Bills can't defend "home" field, lose to Jets
For a second consecutive year, the Buffalo Bills' trek across the border to Toronto ended badly. Thoroughly dominated on both sides of the ball, Buffalo was kept alive by some curious decisions and missed opportunites on the part of the New York Jets, but the "road" team pulled off a 19-13 win nonetheless.
New York dominated this game offensively, rushing for 249 yards and dominating time of possession in the second half. The Jets rushed for 567 yards in two games against Buffalo this season; let's just say that shoring up the run defense should be a priority for the Bills this off-season. You know, once we get that front office and coaching situation figured out.
Buffalo was about as adept at moving the ball offensively as they were stopping it on defense; Ryan Fitzpatrick completed just 9 of 23 passes for a paltry 98 yards, and though the Bills got quality secondary rushing from Marshawn Lynch (6 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD) and Fitzpatrick (5 carries, 32 yards), the Jets bottled up starting running back Fred Jackson (13 carries, 31 yards). When you can't run and you can't throw, you're probably not going to be lighting up the scoreboard.
The Bills trailed 19-10 in the fourth quarter when a Rian Lindell field goal - his third of the game - made it a one score game. Buffalo's defense held on the ensuing Jets possession, giving the Bills one last-gasp attempt at a win. Fitzpatrick was sacked on the first play of the Bills' final drive, and on the next play, he severely underthrew a pass to Terrell Owens (3 catches, 31 yards). Darrelle Revis picked it off, and that's all she wrote.
Lynch's touchdown gave the Bills a 10-6 lead in the second quarter, but Mark Sanchez found Braylon Edwards for a touchdown and Jay Feely added a field goal to make the score 16-10 in favor of New York at the half. Sanchez left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury after the Jets extended the lead to 19-10, but Buffalo still struggled to stop the run consistently with Kellen Clemens in the game. Buffalo just couldn't get anything going with Fitzpatrick to take advantage of the opportunities the Jets afforded them.
Buffalo drops to 4-8 on the season, including a 1-2 record under interim head coach Perry Fewell. They will travel to Kansas City a week from Sunday.
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There's nothing really to say about this game
it was ugly.
Fitz played like Fitz. The Bills struggled to stop the run. They couldn’t score TD’s. Etc, etc, etc. It was Groundhog Day, only this time it was on a Thursday instead of a Sunday.
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
yes this.....
Gimme Fewell, play with Fire, gimme that "W" I desire.....
by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 4, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
I thought
the defense played admirably. They acquitted themselves in front of a national audience. They gave up runs but the points given up were not what you would expect with over 200 yds of rushing against. Even if the Jets missed their opportunities, such is life, the Bill’s D showed up.
I am predicting that Edwards returns to the starting lineup. We’ve seen Fitz’s ceiling. I predict Wilson would want to see what Edwards is capable of.
There ain’t no way Edwards starts again. Fitzpatrick is the guy for the next month, and we need to get used to it.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 5:53 AM EST up reply actions
It seems more that Fitzpatrick needs to get used to his being the starting QB. That line is maddening to watch.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 7:04 AM EST up reply actions
Brohm
I know we’ve touched on this before, but is there a possibility we see him in week 17?
There is absolutely zero possibility we see him at all unless we lose two quarterbacks to injury in the same game.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 8:27 AM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t say the defense played admirably either. Mark Sanchez missed a wide open receiver in the end zone on a terrible throw and Braylon Edwards had a 70 yard TD bounce off his face with no defenders within 20 yards of him. And then as bad as Sanchez looked, Kellen Clemens came in, wasn’t given a chance to throw and stunk the couple times he had to. Buffalo’s D easily could have given up 30+ points. The game really should have been a blowout.
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yeah that definately wasnt a 6 point game...
NY should have had 14 not 3 in the 1st quarter.
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Hard to blame them because they’re like 6th stringers or something, but not a good night. Just seemed like Fitz had less time than usual, which isn’t much in the first place. Will give them credit for a few nice run blocks.
Lynch rips off a couple big runs, then barely touches the ball the rest of the game. Nice.
There is an evil part of me that really isn’t all that upset they lost in Toronto.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Yeah, what the heck was that? I’m usually for playing Freddy more, but Marshawn wasn’t getting touched tonight. Either Jets didn’t prepare for him, he was feeling fresh due to light workload Sunday, or he was a bit motivated having had his starting spot taken away. Any which way, it looked like he should have gotten more touches.
I’m just pissed that they kept on going to the toss to Freddy. It didn’t work the first five times, why the hell would it work the next ten? Our best runs were when we went straight up. But for some reason or another, we stopped doing that in the second half.
