Archives for October 17, 2005

‘The Bills (3-3) are better than the Jets, more balanced than Miami and healthier than New England. Buffalo is two games away from hitting its open date with a division-best 5-3 record. All the Bills need are back-to-back road wins over Oakland Sunday and New England in prime time Oct. 30.’

‘What were the Jets thinking with 30 seconds to go in the first half? They had just scored a touchdown to pull within 14-10, but then inexplicably kicked off deep to the dangerous Terrence McGee.’

‘Eric Moulds has come to life with Holcomb at QB.’

‘”We knew what they were going to do, we didn’t get the job done,” Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma said. “I don’t know why we didn’t make the tackles we should have made. It cost us a couple of touchdowns, and that was the game. That was our game plan coming in: stop the run. We didn’t do that. It’s humbling.”‘

‘He juked and jived. He darted and danced. He stopped and started. He cut and cut back. He turned on a dime and left the Jets penniless.’

‘Buffalo attacked the Jets with a relentless zone blitz in which cornerbacks and safeties often rushed and defensive linemen dropped into coverage.’

‘”I couldn’t do much talking there,” said Vilma, who is looking forward to the Jan. 1 rematch with the Bills in the Meadowlands. “Missed tackles is what it was. It’s not the play calling, it’s not the game plan. We’d get to the ball and we just didn’t finish.”‘

Testaverde Is Brought Back to Earth, Literally (New York Times)

Bills Run Right at Jets And Just Keep On Going (New York Times)

Billfold (New York Daily News)

Stalled in rush hour (New York Daily News)

Law out of order during long day in Buffalo (New York Daily News)

Curtis finally up and running (New York Daily News)

Bully Bills beat up Jets (New York Post)

Defeat wasn’t all Testaverde’s fault (New York Post)

Despite defeat, Martin gets rush (New York Post)

Tackling leaves Green red-faced (New York Post)

Talent Is Meaningless If You Don’t Use It (New York Sun)

Vinny gets reality check in Buffalo (Newsday)

Tackling dummies can’t wrap up Bills (Newsday)

McGahee wins alumni matchup (Newsday)

When a fairy tale becomes scary tale (Newsday)

Martin reaches high note (Newsday)

Losing Mawae, Law hurts (Newsday)

Jets Q & A (Newsday)

Jets Statpak (Newsday)

Testaverde brought back to earth (Newark Star Ledger)

Blitzing Bills buffalo Testaverde into hectic day (Newark Star Ledger)

Martin gets back on track (Newark Star Ledger)

With Vinny, good defense isn’t enough (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets Morning After (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets throw away a winnable game (Bergen Record)

Martin defends Vinny after loss (White Plains Journal News)

Jets defense gets beat up (White Plains Journal News)

Jets demise no surprise? (Asbury Park Press)

Edwards faults tackling as reason defense struggled (Asbury Park Press)

Real Vinny returns (Middletown Times Herald Record)

McGahee wins war of words, turf vs. Jets (Middletown Times Herald Record)

Story is a charmer at first (Albany Times Union)

Jets C Mawae injures elbow (AP)

Martin Breaks Out (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Fall to the Bills, 27-17 (NewYorkJets.com)

Notes/Photo Gallery (NewYorkJets.com)

‘The defense played well even though they showed a few signs of weakness, they were still able to force 3 turnovers and sack Vinny 5 times.’

‘Following a three game losing streak, the Bills have now won two in a row and have a share of first place in the AFC East.’

‘”Unfortunately, we had a couple of losses at the beginning of the season, but the division is up for grabs right now,” said running back Willis McGahee, who rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown in a 27-17 win over the New York Jets. “New England is losing, Miami is right there. We feel like we’re very competitive, and we know what we have to do when it comes to division games. We have to buckle up and get on the grind.”‘

‘Kelly Holcomb is now 2-0 since taking over for J.P. Losman as the Bills’ starting quarterback.’

‘The Bills finally seem to be understanding what they have in Willis McGahee. A great running back, that can win you football games.’

‘Mularkey can’t hide that Holcomb is the number one QB anymore.’

In what was the most entertaining game of the year the Bills won their second straight game, against a division opponent at home, as they beat the Jets 27-17. Willis McGahee ran for a career high 143 yards and the defense made big plays at the right time to keep the Jets at bay as the Bills moved into a first place tie in the division.