Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Buffalo Bills




The Buffalo Bills are stuck in a Division that has been dominated by the New England Patriots since the turn of the Century and that dominance is unlikely to change. Rex Ryan has brought in his twin brother Rob to help on the defensive side of the ball. Both the Ryan's are extremely defensive minded. Tyrod Taylor stepped it up last year after taking over from Orton who has retired and Manuel. If Taylor can stay fit he will be a lock at the QB position moving forward.

LeSean McCoy is the number 1 player on this team, but lets be honest his best years were had a Philly where he was able to reach 1600 yards in 2013. He was replaced by DeMarco Murray at Philly and we all know how that turned out. McCoy is still a quality back and I see him having a big year at Buffalo this year, his second on the team as long as the knee injury that kept him out late last season doesn't re-occur.

Sammy Watkins is the next big time player for this team, he is the number 1 receiver and has shown glimpses of what he can do at times. Last season he had 60 receptions and 9 TD's with over 1000 yards. I can only see this getting better this year. I would put him down for 10+ TD's this year and possibly over 1500 yards. He has the talent, but I believe it all depends on Tyrod Taylors output this year. Having a consistent starter will always help.

With the D the Bills went to the draft and selected Shaq Lawson at 19th pick, he may not be ready by the start of the season with a shoulder injury reported to keep him out of action from May for 6 months. This is a huge loss. Another is Reggie Ragland, the big guy was selected 41st in the draft after sliding due to a report enlarged aorta. Teams had concerns but no one really knows if this will effect his play moving forward.

One guy I will be keeping a close eye on is the youngest Gronkowski. Glenn joined the team this year at the Full Back position. There is pretty significant size difference between he and Rob and a major talent difference but I'm definitely keen to see if he can make it!

The Bills as said suffer from being under the Patriots, they also have to put up with Jets who I still believe are a 2 game better team than the Bills. I have them 6 - 10 and that's if they get lucky. I just don't rate them that highly. In my eyes they just don't have enough stars to get the job done on offense.

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