Those that say the bills will be sub .500, what teams in the conference are better?

[Buffalogic]

Most people on this forum are projecting a 1-7 win season for the bills.

Along with what is going on inside the bills organization, I'd like to see what external factors are contributing to that outlook.

Name the 6 AFC playoff teams and why exactly that the bills have no shot versus any of them. Every other team has warts, so let's focus on that for a change and maybe, just maybe, we aren't as far off as most would think.

[sukie]

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well there need only be 3 since division winners are "in" automatically.

[k-oneputt]

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I agree with you Buffalogic.

If Brady or Roethlisberger goes down they are right in the middle with everyone else.

[OpIv37]

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I agree with you Buffalogic.

If Brady or Roethlisberger goes down they are right in the middle with everyone else.

NE won 11 games with Matt Cassell. They're still a threat even without Brady.

[OpIv37]

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Most people on this forum are projecting a 1-7 win season for the bills.

Along with what is going on inside the bills organization, I'd like to see what external factors are contributing to that outlook.

Name the 6 AFC playoff teams and why exactly that the bills have no shot versus any of them. Every other team has warts, so let's focus on that for a change and maybe, just maybe, we aren't as far off as most would think.

This is short sighted. It's the wrong question.

The Bills were 8-8 last year. Middle of the pack. What did we do to improve more than the teams already ahead of us improved? The answer is very little. We were in cap jail for the most important period of free agency and our top 2 draft picks are injured.

[Mr. Pink]

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New England, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Denver, Indy are virtual locks for the playoffs. So that's 5 spots.

Same ole, same ole around here...

This team is fighting with the Chiefs, Ravens, Texans, Jets for the final playoff spot.

[Skooby]

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West coast trips for Buffalo Bills = losses, every year. I'm not sure why but we travel like crap.

[Ingtar33]

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Most people on this forum are projecting a 1-7 win season for the bills.

Along with what is going on inside the bills organization, I'd like to see what external factors are contributing to that outlook.

Name the 6 AFC playoff teams and why exactly that the bills have no shot versus any of them. Every other team has warts, so let's focus on that for a change and maybe, just maybe, we aren't as far off as most would think.

doesn't work like that. Look at the schedule.

losses to AZ and Sea, loss to NE (with brady), losses to Pit, Cinn and Baltimore. That right there is 6 losses guaranteed; Now you have likely losses to LA Rams and Oak Raiders (both road games) and if you don't buy those losses we also have to sweep the jets and dolphins, we also have to assume we're betting the pats once, of course a brady-less pats team is exactly the game we've lost consistently since 2000, so thats no write in. Granted the rest of the schedule isn't all that tough, but I just don't see us getting more then 8 wins. There is a hard ceiling on this schedule. The only way we break through 8 wins is if we're a superbowl caliber team, in which case 10-6 or 11-5 is possible. I just don't think we're near that level.

[k-oneputt]

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NE won 11 games with Matt Cassell. They're still a threat even without Brady.

Yeah five years ago.
This current Pats team isn't close to that team personal wise.

[justasportsfan]

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New England, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Denver, Indy are virtual locks for the playoffs. So that's 5 spots.

Same ole, same ole around here...

This team is fighting with the Chiefs, Ravens, Texans, Jets for the final playoff spot.

If OPiv can go as far as Matt Cassel winning, I think it's safe we can use our beating Denver and Indy recently as a barometer to beat them again no?

BTW, I'm om the 8-8 group.

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Yeah five years ago.
This current Pats team isn't close to that team personal wise.

What? They have Hogan!!!!

Matt Cassel's team was stacked.

I think we can use Jim Kelly's team too. Might as well.

[Ingtar33]

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as for AFC teams i'd rank them like this

*NE
*Balt
Pitt/Cinn (there goes the wildcard spots)

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EVERYONE ELSE - including
*(AFCS winner / probably the Colts or Texans)
*(AFCW winner / probably the Raiders or Chiefs)

We probably could compete for the AFCS championship, heck i'd probably say we'd be a fav for that division, however we're not in the AFCS
We probably could compete for the AFCW championship, heck i'd probably say we'd be a fav for that division, however we're not in the AFCW

To get to the playoffs we need to be better then 3 teams. NE and the 2 wildcard teams coming out of the AFCN. We aren't and we won't be.

[OpIv37]

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If OPiv can go as far as Matt Cassel winning, I think it's safe we can use our beating Denver and Indy recently as a barometer to beat them again no?

BTW, I'm om the 8-8 group.

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What? They have Hogan!!!!

Matt Cassel's team was stacked.

I think we can use Jim Kelly's team too. Might as well.

Cassell is the only example we have of Bellicheck with a no-name QB while Brady was out. And he won 11 games.

[OpIv37]

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Yeah five years ago.
This current Pats team isn't close to that team personal wise.

Yeah I've been hearing about the Pats' lack of talent and impending demise for 10 years now.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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doesn't work like that. Look at the schedule.

losses to AZ and Sea, loss to NE (with brady), losses to Pit, Cinn and Baltimore. That right there is 6 losses guaranteed

Guaranteed huh? Then why don't we just forfeit those games? Why bother playing them and risk injury? Are you one of the football gods that control the outcome?

[justasportsfan]

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Cassell is the only example we have of Bellicheck with a no-name QB while Brady was out. And he won 11 games.

So 1 qb is enough example for you? You arguing with yourself again? Their back up qb is NOT Cassel and while you may think it meant nothing, the bills beat the pats Garapolo playing QB. That game is more recent than you Matt Cassel era.