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at Pittsburgh W (If the Bills lose this game the season is over.)
Jets W (Huge W)
Bye
Atlanta (in Toronto) Win
at Bucs (W)
at Jags (W)
Fish (W)
at New England (W)
If EJ is healthy we're in every one of those games except maybe the last one (depending on what NE has to play for). I just wish we didn't need to win them all...
at Pittsburgh W (If the Bills lose this game the season is over.)
Jets W (Huge W)
Bye
Atlanta (in Toronto) Win
at Bucs (W)
at Jags (W)
Fish (W)
at New England (W)
Bills win the AFC East
Predictions please.
Steelers are going to come out pissed, going to be a close game, but their defense will be too much for EJ, he is going to show some rust.
FWIW, Pitt/Atl/Jax & TBay are a combined 4-28 ...and they all give up a ton of points, and they're not very imposing offensively ...you would think the Bills could go 3-1 against that group
The Bills will finish with just enough wins to get themselves out of a missing elite QB in the next draft. That's my theory.
Say what you want about Nix, finally after 4 drafts, we seem to have enough talent on the roster EXCEPT the QB position to compete with the rest of the league. They are not quite the pre-Roethlisberger Steelers (who has a vet steady defense then), but they are waiting to hit that jackpot to go on a run now.
I guess in a way, they can look to the Chiefs who had talent everywhere except the QB position for a few years; they have a steady, average QB now and look where they are, though I don't think they ca go far in playoffs.
The Bills will finish with just enough wins to get themselves out of a missing elite QB in the next draft. That's my theory.
Say what you want about Nix, finally after 4 drafts, we seem to have enough talent on the roster EXCEPT the QB position to compete with the rest of the league. They are not quite the pre-Roethlisberger Steelers (who has a vet steady defense then), but they are waiting to hit that jackpot to go on a run now.
I guess in a way, they can look to the Chiefs who had talent everywhere except the QB position for a few years; they have a steady, average QB now and look where they are, though I don't think they ca go far in playoffs.
They're not taking a QB early in the draft anyway, so it really doesn't matter. Not a year after taking one 16th overall. Also, TE is a huge hole on the offense. Chandler has been terrible and had a few key drops yesterday. Getting more athletic and consistent play from that position has to be a priority going in to next season.
As for the thread.....I'm seeing a 7-9 or 6-10 finish with the remaining schedule. The Patriots look like they are starting to click offensively, so there's no way we're winning this division.
What I really want to see from here on out is the team still playing hard and competing, some of our young players to show some progress, and to get out healthy with no injuries that carry over to next season. That's about the most you could ask for at this point....
They're not taking a QB early in the draft anyway, so it really doesn't matter. Not a year after taking one 16th overall. Also, TE is a huge hole on the offense. Chandler has been terrible and had a few key drops yesterday. Getting more athletic and consistent play from that position has to be a priority going in to next season.
Don't disagree. HOWEVER, if they are in position next spring to draft a QB that they have a higher grade than EJ Manuel this year, I don't think they should pass. Regardless EJ pans out eventually or not, so far in his rookie season, he does not seem to be the kind of QB who's rarely injured despite his size - and he needs to run a little more to be successful in my opinion.
Don't disagree. HOWEVER, if they are in position next spring to draft a QB that they have a higher grade than EJ Manuel this year, I don't think they should pass. Regardless EJ pans out eventually or not, so far in his rookie season, he does not seem to be the kind of QB who's rarely injured despite his size - and he needs to run a little more to be successful in my opinion.
If someone did grade out higher I wouldn't think it would be by much. I don't see a Luck in this draft. Several decent looking prospects but no one like Luck or Manning.
As far as drafting another one I would think about it out of round 1. Why not. We don't have a #2 QB right now. We can't say for sure that EJ is the final answer yet. We may not feel totally sold after this year. Hell, we may worry about injury issues. He's been injured and out twice this year.
If someone did grade out higher I wouldn't think it would be by much. I don't see a Luck in this draft. Several decent looking prospects but no one like Luck or Manning.
Doubt the Bills will be in position to draft a Luck or Manning type of guy - they will surely be gone in top 5 and I don't see the Bills draft in top 5 next year, for next few years as a matter of fact, given the talent they already have.
Remember EJ Manuel is the only QB drafted in 1st round and many considered to be late first round this spring. It is not out of realm that they may have a Roethlisberger kind of grade on one of the QB next year, which is in the range of top 10, but falls through top 5.
at Pittsburgh W (If the Bills lose this game the season is over.)
Jets W (Huge W)
Bye
Atlanta (in Toronto) Win
at Bucs (W)
at Jags (W)
Fish (W)
at New England (W)
Bills win the AFC East
Predictions please.
Well, this season is pretty much over as it is. . . . but . . . .
@ Pit, I think that as long as anyone but Jeff Tuel is in at QB including whoever is playing for Wichita State (okay this is meant to be funny as WSU hasn't fielded a team since 1986) and we play like we have for most of the season that Pittsburgh is very beatable this season. W
Jets, it will be close but they are still more physical than us L
Atlanta, Toronto reduces our homefield a bit, I seriously hope we decide to stop playing late season home games there, but I think we can do this W
at Bucs, I don't know if we can -- we've only won in Tampa once ever -- but their record suggests that we can W
at Jags, we lose this one, those most responsible should be looking for jobs before the team bus gets back to the airport W
Fish, I like december fish fries W
at New England, not a chance L
Bills go 8-8, get their best record since I was a junior at Central Missouri back in 04 and if we play our cards just right we beef up the OL and work on DB and improving at QB and staying healthy and next year we get to the post season
The Bills are going to blow AT LEAST two winnable games during this stretch either through missed opportunites or their ridiculous bad luck. 7-9 at best.
"Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."
The Bills are going to blow AT LEAST two winnable games during this stretch either through missed opportunites or their ridiculous bad luck. 7-9 at best.
I don't think we lose to Jacksonville, but I could see Pit and Tampa getting away from us.
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