Now that I have had a couple of days to digest what I saw the Bill's victory on Sunday can only be described as a miracle. The Jets ran for over 300 yards but, thank goodness, we had quarterback Mark Sanchez on our side. He threw more completions to Bills players Sunday than Trent Edwards did. Speaking of Captain Check Down, part of the miracle was that he got conked on the head again resulting in Ryan Fitzpatrick taking over. Fitzpatrick was not THAT effective but at least he TRIED to get it to Evans and Owens. I do not believe that if Edwards remained in the game the Bills would have won. The Jets would not have had to throw since the Bills would not have crept back into the game.
One group of players for the Bills that I have not assailed this season has been their secondary. Except for five minutes against New England they have been very good. It is a very deep unit and with all of the boo boos that that unit has had everyone has been needed. But then again, when the other team runs wild against you the secondary always has good numbers.
Mr. Mind tried his best again to give the Jets a chance to win by his horrible game management at the end of regulation as, like in last year's Cleveland game, he did not try to run plays that would have gotten Lindell closer to the goalposts in the bad end of the field as time ran down. I could see the miss coming just like last year. At least we had the fallback position of going into OT if he missed it BUT....
As expected, the Jets won the overtime coin toss and predictably went down the field. It looked like they had a chip shot field goal set up when out of nowhere the referee saw a blatant holding penalty and ACTUALLY called it. I was beside myself as this game was in New York and you do not see these penalties called against the home team unless, of course, you are in Ralph Wilson Stadium. That was another part of the miracle.
Then the teams played giveaway and it sure looked like, and it would have been a deserved result, that the game was going to end in a tie. Neither team deserved to win, just like last weeks Cleveland game, but Lindell came through and won the game with his foot. The last part of the miracle.
Mr. Mind plays not to lose instead of going for the win. You cannot survive with that attitude in today's NFL. Its like playing the 'Prevent' defense with the game on the line. It only prevents you from winning. It is now tee minus ten games until Mr. Mind is launched into the Netherworld of ex-coaches. He may find a job as a Gatorade holder for some other team but if he ever becomes a head coach again I will abdicate my throne.
All in all this game was not the waste of life that last week's game was but still the Bills do not entertain. Hopefully with a week's worth of preparation Ryan Fitzpatrick will be better this week. He was decent for Cincinnati last year as the season wound down, still he is no Carson Palmer let alone a Jim Kelly. A few decent games from Fitzpatrick and maybe Edwards will have his butt kept on the bench but I would like to see Trent back in as that would guarantee Mr. Mind's launching at season's end. Unfortunately, that is all we have to look forward to this season as any hopes for playoffs were lost during the opening kickoff of the Patriots game way back in September. Mr. Mind must go. So let it be written, so let it be done.
Your King.
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