I've been saying it all season. Playing poorly in the first half, then making up for it in the second, will beat teams like the Raiders and Rams, but it won't work against AFCE teams or any of the better teams on the Bills' schedule.
Sound familiar? It should- that's how I started my review last week and it could have been how I started it the previous week after the Dolphins game.
Once again, this team failed to show up in New England. Calling the offense "anemic" would be too kind. Edwards has become extremely mediocre. The oversized, highly-paid OL is ineffectual. The D got shredded by some unknown, undrafted free agent named Benjarvus Green-Ellis-Johnson-White-Smith-Thompson-Black-Jones-Drew (or something like that). And, of course, Jauron and his staff were once again outcoached by Bill Bellicheck.
The Good:
-McGee did well against Moss (and for the first time all season, a Bills DB jarred a ball loose with a hard hit).
-Schouman showed flashes again.
-Special Teams FINALLY showed up. McKelvin had a few big returns (including an 80+ yarder to set up the Bills' only TD), NE was consistently pinned around their 10 yard line on punts, and the NFL's leading return man- Hobbs- was held in check
-Reggie Corner did well at nickel.
-Lynch's stats suck, but he gets no help from the OL. The man earns every yard he gets by doing it the hard way.
Sound familiar? It should- that's how I started my review last week and it could have been how I started it the previous week after the Dolphins game.
Once again, this team failed to show up in New England. Calling the offense "anemic" would be too kind. Edwards has become extremely mediocre. The oversized, highly-paid OL is ineffectual. The D got shredded by some unknown, undrafted free agent named Benjarvus Green-Ellis-Johnson-White-Smith-Thompson-Black-Jones-Drew (or something like that). And, of course, Jauron and his staff were once again outcoached by Bill Bellicheck.
The Good:
-McGee did well against Moss (and for the first time all season, a Bills DB jarred a ball loose with a hard hit).
-Schouman showed flashes again.
-Special Teams FINALLY showed up. McKelvin had a few big returns (including an 80+ yarder to set up the Bills' only TD), NE was consistently pinned around their 10 yard line on punts, and the NFL's leading return man- Hobbs- was held in check
-Reggie Corner did well at nickel.
-Lynch's stats suck, but he gets no help from the OL. The man earns every yard he gets by doing it the hard way.
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