Bills/Broncos
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:58 pm
Props to the Broncos.
The loss was freaking gut-wrenching for me because, once again, the Bills teased us with flashes of good football, only to choke it away on big defensive plays at the end. Giving up huge chunks of yardage in the last seconds of the game and letting Elam have a shot was inexcusable.
J.P. Losman was embarrassingly quiet for the whole game, not because of any utterly brilliant scheming by Shanahan, but because the guy -even after three freaking years- just can't seem to make a throw when it absolutely, positively HAS to happen. Overthrowing Evans late in the game was all on HIM. All we needed was one freaking TD out of the guy, and once again, even when given time, he couldn't do it. He'd better get his head out of his ass or he'll join Todd Collins, Billie Joe Hobert [sp?], and Drew Bledsoe on the "failed experiment" pile.
Now, on the "plus" side...Marshawn FREAKING Lynch. The kid is the real deal. I'm not ready to anoint him as the second coming of Thurman Thomas (as some have), but he's pretty damned good. The 25-yard TD, and the way he kept going after the frigging hit the took on a 4th down that knocked his helmet off and ten yards backwards...wow.
I think that the Bills are going to be better than a lot of the alleged "experts" have been predicting, even given their brutal schedule.
And finally, I was happy to see my favorite Bill, Steve Tasker, honored on the Bills Wall of Fame. It sucks that the HOF voters in Canton will probably never get their collective heads out of THEIR asses and finally put (probably) the best special teams player ever in the HOF.
The loss was freaking gut-wrenching for me because, once again, the Bills teased us with flashes of good football, only to choke it away on big defensive plays at the end. Giving up huge chunks of yardage in the last seconds of the game and letting Elam have a shot was inexcusable.
J.P. Losman was embarrassingly quiet for the whole game, not because of any utterly brilliant scheming by Shanahan, but because the guy -even after three freaking years- just can't seem to make a throw when it absolutely, positively HAS to happen. Overthrowing Evans late in the game was all on HIM. All we needed was one freaking TD out of the guy, and once again, even when given time, he couldn't do it. He'd better get his head out of his ass or he'll join Todd Collins, Billie Joe Hobert [sp?], and Drew Bledsoe on the "failed experiment" pile.
Now, on the "plus" side...Marshawn FREAKING Lynch. The kid is the real deal. I'm not ready to anoint him as the second coming of Thurman Thomas (as some have), but he's pretty damned good. The 25-yard TD, and the way he kept going after the frigging hit the took on a 4th down that knocked his helmet off and ten yards backwards...wow.
I think that the Bills are going to be better than a lot of the alleged "experts" have been predicting, even given their brutal schedule.
And finally, I was happy to see my favorite Bill, Steve Tasker, honored on the Bills Wall of Fame. It sucks that the HOF voters in Canton will probably never get their collective heads out of THEIR asses and finally put (probably) the best special teams player ever in the HOF.