The bad coaching continues.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
It's ok
With Kris Jenkins out, the gameplan to run outside over and over again made a ton of sense!
~K
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Brilliant strategy by Van Pelt!
Well at least we now know not to blame the bad offencive play calling on Jauron.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
Their replacement DT was blowing up the inside most of the night.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah on passing plays. Marshawn and Freddy consistently ran right by him on the few run plays to the inside that we had.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
In defense of AVP, all that sweeping set up the one run freddy had in the fourth quarter that went for decent yardage – it was a toss sweep that looked like the rest and then was busted right inside for yardage.
That being said, we saw last night what we’ve seen all year – bills coaches just don’t know how to adapt. Marshawn is averaging 6 yards a carry; YOU GO WITH THE HOT HAND.
Also, why do we pay josh reed? i know its probably not his fault, but that guy has the potential to be one of the best slot receivers in the league.
by quantumuprising on Dec 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Bills football summed up in one statement.
All them bad plays to set up one decent play.
by twoeightnine on Dec 4, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
best we have
I won’t rip Fewell, Van Pelt, or even Fitz. The sad thing is they are the best we have at their respective positions, regardless of the fact that they are all in over their heads on a league-wide scale. This team needs to be blown up. Actually, it needed to be blown up after 2007 and even more obviously, after 2008.
There’s no foundation here. Bad front office, weak coaching staff, inept personnel, etc. The team made their bed when they brought back Dick Jauron this year despite the obvious that anyone who followed this team already knew. 2009 was a total waste and now, 2010 is likely going to be a feeling out process that should have started yesterday and everyone with a pulse knew it.
THE HORROR!
Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in, and then they crap on me. This team needs to be completely dismantled from the top down and the bottom up at the same time. The front office, the o-line, the QBs and the linebackers except for Poz all need to be gone the day after the last game of the season. This may have been the most offensive showing by a supposed offence that i have ever seen. I was praying that the D would score half way through the 2nd quarter because it was obvious that was our only hope. I say play the new QB we got from GB, it can’t possibly get any worse.
This may have been the most offensive showing by a supposed offence that i have ever seen.
Good old post-game hyperbole. Browns game much?
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 5:59 AM EST up reply actions
How bout that Poz hit on Clemens!
Poz then had a bloody face on the sideline, way to play hard buddy!
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills
This game was pathetic. I felt like DJ was on the sidelines again. The players showed no emotion, the play calling was terrible and our defense got run over. The only thing different was we stayed away from penalties.
Our O Line basically lost this game for us because they couldn’t keep Fitz on his feet and no matter how many people they kept in to block the Jets would always bring 1 more.
Another thing I didn’t understand was why didn’t we blitz when Klemmens came into the game??? How bout putting some pressure on a cold QB and forcing him to make a mistake or take a sack! Although I loved Poz’s hit…he was like a freight train and came out of nowhere.
This game was just disturbing to me. Hopefully they play better against the Pats when I go.
We played badly all around.
Or rather we were outplayed badly all around. Lets give credi where credit is due, the Jets D was lights out. Revis just shut out TO. The running game was mostly snuffed (except for 2 good runs by Marshawn) and our D was not up to the task.
The Jets just plain old beat us. Threw and threw.
Buffalo drops to 4-8 on the season… …They will travel to Kansas City a week from Sunday.
Not to sound like a pessimist, and I hate to be negitive, but this season is done. So anyone else hoping that the Cheifs win against the broncos this week (long shot) and then beat us next week, therefore giving them the better record and sending us the higher draft pick? I know it’s bad to throw in the towel on a season, and worst to be looking ahead to the draft so early, but if we do lose to the Cheifs we may very well end up with a top 5 pick as a result. Or in otherwords, a shot at either Okung or Claussen. Just food for thought.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 12:32 AM EST reply actions
Not to sound like a pessimist, and I hate to be negitive, but this season is done
seriously? This team was done a month ago. People saying that before the season even started were being negative, people who said it a month ago were realistic. You’re just late to the party.
I’ll still cheer for the Bills the rest of the season, partly because I actually don’t want to pick in the top 5 for money reasons. I also don’t think that leapfrogging the Chiefs does us much good because I’m on the QB bandwagon and KC won’t be looking in that direction. I’m cheering for the Redskins to win some games. I think that’s the simplest thing to help our draft chances.
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by kaisertown on Dec 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh I`ll still be cheering for us too. But even if KC isn`t looking for a QB, they do need a lot of O-Line help (although not quite as much as we do). We could very well lose Okung to them.
