100% correct. The Bills will probably reel off several wins against teams they should beat (who they'd lose to in meaningful games) to:
A) ruin draft selection
B) get fans' hopes up for a miracle playoff birth that won't happen
C) keep Chan Gailey and his patented "keep the ball out of our best play-makers" offense for 2013
D) allow Fitzmagic one more year to under/overthrow every person on the field other than Bills players
"Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."
There are some things that favor the Bills winning. As far as doing damage to the the Bills long term by winning, I don't really buy it. I don't think this is a draft there there is a must have player that Buffalo's going to need to have the third or fourth spot in the draft. There is no consensus best QB, and there might be a QB in the second round who could ultimately help the Bills as much as a first round pick. Manti Te'o is the closest thing to a must have player, I don't know that even he would be that big a difference maker for the Bills.
I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.
I'm the most reasonable poster here. If you don't agree, I'll be forced to have a hissy fit.
I just need this game to be a fantasy orgy... especially for CJ and Jennings. As far as a win or a loss, I could make a case for being happy with either.
Blackmon and Shorts are ready to play. This is going to be a very tough game for our secondary and we may be giving up a lot of third downs again.
If you look at the players taken just before and just after us in the draft compared to who we took, it's disgusting. Now, the players picked after us means there's a good chance our FO will screw it up no matter where we end up.
But, more importantly, any wins from here on out make it that much harder for Nix, Gailey, Wannstadt and Fitz to get ****-canned. If you don't see that, I don't know what to tell you.
Novacane (12-01-2012)
Generalissimus Gibby (12-02-2012),Novacane (12-01-2012),ServoBillieves (12-01-2012)
Yup, nailed this one. And Hairston, Wood, McKelvin and Stevie all got hurt. Depending on how serious the injuries are, Gailey and Nix may have their excuse to skate by and get another year.
Its been said earlier, but I don't think a later pick necessarily hurts this team more than an earlier pick. Mike Williams anyone? Or what about JP Losing is an Art Loserman, or all the other gawd awful first round busts we've had in living memory? The draft is a crap shoot and the Bills havea knack for ****ing it up regardless of who is available. I am convinced this team could have had the ability to pick Peyton and would end up with Leaf.
It was kind of a no brainer, this what the Bills do every year, 5-7 wins against bad teams.
I'll say one thing though, Gilmore's had his ups and downs, but he absolutely locked up Blackmon today, he's rounding into form. Looking like a better selection than Floyd or Blackmon at the moment but it's still too early to make a judgement.
OpIv37 (12-03-2012)