boy, byrd is really playing pretty well. he only had two tackles, but he had some monster hits today to accompany his two picks.

those two tackles were stopping his old roomie on 4th down and steve smith on his long reception, right? not a bad choice for two tackles.

speaking of tackles, with the lack of a pass rush in the first half, where was maybin? seems the coaches have really no faith in him. byrd, wood, and levitre are contributing, but maybin’s been nowhere.

And I’ll take it. We won this one against a bad QB, just like we should have beat Cleveland….. despite our lack of offensive production in both games.
Defense came up again………. despite poor play, when they had to.
I predict that if we play bad QBs for the rest of the year like Snatchez and Delhomey, we will win the Super Bowl!!!

1. T.O. is a waste @ this point. He couldn’t look more dis-interested.

2. I consider myself a realist, and I just think this team is still awful. I mean the offense is winning in spite of it’s self.

3. J Byrd is exactly what a FS in the NFL should be: A guy w/ a nose for the ball, and can throw his body around.

4. How come there are good games every week in this league, yet for 3 weeks in a row the Bills have set the game of football back 50 years. Easily 3 of the worst games i’ve ever seen by 2 NFL teams in each of the 3 weeks, and there 2-1. Dick Jauron…WHAT A LEADER.

I see false hopes on the rise……

If you watch Dwight Freeney, Dumervil, Mathis, even Osi, what do they have in common? Because of there size, they mostly line up very wide on pass russhing downs. Now, I am not saying Maybin is as good as any of thise guys, but what I am saying is why not take advantage of his extermely fast first step. Right now he really doesn’t have any moves, and when he is in the game the tackle just pushes him past the pocket. Why not give him a chance to beat the tackle to the edge or make a move back inside?

whats with all the false hope and we stink comments after a big win? Back to back road wins, back to back TDs from Lee Evans, back to back Byrd is the word.

We are 3-4 heading back home. I’m happy.

I have one complaint, and that is being ok to settle for field goals when we are winning. We lose close games in the jauron era not because we are unlucky but because we always leave the door open – if even a crack – for opposing teams. Go for TDs, don’t settle for poor runs for field goals at the end of games.

Is it bad when the QB play looks similar between the Starter and #2? To me, Fitz isnt a bad backup. But he looks to play just as good as Edwards. I’m not saying bench edwards, because he could become better. What I really am saying is…..how good could this team be with a decent QB?

We might actually see Whitner break out with a competent FS next to him for once.

And I just can’t believe they won this game. Amazing. The Sabres stole one last night, the Bills stole one today. I’ll take it!

I just hope we can end the “Byrd is the word” comments before anyone makes one!

I think Palmer is “thinking too much” out there and not reacting causing him to be a little slower.

Secondary deserves this win. Some of the best coverage we’ve seen in years.

for us to get that fumble and have something go our way late in the game.

Meredith and Bell are really out skilled and over their heads starting for this team. They are getting valuable playing time, but it really causes our offense to play poorly. The OL has a hard time opening up any holes for Lynch or Jackson.

Hopefully this improves in the future. I don’t think Edwards or Fitzpatrick can get into any groove dropping back with the pressure they are getting.

That quick slant to Evans and how hard he threw the ball. The out to Josh Reed. The long pass to Evans, even the out to TO that was over his head all had some heat on it.

Edwards does not seem to throw it as hard… wondering if that causes some of his indecision?

Fitz needs to set his feet to throw well. When he is on the move… he struggles.

is all you knuckleheads scared of the Panthers 1-2 RB monster….Look at us now….Look at us now. Our defense is good and it’s about damn time we got some credit! Our offense is still wretched but hopefully one day it’ll click and we can support this awesome defense we have. Not to mention Bobby April’s ST’s was Terrific today

Three up:
Pass coverage is truly outstanding. Byrd’s play speaks for itself, Florence is playing well, and McGee is his usual solid self. Wilson played well- really like his physicality.

