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Bills by the numbers

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page by ravenhater on Thursday 26 October 2006 at 5:44 pm

The Bills are having huge scoring problems as they only average 14.3 points per game. The Bills average 98.0 yards rushing per game and 3.7 yards per carry. The passing offense only averages 163.0 net yards passing per game, but the Bills complete 61.6% of their pass attempts.

The Bills allow 21.9 points per game. The running defense has been a little soft, as teams average 113.9 yards rushing per game and 4.1 yards per carry. The pass defense allows 200.4 net yards passing per game and 62.6% completions.

Bills drop ball and lose 28-6

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 23 October 2006 at 11:22 am

The Bills had problems holding on to the football and moving it down the field. JP Losman was the main offender again. Losman completed 16 of 25 passes for 193 yards and an INT. The bigger problem from Losman was that he lost 2 fumbles. Willis McGahee ran the ball 20 times for 59 yards (3.0 ypc) and caught 2 passes for 61 yards. WR Peerless Price caught 5 passes for 53 yards.

LB London Fletcher led the way on defense with 8 tackles and a sack. DE Aaron Schobel has 3 tackles and 2 sacks. The Bills held the Patriots to 94 yards on 27 carries (3.5 ypc). The Patriots completed 18 of 27 passes for 171 net yards passing.

The defense played well, but the offense has to start doing their part or the Bills will not get any better as a team.

Bills vs. Patriots

Blogged under Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 2:47 pm
The Patriots are running away from the rest of the division and need to keep beating down the competition. The Bills are 2-4 and trying to rebound from 2 painful losses in a row.

When the Patriots have the ball, it will be no mystery what they will try to do. The Bills allow 117.2 yards rushing per game and 4.2 yards per carry, so look for the Patriots to come out running the football. RBs Laurence Maroney (332 yards rushing) and Corey Dillon (281 yards rushing) have been running behind one of the best offensvie lines in football and they should give the Bills all kinds of problems. The offensive line has also been blocking great for Tom Brady when he drops back to pass, as they have only allowed 5 sacks this season. The Patriots will probably spread the field when passing, as Brady doesn’t really have a favorite target this season. Brady will go with his best match-up when throwing the ball and will be sure to pick on Terrence McGee, who’s only 5′8″ and has been getting burned lately.

The Bills prefer to run the ball with Willis McGahee (505 yards rushing), but that will be tough against a Patriots defense that only allows 85.6 yards rushing per game and 3.6 yards per carry. The Patriots do allow alot of yards passing (222.4 yards per game), but will JP Losman (1,121 yards passing) be able to take advantage of that? Lee Evans has the speed to get deep (36 rec, 419 yards), but Losman will need protection to throw the ball down the field as the Bills have allowed 19 sacks this season.

The Patriots won the first meeting 19-17 in Foxboro, so this could be a closer game than anticipated….but I can’t pick JP Losman to beat Tom Brady in a football game. The Patriots will win a close game on a mental error by JP Losman….just like the last time they played.

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Rookie safeties adjusting well to NFL

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 16 October 2006 at 6:36 pm

When the Bills decided to go with two rookies as their starting safeties, most people thought they were nuts. Donte’ Whitner and Ko Simpson have exceeded expectations so far this season. Whitner has 40 tackles and an interception. Simpson has 29 tackles, a sack and an interception. These two guys should be starters for a long time in the NFL.

Bills get out-played by Lions and lose 20-17

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page by ravenhater on Sunday 15 October 2006 at 5:51 pm

If you look at the stats for this game you would think it was a blowout! Most teams with those stats would have destroyed the Bills, but this was the pitiful Lions. JP Losman completed 21 of 34 passes for 204 yards with 2 TDs and an INT.  Willis McGahee was bottled up by the Lions as he carried the ball 17 times for 66 yards (3.9 ypc). Lee Evans had a decent game catching 7 passes for 73 yards. Roscoe Parrish caught 2 passes for 48 yards and a TD. Peerless Price caught 5 passes for 33 yards.

The defense just didn’t show up for this game. Any other team would have put up 40 points with the yardage that the Lions rolled up. The Lions, who never run the ball, carried the ball 27 times for 132 yards (4.9 ypc). The Lions also had an easy time throwing the ball against the Bills. The Lions completed 24 of 36 passes for 262 net yards passing.

The Bills had to know this wasn’t their bye week!

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