Dark Horse Tavern » What can we even learn from a Week 1 blowout

What http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/phillip-gaines-jersey , if anything, did we learn about the 2018 Buffalo Bills during their 47-3 beatdown at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1?Can anything actually be tangibly discerned from such a lopsided performance? That when a team is cleanly beaten in every facet of a game by a superior opponent, they’re going to lose by a lot, and look terrible in the process? Isn’t that much obvious?I shouldn’t expect the Bills to look that bad every week this season, correct? Assuming they’re able to play competitively more often than not, doesn’t that make one season-opening blowout loss essentially meaningless? Should we just consider next weekend’s home opener against the Chargers a Week 1 re-do, and pretend that mess we saw yesterday didn’t happen?Even if we play the Sean McDermott card and watch the tape, wouldn’t we just end up confirming our first-glance suspicions? That the quarterback play was awful http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/stephen-hauschka-jersey , the blocking was worse, the receivers couldn’t separate from defenders frequently or catch the ball when they did, the pass rush couldn’t close the deal, the secondary broke down too often, and that there were too many negative plays on special teams? That a team with an incredibly small margin of error to effectively compete couldn’t accomplish basic tasks like converting third downs offensively, stopping third downs defensively, or winning the turnover battle?Say, would you like to read about something slightly different now? The game was bad Youth LeSean McCoy Jersey , so let’s focus on the bigger picture, shall we?When should we start to question “the process?” If there was some sort of grand plan to let Josh Allen sit and learn, why did it only take 33 minutes and 38 seconds of live game action to scrap that plan? What did they expect Allen to pick up experientially from a half of football not that different from general preseason action? How can the team possibly consider putting Nathan Peterman and his resilience back into the starting lineup after benching him for the second time in three career starts?They’re not going to do that, right? Aren’t they in a have-no-other-choice scenario now vis a vis starting Allen?This isn’t going to end well, is it?Bad teams aren’t made in one week, are they? Do they have it in them to turn things around quickly enough to avoid that label? Will the Bills improve enough that we can start trying to figure out what kind of team they can be this season? Or will our misery continue, and only add to our pile of questions? The Jets offense didn’t score a touchdown last week and quarterback Sam Darnold was out for this week’s game with a foot injury, but the team was still favored to beat the Bills by a touchdown.There was good reason for the lack of respect for the Bills. They were 2-7 coming into the game and they were starting Matt Barkley at quarterback a little more than a week after he signed with the team Youth Charles Clay Jersey , but there’s a reason they play the games.Barkley threw two touchdowns, LeSean McCoy ran for his first two scores of the year and the Bills took a 31-0 lead on their way to a 41-10 win over the Jets at MetLife Stadium. Barkley, who won one of his six starts with the Bears in 2016, was 15-of-25 for 225 yards and got the day off to a great start with a 47-yard strike to Robert Foster on their first snap.That aggressiveness remained in place while the Bills were building their lead. Tight end and former quarterback Logan Thomas hit Foster to convert a fake punt and Buffalo didn’t shy away from letting Barkley throw the ball down the field. It helped that McCoy had his best day of the year with 113 yards and the Bills posted 212 rushing yards overall against a Jets defense that looked like it would rather have been anywhere else on Sunday.One wonders if Todd Bowles’ decision to say they didn’t do enough in last week’s 13-6 loss to the Dolphins played into that. The defense didn’t give up a touchdown to Miami and Darnold threw four interceptions, but Bowles note the lack of turnovers caused by the defense in his postgame press conference.They didn’t force any turnovers this time around, although that was just one of many problems for the Jets. Assuming the Jets don’t decide to make a change on the heels of such a humiliating loss, Bowles’ future will be discussed throughout the upcoming bye week and the successive poor efforts during the current four-game losing streak don’t make a great argument in his favor.