Living by the old adage, “go big or go home”, the Bills went out and lost big time down in Miami.
Forget about blaming any individual in this loss, this was a total team effort from top to bottom. Trent Edwards was bad. The offensive line was weak. The defence gave up way too many yards and way too many big plays. Dick Jauron and the coaching staff were as much to blame as any of their players.
The defense looked asleep at the wheel as Chad Henne hit a wide open Brian Hartline with a five yard touchdown.
Of all the players, Trent Edwards needs to obliterate the memory of that Dolphins game and start focusing on the Browns. Edwards needs to make something happen offensively early in the Browns game to help him forget about the debacle down in Miami. The pick six he threw to Vontae Davis was all his fault. Edwards had time to throw and he had a clean look at his intended receiver, Lee Evans. By the end of the day, Edwards threw three interceptions and had a quarterback rating of 51.
Over all, the Bills offence was an unacceptable 1 for 11 in third down conversions and could only manage 10 first downs the entire game. The Bills defence allowed Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown to run wild as they allowed 250 yards rushing.
Yes indeed, the Bills didn’t just lose, they lost big time. This is the kind of game that needs to be completely forgotten. Skip the traditional film run down and wipe this bad boy out of the memory banks.
All that matters now is next weeks game against the winless Browns at Ralph Wilson stadium. There are a lot of unhappy Bills fans that will be looking long and hard at Trent Edwards and Dick Jauron to see if they can bounce back from their loss to the Dolphins and come up with a far better effort than what took place in Miami.
At least Terrell Owens caught three passes and he can start a new consecutive games streak. Yes, that was sarcasm.
After a loss like the Bills suffered in Miami, I am reminded of the sage old words of the late, great NFL legend Vince Lombardi.
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
Indeed.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:55 am
If Miami was the reeling Dolphins. Now that they throttled Buffalo 38-10, what should we call the Bills; the hapless Bills, last-place Bills….
October 5th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Are the Bills reeling? Tough question. It all depends on what happens against the Browns. If they win, then they’re 2 and 3 and they have life. If they lose, then they’re 1 and 4 and then they would be officially reeling.