5 out of 7 on the road

[djjimkelly]

in the second half of the season


the schedule makers suck

[Joe Fo Sho]

* 5 out of 6

[feldspar]

yeah, 5 out of 6. At least most of the trips are relatively close-by and in the same time zone, except for Kansas City.

But there will be only TWO home games at the Ralph in well over two months, and that's pretty ****ed up.

[Mahdi]

5 of the last 8 games are on the road but we do finish the season with 2 home games which is a big advantage in December.

Not to mention starting the season with 2 home games...

[GreedoII]

WIN THE EARLY HOME GAMES AND THEY WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE

[Joe Fo Sho]

If you break the season into quarters, it's really not that bad.

1st Quarter - 3 Home, 1 Away
2nd Quarter - 2 Home, 2 Away
3rd Quarter - 1 Home, 3 Away
4th Quarter - 2 Home, 2 Away

So yeah, the way our away games line up toward the end of the year isn't favorable, but I'm so sick of excuses. Have you ever heard a team blame the schedule for why they didn't make the playoffs? Nope, it's just the fans that do that. I don't care if we have 8 home games followed by 8 road games, just go live up to these lofty expectations that you've set for yourselves.

[Meathead]

the coming off rest thing is a real complaint imo but i think we are 3/3 on that this season so thats fine. these home/away patterns are almost meaningless, especially since december has two home games which is somewhat unusual since they usually like to avoid december home games for attendance purposes (which shouldnt be a problem this season). so yeah the sched looks fine to me

if they are a legit team like they say they are then they need to win those first two home games. that would set the rest of the season up nicely, at least advantageously

[Woodman]

8 home 8 away let's get this party started.

[better days]

If you break the season into quarters, it's really not that bad.

1st Quarter - 3 Home, 1 Away
2nd Quarter - 2 Home, 2 Away
3rd Quarter - 1 Home, 3 Away
4th Quarter - 2 Home, 2 Away

So yeah, the way our away games line up toward the end of the year isn't favorable, but I'm so sick of excuses. Have you ever heard a team blame the schedule for why they didn't make the playoffs? Nope, it's just the fans that do that. I don't care if we have 8 home games followed by 8 road games, just go live up to these lofty expectations that you've set for yourselves.

This is just another example of how statistics can be used to color the real truth.

The reality is the two away games in the 4th Quarter come before the two home games & the Bills play 3 away games in a row in the 3rd Quarter, followed by one home game.

So reality:

AWAY
AWAY
AWAY
home
AWAY
AWAY
home
home

[Joe Fo Sho]

This is just another example of how statistics can be used to color the real truth.

The reality is the two away games in the 4th Quarter come before the two home games & the Bills play 3 away games in a row in the 3rd Quarter, followed by one home game.

So reality:

AWAY
AWAY
AWAY
home
AWAY
AWAY
home
home

Well yeah, that's what I meant when I said that the away games don't line up favorably.

It's still a piss poor excuse to use.

[better days]

Well yeah, that's what I meant when I said that the away games don't line up favorably.

It's still a piss poor excuse to use.

Nobody is using it as an excuse.

It is just piss poor scheduling IMO.

There will be a stretch of five weeks in a row I don't watch the games with my friends because of the schedule.

Starts with the Jags game at 9:30 AM live stream only, I will watch that game at home on my Fios high speed internet.

Then bye week, followed by the Fins which I will watch at home on local TV, then two night games in a row which I will watch at home or the local sports bar.

[Joe Fo Sho]

It is just piss poor scheduling IMO.

Can't please everybody, we just have to deal with it.

There will be a stretch of five weeks in a row I don't watch the games with my friends because of the schedule.

Starts with the Jags game at 9:30 AM live stream only, I will watch that game at home on my Fios high speed internet.

Then bye week, followed by the Fins which I will watch at home on local TV, then two night games in a row which I will watch at home or the local sports bar.

I guess this is a valid reason for you personally to be upset about the schedule, but what are you gonna do? **** happens.

[Night Train]

So it's bad scheduling for the reason of out of town fans not being able to party.

Got it .

For us locals, it's 1pm Sunday games. Great for folks like me that have seasons.

Put in my vacation days around the 2 prime time games.

I remember years when our 1st 4 games were at home. Seen many other so-called unbalanced schedules.

We have talent. Shut up and play.

[better days]

So it's bad scheduling for the reason of out of town fans not being able to party.

Got it .

For us locals, it's 1pm Sunday games. Great for folks like me that have seasons.

Put in my vacation days around the 2 prime time games.

I remember years when our 1st 4 games were at home. Seen many other so-called unbalanced schedules.

We have talent. Shut up and play.

I like the 1:00 PM games myself.

I have no complaints about them at all & would be happy if every game was 1:00 PM on Sunday.

And locals are affected by the schedule as much as I am except for the London game which will be on OTA TV in Buffalo, but still at 9:00 AM.

[BillsImpossible]

Patriots have 5 out of their last 8 games on the road.

As much as I'd like to see the Bills on national TV, having 5 prime time games is nuts.

A week 4 bye. The Patriots have a lot of difficult road games.

http://www.patriots.com/news/2015/04...edule-released

Thurs., September 10	Pittsburgh	8:30 p.m. ET	WHDH / NBC
Sun., September 20	at Buffalo	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Sun., September 27	Jacksonville	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Oct. 4	BYE
Sun., October 11	at Dallas*	4:25 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Sun., October 18	at Indianapolis*	8:30 p.m. ET	WHDH / NBC
Sun., October 25	New York Jets*	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Thurs., October 29	Miami	8:25 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS, NFLN
Sun., November 8	Washington*	1:00 p.m. ET	WFXT / FOX
Sun., November 15	at New York Giants*	4:25 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Mon., November 23	Buffalo	8:30 p.m. ET	TBD / ESPN
Sun., November 29	at Denver*	8:30 p.m. ET	WHDH / NBC
Sun., December 6	Philadelphia*	4:25 p.m. ET	WFXT / FOX
Sun., December 13	at Houston*	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Sun., December 20	Tennessee*	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Sun., December 27	at New York*	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS
Sun., January 3	at Miami*	1:00 p.m. ET	WBZ / CBS

[BillsImpossible]

It's snowing in late April. Old Man Winter has so overstayed his welcome.

Speaking of snow, those home games vs. the Texans, Cowboys, and Jets are all in December and early January.

[BertSquirtgum]

in the second half of the season


the schedule makers suck

It's actually 4 out of 7 but who's counting?

[BillsOwnAll]

How pissed would Everyone be if we ended with 2 road games. Noones talking about ending with 2 homes. Or starting wjth 2 homes. Everyone's sched has advantages and disadvantages. Some people read to much into it.

[TacklingDummy]

5 of the last 8 games are on the road but we do finish the season with 2 home games which is a big advantage in December.

..

Is cold weather really an advantage to either team?

[TacklingDummy]

There will be a stretch of five weeks in a row I don't watch the games with my friends because of the schedule.

So basically your season is over after week 8 and the last 2 weeks of the season your friends get to tell you, "there's always next year".