Bills/Jets: Opponent History

by sireric on Oct 29, 2008 1:30 PM EDT in News Comment 18 comments

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Buffalo Bills (5-2) vs New York Jets (4-3)
Sunday, October 2, 2008 1PM EST

I'm going to use the same format this week for the New York Jets as I did last week, (last 3 years instead of last 5 games) and we'll hope for better results out of the Bills this week. Let me just say, however, after watching the Jets play the Raiders and Chiefs the past two weeks, I feel much more confident playing at the Ralph this week, than I did last week. Anyway, the history...

October 16, 2005: Bills 27, Jets 17 (in Buffalo)
Starting QBs in this game; Vinny Testaverde for the Jets and Kelly Holcomb for the Bills, (was this only 3 years ago?). Holcomb wins the match-up finishing the day 18-26 for 172 yards with two scores and two picks, compared to Vinnie's 12-26 for 161 yards, 1TD run and 2 picks. Johnathan "Freddie" Smith caught a TD pass in this one.

January 1, 2006: Jets 30, Bills 26 (in New York/New Jersey)
A game that I attended! Yet another memorable QB match-up; this time it's Holcomb taking on Brooks Bollinger. Willis McGahee runs for over 100 yards (113) against the Jets yet again. The Bills take the lead on a 36 yard Rian Lindell field goal, and yours truly (powered by a few over priced beers) begins to talk smack, only to get shut up 15 seconds later as Justin Miller returns the ensuing kick-off 95 yards for the win, and a long walk back to the car.

September 24, 2006: Jets 28, Bills 20 (in Buffalo)
Willis runs for 150 and J.P. throws for 328, tosses 1 TD and runs for another, but the Bills lose 2 fumbles, 1 of which is returned 32 yards by Victor Hobson for a TD, and the Bills fall at home to the Jets.

December 10, 2006: Bills 31, Jets 13 (in Jersey)
J.P. Losman hits Lee Evans for a 77 yard TD score, and for the second time in '06 Willis runs for over 100 yards in a game against the Jets (his only two 100 yard games that year). This time, however, it's the Bills with the defensive score - Nate Clements' 58-yard pick 6 helps seal the win for the Bills.

September 30, 2007: Bills 17, Jets 14 (in Buffalo)
This was Trent Edwards' first career start, and his first win. A gutsy call on a 4th and 1 ends in Edwards' first career TD pass, a 1 yard toss to Micheal Gains. The Bills D holds on to get the W. Rumblings recap.

October 28, 2007: Bills 13, Jets 3 (in Jersey)
An ugly, ugly, ugly game. Trent gets hurt late and J.P. steps in and throws one up for grabs that Lee Evans wrestles away from the Jets defenders for a 85 yard pass and catch to seal the win for the Bills. Rumblings recap.

One last side note; One of the fun parts about doing these recaps is to look into the Rumblings archives, and finding some of the better stories in there; if you've got the time check some of it out. Good stuff, like this, and this one, one of the best comment sections ever. I know Krytime will enjoy it.

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question

How should we play pass defense against Favre? Sit in coverage and wait for him to make a mistake or blitz him and force a mistake while risking giving him the opportunity to make the big plays he’s famous for?

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by poz on Oct 29, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

answer: depends on the situation

The Bills need to keep Favre guessing on what the defense is on his pre-snap reads. Keeping him off-balance will increase the chances of Brett forcing the ball where it shouldn’t go (interception).

Get the Bills back to the big game!

by Blitz on Oct 29, 2008 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pressure, Pressure, Pressure

Not only by dialing up different blitz packages, but consistent pressure from the front four as well. The math is pretty simple on this one:

Favre + Time = 5 – 3.

Given their performance last week against a rubber-armed ex-Jet QB, the Bills will have their hands full with a current-Jet rifle-armed QB. The Bills Offense will have to do something that they really haven’t done well this year, that is get out the gates quickly to help their Defense.

by NJBill on Oct 29, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Favre + Time = 2? ;)

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 29, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes...as in losses in a row :-)

by Joe P. on Oct 29, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A new look Brian Galliford. No more Fett, and a new sig too.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Oct 29, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s Creed Bratton! :)

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 30, 2008 6:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was quick, that show hasn’t even aired yet, has it?

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Oct 30, 2008 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It airs in about 41 minutes. I’m jacked up about it.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 30, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Office

That was a great episode. Dwight messing with Andy was the best.

by VeroBeachBillsFan on Oct 31, 2008 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a little disappointing to me. I wanted to see more Halloween stuff. Darrell was awesome yesterday, though, and yes, the Cornell wars were hilarious.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 31, 2008 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

it was cool remembering those jets games, I was at Giants stadium for the second one last year. Its about 6 hours closer than the ralph to me haha and we got some tickets from our friends. Good time, bad game lol. That lee evans TD was pretty sick to see live though.

by jdol1568 on Oct 29, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was there as well...

Given Losman’s erratic performance and loss of #1 status, I decided not to wear my #7 jersey to the game. Who wudda thunk…errrrr. Although it was Evans and the Jet’s FS that deserve the credit. In the swirling wind, you could see a noticeable difference in JP’s arm strength versus the other 3 QB’s that played in the game.

by NJBill on Oct 30, 2008 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Jan 1 guy a few years a go is something I still remember. I went to McFadden’s in Manhattan to watch it and there was about 3 other people in the bar besides my group. I was pretty wrecked from the prior night’s festivities, so I decided to leave at halftime to go back to my apartment to watch the rest. That Justin Miller TD almost made me release all of New Year’s Eve’s libations. And wasn’t that the game where Damion Shelton bobbled a pass up into the air for an easy INT return for a TD?? I hate that guy.

by Kurupt on Oct 30, 2008 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good call Brian - I loved that first argument with Sireric...

That was like a trip down memory lane. As far as memory lane goes, I have to add the Bills/Jets game where Fred Smerlas blocked a FG late in the game, and sent it to overtime, where the Bills won on a Norwood kick. The fans took the goal posts down – I was one of those several thousand idiots, and to this day still have a piece of the netting. When the mayhem was “over,” the cops just gave up, and let us all have our way with the field. My friends and I had a game of “tackle football” with each other at the tunnel end goaline, sans a ball. We basically just took turns diving over the goal line while hammering each other senseless.

One thing I always took from that experience was how it felt to be on the field. Looking up and around, it felt like you were in a hole, and 80,000 seats were on top of you.

I also want to add a wild card game where Charlie Romes and Mario Clark put a whoopin’ on the Jets, right from the opening kick off, and the first Jet possession.

by krytime on Oct 30, 2008 1:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I found and posted that Kry, for that very reason.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Oct 30, 2008 6:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember thinking to myself..

Who is this friggin guy? You actually had venom coming out of my fingertips. You certainly didn’t have me at hello. But, eventually, you grew on me my friend, as did this site.

by krytime on Oct 30, 2008 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs