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I was thinking about this after today's game and probably should have brought this up when the actual schedule came out but the NFL did the Bills a huge favor this year in their scheduling. It obviously helps that the Bills are 2-0 but as we all know the NFL takes a toll on players over the course of the season. Most players are banged up by midseason because of travel, the nature of the game and weather amongst other things.

 

The crossover to the NFC East this year obviously helps these matters but it should keep the Bills much fresher due to their short travel times to different locations this year. As I looked at the schedule, obviously the Jets and Giants are both really short flights that dont require a ton of travel time.

 

The Bills only lengthy road trip in the months of September and October is to Tennessee for the Titans game on October 6th, the 5th game of the season. Even then the Bills catch a break in this, as they will be able to get rest the following week as their bye week follows that road trip to recuperate and rest up.

 

After that they have 3 more home games and a very short road trip to Cleveland. The Bills will not have to travel a good distance until November 17 with the Dolphins, who are terrible as we all can see.

 

I wonder how much this will help the Bills down the stretch of those road games at the end of the season as other teams have experienced more travel time on their bodies over the course of the year. Cant hurt right?

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There's more than just that. 

 

IIRC, the Bills do not play a team that is coming off of a bye this year. Also, the Eagles at Bills game is the Bills' 3rd home game in a row, while it's the Eagles' 3rd straight road game. The Bills have already had the benefit of the Jets and Giants missing key offensive weapons, and AJ Green may not suit up next week, especially since the Bengals have a divisional matchup with Pittsburgh in week 4.

 

The back end of the Bills schedule looks pretty tough, although Pittsburgh may not be as difficult as we thought. The first half of the Bills schedule is pretty decent. If the Bills have less than 5 wins going into the 2nd half, they'll have a tough time getting into the playoffs, but they could easily have 5 or 6 wins by then IMO. 

 

If the Bills are for real, they'll win a few of those tough games down the stretch.

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We still have to play the Pats twice, which looks just as daunting as ever.  With how week 2 went though, the Wild Card looks like anyone's game

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This is a good thread.   Back end looked very tough at beginning but Pitt looks weak.  Dallas is overrated in my opinion. 

 

Jets and Broncos suck and ravens have to come to our house.  

 

11-5

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15 minutes ago, Ray Finkel said:

Win 4 road games and 6 home = playoffs

And we've already won 2, plus have the dolphins. should be easy to get to four road wins..

 

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12 minutes ago, Drunken Pygmy Goat said:

There's more than just that. 

 

IIRC, the Bills do not play a team that is coming off of a bye this year. Also, the Eagles at Bills game is the Bills' 3rd home game in a row, while it's the Eagles' 3rd straight road game. The Bills have already had the benefit of the Jets and Giants missing key offensive weapons, and AJ Green may not suit up next week, especially since the Bengals have a divisional matchup with Pittsburgh in week 4.

 

The back end if the Bills schedule looks pretty tough, although Pittsburgh may not be as difficult as we thought. The first half of the Bills schedule is pretty decent. If the Bills have less than 5 wins going into the 2nd half, they'll have a tough time getting into the playoffs, but they could easily have 5 or 6 wins by then IMO. 

 

If the Bills are for real, they'll win a few of those tough games down the stretch.

What’s funny about that stretch in the  Eagles schedule is that did that because they anticipated the Sillies errr I mean the Phillies making a deep October run in MLB playoffs and since their stadiums are next to each other they wanted to avoid a logistical nightmare. 

 

Phillies and their 350 million dollar baby Harper  all but done and there won’t be any post season baseball in Philly haha!

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2019 NFL travel miles

(Road games where team travels more than 2,000 miles in parentheses)

1. Raiders: 32,023* (1)
2. Rams: 29,974* (3)
3. Chargers: 28,262** (2)
4. Seahawks: 27,484 (5)
5. 49ers: 25,512 (4)
6. Buccaneers: 24,532* (2)
7. Jaguars: 22,508* (1)
8. Panthers: 22,008* (1)
9. Cardinals: 21,774
10. Texans: 21,368* (1)
11. Bengals: 20,440* (1)
12. Cowboys: 18,074
13. Dolphins: 17,602
14. Bears: 17,234*
15. Ravens: 15,624 (2)
16. Steelers: 15,146 (2)
17. Chiefs: 14,298**
18. Saints: 14,284 (1)
19. Broncos: 14,270
20. Falcons: 13,590 (1)
21. Lions: 13,538 (1)
22. Browns: 13,380 (1)
23. Packers: 12,966
24. Vikings: 12,604
25. Colts: 11,828
26. Titans: 10,706
27. Eagles: 10,346
28. Patriots: 9,906
29. Redskins: 9,358
30. Bills: 8,710
31. Giants: 8,112
32. Jets: 6,730

