Bills avoid letdown, beat Bucs 33-20

but I live in Florida and watch Tim Tebow do those type of things on a weekly basis. You never want to see your starting QB get rocked like that, but it sure fires up the rest of the team seeing your leader lower his shoulder like that instead of getting out of bounds.

Don’t get me wrong, I think he needs to step out of bounds there, too. But it sure is exciting to see his competitive fire…

It actually looked like he put the hit on the defensive player more than he took it. Its not something you want to see very often, if ever, but he looked like he knew what he was doing.

I totally agree. I don’t think his logic was ever to lower his shoulder and deliver a hit. To me, it seemed like he didn’t see the safety (or LB?) coming until it was too late and his only choice was to square up and take the hit. So, he’s gotta see that coming and get down or out of bounds. Hopefully he watches the film and realizes that he’s gotta get closer to the sideline to make it easier for him to hop out of bounds real quick when the defense is getting close.

I will say that once it was too late for him to avoid getting hit, he did the right thing by squaring up with the defender and taking the hit straight on. I’m sure it wasn’t fun getting hit like that, but it probably left him less likely to get injured than trying to slide at the very last second or trying to juke the defender and make him miss.

Go down Trent!

If the sleeves are torn next week, I’ll be scared

DJ did seem to grow a set on the sidelines when he went for it on 4th down in Bills territory. The book says you never do it under those particular circumstances, but he had a good feeling for the team and the game at that point. I’m one of his biggest critics, but he does deserve credit for a well coached game (actually 2 well coached games). Jauron has made some bold, albeit risky, moves this young season and seems like he’s playing for his job—now if we can only see some emotion from the guy!

… but I won’t be sold on Jauron’s in-game impact after just one game.

No one can really dispute that Jauron’s teams are among the most prepared to play. He does a great job during the week, along with the coaching staff.

I would have liked to see more fire in the late second and third. It was a letdown period that we survived.

Again, one game isn’t the body of work that would change my mind on Jauron.

I wonder if McKelvin gone could be a blessing…..?

 No. We can’t go out there with Reggie Corner as a starting CB yet.

“I wonder if McKelvin gone could be a blessing…..?”

I fail to see how that could be ablessing with Drew Brees and the Saints coming to town…

I agree. Now that our playbook is so ‘opened up,’ every time i see one of those toss sweeps (there were a few in both games), I keep hoping there’s a throw involved somewhere.

The continuance of Fewell-led defenses playing soft with a lead in the 4th

Did you watch the last drive for TB? blitz, blitz, blitz – They did play soft for a few plays but they blitzed the crap out of them the last drive – they should keep doing that when they have a lead

love his drive

I have to say this also; Kyle Williams was a beast in there.

Yup – both Bills’ pick-6s have come on pressure up the middle from Williams.

Was it just me or did it seem like Mitchell blitzed on every play in the fourth quarter?

I saw it too and I loved it. Keep on keeping on.

But Fewell’s got an enormous task ahead of him this week……

Yeah, it sure looked like Fewell had Mitchell running into the Guard or Center on every play late in the game. I guess we can call those ‘blitzes’ although it’d be nice if they worked more than just occasionally!

The Winslow TD was actually 42 yards. That play, in particular, can be attributed to poor coverage – as can the first Watson TD. The second Watson TD was a perfect throw/catch to beat solid coverage from Ellison.

It’s a concern, but Winslow wasn’t much of a factor in the second half. Brees/Shockey is rather imposing next week, though.

About Winslow. You can call it a busted coverage, but he and stevens are kind of athletic freaks – its not too often you have to worry about assigning a corner to a tight end because he’s so fast. I would think we’d have to worry more about bringing shockey down if he gets the ball than covering him in the first place.

If I’m not mistaken, one of the TD’s had Whitner and McGee in coverage against one of the tall TB TE’s.

Winslow beat McGee, with Whitner being too late to the party. I think it’s concerning that our safeties are too late to make plays on the ball rather than the TE beating the initial coverage.

I’m not worried one bit about Shockey.

If Butler is out for the season is there any chance whatsoever that Walker finds his way back on the roster?

I would say slim to none. The biggest problem for Walker was his inability to keep up with the no-huddle. I doubt he has gained the stamina to do so in 2 weeks.

I think running the no huddle would be fine, but this would be a great instance to do it how New England did against us – use all short, underneath passes and slants, like an extended running game. Sprinkle in some freddy, and you’ve got drives that take up lots of time and keep brees and co off the field

Think about it – you said Tampa’s passing game was good and that was with Leftwich, not Brees. Next week will be a much harder task than the mental one that awaited them in New England.

Seven penalties… One bad interception on a drive all the way down the field. One bad fumble that sets up the Bucs at the Buffalo nine yard line and leads to a score. Still, very shoddy special teams play – man oh man, if only Youboty could have kept his eye on the ball. A big drop by Owens.

The scary part, is that i’d argue like many people, the Bills have been good, but could be a lot better. New Orleans will be a challenge. We finally are hoping that our offense can outscore people. When’s the last time you thought that! I am so excited to see how they exploit jabari greer.

whats up with all the strange capitalization? : )

Buggs honestly didn’t play all that much. Maybe 30% of snaps if he was lucky. Lots of throws meant lots of nickel.

To me, he looks a bit overmatched. He hasn’t really come close to beating an OT yet, and hasn’t shown any pass rush moves outside of trying to use speed to beat tackles. He needs to improve by leaps and bounds quickly; we need it…

There were times that both he and Williams looked offsides to me. But like K said, if they don ’t get flagged for it, who cares?

The reason teams have been passing on the Bills is because they were both behind late. Both the Bucs and Pats had to come from behind against the Bills so of course they would have more passing yards.