I just think that it would be nice for us to have the oppertunity to pick between a franchise LT and a franchise QB in the first round, instead of the choice being made for us be the teams that are ahead of us. Money be damned.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd also
"Jets crash and burn as Fewell's Bills expode offensively " - So let it be written...so let it be done.
Oh well
So, Perry Fewell is not a magician and the Bills are still a bad team. Nothing new to see here. The final score could (should) have been worse – how hilarious was the Braylon Edwards drop? Too bad we couldn’t come up with any big int’s.
by Frank Reich Revolution on Dec 4, 2009 1:01 AM EST reply actions
Too bad we couldn’t come up with any big int’s.
Did you notice how the Jets avoided hrowing in Byrd’s direction all day? I think the NFL’s taken notice of our rookie.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
More like
The Bills played the safety deep, and I mean way deep, all night long. You can’t do much when it takes you 5 seconds to run to where ever the throw is going…
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The FS has been lining up at least 20 yards off the ball since training camp at least.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
Well the one positive in all this:
The Canada experiment failed yet again.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 7:14 AM EST reply actions
I’m sick of this Toronto Series garbage! It takes all of the advantages we have by being the home team away because it’s in a dome. This regionalization idea is stupid and needs to stop. If they want to build up a fan base they need to put a winning team on the field.
I don’t have a problem with the dome. Good teams play well no matter where they reside. If a team needs poor weather to help them win games, it won’t always work out well.
The problem I see is that the Toronto game crowd is really bi-partisan. There was little noise when the Jets offense was on the field. The only cheers came when anyone scored a TD. I think they just want to see points, not support an American team. Things would be different if the team’s name were the Toronto Bills. Then they’d have a team to call their own.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
What advantage?
Until Fewell took over the team always practiced inside. They still might after that first couple of days.
and on the next play, he severely underthrew a pass to Terrell Owens (3 catches, 31 yards). Darrelle Revis picked it off, and that’s all she wrote.
You might have added that Fitz put everything he had into that underthrown ball.
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by Ron From NM on Dec 4, 2009 7:21 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
And for the second long throw to TO, Revis was the only one jumping for it. It is frustrating to see TO not battle for those balls.
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by can on Dec 4, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
i’m confused on some of those…it looks like TO doesn’t want to battle for the ball at all. But then i watch the replay, and it looks like TO is never expecting those balls to be there in the first place, so he’s surprised when the defender is making a play….ugh
by quantumuprising on Dec 4, 2009 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
RE: Revis and the Analysts who obviously annouced the game from his nutsack...
I am so sick of hearing about Revis, he played okay…but to say that Revis shut T.O. is laughable…Fitz is not a starting caliber QB, our O-line is soft and cuddly, and the passes thrown T.O.‘s way were almost all off target. There was the first bomb to T.O. that he almost brought in (IMO, he should’ve since that is what he gets paid to do), he beat Revis to the ball on that play. I also recall the bad drop by T.O. over the middle that would’ve given us a first, but other than that…anyone could have covered T.O. last night and had similar results. On the last pick, it looked like T.O. thought the ball would go farther than it did, you can see him really kick into gear and then he looked back up at Revis jumping up for the horribly-thrown ball. Seriously, Fitz had a 5yd runnig start when he heaved the ball down field and it was still 10 yds short. Owens and Evans were open much of the night, but we don’t have anyone or anyway of getting them the ball short of handing it off to them. Revis is an excellent CB, but the praise they were heaping on him last night against such an awful offense was infuriating.
by NorCal BillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think Revis deserves every bit of that praise. He has been the best cornerback in the league this season. He has completely shut down Steve Smith, Andre Johnson and Marques Colston and other than one TD has done the same against Randy Moss twice.
So what if TO could have caught that first down over the middle. He could have ended up with 4 catches for 45-50 yards and that would still be one great performance by Revis considering that Buffalo threw the ball in TO’s direction 9 times.
Here’s the Revis highlights courtesy of NFL.com:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d814b18cb/WK-13-Darrelle-Revis-highlights
The first jump ball was exactly that. Revis had perfect coverage and the safety was late in getting over. Jump ball to TO and Revis got a hand in there and broke it up. And everybody who is saying that TO was open on that INT is wrong. Revis was running stride for stride with him and had him so perfectly covered that he was able to look back and find the ball before TO could, turning it into an easy INT.
TO was open much of the night? Are you kidding? Revis got a hand on the ball five times. He physically touched the ball as many times as TO did and almost caught as many passes as TO did.
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Tom Brady is starting caliber, the Pats OL is not soft and cuddly, and he shut down Randy Moss, too. Give the guy some credit because he’s really good.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 5, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
Since I live in Rochester I had two options last night:
1. Go out w/ friends, watch the game.
2. Stay home and watch my Thursday Night TV lineup.
I’m glad I chose #2.
