-Coast
This game is finally over. This was one of the most painful 2nd halves of football I have ever been forced to watch in my entire life. The Texans outscored the Bills 25-0 in the 2nd half. They ran the football at will. The defense in the 2nd half was awful, but then again, can you blame them? The Texans had the football for 39:08 during this game. Of course the defense is going to wear down.
The Bills may have the most pathetic excuse for an offense in the NFL. I can't believe I actually thought that Ryan Fitzpatrick would be an upgrade at quarterback. He is awful. The Bills are lacking a quarterback and the solution doesn't seem to be in sight. How about 15-23 for 117 yards and 2 interceptions? He barely tried to throw down field and the Bills barely allowed him to. The game plan was ridiculously close to the vest even for their standards. The Bills did all they could in the first half to give their offense a chance to put their stamp on this game with three takeaways, but the offense could only manage 10 points. Lee Evans was invisible. T.O. finally made an impact but that was in the rushing game. Owens and Evans are making $15,000,000 this year. We won't pay a real coach to come here, but we will pay $15,000,000 to wide receivers that we do not use?
The Bills fell behind by 7 in the fourth quarter. When they got the ball back, they ran it three times and then attempted a fake punt. Add this one to the list of pathetic Dick Jauron moments. First off, you are down by 7 in the fourth quarter and you run it three times. Run right for 5, run left for 2, run right for no gain. Then, from their own 40, the Bills attempt a fake punt. If you don't convert this fake punt, the game is essentially over. Of course they attempted it, and of course, they failed, and of course, the Texans scored.
Ryan Moats led the charge for the Texans offense today. Slaton was benched in the first quarter after a fumble and Moats came in and ran for 126 yards on 23 carries and 3 touchdowns. Most of this came in the debacle of a 2nd half as the Bills defense just wore down after their offense kept going three and out. Schaub threw two interceptions and 0 touchdowns and Andre Johnson was held to 63 yards. Houston didn't really need to pass though.
If you are looking for a positive, Jairus Byrd leads the NFL in interceptions. I just feel bad for Byrd that his career is going to have to be wasted away playing for the Buffalo Bills. Hopefully there are only 9 Weeks until the end of the Jauron era.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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9 weeks?? id fire that joke right now its embarassing to our city period point blank
ReplyDeleteI would have fired him in 2006 but let's face it, Ralph isn't firing him mid season.
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Coast touched on it in the blog and T-Wreck nailed it on the head in last week's podcast:
ReplyDelete"It's obviously a must-win game. [...] That said, Dick Jauron will probably find a way to screw it up."
Why the decision for the fake punt in your own territory? Granted, if they converted we would probably be praising Jauron at this point. He even said it himself in the postgame interview that they weren't getting it done on offense so they might as well have tried something desperate. But the failed fake punt attempt lead to a Texans score and pretty much put the game out of reach for good.
Also, can someone please explain to me Fitzpatrick's last INT of the game? Was he trying to throw it out of bounds or is he just lost? Harvard education?
Are the Buffalo Bills last in the NFL is time of possession? It's really too bad because our defense is stacked (well, when we actually have our starters in and half of the defense isn't on IR) and they just get run down because they're out there for forty minutes.
Billboard still up? Can the fans still afford it?