ESPN 2018 NFL Preview - Bills Ranked 32nd with Super Bowl Chance of 0.1%

[VW82]

The national media is sleeping on Peterman who will be better than people think. He makes good, quick decisions with the ball. He can't throw long outs or over the top. We also don't receivers who are getting open on long outs or over the top so it isn't really an opportunity cost. 

 

If Allen plays early, we'll lose a lot. Probably top 3 pick. If McD waits until week 10 or later to start JA we'll be far from the worst team in the league record-wise. 

Edited September 4, 2018 by VW82

[keepthefaith]

This is all good these gloomy forecasts.  Will give the players more motivation starting in just a few days.  They are playing possibly the most over rated team in the NFL this weekend.  Flacco now sucks and their offense is pretty pedestrian.   Defense is over rated as they played against a lot of crappy offensive teams last year.  Take a look, they played a garbage schedule last year and couldn't make the playoffs.   They won't win more than 6 games this year and will be under .500 in their own division, swept by Steelers and Bengals.

 

Very winnable game for the Bills Sunday.

 

Seriously, the Ravens suck.  Nothing to fear.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rav/2017.htm

Edited September 4, 2018 by keepthefaith

[greeneblitz]

Nathan Peterman.

[Fadingpain]

56 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:

Most people felt last years roster was tanking. This years roster is worse. It's going to be a long year. I highly doubt we get a positive turnover differential this year with the QBs we have. It's OK though. 2019 will be better. They will spend and surround Allen with talent. Think Bears. Very similar. 

You make the assumption that Allen will be worth surrounding with talent.

 

None of us has any idea if he will be horrible, good, or great.

 

Not yet anyway.

 

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

2 minutes ago, Fadingpain said:

You make the assumption that Allen will be worth surrounding with talent.

 

None of us has any idea if he will be horrible, good, or great.

 

Not yet anyway.

 

 

Just like the Bears have no idea if they have a QB.

[4merper4mer]

4 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said:

 

 

Ha. It's only 12 to 1 odds Peterman doesn't start second half. That cracks me up. 

 

10 to 1 his first pass is INT. 

It's a joke that the Bills are rated last but the Jets at 31 is pretty stupid too.  Both teams are far better than Miami IMO.

[baskingridgebillsfan]

should a regime in it's second year have the worst roster in football ?  

[26CornerBlitz]

MMQB Experts weigh in.

 

NFL Predictions: Playoff Picks, Super Bowl LIII Champ

 

By THE MMQB STAFF  September 04, 2018

 

Last season the Eagles laughed at everyone’s preseason predictions en route to defeating the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Will we see a return to the mean with one of the perennial favorites taking the crown or can another unexpected team rise above the rest?

 

The 2018 NFL season kicks off with the Falcons heading up to Philadelphia to take on the reigning Super Bowl champs on Thursday. But before that can happen, the writers and editors of The MMQB peer into the crystal ball to make playoff and Super Bowl LIII predictions, pick award winners and explain what they think will be the standout storyline this season.

[Domdab99]

48 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

MMQB Experts weigh in.

 

NFL Predictions: Playoff Picks, Super Bowl LIII Champ

 

By THE MMQB STAFF  September 04, 2018

 

Last season the Eagles laughed at everyone’s preseason predictions en route to defeating the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Will we see a return to the mean with one of the perennial favorites taking the crown or can another unexpected team rise above the rest?

 

The 2018 NFL season kicks off with the Falcons heading up to Philadelphia to take on the reigning Super Bowl champs on Thursday. But before that can happen, the writers and editors of The MMQB peer into the crystal ball to make playoff and Super Bowl LIII predictions, pick award winners and explain what they think will be the standout storyline this season.

 

I never understand these prognosticators, before the season even begins, choosing their No. 3 seed in the AFC to win it all. I mean, I get choosing the division winners and who will win the Super Bowl, but if you're going to choose the Steelers to win the whole damn thing, why not have them at least have a home game in the playoffs? And they have the Pats and Texans as the 1 and 2 seeds, yet the Jags will make it to the AFC Championship game as the 5 seed? 

 

Just so stupid. 

Edited September 5, 2018 by Domdab99

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

I think we end up pleasantly surprised by the offense assuming Peterman starts most of the games. By pleasantly surprised I'm talking ranked around 22nd so still bottom third of the league but a slight improvement over last year. 

 

I think the defense takes a step back. 32nd seems unlikely though. But I could see us finishing in the 24-28 range.