I’m mad I missed the Office.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Hulu!
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Heading there for lunch.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
Oh i’ll get to see it. I just enjoy seeing it on the big screen more than my PC monitor.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I DVRed.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I saw you post that other Rumblers were at the bar. I didn’t meet any of them. Who showed?
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
The guy I was standing next to most of the night and the guy sitting in front of you were lurkers/rare posters.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
Did you berate them?!
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
I told them to get in on the fun! They were good guys and knew what they were talking about.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Aah, yes. It was a good bar, great environment.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
We went to the Distillery on Winton.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 5, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
#20, #1 pick
HA HA ! Not somebody I would go to war with.
I assume you’re talking about Whitner?
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
sounds like it. I can’t really blame Donte when the coaches put him 1 on 1 with a WR. The Jets saw it and took advantage of it. He made a couple of good plays, but the rest of the time he looked like most of the SS in the league would look when matched up against a WR… not good.
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by can on Dec 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
thats why normal coaching staffs don’t match up ss with wr
by quantumuprising on Dec 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
McKelvin on IR – McGee can’t fully run on his knee – Corner got banged up – Youboty didn’t play…
Our FS has a groin injury
Completely understand the frustration, but this was more injury related then anything else
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Exactly. Who else, pray tell, were they supposed to put on him at that point? McGee and Florence were already on the field.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Whitner was the 2nd best CB out there last night...
Granted, I don’t want to see him covering WRs at the LOS full time, but he had great coverage on Crotch when Sanchez laid that pass in there, it was simply a great throw…he made the nice PBU on Crotch or Clowney later in the game too. Why are people down on Whitner’s coverage ability so much? He was truly the 2nd best CB on our team behind Florence…at least last night.
by NorCal BillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
I think the fact that he got completely torched by “Crotch” on a seam route did the trick on people’s opinion of Donte’s man coverage skills.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 4, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Can we think of a better nickname?
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 5, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
All is not lost - we answered some key questions
for those who had some doubt – and they did – posters here found, for once and for all;
1 – Yes, we need to draft a quarterback;
2 – Yes, we need someone from the outside to come in and re-shape this football team; figure out who’s a legit NFL player and who isn’t, and have this new GM pick the right coach for the job.. (Stop all this nonsense that Fitzpatrick and Fewell are answers just because we won ONE game with them as QB and coach.) Stick to the original plan of spending big bucks to get a quality front office in here.
4 – It’s time tin find BIGGER and meaner guys on defense who can stuff the run. The middle of this team is like a sieve.
5 – Keep building the OL (this year was good start; it’s just that injuries crippled us in a position in which continuity is critical). We’re on the right track here; we just have to be patient. The OL is still the key, so keep working on it.
6 – Ralph: give Toronto their money back and stay here. The experiment didn’t work. We need eight homes games a year, like everyone else.
by ccthemovieman on Dec 4, 2009 8:46 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
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1 – I agree!! As I was watching, I was hoping that display by Fitz would put to rest the thoughts that he could be our starting QB next season
2 – YES, YES, YES
3 – nothing to disagree with on that point :P
4 – I am unsure if it is the DL or the LBs who are at fault…. every run there never seems to be LBs around… do they vaporize? or get stuck in the line as well
5 – I actually think we are close with the OL if we can avoid injuries and let them gel. I wouldn’t object to a cornerstone LT in the draft though
6 – Even being Canadian, I have to agree with you. There isn’t the atmosphere, noise, home field advantage to these games. It definitely puts us at a disadvantage having one “neutral” site game a year.
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by can on Dec 4, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
I hope they investigate this option. It seems the fans only want to see talent on display, not division matchups. Why couldn’t they have moved even the Indy game to Toronto?
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Because then people in Buffalo would have been pissed that they didn’t see Peyton Manning.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
At this rate, they still won’t.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
He’s gotta start just to keep his streak alive. And what good would having the Colts game in Toronto be if Manning sat 90% of it out?
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 4, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
I forgot about the streak.
The only appeal would be that Buffalo wouldn’t be losing a divisional matchup. So it only appeals to the team’s home base. Where all home games should be played. =)
Not to offend any of our Canadian friends here, but I could care less about satisfying Toronto’s itch IN their city with the BUFFALO Bills.
If they like the Buffalo Bills, they should just hike on down, right?
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
YES YES YES YES YES
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Part of my little rant above was because I had to pay for beer while perfectly good Dogfish Head sat weeping in the fridge, just to watch the game (which was a “home sellout”).
