Good things about the 18-10 victory over the Jets

[Billsatlastin2018]

It wasn't pretty -but- how many games in the NFL are pretty anymore?
 

Well, let’s take the really good, Playoff bound teams this week.

 

Pitt won a hard fought Away game against another possible Playoff team.
As did Arizona.

 

And Tampa, Rams, Chiefs, Packers and 9ers v.s. the league stiffs?

 

They were pretty... pretty easy! 
The Bills were not... at all. Very concerning.

[thurst44]

40 minutes ago, Billsatlastin2018 said:

It wasn't pretty -but- how many games in the NFL are pretty anymore?
 

Well, let’s take the really good, Playoff bound teams this week.

 

Pitt won a hard fought Away game against another possible Playoff team.
As did Arizona.

 

And Tampa, Rams, Chiefs, Packers and 9ers v.s. the league stiffs?

 

They were pretty... pretty easy! 
The Bills were not... at all. Very concerning.

The Browns were down a lot of the game against the Bengals. Also, while this does not necessarily help either of our arguments, you called a 5-1 team one of the "league stiffs." By this logic, the Saints (who many had winning the SB this year) just barely eked out a win against the Panthers (who most had in the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes before the season). 

 

Basically, your grand argument boils down to some teams had close games and others did not. Ours was actually not as close as the score indicated once the second half started. The Bills made it to the Jets 35 or closer in every one of their ten drives. We held the awful Jets to their lowest offensive output of the year. It was the third fewest yards by any team this year. 

 

They beat a bad team and overcame a lousy start. They may have learned some things and/or overcome whatever mental bugaboos in their heads. Next week, hopefully the Patriots are indeed the "stiffs" you label them as and we can both continue to iron out the rough spots while getting a major monkey off our backs. 

 

I'm not "very concerned." Sure, this team could be the messy, moribund team of 5 of the last 6 halves. But it's also very likely this team could be the high-powered offense of the first four weeks, but paired with a defense closer to the one we've seen the last two years.  We'll find out a bit more next week.

Edited October 27, 2020 by thurst44

[CBennett]

Good thing..a W is a W and thats about it..I guess Allen DID get to 300.....but no TD thats pathetic . Good thing it was Vs the Jets for another turd of a game on O and D becasue had that been another team its probably the 4-3 Bills/ it was a W but a totally UNimpressive one.

[Doc]

Josh rebounded, no real injuries and they're 5-2.  Can't ask for or really say much more.

[bigK14094]

Roberts was the return man we want him to be!!!

[thurst44]

1 hour ago, Doc said:

Josh rebounded, no real injuries and they're 5-2.  Can't ask for or really say much more.

Exactly. They're 5-2 (3-0) and in charge of the division while playing a level of football that's likely below their talent (and only two games have been against doormats... well "doormat"). Their two losses are to the defending members of the AFC Championship who have two losses between them (and one of those was one to the other). Maybe their sloppiness is indicative of what we'll see all season. However, it's arguably more likely that they could snap to it the rest of the season as they have a lot of young players with high ceilings. I'd suggest it's more likely that the Bills are closer to the last two years' top three defense than to whatever they played the first 13 halves of the season.  

Edited October 27, 2020 by thurst44

[ProcessAccepted]

11 hours ago, section122 said:

Practice reps for the kicking unit.  Seriously.  All 3 of them got live game action and reps.  Hopefully it helps going forward.

 

The defense - 10 points and 4 yards for the 2nd half are both numbers to hang their hat on.  Hopefully they continue to bring pressure.

 

Epenesa sighting.

 

They got the w.  Not always gonna be pretty but a wins a win.

Moss got an opportunity to show a little something. 

[dollars 2 donuts]

12 hours ago, PUNT750 said:

It wasn't pretty -but- how many games in the NFL are pretty anymore?? The typical NFL game in 2020 comes down to last second field goals, critical penalties and a lot of luck!!

 

The positives I saw were:

 

-A win moving to 5-2

-Josh looked positive and took the short passes the Jets gave him

-The DL made big plays and got sacks

-Positive rookie performances (Bass, Moss, Gabriel, Jackson, AJ)

-Loving Beasley

 

 

 

Respectfully, almost every single game that Seattle plays is like out of a Hollywood movie.

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

I thought Roberts was excellent again this week.  He flipped field position a couple of times.  Sometimes his contributions are easy to overlook.

[hondo in seattle]

My favorite things about the game (even considering we were just playing the Jets):

 

*  Allen throwing underneath.  He seems to want to make the big play all the time.  He talked earlier this year about instead taking what the D gives him.  He started doing that - successfully - against the Jets.

 

*  We pressured their QB!

 

And if you want to count W-L stuff, being 5-2 and leading the AFCE is a great thing.

[starrymessenger]

Idk. In evaluating the O's performance, I add something in the good column for the uncalled PI when Beasley was forced off the field, the Davis TD that was called back for an inconsequential and stupid penalty, and our TE kissing the carpet instead of walking into the end zone. So it really wasn't just a bag of field goals IMO. 

[Call_Of_Ktulu]

14 hours ago, QCity said:

We don't have to worry about Daboll leaving for a head coaching job anymore.

If we even had solid guards on this team the running game would be working and this offense would be really humming. I still think Daboll is gone, there will be a lot of HC's fired after this year.