dollars 2 donuts Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 If the Bills can beat the Patriots and hit midseason at 6-2 I just don't think it is outside the realm of possibility that they roll into week 17 against Miami at 9-6 or 8-7. Knowing the way this team plays, are we better than Arizona? Seattle? San Fran? Pittsburgh? and just those games would put us at 9-6. Are they are not going to stumble at all against the Chargers? Broncos? New England? Hell, at NE might be the easiest game in the second half. IF THE DOLPHINS DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE IN SWITCHING TO TUA TOO EARLY AND SEEING AS HOW THEY HAVE ALREADY PLAYED SF AND SEATTLE THEN THE FINALE COULD BE A RUDE AWAKENING...meaning there is a small chance the division could be on the line on the final Sunday. Dolphins Schedule (Speculation): Rams - W Cardinals - L Chargers - L Broncos - W Jets - W Bengals - W Chiefs - L Pats - W Raiders - ? Bills If that Raiders game is a win they are 9-6. I hope I am wrong and I would love to have this wrapped up by Thanksgiving, but man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. For the life of me I can't figure out why this post deserves a "confused" reaction. Good post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Everyone knew this schedule was hard before the season, no? The Chargers are a bit of a surprise, offensively. Hebert has been pretty good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: For the life of me I can't figure out why this post deserves a "confused" reaction. Good post. I didn't react to the post but personally I'd be confused that anyone ever saw this as anything other than a really tough schedule. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 McDermott is 0-6 career versus Belichick so I'm not assuming they'll win until they do. The way Buffalo has played these past 3 games - against 2 likely playoff teams and 1 who'll draft top 5 - demonstrates they're not yet ready for primetime. I'm amazed people didn't know entering the season how tough their schedule was. And that's with NE taking a step down along. Buffalo is trending down right now. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. The only one I agree with is Miami. All those other teams were expected to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey13 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 26 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: For the life of me I can't figure out why this post deserves a "confused" reaction. Good post. I explained it with my own reaction. Most if not the majority of fans thought this year was going to be tougher than last years schedule and the SoS posts have shown we're near the top for games yet to play. The teams listed we have yet to play they tried to put some reason as to why they're "tougher" now then what was thought at the beginning of the season, most of which didn't make much sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Hucklebuck Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. It's amazing to me that Bills fans watch this franchise and consistently conclude that we should be much better than any of the teams listed there. I expect every game to be an absolute grind. Because that's McDermott, that's Allen, that's this organization. We haven't won a Playoff game since 1995 and yet, we go 4-0 and fans go overboard. It's not doom and gloom, but I expect a tough 10-6 type record and a 50/50 shot at best to get out of the first round of the Playoffs. For me, that would be a successful season, just win one Playoff game. I don't think our offense has ever shown it can be consistently dominant, and fans that hold onto that 4-0 start are just in denial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreboding Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, ALLEN1QB said: Easiest games left are against the Patriots. How wierd is that statement?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thronethinker Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Just have to win the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. At least we arent playing teams who were 4th in their division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Tougher than we thought? Maybe a little, but we knew it was not going to be a cakewalk. Still, it's more about Buffalo than their opponents. If they are a team that is expected to go far into the playoffs, then they have to beat good teams. The challenge facing the Bills is not so much the remaining teams on their schedule. Rather, it's the challenge to get better, healthier, and to fix the issues that have been inhibiting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Greg S said: This is more appropriate for the offseason but I took a look at 2021 and 2022. If the Bills win the division they would get Pitt at home and KC on the road for the 2021 season assuming the Steelers and Chiefs win their divisions. KC will but Pitt still has Bal to deal with. https://fbschedules.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/ And looking at it now 2021 sets up quite nicely for us. 5 games against teams with new HCs (Jets x2, Texans, Jags, Falcons). A handful against likely new Quarterbacks (Jets x2, Jags, Colts, probably Saints). I feel like if Bills can win the division in 2020 the road to repeating will be easier in 2021 though obviously the Dolphins continuing to improve is a threat to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 We'll see. Alot can change in a week. Especially injuries and Covid. I still have us at 10-11 wins . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, TAinLA said: This game won't be easy.., Patriots will be ready. Can't think of the last time Patriots lost 3 game in row. I can. BB Before Brady. Now is the AB After Brady era. The Patriots lost 3 games in a row a lot of times before Brady became their starter & they'll lose 3 games in a row a lot more times now that Brady is gone. Bill Belichick is 54-67 when coaching games without Brady starting. Bill Belichick is a genius when Tom Brady is his QB, in all other games he has a worse record than Rex Ryan (61-66 for Ryan) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: And looking at it now 2021 sets up quite nicely for us. 5 games against teams with new HCs (Jets x2, Texans, Jags, Falcons). A handful against likely new Quarterbacks (Jets x2, Jags, Colts, probably Saints). I feel like if Bills can win the division in 2020 the road to repeating will be easier in 2021 though obviously the Dolphins continuing to improve is a threat to that. This week we got the Rams at Dolphins along with the Pats at Bills. If LA can help us out and the Bills take care of business then they will be in great shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocbillsfan1 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 For once our division is Really bad Including the pats and we just happen to be the best team in it. 9-7 most likely let’s us take the division so I’m not worried about being a top team in the afc. We most likely are around 6 when playing well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Beat the Pats next Sunday and we probably win the division at 9-7 or 10-6. That likely gets you a home playoff game vs. either the Ravens or Browns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, dollars 2 donuts said: If the Bills can beat the Patriots and hit midseason at 6-2 I just don't think it is outside the realm of possibility that they roll into week 17 against Miami at 9-6 or 8-7. Knowing the way this team plays, are we better than Arizona? Seattle? San Fran? Pittsburgh? and just those games would put us at 9-6. Are they are not going to stumble at all against the Chargers? Broncos? New England? Hell, at NE might be the easiest game in the second half. IF THE DOLPHINS DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE IN SWITCHING TO TUA TOO EARLY AND SEEING AS HOW THEY HAVE ALREADY PLAYED SF AND SEATTLE THEN THE FINALE COULD BE A RUDE AWAKENING...meaning there is a small chance the division could be on the line on the final Sunday. Dolphins Schedule (Speculation): Rams - W Cardinals - L Chargers - L Broncos - W Jets - W Bengals - W Chiefs - L Pats - W Raiders - ? Bills If that Raiders game is a win they are 9-6. I hope I am wrong and I would love to have this wrapped up by Thanksgiving, but man... A win vs rams seems a stretch. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, Greg S said: This week we got the Rams at Dolphins along with the Pats at Bills. If LA can help us out and the Bills take care of business then they will be in great shape. Yea I think we will win the division. Maybe I am being too optimistic but I am still very confident of that. It also should be said though that an 8-8 from Miami on this schedule (if Tuas is good) probably translates better for them next year too. One of the reasons winning the division is big in 2020 is because I think the AFCE schedules are such that a wildcard is likely to be tricky even in the 7 team format. 2021 it is perfectly plausible that say Buffalo and Miami make the playoffs from the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Just now, Hebert19 said: A win vs rams seems a stretch. Rams are good, but tonight the Rams are looking for their first win of the season against a team that is not in the NFC East. Their wins have been against the Eagles, Cowboys, Washington and Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro Nimbus Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I fully expect the Pats to come out firing against the Bills, after getting rocked by the 49ers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCofNC Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 3 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Some of were saying as early as before 2019 that the 2020 slate was shaping up to be tough. I always knew this was a tough schedule. The NFC West is the best division in football. The routes to wins for the Bills this year are our divisional games and the three AFC West games that are not against Patrick Mahomes. That gets you to 9 and probably wins the division. Then you have to try and nick a couple elsewhere to really show you are a good team. They already have one against the Rams. If they could grab another against Arizona or Seattle then this is still a potential 11 win team. Probably win the division? Right now, the lead is almost insurmountable for anyone but Miami. 8-8 will win this division easily and don’t be shocked if 7-9 will do it. The Patriots would have to suddenly find life and win 6 of 10 against all those teams too. Not happening. The Phins are not going to win more than another 3 with Tua and the Jets are done. The Bills need to win 3 games to secure the division. It’s pretty much in the bag, barring injury to Allen. The only division worse than the AFC East is the NFC East. This season may yield winners of 2 divisions with losing records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. Whoever said that our schedule was not going to be tough this year, has obviously not been paying attention to football. I certainly knew that it would be difficult. So what? You want to be the best, you gotta beat the best. GO BILLS!