rayray808 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Bills on the precipice of trading for Zach Ertz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 5 hours ago, RobbRiddick said: The Bills are on the precipice of an enormous crossroads Little Carmine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal2dagame Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 You can't spell precipice without Buffalo. I went to public school in WNY and i know how to spell. P r e c i p i c e b u f f a l o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsinytown Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Old guy here who had season tickets from 1987-1996. The main thing I remember from that era is that they really started becoming one of the elite teams when Jim Kelly had full understanding of the offense. Of course there were many other factors like consistency in the front office and coaching, smart acquisition of free agents, good drafting, etc but Kelly's development was the key. I think Josh is getting there but he's still quite young and still needs a little more "seasoning". Specifically avoiding the tendency toward "hero ball", although he did cut back on that quite a bit last year once he had some support from talented teammates. I love how competitive he is, but there are still spots where he lets his emotions get away from him. What's different about this team is how close they seem to be, and Josh seems to be the catalyst of that. It's very rare to see the QB trying to console players on both sides of the ball when they've lost a tough game, but not so much that it hurts their pride. He's constantly talking to players on the sidelines during a game. And so far McDermott has shown the rare ability to motivate and discipline in a way that today's players respect. If I learned anything from being a fan of the team for as long as I have, it's to learn to enjoy the team while they're playing at this level. And even though the last time the team was consistently good they lost four Super Bowls, I was happy that they were there. No team is going to go to four straight Superbowls again and there's no guarantee that this team will go on a long run. Enjoy it while it's here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 5 hours ago, LeGOATski said: Not saying you're wrong about us knowing. We certainly don't know until the games start getting played. But I recall last year the schedule was projected to be easy, not hard. The pre-season narrative was that the Bills playoff chances were good because of the schedule. The NFCW was the only real concern besides KC. You and @mannc are both wrong.........the Bills had a projected tough schedule going into the season and they ended up playing the most regular season games against playoff teams of any team in the NFL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 5 hours ago, LeGOATski said: The comparison to Baltimore is an important one. The Bills' schedule is tougher this year and teams will be adjusting to their offense. It's no longer a question about how Daboll/Allen can improve, but rather how they can adjust and evolve from season to season. Matt Breida of under-the-radar importance. The schedule is decidedly NOT tougher this year. This is a far easier schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 still gotta play the games... frankly I am happy knowing they will be very competitive in every game no matter the opponent; now lets go play them and see how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBuff423 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 21 hours ago, LeGOATski said: The comparison to Baltimore is an important one. The Bills' schedule is tougher this year and teams will be adjusting to their offense. It's no longer a question about how Daboll/Allen can improve, but rather how they can adjust and evolve from season to season. Matt Breida of under-the-radar importance. 20 hours ago, mannc said: We don't know if the schedule will be tougher this year. Last year everyone said we had a killer schedule and it turned out to be meh. Factually speaking, both of these statements are false. According to the end of the year metrics and win % analysis, the Bills had *THE* toughest schedule in the NFL last year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 22 hours ago, LeGOATski said: The comparison to Baltimore is an important one. The Bills' schedule is tougher this year and teams will be adjusting to their offense. It's no longer a question about how Daboll/Allen can improve, but rather how they can adjust and evolve from season to season. Matt Breida of under-the-radar importance. I think at least early indications are the Bills schedule should be easier than last years. Not two years ago easy, but the NFC West and AFC west are 2 of the harder divisions - Give me the AFC and NFC south in the schedule and throw in an extra game against an NFC East team. The defenses and QBs they face this year are a huge step down from last year in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comebackkid Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 As good as the Bills were last year a few tweaks here and there could merit some substantial improvment. Josh's short coming at times is always looking for the big play. Many times last year he looked and moved on from an easy short pass for something greater and lost his window of opportunity. the one camp report said Josh was taking those and carving up the defense. the D dropped off last year. If we can get back to earlier form on D and not let other teams come back on us, that will also be big. Too many games last year we started out strong and the 3rd qtr hit and it was like kryptonite on the field. Getting star back and some younger more athletic players could do wonders. I think this also may be Brandon's mindset. we dont nec need a star...