Smart offensive game plan. We didn’t do anything that we couldn’t. Van Pelt put Fitzpatrick in positions to succeed. Granted, sometimes the best thing was a punt- but Van Pelt recognizes the OL issues and the need for Fitzpatrick to be a game manager, and called plays accordingly.

Special Teams. I lost count of how many bang-bang plays we had on punt coverage. Except for Lindell’s kickoff out of bounds, the unit was back to it’s normal awesomeness.

Three down
Offensive line couldn’t run block and could barely pass block. Ron will break this down for us in detail, but without further study, we were not good from what I saw.

Pass Rush. We got sacks and pressure when we knew the Panthers had to pass.

Showboating. Lots of congratulating and celebrating for doing nothing much. Was it me, or did Lynch try to walk into the end zone on the first TD? Too many guys breaking up passes or catching first downs and showboating. Works for guys like Shockey, not for you Josh Reed. When we’re undefeated, you can do that too.

It’s the fact that we should be 5-2 that bugs me. The fumble in game 1 and not being able to beat the awful Browns when they complete 2 passes and score 6 points. That’s the difference between 3-4 and 5-2.

grumble grumble…living in a world of what-ifs and why-nots…grumble grumble

They might use Donte in the slot, with BS and JB in the traditional spots. Or we could see Scott closer to the line in a 4-2-5. A 4-2-5 is not an unusual package formation, except on known running downs. It would allow us to minimize our linebacker weakness and maximize our secondary depth. I’m not saying to use this formation as a base formation, but on passing downs or plays we suspect passes, it could be dynamite.

First, I’ve given Jauron and Fewell a lot of grief about the “bend but don’t break” defense they’ve had over the past few years, but it’s done pretty well for them the last 3 games. I guess the main difference is the creation of turnovers. It’s finally nice to have some players getting in there and making some big plays, even if they are against some struggling qb’s. We’ve given up 1032 yards in the last 3 games and only 28 points in that time. Teams are running all over us but we’re finding a way to stop them before it leads to touchdowns. Sure, it’s a scary and potentially dangerous statistic, and it would be nice to give the offense a lot better field position to work with, but it’s a pretty heartening sign to see the defense being resilient.

Second, I’m not sold on Fitzy’s ability, but it’s nice to see him take some chances.

Third, probably the best kick coverage I’ve seen in quite some time. April’s boys were swarming to the ball and I have no doubt that played into the muffed punt.

Fourth, I can’t get “Surfin’ Byrd” out of my head.

Fifth, a win is a win. Does anybody expect us to look great on offense with this O-line? We’re playing how we need to in order to win.

I was at the game yesterday with a bunch of family. I couldn’t believe how many Bills fans were there. It seemed like 10,000. There must have been at least 30-40 Bills fans in our section, alone. I was standing up every time the Panthers had the ball to try and rally the fans to make some noise, especially on third and fourth downs. I screamed so loud, and so often, I can barely swallow

The Panthers fans were hitting the exits early and we got to hit them with the, “Na, na , na, na, hey, hey , hey, goodbye!”

- I questioned the pick originally, but now admit that Byrd is exceeding my expectations. Finally, the Bills might have drafted a future Pro Bowler.
- As for the game itself, God this offense is terrible! To think that 7 games into the season, you get your first rushing T.D. – Why is it that this offense never makes any progress.
- People should ask for a refund who actually paid for a ticket for this game.
- Defense continues to keep us in games.
- I like Fitzpatrick more then Edwards so far. Give him a few more starts to see what he can do, at least they are getting Evans involved and trying to get Owens more involved – If he can catch the ball.
- T.O. must stand for ticked-off. What an ego-maniac this guy is. When Evans scored, I never saw Ticked Off approach him. Must have been texting the Pointer Sisters!

The Bills are surprisingly very very good at these they must practice that often because teams seem to have trouble converting that (however 4th and longer they often DO convert)