Bills Win, QB Still in Question

The Bills can thank their defense for preserving the win against the Ravens. The Bills offense was again inept when it came to scoring points. I don't care about time of possession, first downs, third down conversions...the only stat that matters is the points on the score board. The Bills are worst in the AFC with 84 points scored through 6 games. That is an average of 14 points per game. Out of those 84 points, the defense and special teams are responsible for 35 of them. The Bills offense has 49 points (including points off turnovers deep in scoring territory). 49 points through 6 games is err 8.17 points per game. That is PATHETIC.

That bring me to the quarterback position that is in question. Since Trent Edwards took over the Bills offense has scored 46 points through 4 games. That is a whopping 11.5 points per game. Edwards has one touchdown pass and FOUR interceptions. Two of these interceptions were in the fourth quarter, one effectively costing us the game and the one this past Sunday, nearly costing us the game. People, Trent Edwards may have potential but he is not a better quarterback than JP Losman even by a long shot. Edwards has started 3 games, all of them at home and two of them against bad football teams. Yeah, Baltimore is bad, I don't care what their record was, they are a bad team. Edwards is benefiting from the defense playing way over their head and the special teams doing what it does. Why don't fans and the media personnel realize this? The Bills would have won these games with JP in there without a doubt. Also, the Bills may have one Monday night because maybe JP could have hit a big play to Evans. Edwards played a bad game Sunday against Baltimore. Say what you want about their defense, but it isn't the defense we have seen in recent years. Ray Lewis is not 100%, Chris McCalister didn't play, Trevor Pryce didn't play. There is no Adalius Thomas. The defense is still good but I would be reluctant to put it in the top 12 in the league. Besides his bad pass for the interception, Trent underthrew an open Lee Evans down the sideline miserably. Losman makes that throw and chances are it's 6. Also, the ball Edwards completed to Evans was a duck. You have to throw a tight spiral at the Ralph in order to succeed when it gets windy, and Edwards did not show the ability to do that when throwing down the field.

The coaching staff is going to make their decision and going to start Trent Edwards again. Does this piss me off? Yes. I am beyond pissed about this decision. The better player is on the sideline because the senile owner wants the young guy who he won't have to give an extention to in the game. It really is a joke and the media people, especially on WGR, are completely oblivious to reality. Bills fans think that because we beat a bad team the quarterback is going a great job. That isn't true at all.

Perry Fewell deserves a lot of credit for getting this defense ready to play at the level is has been playing at the past few weeks. The Bills are 6th in the AFC in points allowed and that is with guys like Jeremetrius Butler, John DiGiogrio (DII), George Wilson (WR), and Leon Joe (Two first names)playing. Only if Fewell didn't let the NFL pay him off to blow to call at the end of the Cowboys game, then we would really be amazed at the job he has done. The Bills defense has forced 12 turnovers and is third in the AFC with a +5 turnover differential. The only two teams they are behind are a combined 13-0 (Indianapolis and New England). This defense had two crucial fourth down stops in the fourth quarter against the Ravens which were desperately needed because of the offense's inability to do anything at the end of the game except go 3 and out.

Marshawn Lynch is a beast. Anyone who can run for any yardage on our offense with the complete lack of a vertical threat right now is impressive. Lynch has 4 touchdowns through 6 games and is tied for 3rd in the AFC. Now just imagine if we had an offense that was good enough so that the defense could not just key on the running game.

Dick Jauron...you suck. Way to run out the clock in the 2nd quarter. Apparently Jauron hasn't watched our 2nd half performances this season. These are the 2nd half scores of the games this season.

7-9
3-14
0-21
17-14
7-15
10-14

This is a total of 44-87 or a (-43) point differential in the 2nd half. Jauron, take any chance at scoring points that you can.

On the bright side, the Bills at 2-4 are playing the Jets, Bengals and Dolphins, who have a combined record of 3-17, in their next 3 games. Will the Bills be 5-4 going into the week 11 showdown at home against New England? Well they better be because after that game they have to go to DC and Jacksonville.