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Rather a horrible person like that goes to the Jets or Dolphins will be that much sweeter to beat them.
I agree with the Jets take they are going to be Tough if healthy and their Defense can handle Allen.
If we couldn't sign HOP.. I have absolutely no faith we'll sign Cook.
Oh.. their defense HAS handled Allen admirably.. Allen looks like a JAG when Bills have played jets.. they have the formula to handle a QB like him..
I really hope they are not looking at us as two wins already in the bag. We know they were a QB away and now they have Rodgers.
Agreed.. unfortunately.. every team on our schedule is looking at us as such.. I believe teams respect our defense.. but not our Offense.. as much as I respect BB.. he has to take full accountability for last season offensively.. not Mac. The Jets in my opinion will be the toughest team for us.. I'm telling you.. not Miami not Buffalo.. you can score on Miami snd Buffalo not jets..
I used the infamous "gamblers logic" to figure the Pats do better than expected this because they lost a lot of close ones last year. Is your post basically validating that in the sense of "regression to the mean." So, the alternative view that a team is "good in close" games is just some BS narrative?Idc ab anyone except like 4-5 people. This is from "the book of Justis 316"
Close Game Records and Teams to Highlight for the 2019 Season - Optimum Scouting
www.optimumscouting.com
"Close games are important. They can decide if you are in or out of the postseason. With that being said, a team’s record in decisive games is a much better number to use for projecting what teams will do in the future than their overall record."
"If you took a time machine back to 2006, you could go 39-2-1 predicting that unsustainably good close game records would lead to an immediate drop-off and unsustainably bad close game records would lead to an immediate rise. The NFL devours itself through its parity machine (outside of quarterback play and head coaches), but three or four teams a year become easy reads because of how they performed in close games the year prior. When the process is right 94 percent of the time, you take it for its word."
"When applied to college football, this logic also holds up. Over the last decade, Alabama, Boise State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin have combined to post an FBS best 457-48 record in decisive games. Collectively, they have gone just 97-71 in close games, a win percentage of just 58 percent. This means that even the best of the best, the programs which blow teams out the most while also avoid being blown out, barely have any significant ability to win single-score games over a large period of time. Truthfully, the ability to win close games is more of a myth than a tangible trait.
The team with the best close game win percentage over the last decade? Ole Dominion with an 11-4 record. Wyoming (30-17) ranks eighth and Louisiana-Lafayette (26-15) ranks ninth. Close game numbers are mostly bunk. The truth is, no matter how important we anecdotally claim winning close games is, 1) winning close games is not nearly as stable year to year as winning decisive games is and 2) the vast majority of wins at the FBS level come from decisive games."
As the year plays on they'll learn to respect our offense, if they go by last year they'll be mistaken. Things will look a lot different this year.
I share your optimistic views.. I agree our offense will be much better.. I've said myself we are being judged off last season.. injuries already are starting to happen. Joe burrow carted off possibly an Achilles, Ramsey in Miami.. possible ACL.. if we can stay relatively healthy we'll be in play..
I hope they are. Whenever any team assumes a win it makes winning much less likely.
