Looks like I have the enviable distinction of writing about this highly entertaining thriller in the Meadowlands.. Good thing I really love the Bills or I would have passed out at half time and missed the rest of the contest. God this game was boring.
The Bills won their first game on the road today, and didn't show much expect for a surprisingly respectable defense and a coaching staff that plays it so close to the vest they are numb from the pain. Lets be real, the New York Jets are an awful football team, and the Bills are a mediocre football team. The good thing is, most teams in the NFL are in either one of those categories.
Thomas Jones had a decent day running, didn't get the ball nearly enough, and was held to 70 yards. (Why do teams always abandon the run against this team?)John McCargo is a beast, and is almost making people forget his Mcarbust nickname. The defense was effective all day blitzing a broken down and decaying Chadwick Pennington and forced some turnovers. They only got 3 sacks but the team didn't give CP any time to throw. Perry Fewell is doing something right, the team has players like Butler and George Wilson playing, an undrafted MLB in Digiorgio and an under performing Whitner. (Which brings me to a side point. Whitner sucks, dude is not making plays, he was taken 8th over all, he missed a fumble in the first quarter, misses players, and is not in position to make plays we expected him to make.) The defense again won this football game.
Marshawn Lynch has failed for the 7th straight game to eclipse 100 yards rushing but the dude runs hard, plays with injuries and moves the pile. BUT, he sometimes makes bone head plays chooses the wrong hole and has yet to break a real big one. For instance a 3rd and 1 early in the fourth quarter, instead of the coaching staff calling a straight shot into the middle of the line or HELLO A QB SNEAK they get cute, Lynch goes the wrong way and they lose yards, field goal. He is still a good runner and exciting but something is wrong, and for now I'll still blame the run blocking. I guess just rookie mistakes.
The pass blocking on the other hand has been pretty solid, except for about an entire quarter where Rivas blitzed every single play from the left side that was never picked up, the quarterback has had time to scan the field and get a play off. "The quarterbacks" were 17 of 26 for 243 yards 1 td and 1 int. Good combined numbers but neither knocked my socks off. One has flaws the other doesn't and one has strengths the other doesn't. If you can combine them I'd say you have a good quarterback, but separately neither is very good and right now not winning a playoff game. So again I pose the question, does it matter? Calm down people why does everyone love a god damn quarterback controversy so efffn much?
It was a strange call to throw down the field in that position, they scored a TD, the ball was under thrown, Evans was in a position to make a play, it was picked off then striped away, you can look at it any way you want it wasn't pretty. The other QB hasn't produced in the redzone, he moves the changes and eats up time, hasn't thrown good deep balls, completes nearly every short pass, avoids sacks, makes rookie mistakes, throws interceptions, makes the offense appear to be coherent. etc etc etc Ahhhhhhh. Neither is good, we can't control who the starter is, just cheer for the team. Neither argument is really that good.
Quick hits:
- Do Tasker and Gus Johnson work for CBS or the Jets?
- When is Thomas Jones getting inducted into the hall of fame?
- Where were the Jets fans today?
- Mangini the genius looked like he had a bit of an acne problem and got a lot of camera time.
- How much does Terrance Mcgee love playing against the Jets?
- What was that shuffle pass call?
- THE BILLS ARE 3-4 LOOKIN TO BE .500 AGAINST A CRAPPY CINCI TEAM
- DICK JAURON!
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