1st 6 Games

[patmoran2006]

If the Bills are going to have ANY chance of legitmiately contending for a playoff birth this season, they must get off to a better start over the first 6 games of the season.

I did a little research and this decade the Bills are only 16-26 over their first six games. In fact, during that span they have NEVER had a winning record through game six.

[mayotm]

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The first 6 games are very tough. I will be pretty happy if they can start 3 - 3. I think a 3 - 3 start would give them a shot at the playoffs.

[OpIv37]

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The first 6 games are very tough. I will be pretty happy if they can start 3 - 3. I think a 3 - 3 start would give them a shot at the playoffs.

a LONG shot- it would mean we'd have to finish 7-3. That's a hell of a run.

[patmoran2006]

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What I hate about the schedule from a playoff competiting standpoint is that 5 of the last 7 games are on the road.

WHen a team is this young and overall inexperienced, winning on the road is a hard thing to do.

5 of our first 8 games are at home, even though they're all good teams, we have to find a way to win 4 of them.

[eyedog]

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I'd be very happy with 3-3 after 6 games.

[Generalissimus Gibby]

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Sun.	9/9	DENVER BRONCOS	CBS	1:00 PM
Sun.	9/16	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	CBS	1:00 PM
Sun.	9/23	@ New England Patriots	CBS	1:00 PM
Sun.	9/30	NEW YORK JETS	CBS	1:00 PM
Mon.	10/8	DALLAS COWBOYS	ESPN	8:30 PM
BYE	10/14	BYE		BYE
Sun.	10/21	BALTIMORE RAVENS	CBS	1:00 PM

I won't lie -I am a homer but I see us, and very realistically going 5-1.

Why? Well I am glad you asked:

Week 1 Broncos: The Rockpile will be packed, Jay Cutler is unproven and the Horsies can't stop the run any better than we can and the home field gives us the advantage

Week 2 Squeelers: They are going to be horrible this season, just a hunch but I think they are going to be horrible

Week 3 Pats: We will not win in New England, we just do not win there against Bellyjerk

Week 4 Jests: They may be the most overrated team in the NFL and its at home

Week 5 Cowboys: Monday Night in the Ralph, it will be close and I know Dallas is the best in their division but the AFC, including us, is better than the NFC

Week 7 Ravens: They are going to go over like a lead balloon.

At worst I see us going 4-2 (losing against Dallas and New England) and at best going 5-1. Or hell, this might be the year that God turns hell into an Ice rink and Satan buys an NHL franchise and we beat New England. Right now, however I expect no less than 4-2 and 5-1 is what I believe we are capable of. However, I will wait and see and make another reply after training camp and the preseason. BTW I will be in town for the Fish and Ravens games, what are some good hotels and what is there to do on say friday evening and saturday?

[Don't Panic]

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2-3 by the bye at a minimum, and chalk up a win for that Raven game. I could realistically see us at 4-2 after our first six. The Denver game is beyond huge. Our young team would benefit tremendously from the confidence boost we would receive from a week one win. Even if we lose that game, 3-3 is well in the realm of significant possibilities. If we're 4-2, the renaissance has arrived!

[Mr. Miyagi]

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Having a winning record in the first 6 games is a tall order, since 5 out of those 6 teams were playoff teams last year, and the other was SB champ two years ago.

It'll certainly say a lot about this team after those 6 games. We'll see.

[TacklingDummy]

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If the Bills are going to have ANY chance of legitmiately contending for a playoff birth this season, they must get off to a better start over the first 6 games of the season.

The Bills could very easily lose their first 6 games. Especially if they play the way they finished the season last year.

[Pinkerton Security]

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What I hate about the schedule from a playoff competiting standpoint is that 5 of the last 7 games are on the road.

WHen a team is this young and overall inexperienced, winning on the road is a hard thing to do.

5 of our first 8 games are at home, even though they're all good teams, we have to find a way to win 4 of them.

I agree, and I think we will. We have played the Pats tough in our first meeting with them (for the most part) since that 31-0 party here at the Ralph in '03, and I could see us surprising them this year, even though its on the road. Thats a tough game, and I see us losing at least one out of the Broncos and Cowboys games, if not both, plus Baltimore's D is preeeeeeetty good, so realistically I'll say we'll be 3-3. I do believe, as some have pointed out, that if we win the Denver game, we could carry the momentum through and perhaps be 4-2 or 5-1, but there's no way we get through that lineup unscathed.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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Removed some non-football related posts.

Continue on without bickering and attacks please.

[patmoran2006]

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Removed some non-football related posts.

Continue on without bickering and attacks please.

Thank you.

I offered no predictions on what are record will be over the first six games. I merely illustrated the first 6 games are very important and we need to get off to a better start than we have this decade if we want to contend. 5 of our 7 last seven are on the road, a daunting task- especially for a young team.

[TacklingDummy]

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. 5 of our 7 last seven are on the road, a daunting task- especially for a young team.

The first 6 are no cakewalk either.
4 of them are against playoff teams from the year before and the other 2 games are against good teams who just had an off year.

[patmoran2006]

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The first 6 are no cakewalk either.
4 of them are against playoff teams from the year before and the other 2 games are against good teams who just had an off year.

We dont have ANY CAKEWALK games. we're not good enough to have cakewalk games.

I could easily see us going 1-5 through six games.. That wasnt my point.

[BlackMetalNinja]

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Out of those first 6... Homer BMN says 4-2 while Realist BMN says 2-4... Let's just go for 3-3. Either way, I see us having a very tough time with the road games down the strech..