[mannc]

10 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

2 questions:

 

1. Does anyone think that ESPN has ever once ranked an NHL, NBA, MLB, or NFL team that made the playoffs the previous year as last overall when making predictions the following year?  The only one I can think of as a possibility is the Florida Marlins a while back when they had an all out purge.  We lost Preston Brown, Eric Wood and Tyrod Taylor.  This is just ridiculous and based on nothing.

 

2.  If last year's roster played for another franchise, let's call it the Titans for argument's sake, had identical 2017 results and made identical offseason moves to us, would they get moved to 32 by ESPN?  That is highly doubtful to me.  Their rankings are uniform dependent.  It's the Bills so 32.  Titans, move them to 22.  Steelers, they'd be ranked 8.  Jets?  14.  Cards? 26.  Pats?  Next 9 Super Bowls are in the bag.

My favorites are the prognosticators who say the o-line is going to be in trouble this year without Cordy Glenn—as if he was the cornerstone of the offense last season.

Edited September 5, 2018 by mannc

[transplantbillsfan]

They're idiots.

 

Anyone want to bet me money we don't end up with the worst record in the league?

 

I'll give you 5:1 odds.

[The Process]

21 hours ago, Virgil said:

I just don't get this, I really don't.  Are the Jets and Dolphins really that much better than us?  They have very similar schedules and I just don't see where they made huge offseason upgrades.  I'd argue the Dolphins could be worse now. 

 

Last season I wondered how bad Derek Carr's back affected him, but if that was a step back, I could see Oakland being a trainwreck.  

 

Either way, I don't mind being overlooked, but I just can't see us as the worst team in the league.

Oakland has AJ to Amari......all day long.

[AllenWillBust]

10 hours ago, baskingridgebillsfan said:

should a regime in it's second year have the worst roster in football ?  

 

First year is usually spent "cleaning up" the mess the previous FO created, lot of dead cap etc.  However, a lot of times the cleaning process is just creating a new mess in the image of the new FO.  One mess after another this franchise has been for a very long time.

 

 

[Ol Dirty B]

This board should be interesting in 4 weeks. If they don't beat Baltimore, it could easily be 0-4. 

 

But yada yada yada, idiots at ESPN. Do I fit in now?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

This board won't be interesting in 4 weeks if they're 0-4. It'll be miserable, full of whining people that sound like overwrought housewives at a book club who've had too much wine. MANY MANY boxes of kleenex.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

Bills in "good" company with Da Raiders!

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

9 hours ago, Domdab99 said:

 

I never understand these prognosticators, before the season even begins, choosing their No. 3 seed in the AFC to win it all. I mean, I get choosing the division winners and who will win the Super Bowl, but if you're going to choose the Steelers to win the whole damn thing, why not have them at least have a home game in the playoffs? And they have the Pats and Texans as the 1 and 2 seeds, yet the Jags will make it to the AFC Championship game as the 5 seed? 

 

Just so stupid. 

as I posted 2 pages back 

 

Extremely

Stupid

Peoples

Network

55 minutes ago, joesixpack said:

This board won't be interesting in 4 weeks if they're 0-4. It'll be miserable, full of whining people that sound like overwrought housewives at a book club who've had too much wine. MANY MANY boxes of kleenex.

 

just like these

[26CornerBlitz]

31. Buffalo Bills

Projected Super Bowl odds: 0.1 percent

 

Another team with a new quarterback. The Bills traded Tyrod Taylor and already both acquired and traded AJ McCarron, leaving them with just Nathan Peterman and Josh Allen on the roster. The most plausible scenario for a return to the playoffs is that the Bills get an effective running game while Allen steps in and harnesses his elite physical traits as a deep passer on play-action. The ideal offense here is probably something like the 2008 Ravens, who had Joe Flaccothrow the ball only 26.8 times per game.

Vontae Davis, Star Lotulelei and first-round pick Tremaine Edmunds this offseason. The Bills proved they can make the playoffs alongside the Patriots last season, of course, but their ideal path would be some sort of lost season in New England and a home playoff game in Buffalo for the first time since 1996.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz

[row_33]

3 hours ago, joesixpack said:

This board won't be interesting in 4 weeks if they're 0-4. It'll be miserable, full of whining people that sound like overwrought housewives at a book club who've had too much wine. MANY MANY boxes of kleenex.

 

 

we are here to embrace the full punishment we deserve