On the positive side:
Watching from the stadium, this is a completely different game if EJ plays well. Bills did a pretty good job of shutting down the #7 QB in the league by yardage (Bortles). Sounds like a lot of you guys don't realize that even though they're 1-5, the Jags offense is pretty good. He had his worst completion % of the season this week and threw for the least amount of yards.
Rex let the DEs line up wide and rushed the passer, exactly what we wanted, and they looked pretty good doing it.
I think we win this game easy if Tyrod plays.
On the negative side:
Yeldon killing us in the ground game was disappointing. That's the right strategy vs Jacksonville's offense but it was still not great for this defense.
EJ missed seeing Charles Clay twice for wide open TDs. In fact, EJ missed a ton of open receivers in the first half. If he hits one or two of those instead of turning the ball over for scores we win this game.
Overall - IMO the biggest problem here was the QB injury. We've got to get another QB who can compete next year and get rid of EJ. I can't say I fault Whaley because he tried with McCown and then there was no one left on the market (Cassel blows), but it's killing us. I thought the defense was better today and will continue to improve coming out of the bye week. The question is whether we can get healthy enough on offense with a QB that can take advantage of the matchups. I love Tyrod, but without him we're toast.
I don't put this game on Rex or Whaley. I don't have another realistic option at QB that would have won us this game. Cassel is awful and so is EJ.