I had a blast, though, being in the bar and with tons of fans. Not a bad mood to be found in that place. Plus, no one was chest-bumping you and your beer just because they wanted to be noticed.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
haha.
I felt the same way when i got home from the bar last night. After leaving I realized I just paid to watch that game on tv. And it cost about $30… because you cant just sit at a bar and not get drinks… I would have much rather used that $30 to park for $15 and get a 30 of labatts. Then go into OUR stadium to watch OUR team play at HOME.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Except they didn't feed him after he showed he deserved to be fed!
I like Jax more, but you got to roll with the hot hand (feet).
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills
I like F-Jax...
I like his mature quiet intensity and passion for the game, I love his rags to riches feel good story and his never quit on first contact attitude and game play, I like his running style and his relatively sure hands all over the field and his versatility…
but call it what you will (a hunch, maybe blind optimism), I like Lynch as our guy as we go forward. He is young and talented and with experience (and hopefully staying out of trouble) will, I think prove to be the better back in this league. He is only 23 and has a lot more tread on the tires. This scheme sure isn’t helping him out too much…either of them really…but I am against trading him (a 2 time 1000+ yd rusher and decent receiver out of the backfield, with 8+ TD/yr and ability that will potentially make him better) for an unknown commodity.
He might have been puking after that TD run.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
he looked good last night.
The TD drive was easily his best drive of the year.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
I am glad...
that there is a long gap to Buffalo’s next game. Hopefully McGee comes back by then, more pads practices (which seemed helpful before)…I think part of this regression was the rest involved between playing a Sunday game, then a Thursday game (there are other issues certainly, but I think this was a factor)…I think that the rest and film study was what made DJ’s team so complacent and poor on game day…I just can’t stand watching Corner (who is servicable as a part0time fill-in capacity only, but in no way a starting talent in this league) get picked apart every week (wouldn’t this be where you would have a Safety helping out over the top…say on 3-long when the Jesters would easily complete passes to a wide open WR?)…
Thoughts
Fitzpatrick – Didn’t look good, mainly due to getting hammered all day. He did take off and run when necessary, but he still was inaccurate when he had time. I do however want him here next year to train the Rook we draft with our #1.
Corner – Oh dear God was I wrong about him. I don’t believe he is a guy to keep when restructuring the team, I don’t think I’d even let him watch my niece/nephews, he would get lost and they’d be running around all over the place. (see Braylon Edwards all night)
Poz – Please stop saying he is not a good LB, he looked good last night, and he’s definitely the best we will have for awhile.
TO – Subjected to another Revis shutdown, however I think he might have had a few more catches had the ball been not underthrown. Don’t blame TO!
Lynch – Obviously showed he is worth more than the mid to late round draft pick we would get in return for him.
Evans – We are in trouble when TO leaves next year, he couldn’t put up any numbers against Lito??? What will happen when he has Revis on him next year, we are so doomed.
Florence – Please stay in B-lo for the rest of your career! This guy is money.
F Jax – Thanks for giving me 17 FF pts in a return yd league, and not scoring so my opponent (in another league) only got 7 points!
Tought to watch, but the result was necessary to prove we need a rebuilt FO, new coach, franchise QB, and as high as possible draft pick.
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills
Agree
on all almost all points…when it comes to football fan-dom I want my Bills to score every time and Fantasy can go pound mud…but the rest, especially Corner I hear loud an clear…
well this sucks
What do we talk about today and expecially what the hell are we going to talk about monday/tuesday?
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
This entire season has felt like offseason discussion. Relevancy can’t come soon enough.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 4, 2009 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
i hear ya. :-/
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
ditto
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haha Brian, you and the boys are going to have to pull some stories to talk about outta somewhere. I dont think Ill make it thru work all day monday and tuesday without any sunday game dicsussions…
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Maybe it’s time for K to continue his top 50 Bills of all time series. ;-)
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
I agree. This would be the perfect next few days for that. The Rumblings are pretty much what gets me thru the work day.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
I'd prefer Brian make up a game and outcome and then have the O-line play analyzed by Ron...
something like a 52-10 blow-out of the Patriots…with a detailed breakdown of plays and sequences…so jump on that guys… : )
by NorCal BillsFan on Dec 4, 2009 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
ok... i can go with that haha
cant believe Lynch and Jackson both over 100 against the pats. And what an unbelievable play by Byrd on that pick-6.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
I agree
Oh wait. That’s me. Crap.
If those things didn’t take 2+ hours to write, I’d be doing them right now. Even in this lost season, I’d much rather talk about now than the past. Sorry all!
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
So we’re going to have to wait until next offseason again, aren’t we?
Dang, I’ve been looking forward to seeing the top of your list.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 5, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions

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