We've clearly reached the "Trust the Process" phase of the Bills rebuild. After Sunday's 47-3 beatdown by the Ravens, what else could you surmise?
Head Coach Sean McDermott has consistently shipped talent out of town - including Marcel Darius, Sammy Watkins, and Tryod Taylor and brought in his own players. The result is a roster without a lot of proven talent, aside from LeSean McCoy, Tre'Davious White and maybe Jerry Hughes, Kyle Williams, and a few others (I guess the safeties) and a bunch of McDermott's guys.
Yeah, we made the playoffs last year, but three players that are now gone - Tyrod, Eric Wood, and Richie Incognito - had a lot to do with making the offense competent at times - at least enough times to finish 9-7. The defense was fairly decent last year and didn't seem to lose too many players, so, I'm not sure what happened yesterday vs. Ravens, maybe it was an anomaly. But, I don't think I'm expecting the playoffs this year. We do play the Dolphins and Jets twice each, so maybe 5-11 would be an optimistic outlook.
On top of that, you have to trust that McDermott is really building something from the ground up. I like Josh Allen (have wanted him for the Bills since I first heard about him after his outstanding junior year), and guess the idea is to fill in some pieces in around him. In his first game yesterday, rookie Tremaine Edwards looked like a stud from all reports, and last year's first round pick, White, has also looked like a winner. But the o'line seems to be devoid of talent and something obviously gave on the defense....So, we'll see if McDermott gets this right, but unfortunately, it appears like we may have to suffer through at least one miserable year. I'm willing to do that, if there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Bills did go back-to-back 2-14s in the mid-'80s before emerging as a championship contender a few years later. So, there is some precedent.
For now, I guess we can always take heart in the success of our castoffs like Ryan Fitzpatrick, who passed for 417 yards and 4 TDs yesterday while leading the Buccaneers to a 48-40 win over the Saints. Yeah right, while our quarterbacks threw for 70 yards with no TDs and two interceptions. Hopefully in another five years, when we are celebrating our latest AFC championship, this will all be a bad, distant memory. Either that or we'll be gnashing our teeth through yet another rebuild.
Head Coach Sean McDermott has consistently shipped talent out of town - including Marcel Darius, Sammy Watkins, and Tryod Taylor and brought in his own players. The result is a roster without a lot of proven talent, aside from LeSean McCoy, Tre'Davious White and maybe Jerry Hughes, Kyle Williams, and a few others (I guess the safeties) and a bunch of McDermott's guys.
Yeah, we made the playoffs last year, but three players that are now gone - Tyrod, Eric Wood, and Richie Incognito - had a lot to do with making the offense competent at times - at least enough times to finish 9-7. The defense was fairly decent last year and didn't seem to lose too many players, so, I'm not sure what happened yesterday vs. Ravens, maybe it was an anomaly. But, I don't think I'm expecting the playoffs this year. We do play the Dolphins and Jets twice each, so maybe 5-11 would be an optimistic outlook.
On top of that, you have to trust that McDermott is really building something from the ground up. I like Josh Allen (have wanted him for the Bills since I first heard about him after his outstanding junior year), and guess the idea is to fill in some pieces in around him. In his first game yesterday, rookie Tremaine Edwards looked like a stud from all reports, and last year's first round pick, White, has also looked like a winner. But the o'line seems to be devoid of talent and something obviously gave on the defense....So, we'll see if McDermott gets this right, but unfortunately, it appears like we may have to suffer through at least one miserable year. I'm willing to do that, if there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Bills did go back-to-back 2-14s in the mid-'80s before emerging as a championship contender a few years later. So, there is some precedent.
For now, I guess we can always take heart in the success of our castoffs like Ryan Fitzpatrick, who passed for 417 yards and 4 TDs yesterday while leading the Buccaneers to a 48-40 win over the Saints. Yeah right, while our quarterbacks threw for 70 yards with no TDs and two interceptions. Hopefully in another five years, when we are celebrating our latest AFC championship, this will all be a bad, distant memory. Either that or we'll be gnashing our teeth through yet another rebuild.
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