SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 13 hours ago, Playoffs? said: Guess we’ll find out in 2 weeks... Unfortunately, I still think it’s too early to rank us. We’ve played ONE good team... and some of those games have been way too close for comfort. The Bills played 3, arguably 4 bad teams and even with mistakes kept it TOO close for NE***'s liking Kraft is already begging for Gronk to unretire. good teams overcome mistakes..... Question: would the Bills have fared as well last season doing the same?
njbuff Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 Who gives a flying fluck where anyone has the Bills ranked on their stupid power rankings. This isn't college football where it does matter where you rank. I could care less if every stupid ranking list had the Bills 33rd on it.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, njbuff said: Who gives a flying fluck where anyone has the Bills ranked on their stupid power rankings. This isn't college football where it does matter where you rank. I could care less if every stupid ranking list had the Bills 33rd on it. Some do, some don't ... It's a topic people like to discuss. 1
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 9:34 AM, SlimShady'sGhost said: Some do, some don't ... It's a topic people like to discuss. PFF has the Bills 20th what a joke that site is. Explaining their system this way! “As opposed to most other ELO systems, PFF ELO doesn’t use the final score to update the rankings. Instead, we compute what the final score should have been based on the player grades.” What a stupid system. That’s like saying: our picks were right, what happened in the games was wrong! They live in their own reality. 2 1 1
billsfan_34 Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 Rankings Schmankings lets just get more W’s! On 10/15/2019 at 12:27 PM, H2o said: Noticed that as well. Kind of hard to argue with at this point. I do believe I would have us at #8 behind the Texans and Chiefs, with the Ravens coming in at #9. Chiefs aren’t very good right now but after Denver tonight all the media will be back on Mahomes and crews jock strap.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Week 8 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27889924/week-8-nfl-power-rankings-1-32-poll-plus-new-goals-every-team 9. Buffalo Bills (5-1) Week 7 ranking: 8 Recalibrated expectation: Make the playoffs With their current 5-1 record and one of the NFL's easiest remaining schedules, there's no excuse for the Bills not to make the playoffs for the second time in three seasons -- something that hasn't happened since they made back-to-back postseason appearances in 1998 and 1999. They're only one game back of the AFC East-leading Patriots, but overtaking them for what could end up being the conference's number-one seed seems less realistic than capturing a wild-card berth. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques 2
BITE ME Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) The Bills are the 2nd or 3rd best team in the AFC. They are the only team to even play with the best team in football. They are young and have a ton of cap space. This is not the championship year, but next year could be. On 10/17/2019 at 4:32 PM, billsfan_34 said: Rankings Schmankings lets just get more W’s! Chiefs aren’t very good right now but after Denver tonight all the media will be back on Mahomes and crews jock strap. The Chiefs are not as good as the Bills, Texans, or Colts. Their Defense is bad. The Ravens blowout loss to Cleveland at Home also makes me wonder in the Ravens that good. Top 6 in AFC is pretty clear cut. Patriots Bills Colts Texans Chiefs Ravens Edited October 22, 2019 by FUTURIST 1
1ManRaid Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 1:51 PM, Stank_Nasty said: exactly. we already have a ranking system based solely on records..... its call the NFL standings... Except it's broken when you have a team with the second best record be the 5th seed. We could be 15-1 by the end of the season and still be the 5th seed behind a team with single digit wins. NFL.com would still probably find a reason to rank us behind them too.
Stank_Nasty Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 1 minute ago, 1ManRaid said: Except it's broken when you have a team with the second best record be the 5th seed. We could be 15-1 by the end of the season and still be the 5th seed behind a team with single digit wins. NFL.com would still probably find a reason to rank us behind them too. you totally missed the point of what I was trying to say I think.... somebody argue the power rankings should be based on records. I said there would be no need for opinion based power rankings at that point and we could just look at a list of the best records in the standings if that was the case. 1
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 funny how they win and drop. take these rankings with a grain of salt.
Boatdrinks Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Power rankings are just a subjective snapshot of the league week to week. The Bills don’t score enough points or make enough highlight reels to move up. They also play an easy schedule this season, so won’t have many eye opening wins with wow factor. They’d be higher if they had beaten the Pats* regardless of the score, and that might be their only way to move into the top 5 or so all season.
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 The Bills win and drop 5 spots!? https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-old-school-football-rules-the-day/ss-AAJ8OIn?li=BBnbfcL
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 like I said, with a grain of salt The Bills are ranked anywhere from fifth to eleventh this week
WideNine Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 8:21 AM, foreboding said: Seems about right, crazy the normally high ranked teams beneath us. Rams, Eagles, Cowboys etc- https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27839117/week-7-nfl-power-rankings-1-32-poll-plus-every-team-biggest-weakness Week 6 ranking: 10 Biggest weakness: Turnovers It's a fixable problem, but the Bills' 11 turnovers are tied for fifth in the NFL -- which is an obvious ball and chain for an offense ranked fifth in average time of possession, ninth in first downs per game and 11th in yards per game. If Buffalo takes better care of the ball, it will be a dangerous team given the strength of its defense. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques Playing NE's defense can skew that turnover metric - just ask the Jets. 2
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said: you totally missed the point of what I was trying to say I think.... somebody argue the power rankings should be based on records. I said there would be no need for opinion based power rankings at that point and we could just look at a list of the best records in the standings if that was the case. I did ... lol and it wasn't an argument ... it was a statement of my opinion Edited October 22, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost
Seven-N-Nine Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, chknwing334 said: The Bills win and drop 5 spots!? https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-old-school-football-rules-the-day/ss-AAJ8OIn?li=BBnbfcL Because they did not beat on the Dolphins like the Pats beat on the Jets. 1
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, chknwing334 said: The Bills win and drop 5 spots!? https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-old-school-football-rules-the-day/ss-AAJ8OIn?li=BBnbfcL I hate those formats. Give me one page to look at and not thirty freaken two 1 minute ago, Seven-N-Nine said: Because they did not beat on the Dolphins like the Pats beat on the Jets. by that logic .... then the Cowboys must be ranked 20th for losing to the JETS and the 49ers must be #1. 1
The Wiz Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, chknwing334 said: The Bills win and drop 5 spots!? https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-old-school-football-rules-the-day/ss-AAJ8OIn?li=BBnbfcL Every bills win is bad for their playoff chances. Just be happy it wasn't an NFC team otherwise we would be lower. 2
HOUSE Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) I should remind you the same sports networks ranked Buffalo #23- #29 before the Bills even played 1 freaking game. Had the Browns #3. Great judgement on their part 3 Edited October 22, 2019 by HOUSE 1
Seven-N-Nine Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 59 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said: I hate those formats. Give me one page to look at and not thirty freaken two by that logic .... then the Cowboys must be ranked 20th for losing to the JETS and the 49ers must be #1. Who said logic had anything to do with power rankings?
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