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It’s about that time of the year again, the new football season is about to start and for 30 or so teams the season is filled with promise and opportunity. Unfortunately our Buffalo Bills are not one of those teams. To the long suffering Buffalo Bills fans we have little to look forward to this season, despite all the offseason changes.
Like previous years (I’ve probably done one of these threads every year the board has been up) I'll give you a brief breakdown of the season as we can probably expect it to unfold.
Since the ultimate goal of every football team is winning the superbowl we should expect the Bills to at least get to the playoffs or compete for them every season. Unfortunately it's been a long time since the Bills seriously made a run at the playoffs, and even longer since they were legit superbowl threats. Unfortunately this year will not break the trend, and the lone question us Bills fans should consider is how low in next year's draft will we be. We're in for a long season fellow fans, and all I can say to make it better is we might see a ray of light by the end of it.
So what do I see when I see this year's Bills team? I see a team with a solid running game, and a bad passing game. I see a team that has little hope to stop the run, generating a passrush, and a confused and disjointed secondary. This is a team which will finish in the bottom 10 or 5 for defense (both yards and points) and probably in the bottom 1/3 for offense as well (both yards and points).
On the bright side, Spiller gives us hope that the best player for the team won't be the punter again this year.
now onto the season prediction... my methodology for my season predictions have resulted in choosing a final record within 1 win of the final season total for every Bills season in the last 16 years, excepting 2001 (16 for 17). For 3 of the last 5 years my tallies have been exactly correct. (9 out of the 17 years I've picked the final record) I only pick wins based upon a confident belief we should win. Home and away are tie breakers when I'm tepid. (note I won Shelby's 2008 Bills zone season record prediction contest, and would have won her contest last season had the Colts not thrown the last game of the season...)
W1 vs Dolphins L
W2 @ Packers L
W3 @ Patriots L
W4 vs Jets L
W5 vs Jaguars W
W6 **BYE**
W7 @ Ravens L
W8 @ Chiefs W
W9 vs Bears W
W10 vs Lions W
W11 @ Bengals W
W12 vs Steelers L
W13 @ Vikings L
W14 vs Browns W
W15 @ Dolphins L
W16 vs Patriots L
W17 @ Jets L
6-10
Yet another lost season, in which we'll be drafting around 10th...
Like previous years (I’ve probably done one of these threads every year the board has been up) I'll give you a brief breakdown of the season as we can probably expect it to unfold.
Since the ultimate goal of every football team is winning the superbowl we should expect the Bills to at least get to the playoffs or compete for them every season. Unfortunately it's been a long time since the Bills seriously made a run at the playoffs, and even longer since they were legit superbowl threats. Unfortunately this year will not break the trend, and the lone question us Bills fans should consider is how low in next year's draft will we be. We're in for a long season fellow fans, and all I can say to make it better is we might see a ray of light by the end of it.
So what do I see when I see this year's Bills team? I see a team with a solid running game, and a bad passing game. I see a team that has little hope to stop the run, generating a passrush, and a confused and disjointed secondary. This is a team which will finish in the bottom 10 or 5 for defense (both yards and points) and probably in the bottom 1/3 for offense as well (both yards and points).
On the bright side, Spiller gives us hope that the best player for the team won't be the punter again this year.
now onto the season prediction... my methodology for my season predictions have resulted in choosing a final record within 1 win of the final season total for every Bills season in the last 16 years, excepting 2001 (16 for 17). For 3 of the last 5 years my tallies have been exactly correct. (9 out of the 17 years I've picked the final record) I only pick wins based upon a confident belief we should win. Home and away are tie breakers when I'm tepid. (note I won Shelby's 2008 Bills zone season record prediction contest, and would have won her contest last season had the Colts not thrown the last game of the season...)
W1 vs Dolphins L
W2 @ Packers L
W3 @ Patriots L
W4 vs Jets L
W5 vs Jaguars W
W6 **BYE**
W7 @ Ravens L
W8 @ Chiefs W
W9 vs Bears W
W10 vs Lions W
W11 @ Bengals W
W12 vs Steelers L
W13 @ Vikings L
W14 vs Browns W
W15 @ Dolphins L
W16 vs Patriots L
W17 @ Jets L
6-10
Yet another lost season, in which we'll be drafting around 10th...
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