Bills vs Titans - Hall of Fame Game

Final Score Bills - 18 Titans - 21

Here we are, the start of another Bills season. Ok fine, its only preseason but I’ll take it. It’s been 9 long months since the last Bills game I saw. The Bills lost that game while I sat in the nose bleed section of the Ralph while the four thousand mile an hour December winds bent the goal posts and removed any chance of feeling warm until springtime.

The real season doesn’t start for another month, but preseason games are a passable appetizer before the main course arrives. It gives the armchair coaches a chance to watch undrafted rookies, swear that a rookie is the next Andre Reed, and later condemn the Bills front office for cutting them. The fact that the same rookies later spend 2 years on the Steelers’ practice squad is rarely noticed by the armchair coaches. That said, here are my thoughts on the first Bills game of 2009, and yes my opinions are far more accurate that the average armchair coach. Why you may ask? Shut up, that’s why.

Here are my impressions:

The offensive line? It looks like shit. In the first series I didn’t see one hole for Lynch or Jackson. I saw guards getting shoved into Edwards, and Edwards having no time to throw. They improved a bit by the second quarter. They have a little over a month to get themselves together. If they can’t; stock up on Labatt Blue, Bills Fans because its going to be a looong season, and developing a drinking problem is the only thing that’s going to ease the pain

The pass rush also looks like shit, but better than the offensive line. The Tennessee quarterbacks didn’t have all the time in the world to throw, but there was only 1 sack, and it was by the third stringers. The run defense looks slightly above average, which is an improvement.

If Reggie Corner keeps playing strong he could sneak into the nickel corner position.

Sorry Roscoe but you’re just not a big time receiver. If you can’t beat press coverage from a second string 5 foot 9 corner. You shouldn’t be starting. Hope you enjoy returning punts and playing in 4 receiver sets, shorty.

I don’t know who Bruce Hall is and I’m not going to bother looking him up. If you drop one punt in the preseason when you’re not an established starter, you probably never will be a starter.

I could not be less interested in what Tony Dungy thinks about Michael Vick. Which team of production monkeys okayed that 6 minute meandering muddle?

When I found out that Chris Mortensen’s son playing quarterback for the Titans I jokingly said to my girlfriend that it would be funny to cut to Chris’ reaction if his son fucked up. A few plays later Little Mortensen threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, and lo and behold, the cameras actually cut to Mortensen shaking his head in disgust. I almost fell off my chair laughing.