juice
10-31-2005, 05:53 PM
<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">As hard as the loss to the Pats was to swallow there is still alot of Football left to play in the '05 season and that Sunday night game was probably this team's best performance of the year. Willis played his game and enabled the Offense to control the flow of the game as well as Time of Possession which was the teams gameplan from day 1 of Training Camp.
The Defense was somewhat effective for 3 quarters of the game and actually got good pressure on Brady which has been the primary reason for the Pats domination of the Bills over the past 2 seasons, Run Defense wasn't spectacular but didn't get completly run over by Dillon and showed some ability from the play of Bannon and the reappearance of Schobel.
Parrish looks to be a player and Peters might actually be a quality lineman in the near future and maybe even this year. S. Williams was outstanding on some key conversions to give Willis a break and the Offense a change of pace. King made a few good plays in Nickle situations and Crowell might be more of a playmaker than Posey.
The optimist in me looks at the remaider of the schedule and as long as the team takes care of business at home there aren't any unwinable games if they can give this type effort on the road against SD and Cinci.
Coming off of the Bye week this team could get healthy and actually make a run in the 2nd half of the season in some very tough but winable games.
9-7 might be the winning record in the East with NE having some tough dates coming up against Indy and having to face every AFCE team twice besides the Bills.. their schedule is by no means a cake walk and the Jets and Phins will be looking to prove they aren't as bad as they have looked early in the season. NE has a very suspect secondary and are probably going to have to deal with the injuries to Dillon and other key players the rest of the season.
I see the Jets and possibly the Phins getting a win over the Pats within the Division and I know the Bills have to feel like they were robbed of that win Sunday and will be looking for payback at home.
If this team can get healthy and get over the TKO-Less hangover by showing that they can stop these running teams such as KC & SD, we have the secondary to match up well against the passing games and the ST to win the field position battle to put the Bills Offense in good situations to score points like they did against NE.
The key to winning 7 of 8 of the games remaining will be the QB play and EMo, Evans and Parrish getting involved as playmakers and gamebreakers.. Moulds showed Sunday that he can still be a major factor and Parrish showed flashes of the same type ability, what's missing is Evans as a deep threat to further stretch defenses allowing Moulds to get loose underneith and Willis to get into the secondary to break some 20+ runs.
Stranger things have happened, like when Bledsoe led the team to a simular type second half lst year.. is it probable NO but after last years late run I'd have to say anything is possible.
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The Defense was somewhat effective for 3 quarters of the game and actually got good pressure on Brady which has been the primary reason for the Pats domination of the Bills over the past 2 seasons, Run Defense wasn't spectacular but didn't get completly run over by Dillon and showed some ability from the play of Bannon and the reappearance of Schobel.
Parrish looks to be a player and Peters might actually be a quality lineman in the near future and maybe even this year. S. Williams was outstanding on some key conversions to give Willis a break and the Offense a change of pace. King made a few good plays in Nickle situations and Crowell might be more of a playmaker than Posey.
The optimist in me looks at the remaider of the schedule and as long as the team takes care of business at home there aren't any unwinable games if they can give this type effort on the road against SD and Cinci.
Coming off of the Bye week this team could get healthy and actually make a run in the 2nd half of the season in some very tough but winable games.
9-7 might be the winning record in the East with NE having some tough dates coming up against Indy and having to face every AFCE team twice besides the Bills.. their schedule is by no means a cake walk and the Jets and Phins will be looking to prove they aren't as bad as they have looked early in the season. NE has a very suspect secondary and are probably going to have to deal with the injuries to Dillon and other key players the rest of the season.
I see the Jets and possibly the Phins getting a win over the Pats within the Division and I know the Bills have to feel like they were robbed of that win Sunday and will be looking for payback at home.
If this team can get healthy and get over the TKO-Less hangover by showing that they can stop these running teams such as KC & SD, we have the secondary to match up well against the passing games and the ST to win the field position battle to put the Bills Offense in good situations to score points like they did against NE.
The key to winning 7 of 8 of the games remaining will be the QB play and EMo, Evans and Parrish getting involved as playmakers and gamebreakers.. Moulds showed Sunday that he can still be a major factor and Parrish showed flashes of the same type ability, what's missing is Evans as a deep threat to further stretch defenses allowing Moulds to get loose underneith and Willis to get into the secondary to break some 20+ runs.
Stranger things have happened, like when Bledsoe led the team to a simular type second half lst year.. is it probable NO but after last years late run I'd have to say anything is possible.
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