Archives for October 27, 2014

‘Who knew the Jets were this bad?’

‘It was the most points the Bills have scored since beating the Bengals, 48-31, at Cincinnati, in 2010.’

‘”Yes, we brought it up,” the Bills’ coach confirmed after his team’s 43-23 victory. “I’ll do whatever it takes to get this team ready to go and motivated. If I can find a piece of information to get it, I’ll use it.”‘

‘”We didn’t execute,” Smith said of what went wrong in the first quarter. “When I say ‘we,’ I’m talking about myself because it was just atrocious, the way that I started out. I never expected to start a game out like that.”‘

‘They can smell it now, though. Sure, the Bills have flaws. But just about every team in the league has flaws. How do you explain the Steelers, or the Seahawks or Bengals or Browns? Every time you assume something about a team, its fortunes flip the other way.’

‘Watkins and Bradham also made bone-headed mistakes that cost the Bills points.’

‘Smith had the home fans booing from the start, when he badly misfired on an early throw. He continued to draw their wrath with some unbelievably bad passes that ended up in the hands of three Buffalo defenders.’

‘The Bills broke the game open in the second quarter after Sammy Watkins caught an 84-yard pass from Kyle Orton that should have been an 89-yard touchdown. Watkins’ premature celebration allowed Saalim Hakim to catch him from behind at the 5.’

‘The Jets’ second-year quarterback gives new meaning to the phrase “turnover machine.”‘

‘The Buffalo Bills didn’t have Geno Smith to kick around for long Sunday. That’s because they forced the New York Jets’ quarterback to the bench with three straight interceptions in the first quarter at MetLife Stadium.’

‘Twitter was aflutter with criticisms of offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett’s unimaginative playcalling and Buffalo’s inability to move the chains on nine of the possessions in which it could have. But listen people: Buffalo beat a division opponent on the road by 20 points.’

‘One area of concern coming out of Sunday’s game is at running back. As expected, replacing the injured tandem of Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller proved difficult. Anthony Dixon and Bryce Brown combined for just 59 yards on 29 carries, and as a team the Bills rushed for a paltry 67 yards on 32 attempts, an average of 2.1 yards per rush. With Jackson likely not back for Week 10, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett will need to find a way to get more production from Dixon and Brown.’

‘In what can only be called a laughable performance by the 1-7 Jets, New York turned the ball over six times, helping the Bills to a 43-23 victory in front of a disgruntled crowd at MetLife Stadium, most of whom were on the New Jersey Turnpike heading home shortly after the fourth quarter commenced.’

‘Yet despite the problems, the offense did score 43 points. Of course, when the Bills play a good team (and they have a few in the second half of the season) the line is going to need to be much, much better. Is that possible? I have my doubts.’

‘And yet, they scored 43 points in spite of Hackett’s play-calling.’