Archives for October 2014

‘Orton was just 10 of 17 for 238 yards but avoided the types of mistakes that doomed Jets counterparts Geno Smith and Michael Vick, each of whom accounted for three turnovers.’

‘”I had a lot of opportunities early on in my career and (then) the stretch of six, seven years not sniffing it,” Orton said. “So they don’t come around very often. When you’ve got a chance to be in it in the second half of the season, there’s nothing more important than your preparation and your work. Do everything you can to give yourself the best chance.”‘

‘The New York Jets benched quarterback Geno Smith after throwing three interceptions on four drives Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.’

‘In the second half there was more of the same for the Jets, who turned the ball over again and again, but Buffalo’s offense was stagnant and could only muster field goals.’

‘They dominated the line of scrimmage, didn’t give the receivers an inch and held the Jets’ top two running backs to 50 yards on 16 carries. It was as suffocating an effort as the Bills have had defensively, and if it weren’t for a lack in preparation to contain backup Michael Vick from scrambling, the Bills would have had a perfect game on that side of the ball.’

‘Here’s what I know. These Bills have a good record halfway through the season and are set up to be in a playoff race. I’m signing up for that all day long back when this all began.’

‘The defense continues to be the strength of the 2014 Bills. Jim Schwartz’ group had six takeaways, four sacks and shut down Jets running back Chris Ivory( 13 carries for 43 yards), They held the Jets without a first down on nine of their 15 possessions.’

‘Clearly, there are things to criticize about Sunday’s 20-point win vs. the Jets, but the good far outweighed the bad, and they find themselves in the thick of the hunt at the midway point.’

‘The big question: When your team gets you 7 turnovers, many in prime field position, should you win by more than 20? The bigger question: Is anyone buying into Orton as the second-coming of Rich Gannon?’

‘t wasn’t pretty as the Bills allowed a very bad Jets team to hang around much longer than they should have. The conservative play had Bills fans tearing the hair out of their heads as the Bills played into the strength of the Jets defense most of the game. For the second week in a row it wasn’t very pretty but it was a win and this week they managed to put the hammer down and put the game away. Despite being conservative they did make two long plays in the passing game that kept the Jets from mounting a serious threat. It hasn’t been easy, and it hasn’t always been pretty but it has been a very successful first half to the season. The Bills have a new owner who is keeping the team in Buffalo and they are 5-3 at the bye a game out of first. It may not get any easier but it’s nice to see this team in the hunt with something to look forward to in the second half of the season.’

‘Nathaniel Hackett got ripped all game long on twitter and rightfully so. They were way too conservative running the ball too much when the game was on the line, into the strength of the Jets defense instead of challenging the weak secondary more. They did challenge enough for two big plays to Watkins.’

‘It was the first time the Bills had six takeaways in a game in five seasons, and the 43 points scored were the most since a 49-point outburst against Cincinnati on Nov. 21, 2010.’

‘”That’s something we wanted to focus on during the game,” said DE Jerry Hughes. “We wanted to find ways to force turnovers. That’s what we focused on during the offseason for us to put that together against a divisional opponent is huge. We can kind of start to build some momentum and start putting wins together. No more one and out, one and out-kind of just really get on a roll.”‘

‘”We had 20 points off of the turnovers and we all know, probably of all the statistics, that’s the one that really means the most. I was happy about that. We had the potential to get some other ones out there. I thought we did a good job on the offensive side of not turning the ball over. We haven’t been doing a very good job of that in these past couple of weeks, so we put a major emphasis on it. Not to say that that should get it done, obviously turnovers are so big, but I was happy to get out of there with no turnovers.”‘

‘OL Kraig Urbik was inserted back into the starting lineup in the gameday lineup changes against the Jets.’