Team Spotlight: Buffalo Bills (1 Viewer)

[Maurile Tremblay]

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I'll start off by posting my projections to get us going. The idea is for others to post their own projections as well, or to comment on the projections posted by others.

Overall

495 pass attempts for 304 receptions, 3234 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions; 446 rushes for 1886 yards and 11 touchdowns.

QB

Trent Edwards: 286 of 464 passing for 3047 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions; 47 rushes for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Ryan Fitzpatrick: 18 of 31 passing for 187 yards, 1 touchdowns, and 1 interceptions; 3 rushes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brian Brohm: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

C.J. Spiller: 213 rushes for 876 yards and 6 touchdowns; 47 receptions for 336 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Fred Jackson: 128 rushes for 557 yards and 2 touchdowns; 30 receptions for 223 yards and 1 touchdown.

Marshawn Lynch: 35 rushes for 139 yards and 1 touchdown; 8 receptions for 53 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Justise Hairston: 8 rushes for 32 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 12 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Corey McIntyre: 4 rushes for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns; 1 receptions for 6 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

Lee Evans: 66 receptions for 955 yards and 6 touchdowns; 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Steve Johnson: 52 receptions for 607 yards and 4 touchdowns; 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

James Hardy: 31 receptions for 373 yards and 2 touchdowns; 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chad Jackson: 12 receptions for 152 yards and 1 touchdown; 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Roscoe Parrish: 5 receptions for 54 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

Shawn Nelson: 20 receptions for 172 yards and 1 touchdown.

Derek Schouman: 16 receptions for 152 yards and 1 touchdown.

Jonathan Stupar: 10 receptions for 88 yards and 1 touchdown.

Joe Klopfenstein: 5 receptions for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns.

 

[theglorydays]

Pretty optimistic projections for Edwards

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

I think Brohm has a good chance at getting some PT this year.

I also think, if Lynch doesn't get suspended or traded, the RB touches will be fairly close to 30%/30%/30%.

Finally, I think Nelson will be closer to 40 or 50 catches than 20.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I am curious as to how you are projecting Lynch to get 35 carries?

Do you think if he plays 16 games he does not even get 2 carries a game or do you see him holding out etc?

Thanks for these projections as they are a a great starting point as to players values and roles for the up coming year. I know it is hard to throw out a projection so my question is one not of trying to be negative but get a feel as to what is going to happen with Lynch

 

[Jeff Tefertiller]

I like Stevie Johnson a lot, but I think the rookie has a shot to surpass him this year. Is there a reason Easley is not listed?

 

[Dawg Pound 69]

Agree with what others have mentioned regarding Nelson and Easley being projected too low.

 

[ScottNorwood]

I'm projecting them going deep into the post season

 

[Ministry of Pain]

MT, I also have similar numbers for CJ Spiller. 200-800-48-400...and about 7-8 Tds. I think Fred Jackson takes a big hit. Lynch cannot stay on that team, but if he does, I would look for him to become a clear number 2. Spiller/Lynch makes an interesting combo at RB, too bad they have one of the worst 5 OL in football.

 

[GOroute]

Look for Brohm to start. my picture (look to left) knows.

i could see a late trade after rb's get hurt. if not i see a running wild team. they are going to show looks the nfl has never seen. not saying it will work, but chan is creative (see Slash).

 

[az_prof]

MT,

I noticed that you have Lee Evans ranked as the #20 WR for redraft leagues. That is quite a bit higher than what the rest of the FBG staff has him ranked. Why so optimistic? I have owned Lee Evans the last couple of years and have come to conclusion that the guy is a bum (as a fantasy player)

I am wondering the same although I wouldn't use the word "bum," just under achiever due to a bad situation. I guess one way the situation improved is TO leaving and no other WR of note being brought in. So, Evans goes back to being the primary receiving target. I guess if you think Spiller improves the offense in general, and therefore, more drives continue rather than three and out, Evans could have more scoring opportunities. I find it hard to believe that the QB situation is going to improve much.I guess it makes sense to project Evans close to what he did in 2008 when he was the WR1 and had Edwards as QB. That year he had 63 for 1017 and 3 TDs. That's pretty close to what Tremblay is predicting, except he projects fewer yards and 3 more TDs (6 TDs total).

In retrospect, Tremblay's projection looks about right, especially since Evan's career TD average is 6.5/year.

 

[Ron_Mexico]

The Brian Brohm era starts this year, imo.

Trent Edwards has been given countless opportunities to prove

himself the garbage can QB that he is.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Still too early to make these projections IMO. The O-line is still the biggest factor here and the rumors are hot and heavy that the Ravens want to trade Gaither and that the Bills want him really badly. Gaither would immediately upgrade the O-line in a big way and could upgrade the whole offense.