Bills 3 Patriots 38

Reaction to Week 3 Blowout

Bills fans: let’s face it, we have a bad team. A team that will only continue to regress with the most likely season-ending loss of Paul Posluszny and the possibility that JP Losman will miss a few weeks. The Bills will travel back to Buffalo knowing that they did not belong on the same field as the New England Patriots. After the Patriots awoke for their quarter-long slumber, they awoke to dominate in both sides of the ball.

Offense: A bright spot in the blowout was the play of a pair of rookies, Trent Edwards and Marshawn Lynch. Edwards could not have been in a worse situation but played admirable (not necessarily well, but admirably). The first drive Edwards put together was finished off by a great run by Lynch. After that, it seems the Bills staff was scared of the Patriots. Why would you elect to run out the clock with 1:20 and 3 timeouts left knowing the Patriots would get the ball at halftime? It shows that Jauron’s strategy was to play “not to lose” That obviously backfired, and those dumb decisions shouldn’t damper the outstanding play of the two rookies.

Defense: not much was well, as another starter is lost for the season. I do not know if there is a single aspect to pinpoint on their struggles. They have a minimal pass rush but yet cannot stop the run. The line backers are young and fast, but get pushed over way too easily. The secondary isn’t getting any help from the pourous run defense and non-existant pass rush. It’s an unbreakable cycle. The only good that came out on defense was a great strip by McCargo at the goal line.

Look to Next Week: Without Losman and Posluszny, the Bills will need to focus their gameplan on stopping Thomas Jones. The secondary and special teams should receive a bonus if Terrence McGee is able to play. Fairchild desperately needs to open up the offense as the Bills have been running basic plays all year. No play-action, no screens, not enough deep balls, no trick plays have been the theme of Fairchild’s play-calling. Hopefully the Bills can breathe easier as they are through the toughest 3 games on their schedule and look to turn it around at home against a beatable division rival.