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3 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

2019 NFL travel miles

(Road games where team travels more than 2,000 miles in parentheses)

1. Raiders: 32,023* (1)
2. Rams: 29,974* (3)
3. Chargers: 28,262** (2)
4. Seahawks: 27,484 (5)
5. 49ers: 25,512 (4)
6. Buccaneers: 24,532* (2)
7. Jaguars: 22,508* (1)
8. Panthers: 22,008* (1)
9. Cardinals: 21,774
10. Texans: 21,368* (1)
11. Bengals: 20,440* (1)
12. Cowboys: 18,074
13. Dolphins: 17,602
14. Bears: 17,234*
15. Ravens: 15,624 (2)
16. Steelers: 15,146 (2)
17. Chiefs: 14,298**
18. Saints: 14,284 (1)
19. Broncos: 14,270
20. Falcons: 13,590 (1)
21. Lions: 13,538 (1)
22. Browns: 13,380 (1)
23. Packers: 12,966
24. Vikings: 12,604
25. Colts: 11,828
26. Titans: 10,706
27. Eagles: 10,346
28. Patriots: 9,906
29. Redskins: 9,358
30. Bills: 8,710
31. Giants: 8,112
32. Jets: 6,730

 

Awesome, great find to further prove my original point. Appreciate the research

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14 minutes ago, CLTbills said:

And we've already won 2, plus have the dolphins. should be easy to get to four road wins..

 

Dolphins, Titans (who actually aren’t very good), and Steelers (which who knows what kinda shape Big Ben will be in by then).  Boom, there’s 5 right there.

 

Oh and Cleveland, who originally I had winning the AFC North but we’ll see... that game might not be as tough as I first thought.

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I am not counting any games as W until later because of injuries and such except the dolphins- so we will have 12 other games in which we must split to go 10-6 therefore due to the schedule I think we are in a very advantageous situation. Basically I am agreeing with OP

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1 hour ago, Hebert19 said:

This is a good thread.   Back end looked very tough at beginning but Pitt looks weak.  Dallas is overrated in my opinion. 

 

Jets and Broncos suck and ravens have to come to our house.  

 

11-5

Agree with you about Pitt but Dallas is an entirely different animal that one will be extremely difficult especially on Thanksgiving 

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1 minute ago, Drunken Pygmy Goat said:

Also keep in mind that, with an easier first half of the season, if the Bills continue to stack Ws, they'll be much more confident going into that tougher back stretch of games. 

 

Also, we have a 2nd Year QB and brand new OL that should only get better as the year goes on. 

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2 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

2019 NFL travel miles

(Road games where team travels more than 2,000 miles in parentheses)

1. Raiders: 32,023* (1)
2. Rams: 29,974* (3)
3. Chargers: 28,262** (2)
4. Seahawks: 27,484 (5)
5. 49ers: 25,512 (4)
6. Buccaneers: 24,532* (2)
7. Jaguars: 22,508* (1)
8. Panthers: 22,008* (1)
9. Cardinals: 21,774
10. Texans: 21,368* (1)
11. Bengals: 20,440* (1)
12. Cowboys: 18,074
13. Dolphins: 17,602
14. Bears: 17,234*
15. Ravens: 15,624 (2)
16. Steelers: 15,146 (2)
17. Chiefs: 14,298**
18. Saints: 14,284 (1)
19. Broncos: 14,270
20. Falcons: 13,590 (1)
21. Lions: 13,538 (1)
22. Browns: 13,380 (1)
23. Packers: 12,966
24. Vikings: 12,604
25. Colts: 11,828
26. Titans: 10,706
27. Eagles: 10,346
28. Patriots: 9,906
29. Redskins: 9,358
30. Bills: 8,710
31. Giants: 8,112
32. Jets: 6,730

No surprise except I would knee-jerk always expect Seattle to travel the most.  Giants and Jets are the only teams with a zero for a road game since they play each other.

8 minutes ago, SCBills said:

 

Also, we have a 2nd Year QB and brand new OL that should only get better as the year goes on. 

Absolutely true -- barring injury.

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