Bills vs Buccaneers - Week 2

Final Score Bills - 33 Buccaneers - 20

Week 2 and the Bills beat a team they were supposed to beat. That said, I was glad to see the Bills come out and perform relatively well after losing in the final minutes to the New England Tom Bradys. The Bills could have easily rolled over and died after that Monday Night game. Instead they came out firing and put up 17 points (7 of which came from a defensive touchdown) before the 1st quarter was over. Despite the performance drop off in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. The Bills had the game in the bag at the end of the 1st and were on cleanup duty for the rest of the game.

The Good

The No Huddle offense is still a work in progress, but it continues to show flashes. The offense slowed down during the middle of the game but played well enough in the 4th to put the game out of reach for Tampa Bay.

Fred Jackson, you may have just run Marshawn Lynch down to the second spot on the depth chart. 163 yards on the ground and another 25 through the air. Jackson is money. Give the Bills front office a pat on the back for signing Fred to a decent contact in the off-season.

The offense line, dare I say it looks average. It is not a worst in the league as some experts were predicting. It is not the 5 man grab-ass club I saw in preseason. This O-line is decidedly average. Which, I think is high praise for 2 rookies, a 2nd stringer from another team and a 7th round draft pick who didn’t even play football a few years ago.

During the preseason I thought I was seeing phantoms. I might be going crazy. I was seeing something I haven’t seen in a long time. The Bills defense was defending the run well. Here we are two games into the season and the Bills are still defending the run well. Hmm, maybe crazy isn’t so bad.

The Bad

Injuries continue to hit the Bills hard. Leodis “The Fumble” McKelvin went down at some point. I must have been getting another beer at the time because I missed what happened. Brad Butler, the Bills’ right tackle limped to the sidelines and Derek Schouman, who let the Bills in receiving was carted off with a busted knee.

The Bills continue to shit the bed in the red zone. The offense took 3 trips inside the 20 and came away with 3 field goals and a fumble. Their two touchdowns came from nicely thrown long balls to Evans and Owens. I know I just got done humping Fred Jackson, but I think the Bills red zone efficiency will improve once Marshawn Lynch is back. A handoff to Lynch is almost a sure thing inside the 10. Especially if the offensive line continues to improve.

Owens

Its funny. I hated Owens least year. He was a loudmouth ass-hat from the fucking Cowboys, the biggest ass-hat team in the whole league. Yet this year I’m glad to have him on my team. Suddenly I love his passion and his fire. I hope his swagger and will to win rubs off in the locker room. I guess this, more than anything is prove that I’m a Bills homer.

Some of the Other Games

I was torn watching the Jets - Tom Bradys game. On one hand its always a pleasure to watch Tom Brady and the New England Tom Bradys lose. On the flip side, the Jets defense looks hard as a rock, and Sanchez doesn’t look he’s going to be too much of a fuckup either. It could get very ugly when the Bills go head to head with them.

I feel for Steelers fans. It really sucks ass when your return man fumbles away a chance to win the game. Shit, I’m still not over the Monday Night game.

Both the Rams and Redskins are doomed. The final score was 7-9. 7-9 is not a football score, 7-9 is an out of control hockey or baseball score. For putting up such a boring game I hereby damn both teams to 7 and 9 records. Rams and Skins fans, you are all doomed! DOOOMED!.