Stallions Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 This ESPN article sounds GREAT for the Bills until you re-read the first sentence. The Buffalo News makes us sound like guaranteed contenders. What's your view? Bills 2019 Season in a Nutshell-- Marcel Louis-Jacques ESPN Sports 9-2-19 The Buffalo Bills are ranked No. 26 for 2019 in ESPN's preseason Football Power Index. The Bills want their young quarterback to opt for his check-downs and intermediate options over pushing the ball downfield this season. His ability to do so and take care of the ball is paramount to offensive success in 2019. A rebuilt offensive line (Mitch Morse, Quinton Spain, Ty Nsekhe, Cody Ford), a rebuilt receiver room (John Brown, Cole Beasley) and bolstered backfield (Frank Gore, Devin Singletary) give the Bills a new look in 2019. If Allen can take care of the ball and make smart decisions, this unit should be markedly improved from 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mramefa Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 So despite all the upgrades we are expected to finish 26th, vs 24th last year. Seems reasonable... 3 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMDman Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 ESPN blows 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, nrenegar said: So despite all the upgrades we are expected to finish 26th, vs 24th last year. Seems reasonable... They must've really liked Peterman last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 MarcelLouis-Jacques is the new beat reporter and so far he’s been pretty honest in his reporting. It’s the hacks that don’t do the proper leg work that post stupid things. Imo of course 11 minutes ago, Stallions said: This ESPN article sounds GREAT for the Bills until you re-read the first sentence. The Buffalo News makes us sound like guaranteed contenders. What's your view? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallions Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, nrenegar said: So despite all the upgrades we are expected to finish 26th, vs 24th last year. Seems reasonable... either they don't respect our defense, don't like Josh or feel the Bills are irrelevant as a franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just now, Stallions said: either they don't respect our defense, don't like Josh or feel the Bills are irrelevant as a franchise You said it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Stallions, nothing against you in particular here. But I just thought I'd take the opportunity here to point this out: ESPN didn't say this. Marcel Louis-Jacques, from ESPN.com said that. ESPN has (please excuse the exaggeration) 1,000 different reports/announcers/analysts with 1,000 different opinions. Same with CBS, Fox, NFL Network, SI, etc. Carry on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 We should absolutely be ranked in the 20's. What have we proven to be ranked higher? If we win a bunch of games we'll go up in the imaginary rankings. If we lose a bunch we'll go down. That's how these things work. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said: MarcelLouis-Jacques is the new beat reporter and so far he’s been pretty honest in his reporting. It’s the hacks that don’t do the proper leg work that post stupid things. Imo of course Agreed. He's been really good, actually. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whorlnut Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, MJS said: We should absolutely be ranked in the 20's. What have we proven to be ranked higher? If we win a bunch of games we'll go up in the imaginary rankings. If we lose a bunch we'll go down. That's how these things work. Exactly. I think it’s a bit of a joke when fans get butt hurt over their team being shafted in rankings. Go win the games. That’s all that matters. We haven’t done anything yet and there is good reason for “experts” to be skeptical. Nothing to see here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallions Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, stony said: Agreed. He's been really good, actually. Well, I'll take your word about that. If he knows what he's talking about we ARE the 26th ranked team out of 32 heading into the season. Not good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Stallions said: Well, I'll take your word about that. If he knows what he's talking about we ARE the 26th ranked team out of 32 heading into the season. Not good! We went 6-10 last year. Should we be vaulted into the top 15 for no reason? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallions Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, whorlnut said: Exactly. I think it’s a bit of a joke when fans get butt hurt over their team being shafted in rankings. Go win the games. That’s all that matters. We haven’t done anything yet and there is good reason for “experts” to be skeptical. Nothing to see here... I agree! I'm not butt hurt at all. I think way too many people have jumped on the Allen train with out seeing anything to justify it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Stallions said: Well, I'll take your word about that. If he knows what he's talking about we ARE the 26th ranked team out of 32 heading into the season. Not good! He is not responsible for the 26 the clueless ESPN consortium is. Where did we draft? THAT s/b where the Bills are ranked Edited September 5, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whorlnut Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Stallions said: I agree! I'm not butt hurt at all. I think way too many people have jumped on the Allen train with out seeing anything to justify it. Well...to be fair, we have seen it. He’s markedly improved with his reads and short game. Time will tell if it translates to wins on the football field, but I certainly wouldn’t bet against it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Likes The Bills Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Marcel Louis - Jacques has been just about as good as a beat reporter you can find on ESPN. He seems to really enjoy covering the Bills and it appears as though he is very honest with his evaluations. Never too positive, never too negative and he gives a lot of insight into the team. Night and day better than Rodak but still not good enough to cover the other crap that ESPN puts out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) Why in the world do people get so worked up about these stupid prognostications? If the Bills actually win, what on God's green earth does it matter what some writer opines about in early September? Edited September 5, 2019 by LSHMEAB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPar_v2 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 ESPN doesn’t even try anymore. Sure, there’s a smattering of quality talent lurking around there still amongst the legions of hacks, but as a whole they’ve grown fat as lazy off their past success. Save your brain cells and skip ESPN (especially reading anything they put out.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 40 minutes ago, MJS said: We should absolutely be ranked in the 20's. What have we proven to be ranked higher? If we win a bunch of games we'll go up in the imaginary rankings. If we lose a bunch we'll go down. That's how these things work. I really understand and agree with this. What ESPN said is true - Buffalo is a collection of really interesting talent that may or may not be able to win a lot. Still, you can't rate them too highly yet, because they haven't DONE anything yet. I think is true and a fair assessment. I happen to believe it's easy to see how nicely all of the ingredients fit, so the experts are likely to be surprised. But some of my belief is just based on how badly I want the Bills to be really good this time. Nothing matters in the end except the Ws and the Ls. Whether these guys actually can win a lot is yet to be seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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