Thoughts on Wide Right 2.01

Theres nothing like a monday night game when your team is playing.  Getting to go through sunday, waiting for that primetime matchup where your team is front and center.  As Bills fans, we got to feel that for the first time this season.  The amount of excitement that was building up in me from the 7PM start of Monday Night Countdown to the beginning of the oh so famous Monday Night football song with Hank Williams was palpable.  I would have killed to be there in Buffalo, but unfortunately its a 6 hour ride from North Jersey.  When I sat down, beer in hand, nachos in the oven, and saw Edwards pass get picked off, an all so familiar feeling came back.  "Wow, Buffalo really knows how to collectively stomp on their fans nuts." 

Like most of you guys, I was very irritated/frustrated after Lindell missed that kick.  But honestly, even in my gut, I felt that if Lindell were to make that kick, that the Browns had enough in them to drive down the field with 40 seconds left after a Cribbs return and put another one through the uprights.  There is just such a lack of confidence that comes along with being a Bills fan and its almost sickening.  After a few more beers and alot of deep breaths (also not watching sportscenter because of the pain of watching the replays), I started to realize that the Bills were lucky to even be in that situation due to turnovers.  The Browns really should have won that game by 17 points.  Marshawn, as I pushed for in my other post, finally got the ball although I can't tell you how many times I almost kicked in my TV screen when Edwards would breifly look down field and just dump it off to Marshawn.  It seemed like he wasn't even interested in going down field after those 3 interceptions.  Edwards will be fine, but he just seemed completely shell shocked.

Besides Edwards lack of looking down field, another complaint was Jauron on the last drive.  I dont think he coached that terrible of a game, but you just can't be satisfied with a 47 yarder into the swirling winds.  You can't run the ball 3 times, when Cleveland is calling those timeouts to preserve the clock.  The conservative play at the end really cost us.  Why not throw another seam to Royal or a little out route to S. Johnson.  I just didn't get it.  And when the announcers kept mentioning the Wide Right kick as Lindell walked up, I knew it wasnt going in.  Its just a feeling, like I said before, that you just have no confidence in the Bills.  You root your heart out, but it really just never ends in a positive way.  But hey, if we win the next two very winnable games, we still have a chance...

KEEP YOUR HEADS UP PEOPLE, WE'LL BE FINE