CFB handicapper Danny Sheridan weighs in on the Alabama vs. Bills debate
The Buffalo Bills look absolutely atrocious this year, and when a team looks that bad (cough, Cleveland Browns last year, cough), it prompts certain questions.
Could the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Bills in a game? What would a betting line be for such a game?
According to college football handicapper Danny Sheridan, the Bills would be at least a 28-point favorite against the Tide:
the worst NFL team would be at least a 4 TD favorite vs. the best college team, one has all drafted pros & the college team has about 20-30 possible pro draft choices over the next 3 years..huge speed & talent gap https://t.co/tp4BrQA6Xl
— Danny Sheridan (@DannySheridan1) September 20, 2018
However, when you dive deeper into this debate, the Bills are playing Josh Allen — a rookie from Wyoming — at quarterback. Do you really think he’d find success against the Tide’s defense? Yeah, I don’t either.
Yes, it would be tough for the Tide to stop RB LeSean McCoy, but a four-touchdown spread seems a bit unreasonable.
Sadly, we’ll never know what this matchup would look like, so we’ll have to continue wildly speculating about what would happen.
I think where it’s played would make a big difference. NFL stadiums aren’t quite as big and don’t have that electric, rowdy roar of a college game. Yes, many of those NFL players have experience in it, but I’d love to see little Josh Allen have to face a roaring SEC road crowd in primetime against the GOAT.
Here we go with this again. Bama can beat any NFL team crap. I’d root for any nfl team over bama any day.
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Bama’s defense could maybe make a solid game out of it, but the Bill’s defense (especially front 7) would be unlike anything Bama would see in college and likely prevent Bama’s offense from being competitive for four quarters. Bama’s run game would sputter and a professional secondary would ultimately smother a one-dimensional Bama offense.
Would Josh Allen have success against the Bama D? Yes, yes he would, however this is no statement on Josh Allen. His receivers would be bigger, faster, and stronger than anyone the Tide’s secondary has ever covered, and his NFL O-line would give him plenty of time to sort things out. Would Bama have an advantage in a direct QB head-to-head matchup? Maybe. You could maybe point out some other individual points where Alabama might have an advantage in an isolated situation, but big picture, it’s not contest. At -28, my money’s on the Bills to cover.
This hypothetical scenario gets recycled every year, and it’s just moronic this year as at ever has been.
I’d take the Bills very heavily at that spread. I’d need around 42 – 50 to consider Bama.