Bills Make Big Plays, Defeat Colts 34-21 In Toronto

nice write up.

I’d give that Woods kid a plus for special teams today………he was the only one doing anything………….and great hustle and awarness on that muffed punt he recovered.

I agree Brohm looked okay……..Trent is still the man, head and shoulders above everyone else.

too bad about lankster.. i was pushing for him to make the roster.

i thought chad jackson had a good day as well really. i think he’s put himself in a strong position.

would have liked to see a bit more happening with stevie j. he was quiet tonight.

The comments during the game were all very much in favor of Brohm moving up the depth chart, and he looked solid and made quick reads, but didn’t impress beyond that.

I have already stated I am in the Brohm camp, and I am still there. Brohm didn’t have a touchdown, granted, but he was moving chains effectively and that hot route pass was a thing of beauty.

At least to me in effectiveness Brohm > Fitzy.

its tough to handle now, but it is still too soon.

So how bad did Corner look

Brian, as you mentioned earlier, I am just thankful to see progress.This game, IMO, was a result of the competitive spirit fostered by Gailey in this years camp. It was very nice to see a little excitement(though in preseason) from the sideline. Gailey was encouraging players as they came off the field, rather than the old golf clap offered by our previous coach Dick “emotional vacuum” Jauron. Though this is a small detail in the grand scheme of things, it makes me believe that there is some hope for a better future for the team. Gailey seems well suited to our Buffalo(sorry for the cliche) way of hard working, blue collar individuals fighting for every scrap. Cant wait to see more…..for a change.

I was impressed with McKelvin’s performance tonight. It looked like he made the strides that I was hoping for. I know, it’s early, but I like what I see so far.

Brohm looked solid tonight. He made quick, decisive reads, and made proper throws. I have to give the #2 job to him. We all know what Fitzy brings to the table. Brohm, to me, is clearly the better option.

But the spotlight for this game is unquestionably Joique Bell. Granted, he was playing against 2’s and 3’s, but he was VERY solid. I don’t know what kind of roster moves we would have to make to carry 4 RB’s and a fullback, but it’s something that needs to get done. There is no way we can let this kid go to the practice squad. Some other team would pick him up in a matter of days. He could be a star in the future, and I don’t think we should let him slip through our hands.

Youbouty did decent as well. Solid open field tackling, almost got a pick as well. The thing is, he will never be able to play a full season. So the question is; do we give him a roster spot, knowing that he will never be a standout perfomer, or do we give it to someone else, who we can count on to be there?

what to do with 4 RB’s….Bell sure looks like an NFL back and I thought he looked spectacular in the college highlight reel I saw…we can’t wave him….problems, problems…

GO BILLS!

To Arthur Moats, he wasn’t caught in the same poor positions that made him have a bad game against Washington, and made some good tackles

I’m a little disturbed at how much a little spunk from our bills can get me feeling positively anxious. Maybe we’re not as bad as I’ve been building the team up to be?
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pretty please?

I only watched the first half but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by what happened. I thought that was a good play by Edwards throwing it deep, and where he placed that ball is similair to where it was when he tossed one to Johnson last game (how far ahead of the receiver), just Evans is much faster – so hopefully more time with the two will open things up.
I know Parrish didn’t have a lot of plays, but I think he looked a lot more decisive when he caught the ball.
I didn’t get to see Joquie, but Spiller looked great, and I completely agree with what Brian said earlier about CJ getting the bulk of the carries by season end (Or at least the future whenever that is).

- Ryan Fitzpatrick: Conventional wisdom is that Fitzpatrick has hit his ceiling. He stood on the sidelines and watch Brian Brohm demonstrate that he (Brohm) hasn’t yet hit his. In a year of low expectations it might make more sense for the Bills to keep Brohm as the #2 QB and dump Fitzpatrick. Buffalo will probably keep 4 QBs until the final cutdown so if Fitz is cut he won’t have a shot at making another roster.

-Rogers Stadium: About 40,000 showed up and the maximum capacity is around 54,000. That’s just not enough bodies even if every seat gets sold. The crowd wasn’t exactly partisan as the cheers were about as loud for both Buffalo and Indy touchdowns.

-Bruce DeHaven: Buffalo is going to lose a game or two due to special teams SNAFUs. This is the time of the year where special teamers are relatively plentiful on the roster. Once the cutdowns hit Buffalo’s dedicated special teamers will be few and far between. That doesn’t bode well for special teams performance in the regular season.

-Trent Edwards’ sideburns: Too easy.

no injuries.

right?

GO BILLS!

Great pic with the article my new background.

Signs of life. I just wish I could have watched it.

don’t get too excited, there was plenty of room to improve to put it mildly….

however, we won a game! yahoooooooo!

GO BILLS!

that’s 2 in a row against the colts….

we’re great! we’re great! lord knows…..

