Archives for October 4, 2010

‘”The Bills have been perfect,” said Johnson a few hours before Buffalo hosted the New York Jets. “They told me that they didn’t want me to go anywhere, and to stay right here. We had a good conversation and resolved the issues of the parking and stuff like that.”‘

‘The Bills were missing three starters on defense-defensive end Marcus Stroud (left ankle), linebacker Andra Davis (shoulder) and cornerback Terrence McGee (knee)-but welcomed back inside linebacker Paul Posluszny, who had missed the past two games because of a sprained right knee.’

‘The Jets racked up 273 yards on the ground and turned a 17-7 game at halftime into a laugher with 21 third-quarter points, beating the Bills for the fourth time in the last five meetings. Dustin Keller had two touchdown receptions in a span of just over 90 seconds during the third-quarter burst.’

‘LaDanian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene combined to rush for 250 yards to send the Bills to an 0-4 start.’

‘To say that the Bills run defense was bad, would be the understatement of the year. Yet again, Buffalo exhibited that they are nowhere near to being the type of defense they set out to be. I don’t think it would matter if they base their defense out of the 3-4 or the 4-3, simply put, the Bills don’t have defensive playmakers to stop the run in the backfield. Heck, they don’t even have players to stop the run five yards down the field. LaDainian Tomlinson gained 133 yards on 19 carries. Shonn Greene tallied 117 yards on 22 carries. Combined, they averaged 6.1 yards per carry. Another sterling day for the Bills run defense.’

‘The Bills are awful. Their best option seems to be a quarterback who twice threw deflected-looking passes that weren’t actually deflected. Their best option – I guess – at right tackle is a guy whose team picture looks like a guy who doesn’t want to open his mouth to show what lies inside (lots of cake). Additionally, they just gave a lengthy, expensive and inexplicable extension to a team leader whose only value is inside the locker room. Ladies, gentleman and primates… these are your Buffalo Bills.’

I’m never going to discourage you from watching college football because I happen to enjoy it more than the National Football League, but it’s time to stop power ranking who will go No. 1, 2 or 3 based on one bad game. Some guy went 14-of-24 for just 134 yards in his final college game, prompting some to fear how he would fare against NFL-level defenses like the one he faced in that 1998 Orange Bowl. Peyton Manning turned out to be okay.

‘The defense is worse – MUCH worse. The switch to the 3-4 was supposed to help the Bills improve their terrible stats of a year ago against the run, but things have actually gotten worse this season. The Jets rushed for 273 yards, which means in four games, teams have rushed for just under 700 yards against the Bills and are averaging 4.64 yards per carry. That means long drives, lots of third and short yardage situations, and reduced opportunities for takeaways. Other than that, its not a problem!’

‘Ryan Fitzpatrick could get nothing going as he threw for just 128 yards completing just 12 passes. You know it’s a bad day when he was the team’s leading rusher with 74 yards on 7 carries.’

‘Chan Gailey didn’t have answers for the Jets. Only gave the ball to his talented trio of running backs nine times.’

‘New York poured it on in the second half, with three touchdown drives in the third quarter as they rolled up yardage on a Buffalo defense that looked worn out after spending 30 of the game’s first 45 minutes on the field.’

‘”It’s one of the greatest days of my life, outside of my kids being born and coming to Buffalo,” Edgerson said. “Each day people ask me how I feel about going on the wall. I have a different story each time they (ask) me that, and today it’s ‘wonderful.'”‘

‘Bills coach Chan Gailey lauded his backfield before the season. None of his running backs had more rushing yards than Fitzpatrick. He scrambled for a team-high 74 yards, tying Gary Marangi’s 34-year-old franchise record for rushing yards by a quarterback. Fitzpatrick tripled the output of the Bills’ best running back. Fred Jackson had 22 yards.’