Gameday Grades

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Quarterback - Trent Edwards made his first career start and managed the game like a seasoned veteran. He made great passes on 3rd down to move the chains. The one interception he threw was a beautiful pass, but the defender made a great play on the ball. He looked calm all day, especially on the 4th and goal touchdown that he threw.

Grade: A

Running Back - Lynch was impressive and made the plays when the offense needed him to. He never goes down on the first hit and runs with a chip on his shoulder. His touchdown run was just pure strength and determination, which was a showcase of his talent and character as he didnt give up until he scored. This guy is the real deal.

Grade: B

Wide Recievers -Lee Evans finally realized this week he plays for the Bills as he showed up for today's game, hauling in 6 passes for 72 yards. Josh Reed has a big day as well as he was the recipient of many 3rd and short passes converting them into first downs. He did drop a key pass late inthe 4th quarter though. Roscoe Parrish is a play maker. Peerless Price was quiet, but did have a nice first down grab.

Grade: A-

Tight Ends - Wow, the Bills have tight ends! Robert Royal actually caught 3
passes, and the backup Michael Gaines caught the game winning touchdown pass. Royal was used alot in motion to set up blocks all game and did a pretty good job.

Grade: B


Offensive Line - Gave up a couple of sacks early, but played extremely well in the second half. They made some big holes for Lynch considering the Jets were run blitzing like crazy the entire game. The Peters and Dockery combo looks as if it's starting to gel.

Grade: B+

Defensive Line - Schobel was a beast today. Altough he didnt register a sack he was in the backfield all day, and caused 2 holding penalties against him. Chris Kelsay had a nice sack. Larry Tripplett was again invisible and wasn't on the field as much as he has been lately. Tim Anderson was beaten bad on Leon Washington's touchdown run. When ever he is on the field, the defense plays worse. They held Thomas Jones to 35 yards. Overall, it was a solid effort that was well overdue.

Grade: B+

Linebackers - Angelo Crowell had a nice game, but was out of position on many of the Jets short passes. Mario Haggan had a beautiful stop on a 3rd and short play. The more playing time he gets, the better he's going to be because he certainly has made some nice plays this season. Jon DiGiorgio was quiet with 2 tackles,was blown out of run plays was beaten a few times in coverage. He is a liability on this defense.

Grade: C

Secondary - Terrence McGee was back in the lineup and made the game clinching interception with 6 seconds left. He did give up the lone passing touchdown to Coles. Youboty went out early with an ankle injury, and Jabari Greer had a game changing interception that led to a TD. He is really becoming a solid corner this season. Leonhard and Whitner were sound in coverage as there wasn't many big passing plays allowed all day. A very gutsy effort by a injury depleated group.

Grade: B

Special Teams: Lindell hit a nice 46 yard field goal to give the Bills a lead in the 3rd quarter. Moorman was his usual self punting the ball very well. McGee wasn't himself on kick returns today, part of it might be due to his injury. Parrish is a threat to score every time he fields a punt.

Grade: B

Coaching - Finally the Bills had a solid game plan. They didn't scale down the offense too much for the rookie Quarterback and their confidence in him paid off. Case and point was going for it on 4th and goal, and throwing the football. The defensive game plan was to give up the short pass and defend deep and it worked well all day. Coach Jauron got the players to play together this week as one whole unit.

Grade: B

[YardRat]

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Can you imagine the pissing and moaning about the play-calling if the fourth and goal hadn't worked?

[Captain gameboy]

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B+ for the defensive line?

Come on man.

Can we ever expect them to make a play that actually effects the game?
Schoble was OK, and I only say that because the Jets rotated an rb to chip him on every single pass play when they were in their no huddle, which was pretty much the entire second half.
The Brick/Schobel battle was a battle of the overpaid and overhyped.

Kelsay had a sack, but missed a few more. Not a good game at all.
When do we get what we are paying for?

The DT's were overmatched again, as usual.

Coaching ....Change it to an A+

A rookie qb who plays a near perfect game because of play calling, and a fourth down play that wins us the game.
Jeez. What more can we expect?

Wide receivers.

Prices' name should never be followed by anything other than terrible.

Come on. Lee Evans is prolly the best we've had since Andre Reed and everyone knows it.
Is it possible that Price has a good game based on the attention given Evans?

We can pay him and continue to dump off to Josh Reed, or we can get rid of him and get a legit no.2.

[Johnny Bugmenot]

Re: Gameday Grades

Most improved: Play calling, QB position, wide receivers, tight ends

Worst: Tim Anderson (no surprise, yet again), John DiGiorgio

Overall a good game.

[chernobylwraiths]

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B+ for the defensive line?

Come on man.

Can we ever expect them to make a play that actually effects the game?
Schoble was OK, and I only say that because the Jets rotated an rb to chip him on every single pass play when they were in their no huddle, which was pretty much the entire second half.
The Brick/Schobel battle was a battle of the overpaid and overhyped.

Kelsay had a sack, but missed a few more. Not a good game at all.
When do we get what we are paying for?

The DT's were overmatched again, as usual.

Coaching ....Change it to an A+

A rookie qb who plays a near perfect game because of play calling, and a fourth down play that wins us the game.
Jeez. What more can we expect?

Wide receivers.

Prices' name should never be followed by anything other than terrible.

Come on. Lee Evans is prolly the best we've had since Andre Reed and everyone knows it.
Is it possible that Price has a good game based on the attention given Evans?

We can pay him and continue to dump off to Josh Reed, or we can get rid of him and get a legit no.2.

I think everyone looks at the stat line before they do grades. I thought the offensive line has been VERY solid this year and especially good this week in passing situations. You are absolutely correct about the Dline though. If this defense is EVER going to look good, or want to, they HAVE to put pressure on the QB and once in a while they will have to outright beat their guy off the line to get immediate pressure.
My personal from just watching the game:
QB - B
RB - B (Lynch needs to be in there on third down more and needs to catch more balls)
WR - B (Evans could have tried to stop that INT and Reed needs to hang on at the end)
TE - A- (Might have been better had Royal not coughed one up)
DL - C No pressure
LB - C- (I don't know how many times I saw the backside of DeGiorgio as he was running the other way when the Jets would just pass over the middle.
DB - C+ Not much help from the front getting pressure. Two INTs helps.
Special teams - B Not much from returns but nice FG from 46 from Lindel and some nice deep kickoffs was nice to see. Two penalties hurt on kickoffs.