< --- no reference to the player...we just need slighty better play across the board and some of that is coaching tweaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 5:06 PM, PrimeTime101 said: this is so far from true its not even funny... Yes you never know till you play the team but last year we were tied for like top 5 hardest schedule. Exactly! We had a tough schedule last year, we were just better than the other teams. We went 15-4 , only 3 teams beat us all year and 1 was on a 50 yard hail Mary. I'd be surprised if this schedule is considered tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeTime101 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 55 minutes ago, JerseyBills said: Exactly! We had a tough schedule last year, we were just better than the other teams. We went 15-4 , only 3 teams beat us all year and 1 was on a 50 yard hail Mary. I'd be surprised if this schedule is considered tougher. on paper right now it is way easier.. but things changes as season progresses, anyone that thinks this is a harder year pre season on paper then last year is just clueless 1 hour ago, Comebackkid said: As good as the Bills were last year a few tweaks here and there could merit some substantial improvment. Josh's short coming at times is always looking for the big play. Many times last year he looked and moved on from an easy short pass for something greater and lost his window of opportunity. the one camp report said Josh was taking those and carving up the defense. the D dropped off last year. If we can get back to earlier form on D and not let other teams come back on us, that will also be big. Too many games last year we started out strong and the 3rd qtr hit and it was like kryptonite on the field. Getting star back and some younger more athletic players could do wonders. I think this also may be Brandon's mindset. we dont nec need a star...< --- no reference to the player...we just need slighty better play across the board and some of that is coaching tweaks. IF our defense is anywhere near top 5 form then i say we make it to the big game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcar Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 9:53 PM, BADOLBILZ said: You and @mannc are both wrong.........the Bills had a projected tough schedule going into the season and they ended up playing the most regular season games against playoff teams of any team in the NFL. The Bills did not play the most games against playoff teams. They played 5. Steelers, Rams, Seahawks, Titans, Chiefs. The Browns played 7 games against playoff teams. The Steelers played 8. The Colts played 7. I don't know where that narrative came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, Boxcar said: The Bills did not play the most games against playoff teams. They played 5. Steelers, Rams, Seahawks, Titans, Chiefs. The Browns played 7 games against playoff teams. The Steelers played 8. The Colts played 7. I don't know where that narrative came from. It was on one of the telecasts, I thought it was late season but it might have been at a point in the season when the Dolphins and Cardinals were in the playoff seeding. Entering December they had played 7 games against teams over .500, which was the most in the NFL at that time. They did have a strong schedule. Now in 2019........they had an easy schedule and faced a parade of laughable QB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 18 hours ago, Comebackkid said: As good as the Bills were last year a few tweaks here and there could merit some substantial improvment. Josh's short coming at times is always looking for the big play. Many times last year he looked and moved on from an easy short pass for something greater and lost his window of opportunity. the one camp report said Josh was taking those and carving up the defense. the D dropped off last year. If we can get back to earlier form on D and not let other teams come back on us, that will also be big. Too many games last year we started out strong and the 3rd qtr hit and it was like kryptonite on the field. Getting star back and some younger more athletic players could do wonders. I think this also may be Brandon's mindset. we dont nec need a star...< --- no reference to the player...we just need slighty better play across the board and some of that is coaching tweaks. Improve the run game. We need to run out the clock in the 4th quarter with an aggressive run game Improve the run defense. we need to stop the run and not let the other teams run on us. Make teams one dimensional and force them to throw Improve the pass rush. We need to get after the opponent QB. We have invested so much on our DL. IT needs to come through. We need the following players to step to the next level: Tremaine Edmunds A.J. Epenesa Ed Oliver Zack Moss Duane Jackson Dawson Knox If each of these players play at 25 to 30% higher level than last year, we will most likely go back to the AFC Championship again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comebackkid Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 hours ago, ganesh said: Improve the run game. We need to run out the clock in the 4th quarter with an aggressive run game Improve the run defense. we need to stop the run and not let the other teams run on us. Make teams one dimensional and force them to throw Improve the pass rush. We need to get after the opponent QB. We have invested so much on our DL. IT needs to come through. We need the following players to step to the next level: Tremaine Edmunds A.J. Epenesa Ed Oliver Zack Moss Duane Jackson Dawson Knox If each of these players play at 25 to 30% higher level than last year, we will most likely go back to the AFC Championship again those are all improvements that would be nice to see. Duane Jackson-who? (wait..Dane) insert Cody Ford. unless either our luck in close games goes totally to crap or this years schedule is 25-30% harder than laster year i dont see the need for that much improvement just to get us back to where we were last year. all the above should make us competitve in the SB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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