Bills (-8) @ rams a preview of a massacre

by Steve

The Bills are far from great, at this point they're above mediocre and below great, so we'll stick to good. Usually in the National Football League, a good team is not favored by 8 points on the road. Giving eight on the road means they would be 2 touchdown favorites at home. How could this possibly be? Trent Green and the 2008 St Louis Rams make this 'be'.

I had major reservations about the Raiders game. A team with little to lose, a coach on tilt, and a Bills team a bit too high on itself appeared to be a recipe for disaster. Turns out I was nearly correct, nearly, thank god. The Bills were giving 9 last week and it was the first time I had zero faith they would cover. This week is a completely different story.

The Rams suck, but not suck like the Raiders suck. At least the Raiders have talent, they just aren't put together correctly. The Rams really have no talent. They give their slightly above mediocre QB $60 mil and bench him less than a quarter into the season. They are in the worst division in football and are still a bounce or two away from going 0-16! That is a feat.

Steven Jackson has talent, but he is already talking shit about the coaching staff, the o-line blows, their defense is worse, and the fans have already given up on '08 considering the game isn't sold out yet. I actually don't know that their defense sucks cause I've only heard of one or two of their starters, and the one has killed people cause he can't afford a professional driver. But giving up 37 points+ in their first three games gives me a bit of perspective on their skill level.

The only negative heading into this game, besides the terrible D-end play, is the loss of Roscoe Parrish for 4 games. He's not the greatest receiver but he's quick and when he gets the ball he's dangerous. His major impact obviously was ST's but with McKelvin back there we don't even lose that much. If anything it forces the maturation of Hardy and hopefully Steve Johnson which could be a good thing. Maybe that's just spin but either way Lee Evans needs to a.) elevate his game, and b.) get a new contract. I think that might be weighing on his mind a bit. (hint hint boy genius Ross)

Prediction
Linehan sets up a monster.com account, Green is carted off for the upteenth time and the Bills roll 28-14