Pretty solid post there Junc, some good points made also.
I find it very tough to call who will finish ahead between the Bills and Jets. What I think the Bills have in their favour is that they have been building since '05. Since then they have gone 7-9 the past two seasons. Their schedule is decent enough and on paper, their draft was very solid.
My point is Junc is that the Bills have been building this team for the last three seasons and reaching a stage where the break-through is close. For the Jets to do better than the Bills, I think they have to go 9-7, thats 5 more games than they won last season. Although its not impossible by any standards, I just think the Bills have their building blocks in place, while the Jets will need instant impacts from all their big money signings and early draft picks.
Just think its a big ask Junc for the Jets this season, but they are capable of being a very dangerous team.
We have been building too, sure we added some key FAs and trades(just as the Bills did the last couple of years) but we have some excellent young guys that we are building around. Mangold, ferguson, Cotchery, Harris, revis, Rhodes. I don't know if we'll finish ahead of Buffalo or not but just b/c we spent some money doesn't mean haven't been building.
Our QBs are about even, both have young guys who are developing but we also have a veteran who has had alot of success. Rbs are even, Our starting WRs are better but they probably have a little better depth, our OL should be better, the DLs are similar, they don't have a LB as good as David Harris but the Lbs overall are close, our secondary is better. They have an edge in the P and K game but we both have excellent STs(though the loss of Westhoff might affect ours). I think we have as much, if not more, talent as Buffalo and many of our guys know what it takes to get to postseason while their guys only know what it's like to get close.