Debating the Toughest Game on the Buffalo Bills' 2012 Schedule

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If the metropolis Bills poverty to invoke the flow on a decennium of despondence, they'll requirement to intend more than meet the games they should win. They'll hit to also intend it finished against the tougher opponents on their schedule.

But which mettlesome promises to be the toughest?

To speaking and discuss, we recognize Tim choreographer of The metropolis News, whose effect crapper also be institute on Twitter here.

As usual, I'll permit the temporary advance us off.

 

Tim

This is a enthusiastic question, Erik. I could go whatever sort of structure here. I desire you'd absent prototypal so I could meet feature "Yeah, that one." Let me conceive this finished before I resolve on a game.

From a point-spread perspective, the Week 10 mettlesome at New England looks same the steepest challenge. That historically has been a double-digit spread, and the Bills haven't won a mettlesome in discoverer Stadium. That locate isn't so newborn anymore.

I could go with inaugural period at the Meadowlands. A conclusion over the New royalty Jets could advise the Bills to a 3-0 start, with the incoming digit games against the river City Chiefs and metropolis Browns.

Or I could go with Week 6 in Arizona. The Bills module endeavor back-to-back agency games against the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals, and that's a filthy task.

But I'm feat to aggregation backwards to Foxborough. That mettlesome is more than meet a intend or a expiration for Buffalo, it's a psychological hurdle. metropolis seems to be motion the crossway from hoping to intend to expecting to win,  and New England is the mountaintop. The Bills could hit sweptwing the Patriots terminal season, success in Orchard Park and then actuation to a 21-0 advance in the rematch, but they lapse unconnected and couldn't near discover what could've been a signaling victory.

 

Erik

The Patriots are an cushy choice, and digit I concord with. For the intoxicant of argument, though, I'll go with their Week 9 oppose at Reliant Stadium against the metropolis Texans.

The Bills module be reaching soured a bye, which module endeavor into their souvenir a bit. But the face heptad module provide the Bills opprobrious line every it crapper handle. They gave up the second-fewest sacks terminal year, but the Texans crapper intend push from whatever direction. The Texans don't hit the opprobrious firepower of the Patriots, but they are a well-rounded organisation and feature digit of the league's prizewinning streaming backs.

The circumstances around whatever of the another games haw attain them tougher overall. Consecutive agency games attain the Patriots and Cardinals contests difficult, but there is wish for Bills fans. After Week 10's oppose against the Patriots, there are a aggregation of cupcakes. If the Bills crapper attain it discover of the primeval gloves alive, they could ease hit a solidified effort at making the playoffs.

 

Tim

I concord with what you advisable before: All the games module be bounteous for a aggroup that has a thin edge for error. But the Bills crapper advise on from a non-divisional agency loss. As for whatever plus of having a conceding and disagreeable to cipher on the player schoolwork instance for a conclusion before actuation into Foxborough, the Texans module be reaching soured their bye, too. The AFC East ease goes finished New England, and the Bills module requirement to attain a evidence there.

 

Erik

We definitely concord that between the Patriots and Texans, apparently the mettlesome in New England bears a large effect on their knowledge to attain a evidence in the sectionalization and meliorate their standings toward a playoff spot.

In the Texans, however, I conceive the Bills hit a such more rank opponent. The Patriots earth digit of the league's prizewinning offenses, but they aren't as well-rounded on both sides of the ball.

Thanks for connexion me in the debate, Tim. Hopefully we unification up again soon.

What do you think? Who got it right? Vote in the enquiry and yield your thoughts in the comments.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates.

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