Jets buffalo Buffalo

Well this was an embarrassing one:

Wait, no, I meant for the Bills. Embarrassing for the Bills.

It’s not good when a team gets lucky to lose 38-17, but that’s pretty much what happened to Buffalo yesterday. It’s hard to remember a more one-sided NFL game of recent vintage.

For a while, it seemed like Brian Schottenheimer got so excited that everything he was calling was working that he actually started calling everything, which got a bit frustrating. No real need to go with the Seminole-offense reverse option that takes five seconds to develop and goes for two yards when every dive up the middle nets seven.

But that’s really only a minor quibble — the Jets’ offense steamrolled a miserable Bills defense, maintaining possession for just over 40 of the game’s 60 minutes, and even getting the much-maligned Joe McKnight his first four NFL carries.

The Bills did manage to score twice despite almost never having the ball, but it’s hard to get too concerned about the Jets’ defense when nearly half Buffalo’s offense came from desperate Ryan Fitzpatrick scrambles.

Also, it’s crazy to think that the Jets have played the whole season without arguably their best past rusher and the past two and a half games without the best cornerback in the NFL. Are they really getting both Calvin Pace and Darrelle Revis back for next week, and Santonio Holmes to boot?

It’s getting hard to keep expectations tempered. This might be a really good football team. And just look at Mark Sanchez:

3 thoughts on “Jets buffalo Buffalo

  1. It’s amazing that a coach with no control of his team can do so well.

    It’ll be real interesting to see how they handle Revis. Part of me wants them to be overly cautious and let him rest up the next two weeks, then come back after the bye at 100%. Doubt it will happen, but it’s worth considering.

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