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelingOnYouboty Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Super tough schedule but no excuses made. Need to beat these teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. Yes, I believe we have the 5th hardest schedule for remaining games. Depends on how you calculate that, obviously. We had one of the easiest schedules for the first 4 games. We were also averaging 4 touchdowns PER GAME in those first 4 games; we have scored 4 TDs (TOTAL) in the game since. The folks who keep pointing to our current record are going to be surprised when the smoke clears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNord Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Gene1973 said: This is usually when Bills teams poop their pants... Not really.. they usually beat the 2-4 teams. They usually lose to best teams in the AFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 My 2 cents No, no it really doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I think this season overall has been difficult. with the pandemic, it really has got things way out of whack. rescheduling, losing starters and most importantly, empty stadiums with fake fan noise piped in. imagine a full stadium this weekend. honestly, I believe it has to do something to the psyche of a player/team? I really believe it makes a difference if you're playing at home in front of 80,000 fans vs an empty stadium. does that have anything to do with strength of schedule, maybe some? as for the remainder looking harder then one thought? not really, seems rounding near the halfway point and given the ups and downs as far as wins and (2, count them, 2 losses) losses, it really is any given Sunday and there is still just over a half of season of football to play and I would like to believe the bills can figure out how to win games, no matter how ugly, just win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. I would disagree coming into this season you knew in advance you were playing Big Ben, Russell, Tannehill, Goff etc.. and complete well coached teams like San Fran. Part of making the playoffs means a tougher crossover schedule and the NFC West was the crossover division. Opening 4-0 bought them some leash and at least the division is having more of a down year. Last year Buffalo won the games they were supposed to against a pretty weak schedule. If the Bills go 10-6/11-5 it will be a more impressive finish just given the competition they faced. The wins over the Rams Phins and Raiders are better then virtually all of their wins last year also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Gene1973 said: Seattle has two of the best recievers in the NFL... And Russell Wilson, and that's about it. Have you seen their defense? They HAVE to score a lot of points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Gene1973 said: Yes I have seen their D, but the issue when facing Seattle is which team has the better well oiled machine on offense? That is not an easy thing for a team to do all season, no matter how talented you are on offense. No doubt that Russell Wilson is one of the top QB's in the league, yet lately, after the games have ended, he looks exhausted. Edited October 26, 2020 by Mark Vader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I would say all in all the schedule was easier than expected...jets were certainly not supposed to be the worst team ever and the pats are as beatable as they've ever been...and thats 4 of our division games. Beat Denver and the chargers and Miami and split with new England and we can get swept by the rest of the nfc west and lose to pitt and still be almost assured the division at 9 wins...figure we lose one of those afc games and steal one from the nfc west though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said: I fully expect the Pats to come out firing against the Bills, after getting rocked by the 49ers. I expect cam to try too hard and throw a few picks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 this years schedule was graded difficult from the get go so for me it hasn't changed to any great extent. What will determine our fate is how well The Bills can take care of business with the Health of the roster of paramount importance. The teams playing US are not calling the Bills game a cakewalk either Book it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Greg S said: But that defense...... Titans, chiefs, Jets also have pretty poor defense statistically and that didn’t pan out too well for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYfan Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: We need to beat the Chargers, Broncos, Dolphins and Pats twice. Gets us to 10 wins. Not optimistic about Cards, Niners, Seahawks or Steelers. The Bills should be able to play with the Niners and Cards. Any given Sunday, let's beat the Patriots (for once). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I don't know why fans can't accept that it's truly a game-by-game league. Week-to-week no one can be "certain" of a win, let alone predict games weeks away. Due to injury, roster changes, improvements, gameplans, etc, a myriad of variables will change, sometimes significantly. A game two weeks from now could look tough and then become much easier; or much tougher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Hebert19 said: I think when you looked at the schedule before the year and you do now it's much tougher than expected. Almost every team is playing better than expected or getting hot before they play us. Arizona is better than expected. Seattle is better or at least Russ is Chargers with Herbert is better...at least a tough game San Fran...playing great all of a sudden Miami is better than expected. Titans...better than expected. Pittsburgh...better than expected. Its been a damn gauntlet already and ain't getting any easier. I hate to say it, but we could easily go 8-8 this year. Tell me it ain't so, Please... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 The Jets are better then expected too, we were lucky to squeak by .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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