Where is this going?
Continuing the recent trend of firing key assistants a week before the season, Buffalo Bills OC Turk Schonert has officially been canned. Can’t wait to hear about how the team would be better if only it had a deep throwing QB or how they have the worst coach ever. I’d like to just panic at this point and declare the season over but frankly this preseason has been such a mess it’s hard to tell how accurate a picture of the team’s potential this preseason has painted. With teams like the Raiders and the Lions, when chaos inevitably breaks out before the season, fans can at least be certain that their team will blow the season the same exact way they always have (well, the Raiders anyway). With most NFL teams, you can be certain that they will either tank, undergo a regime change, and secure a top 10 draft pick or wind up playing deep into January and maybe even into February. As dismal a preseason as the Bills have had, there’s been so many mixed signals coming out of Orchard Park that I don’t even know what to expect as a Bills fan. I don’t have a decent idea whether this team will go 10-6, 7-9, or 6-11. Somehow, that feels even worse than knowing your team’s doomed to the bottom of the division cellar.
I, for one, will be impressed if they go 6-11.