, right? 

[Skins Malone]

11 minutes ago, Cornette's Commentary said:

I still say we're looking at a 3-13 or 4-12 season at best.  Their schedule, up until the Colts game on October 21, is absolutely brutal and then there are the two Pats games and the Jags on Thanksgiving weekend.  I even see the Colts game as a tossup, given that it's in Indianapolis and, if Luck is healthy and back to his old form, he and TY Hilton and Eric Ebron and Jack Doyle will have a field day against our defense.

The only games I see us winning, are both Dolphins games and maybe the Jets at home. 

What teams do you think will be worse then the Bills this year?  I actually wanted to start a thread about this.  Im curious to know what people think.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Quote

Just use this thread to state what you think or hope will happen, on offense, defense, special teams, coaching, specific players, etc. 

Hopes and dreams 

I hope the Bills kickass and prove the media idiots wrong 

I hope Nate can redeem himself and when Josh is ready be traded for a decent draft pick. 

I hope for a top 10 defense and at least a top 15 offense.

 

 

[Jay_Fixit]

I think Zay Jones will show why he was a 2nd round pick.  Gonna say around 65 grabs for 800 yardage.

[TheElectricCompany]

Allen starts by Halloween. 

McCoy gets 1000+, but his YPC is below 4.0 

Star has a disappointing year 

I'll take 5-11 

[quinnearlysghost88]

-Murphy's taking over for Shady who will be done in by nagging injuries. 

-Allen will be starting by week 3. 

-Hauschka will struggle early with a new holder.

-The run defense will rank last. 

-Croom will be TE1 by end of year. 

-Benjamin will be disgruntled and throw teammates under the bus. 

[Kelly the Dog]

Just now, quinnearlysghost88 said:

-Murphy's taking over for Shady who will be done in by nagging injuries. 

-Allen will be starting by week 3. 

-Hauschka will struggle early with a new holder.

-The run defense will rank last. 

-Croom will be TE1 by end of year. 

-Benjamin will be disgruntled and throw teammates under the bus. 

Not I agree with many of them but that is the kind of stuff I was hoping for. 

[BuffaloHokie13]

After each tears a different ACL, Charles Clay agrees to retire and donate his good knee to Kelvin Benjamin for the betterment of the team.

[Royale with Cheese]

14 minutes ago, AllenWillBust said:

 

Wow, you must believe in unicorns that fart rainbows too!

 

I'm thinking 4-12, Peterman is the disaster we all think he will be, Josh Allen will show what he is, and that doesn't happen to be an NFL caliber franchise QB, McBeane is finally out of the honeymoon phase with the fans and starts to take enough heat putting their jobs on the line in 2019. And to top it all off, McCoy will clearly hit the wall.

 

 

 

I guess we will see huh?

11 minutes ago, Jay_Fixit said:

I think Zay Jones will show why he was a 2nd round pick.  Gonna say around 65 grabs for 800 yardage.

 

I was going to say this too....but just didn’t.

[Kelly the Dog]

1 minute ago, BuffaloHokie13 said:

After each tears a different ACL, Charles Clay agrees to retire and donate his good knee to Kelvin Benjamin for the betterment of the team.

"I could see that happening. In my poop!"

                                                 - Triumph the Insult Dog

[BuffaloHokie13]

Just now, Kelly the Dog said:

"I could see that happening. In my poop!"

                                                 - Triumph the Insult Dog

You're right. Clay isn't that nice.

[Ennjay]

• At least 85% of our third-and-longs (let's say 7 or more to go) will be screen passes or flares.
• At least 65% of our third downs will be third and longs.
• Josh Allen will not start until at least the Titans game.  If the Titans have a decent pass rush he won't start then either.
• The defense will be decent but will wilt in second halfs.
• Tremaine Edmunds will be Defensive ROY.  He'll overrun everything in sight in September but by December 1 he'll be a stud.
• Corey Bojorquez will be in the NFL top 5 for gross punting average most of the season but will tail off in December when the home game winds and cold get to him.

[wppete]

53 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

6-10 / 5-11.

 

Sadly I think you are right.

[PeterDude]

Peterman has nowhere to go but up!

[Fadingpain]

My general prediction: most posters here will agree, when the season is over, that McBeane mishandled the QB situation during the course of the season.

That could play out in a few different ways.

 

 

[buffaloboyinATL]

1 hour ago, Kelly the Dog said:

 

 

*Similarly, Zay Zay will be consistently erratic and drive the fan base and this board insane, playing way better than he did last year but still a lot of bonehead plays or drops or not knowing where he is on the field. 

 

I am going to go on record predicting something akin opposite of this.  I predict that Zay Jones will be the player we all hoped he could be last year.  He will be a consistent target for our QB (s) and prove to be a great route runner with reliable hands.  I predict 70-80 catches for 800-900 yards and 6-8 TD's. I like what I have seen from him so far in the pre-season and expect it to continue.

[Chandler#81]

I wish I felt better about this season, but I don’t. I can’t remember the last time I picked the Bills to lose an opener -Hope springs eternal, et al. But I did. I have $$ riding on it..?

 

I don’t believe in Peterman and I don’t like our OL. DL concerns me too. Good teams are strong up the middle (S, MLB, DT, C&G, QB, RB) MLB is unknown but Overall, we’re not good.

 

4-12/5–11

[prissythecat]

56 minutes ago, AllenWillBust said:

 

Wow, you must believe in unicorns that fart rainbows too!

 

I'm thinking 4-12, Peterman is the disaster we all think he will be, Josh Allen will show what he is, and that doesn't happen to be an NFL caliber franchise QB, McBeane is finally out of the honeymoon phase with the fans and starts to take enough heat putting their jobs on the line in 2019. And to top it all off, McCoy will clearly hit the wall.

 

 

 

Glass is always empty?   Is that you DarthIce?

[Tatonka68]

2-6 during the much anticipated Nathan Petermen area.

4-4 suring the Josh Allen Area.

 

6-10 season. 7 draft picks and $100 million in cap space 2019 looks a lot better/

[Jpsredemption]

1 hour ago, Cornette's Commentary said:

I'll take it as a compliment!

51 minutes ago, Tatonka68 said:

2-6 during the much anticipated Nathan Petermen area.

4-4 suring the Josh Allen Area.

 

6-10 season. 7 draft picks and $100 million in cap space 2019 looks a lot better/

Classic Bills...always pushing success down the road.

[Tatonka68]

17 minutes ago, Jpsredemption said:

I'll take it as a compliment!

Classic Bills...always pushing success down the road.

The truth is the truth if the sheep like it or not. This team as only 1 marque player McCoy, no offensive line, no pass rush and is soft against the run.

[KD in CA]

4 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said:

You know that he is not a real general, and at least one of those eyebrows are fake, right? 

 

Bummer.  I was thinking he'd be a good candidate in 2020.