Another plan for the Bills. This time it's Greg Gabriel.
Gabriel: What Do Bills Need To Be A Playoff Contender? | Buffalo Sports Page
by Greg Gabriel, Buffalo Sports Page NFL Expert
Needless to say, the 2018 NFL season for the Buffalo Bills has been a disappointing one. With the Bills getting into the Playoffs last year in the final game of the season, having only four wins to date this year is not what Head Coach Sean McDermott and General Manager Brandon Beane were looking for. That said, this season showed us exactly what the Bills were lacking as far as being able to compete for the Playoffs again in 2019.
In the last two years there have been two other NFL clubs that were in similar situations to the Bills. In 2016, the Los Angeles Rams drafted Jared Goff with the first pick in the Draft. The plan was for Goff to sit in 2016 but after a half season of struggles, the Rams made Goff the starter and like many rookie quarterbacks, he struggled.
In 2017, the Chicago Bears selected Mitchell Trubisky with the second overall selection in the ’17 Draft and they had a similar plan as the Rams. Let Trubisky sit and learn as a rookie. Just like in L.A., the plan never materialized and Trubisky was made the starter after just four games of the 2017 season. Like Goff the previous year, Trubisky struggled.
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