Royale with Cheese Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 The only team to hold Brady and the Pats under 30.....and only one offensive TD. 4 1
dave mcbride Posted October 22, 2019 Author Posted October 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said: The only team to hold Brady and the Pats under 30.....and only one offensive TD. He didn't say they were bad. He is simply saying that they have an incredibly easy schedule. Which they do. 1
Royale with Cheese Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 1 minute ago, dave mcbride said: He didn't say they were bad. He is simply saying that they have an incredibly easy schedule. Which they do. Well yeah...I was just pointing this out because when we were faced against a top offense, we were very good. So we aren't just showing dominance against bad offenses... 1 1
H2o Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Just win baby!!! Beat the teams we're supposed to beat, make the playoffs, challenge for the division if possible, and let the 2nd season where winner takes all begin. 3
dave mcbride Posted October 22, 2019 Author Posted October 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said: Well yeah...I was just pointing this out because when we were faced against a top offense, we were very good. So we aren't just showing dominance against bad offenses... FO had the Bills as the second best defense in the NFL last season. They're believers. 1
Mrbojanglezs Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Good. I like easy schedules. Why would we want a hard schedule? 2
Dablitzkrieg Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 People seem to think that the Bills actually have a choice as to who they play. This isn't college football. You play who is on it and beat their ass! 1
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 This is why I say it's all setting up to be a disappointing year next year if the fans expect to improve on the final record from this year, which is probably going to be something like 12-4. It's also why Beane should go all in to try to get the #1 seed this year, because then you have a legitimate chance at making the Super Bowl. The schedule this year is historically easy. 1 1
Kelly the Dog Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 It's ridiculously easy, and getting easier all the time as the weeks and moves continue, and all I can say about it is YAH-FREAKIN'-HOO AND IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!! 4 1 2
Dablitzkrieg Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: This is why I say it's all setting up to be a disappointing year next year if the fans expect to improve on the final record from this year, which is probably going to be something like 12-4. It's also why Beane should go all in to try to get the #1 seed this year, because then you have a legitimate chance at making the Super Bowl. The schedule this year is historically easy. Why exactly would you think of next year when we are in this year? Enjoy it as we all deserve a good team with playoffs. With this defense, we can hang with anyone! 1
BananaB Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 A win is a win. Let the media keep shitting on us 2
TH3 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: This is why I say it's all setting up to be a disappointing year next year if the fans expect to improve on the final record from this year, which is probably going to be something like 12-4. It's also why Beane should go all in to try to get the #1 seed this year, because then you have a legitimate chance at making the Super Bowl. The schedule this year is historically easy. I am concerned about next years schedule
JoPar_v2 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Well it ain’t like NE has it much harder either. Bills and NE only have 2 non-common opponents all season. Safe to say they both have it pretty darn easy. 1
mjt328 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 The Patriots have faced almost ZERO competition (especially from their own division) over the last 15-20 years. NOBODY CARES. 1
TH3 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Just now, ScottLaw said: Why? You won't know how hard next years schedule is until next year. This is my new joke to all the posters who are very concerned about some aspect of the Bills and additionally "need to see" some sort of statistic met to relieve their concern..... 1
BillsFanSD Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Good. Seeing as how three teams in the AFCE start the season with no realistic chance at a division title, I'm not incline to apologize for lucking out and catching an easy schedule that sets up a WC berth.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: He didn't say they were bad. He is simply saying that they have an incredibly easy schedule. Which they do. Maybe? It's been pointed out that the Bills schedule to date features teams with losing records. Well, that happens. Sometimes teams that start out with a lot of wins, don't finish that way because their schedules get harder. But the opposite is true, too. Sometimes teams that start out with a lot of losses, get back in the game because their schedule gets easier. So DVOA now and DVOA when the dust settles at the end of the season, not same thing. In case anyone is unfamiliar, here is Football Outsider's primer on how DVOA is calculated. I like Football Outsiders better than some of the analytics outfits, but I remain skeptical of any statistic that can't be explained with simple calculations. In fact, in the above link, they flat out state "we need to have the entire play-by-play of a season in order to compute DVOA and DYAR". So I'm not sure what's happening where it's being used to calculate strength of schedule 7 games in.
BillsVet Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 Bills first 6 opponents have thus far gone 13-27 on the season. Bills final 10 opponents are a combined 26-38.
billsfan89 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 The way I look at it is you have to get to 9-2. You have 5 games coming up. Eagles, Redskins, At Cleveland, At Miami and then the Broncos. If you factor in a fluky loss in 5 games (it is the NFL things happen) then you set yourself up to be 9-2 going into your toughest stretch of the season where you play the Ravens, Cowboys, Pats, and Steelers. Where even if you were to go 1-3 in that stretch you could still get to 10-5 going into a home game against the Jets. Just take care of your ***** against the Eagles at home. Beat the teams you are supposed to beat. That's how you get to a winning record. 1
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