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I agree. Titans have a feeling of 8-8 at worst and ceiling of 10-6. They will be competitive in most games and can pull off an upset over the best teams. I see the Titans and Chargers as being our main competitors for the wild card. I still think the Jets can turn it around and get in the wild card mix too. Not sure about the Browns if they start 0-2. Of course hopefully we can just beat New England week four and start talking division.

And confirmed by Jets fans. They are all commenting on how often Oliver was pushing the pocket into Darnolds lap. And most of them wanted Oliver over Q.Williams in the draft.

The fact that we opened up the game throwing 15 consecutive times or whatever the number was and moved the ball well should tell everyone what they need to know about Allen's development so far. He'll still make boneheaded plays here and there but the kid is ready now. Oddly enough, at least three of his four turnovers were of the flukey variety and it was two that were not recorded as turnovers (both deeper balls thrown down the field) that were more of the boneheaded play variety. I mean how many times did we get a hand on one of Darnold's passes only to not come away with the pick?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27435008/buffalo-bills-2019-nfl-season-preview-josh-allen-next-step This was a bold prediction included in the article linked above by ESPN Bills bloger Louis-Jacques. If Beasley catches 100 balls, our two and half decade search for a QB is over. Beasley on paper was the perfect QB for us to bring in to help the development of Josh Allen as well as evaluate his abilities. After one season we know two things for sure about Allen. 1. He's more athletic and mobile than anyone knew. 2. He's not afraid to let it rip. The biggest questions reaming are 1. Can he recognize when to make the underneath pass? 2. Can he throw the underneath pass accurately enough? Beasley catching 100 balls would be a definitive yes to both those questions.

Josh is the only one who has walked the walk when it comes to putting up dominating rushing yards. Other QB's might be just as athletic or mobile on paper but they haven't actually been as mobile or prolific at running as Josh was in the final six games last year. There could be many reasons why or why not. You even suggest that JA's big arm (and I would also throw in gunslinger mentality) helps open up the running lanes for him. That is a trait that Josh has that most other mobile QB's do not and should be considered a positive. Even all that aside, my argument was simply Josh vs Darnold. I think we can all agree that both Darnold and Allen were sub par last year as passers. The raw statistics certainly suggest such. But how were both as runners? If we want to measure on a simple 1-10 scale you could say Josh was a 9.5 -10 in the final six games. What was Darnold? Maybe a 5? Darnold was statistically a better passer than Allen but it wasn't by the wide margin that we see when we compare the two QB's raw rushing numbers. If we were to apply the same simple 1-10 scale for passing efficiency where would we rank them? Maybe Allen is a 4 and Darnold is a 5.5? I just don't see any reason to believe Darnold is a better QB at everything in totality.

Sure but the reality is it's only a must win if you are close to elimination. The Patriots lose far more games out the gate then they do down the stretch. That is what the Bills need to be doing. Just win 80% of your games as a whole. Season isn't over after one or two losses in September.

I can't agree with this. Allen wasn't just some mobile QB last year. Allen, for a six game stretch, was the best mobile QB the league has ever seen. Right there with a stretch that Mike Vick put together. Darnold's talents as a runner are nowhere near Allen's level. Will Allen pick up where he left off last year in his final six games? Maybe not. But we know he at least has the talent and skills and can use them at any point of a game. Also, if we figure he rushes less this year then we should figure he passes more and with better efficiency this year in his second season with a better receiving core. Lower rushing numbers, but not necessarily efficiency should hopefully correlate with greater passing numbers and passing efficiency in his second year. It's a wash for me. I do like Darnold's intangibles but Allen has skills that no other QB in the league has shown yet.

Greg Williams worries me a little bit. Personnel wise I don't the Jets are really stacked on defense. But JA better be ready to play going against Greg Williams.

The dreaded must win game right out of the gate. What is it the 20th straight year we have drawn that game to start the season?

Last years game was a tale of two halves. Bills dominating the first half and Jets dominating the second. Just play Darnold tough the whole game. The D was great against him the first half last year and then the second half they allowed too many completions. They also don't have Andre Roberts anymore so that should help. Need more consistency in this game from both sides.

LOL. This all comes down to Tunsil. If Tunsil is the next Jason Peters than this is a fantastic trade for the Texans. They got a great player to protect their young franchise QB and open up some lanes in the run game. If Tunsil is just an average LT then it's a bad trade.

They leave no stone un-turned.

Truthfully the Patriots dynasty is probably the most balanced dynasty of all time. Able to win in pretty much every imaginable way. With a game manager style QB in Brady's early days to league MVP QB in his later days. Over the course of that 20 year dynasty their have certainly been stretches where RB's have carried a heavy load. And with White and Michel, the recent trend has been RB's dominating over say WR's/TE's.

Financially speaking you are correct. But draft asset wise they have. I know Michel was taken at 31 overall but for the Patriots, that is a high draft pick. The same as when the Bills use a #11 or #8 pick on a Lynch or Spiller. We never really paid a lot of money to either of those backs either as they were on rookie deals but we did use the best draft capital we had on them. Same thing the Patriots did when drafting Michel. I doubt Michel will ever see a second contract from the Patriots. Just like Lynch and Spiller did not receive one from the Bills.

Great point. New England is always ahead of the curve it seems.

Could depend on the line too. They couldn't run block worth a lick last year. If they are not much improved in that area we might not have much of an option but to pass early and often. Thing that sucks for me is I drafted Damien Williams with my second pick thinking he would be the primary back in K.C.. Then I followed up in the late rounds with McCoy actually thinking there was a shot he could be cut and end up somewhere where the grass is greener. Well, he did end up in greener pastures but now it likely means I used a second round pick on a guy that is going to be in a timeshare. That wasn't my idea when i drafted Williams. I still have Dalvin Cook and Josh Jacobs though. So either Williams or McCoy will probably be a flex play for me.

I actually think it could be the opposite. If Gore is considered the better pass protector he'll get in on plenty of plays and carries outside the redzone.

He's not exactly a big name but White is the only one I have seen on any top 100 lists.

Pretty sure Barkley had the best QBR in the regular season for us last year too i would guess.

Who knows when you look at the entire offensive starting positions. From a skills position perspective 20 some years ago the 1999 Rams team comes to mind. Faulk, Warner and Holt were all new starters to the team.

I'd be ecstatic. Last year we had not two but 4 RB's on the season combine for only 1,228 yards on the ground. And of course Allen lead all of them in rushing yards. Three out of the four RB's had ypc under 4.0

Hopefully not, but i still question how bad our line is. They were terrible last year and being better this year doesn't guarantee they will even be an average line. We need them to be much better this year.

Singletary was taken in the last round in my league. I took McCoy with the thought that there was a chance he could play for a different team this year and get a more consistent workload. We'll see. If he were to some how end up in Dallas or with the Chargers while Zeke and Gordon hold out it could be a nice start to the season for him. Or maybe end up in Houston with DeShaun Watson. Or maybe he could end up in San Francisco. Heck, there are a lot of places he could end up. This could actually make Gore worth a pick up too now.

I thought Gore looked pretty good. And is the kid ready to pass protect consistently? I'd be shocked if Gore doesn't start the first game. I guess we will see where things go from there.

I drafted him as well and was thinking the same. Best case scenario from a fantasy perspective would be him ending up on another team. Philly or LA Chargers would be nice.