GO BILLS!

Not saying that we’ll make the playoffs, just that it’s encouraging to see some talent come out.

Brohm read the blitzes like a pro
Great timing
Quick release
Awesome pocket presence
Oh and confidence

Its weird seeing someone drop back and be a quarterback in a bills uniform

Trent looked decent, def had a better touch deep on some missed balls due to uncalled pass interference

Brohm against the ones in a preseason game. Love to see it.

Demetrius was consistently handling his assignments against Dwight Freeney and was not a loability on the line. I feel better at LT.

I also see the Bills keeping 4 RBs into the season, and Bell sticks for this reason, and the injury reason. Trades are open until week 6, and someone may make a play on one of our RBs, Freddy or Marshawn, and we may have the luxury of acting, or might have too much good to give up on a player like Marshawn, who to me, against Washington looked shifty and powerful in his limited playing time

i had to miss the game.

Obviously a lot of improvement, but not impressed with our lines (surprise!). Bell did look good and I have faith in our interior O line but somehow that pocket was still collapsing pretty quick on Edwards. Also, as quick as Spiller is there were plays when someone was in the backfield and there was nothing he could do. Wasnt much pressure from our D line going against a Colts O line missing starters. We got into the backfield a couple times to break up some run plays and batted a couple balls, but no consistent pressure. Can’t tell yet if Bell is our guy, I’d be a lot more optimistic about this season with just ONE proven tackle.

That’s probably the best way I can say to describe the game. It was cute. Its nice to see, but not quite sexy. It was great seeing Trent hook up with Lee for 70 Yards and go 5 of 8, but the part that worries me about his performance was without that play, he was only 4 of 7 for 23 yards. So as far as Trent goes, I liked him hooking up on the deep ball, but the rest was unspectacular, although so was the play of his O-Line. I’m just glad Trent had that hookup so we didn’t have to go through another week or two of “Brohm is clearly better” discussions. Last I checked, 6 yards per completion is basically what we’re used to from Trent. I am, however, surprised Trent didn’t get to drop-back more. Heck, Brohm passed the ball more times than Trent did in his first 2 games.

And I hope we get another Fred Jackson type of surprise from Bell. Another solid performance. I know this has been beaten to death on Rumblings, but I’d love to see Lynch moved for an upgrade at LT, but unfortunately I don’t see that happening at all. My fear is if we only keep 3 backs and axe Bell, he’ll get picked off of the practice squad.

Overall this is a sort of, kinda, maybe, possibly, hopefully promising game, but who knows what the next game holds.

Just some thoughts on the game-

Brohm played with our second stringers, made some good reads, made some throws, but more importantly, he had a swagger about him that we’ve been needing from SOMEONE on our O to show the guys what we should be like. I like the thought of him backing up Trent alot more than Fitz.

I think after next game we see Fitz released, Brohm moved to #2 and Levi moved to the #3 spot.

Bell is making a huge play to make the #4 RB spot one on the active roster, if we move him to the PS, its bye bye for us, because someone will snatch him up.

Ellis showed up tonight and played a solid game for us, of course this was at DE since the Colts run alot of 3-4 WR sets, so we were in Nickel a ton. But still, he looked better, lets just hope he can make the same plays standing up!

The team played with a spring in their step that I’ve missed for a while. I think Chan is gelling with his team.

Still not perfect, but much better:

Donte Whitner whiffed badly on Addai’s touchdown run

He does this way to much. He puts his head down trying to make the big hit and he just wiffs. Seen that before…

Definately a pass interference onthe pass to S.Johnson – that should have been called.

Our line looked better than it did last week that’s for sure – they have a long ways to go, but it was noticably better.

Spiller – well, i’m not sure they will be able to keep him on the sidelines. Hey Poz – the NFL better get use to Spiller!!!

If Brohm gets 2 throws to Jackson 1 yard higher, he had to more completions, possibly for td’s, that should be something he can work on, throw it up to the big guys and let them make a play. Can anyone tell me why when the bills are in nickel and dime, 4 lineman are in 3 and 4 point stances? I would think you would want to hide the pass rush better.

It’s good to see offense and Defense getting better, but I’m still cautious.
Colts offense likes to throw a lot, and we all know Bills secondary is great. Bills are prepared to make plays against passing game, but stop the run still a problem, and we know Colts is not a strong running team.
Bills offense made some progress, but against a 4-3 tampa 2 we know Trent can be decent.
Special Team still a big concern. They look slow and weak, not even close from that elite ST of last 4 years.

say what you want, I dont think any of us would have a problem if Trent played like that all game all year( I would hope for better but accept)
The OL, for all their problems actually held themselves together, and the offensive progress reflected that most of the night. They weren’t perfect of course but with a strong interior presence and our tackles forming into shape our line looks poised to take the next steps to improvement together. Finally!