Bills Training Camp Preview Part 2 Optimism

By Steve

Buffalo Bills training camp preview time boiiii. Part 1 questions and answers can be found here. Time to move on to reasons why Bills Mafia has (gasp) reasons to actually be optimistic heading to SJF. And no this wont be a sarcastic (entirely) post:

1. The Defense
The Bills defense with returning DC Leslie "i look alien-ish" Frazier should be a solid if not great unit. Sure Thumper and his tackles 8 yards past the line of scrimage are gone but thats about it. They over paid for a solid (star) DT, drafted an alleged stud linebacker/freak and are replacing one injury prone CB no one ever heard of (Gaines) for an injury prone CB everyone has heard of (Davis).

The safeties are still legit and there is now some depth behind Shaq "bust" Lawson at defensive end. Banking on Trent Murphy and a guy w a million letters in his name is risky but Murphy should contribute. Who knows, maybe Matt Milano is actually good too.

2. New OC Brian Daboll
Can anything be worse than Rick Dennison? Well, actually, I guess it could be (see the QB depth chart) but at least  Daboll is young and has recent college experience. Granted, his previous (team) success is meaningless especially when it was so talent rich and the Bills offensively are so talent poor; but the Daboll hire is refreshing and some what inspiring.

3. The Division
The AFC East sucks. Ryan Tannehill, a stray McCown bro and a 41 year old bitch boy are the other starting QBs? Sure the Patriots are dominant but god damn arent they due for a mediocre year? Please? Either way the Jets and Dolphind are no better than the Bills. Is it not possible, if you squiny reallllly hard, andddd sit down, and dont think about it too long, that anyone could technically win this weak division?

4. The Back Half of the Schedule
Yes, Im the guy that says the schedule the way it appears now is meaningless to what it will look like in November butttt. After a gauntlet in the first 4 weeks the schedule appears to soften greatly. (Uh oh im staring to reach already)

5. The Offensive Line
Yeah sure Eric Wood is gone and so is Richie Incognito but how good were those dudes relative to their salaries and the product on the field? Is it not possible that with some new blood in there that the pass blocking could be significantly better? Tiny Ty was running for his life last year. (Uhhh def starting to reach)

6. LeSean McCoy
Alright I ran out of positivity.

Up next? Pessimism!