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Bills get thumped 19-7 by the Ravens

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Sunday 31 December 2006 at 10:04 pm

The Bills didn’t play too well today against the Ravens. JP Losman completed 20 of 35 passes for 237 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs (one of which was returned 31 yards for a TD by Chris McAllister). Willis McGahee didn’t have a chance today as he carried the ball 11 times for 23 yards (2.1 ypc). Lee Evans had a great game with 7 catches for 145 yards and a TD. Roscoe Parrish had a decent game with 6 catches for 50 yards. Peerless Price added 4 catches for 25 yards.

The Bills didn’t play that well on defense. The Ravens ran the ball 30 times for 111 yards (3.7 ypc). The Ravens also completed 23 of 36 passes for 216 net yards passing.

Buffalo Bills vs. Baltimore Ravens

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Friday 29 December 2006 at 2:00 am

The Buffalo Bills have been playing good football lately as they’ve won 4 of their last 6 games. The Ravens have been dominant for awhile now as they’ve won 8 of their last 9 games.

This looks like a very tough matchup for the Bills. The Bills will attempt to run the ball with Willis McGahee (967 yards rushing) and Anthony Thomas against a Ravens defense that is only allowing 78.3 yards rushing and 3.3 yards per carry this season. The Bills like to throw the ball deep, but will likely have to shorten their pass routes due to the fact that they’ve allowed 44 sacks this season and the Ravens are blitzing demons on defense that already have 57 sacks. Lee Evans (75 rec, 1,147 yards) vs. the Ravens corners will be fun to watch all game long.

The Ravens will likely keep the ball on the ground more than usual due to the poor Bills run defense that is allowing 142.9 yards rushing an 4.8 yards per carry so far this season. Jamal Lewis (1,063 yards rushing) should have one of his best games of the season on Sunday. The Ravens must keep Aaron Schobel (14 sacks) away from Steve McNair. If McNair has time to throw (the Ravens have only allowed 17 sacks this season) he should have a good game. He likes to spread the catches around to TE Todd Heap and WRs Mark Clayton and Derrick Mason.

This should be a low scoring game that is won by the Ravens. JP Losman will make a couple of big errors under duress from the Ravens pass rush and it will cost the Bills any chance of an upset.

Bills nipped 30-29 at home by the Titans

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 25 December 2006 at 3:20 am

The white hot Titans nipped the Bills in a old-fashioned shootout. JP Losman played pretty well as he completed 19 of 33 passes for 266 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs. Willis McGahee had a solid game running the ball with 22 carries for 95 yards (4.3 ypc) and a TD. Peerless Price led the way for the receivers with 7 grabs for 73 yards. Josh Reed pitched in with 2 grabs for 70 yards and 1 carry for 15 more. Lee Evans added 5 catches for 64 yards and a TD.

Donte Whitner led the defense with 14 tackles, but as a unit the D played poorly. The Titans ran the ball at will against the Bills as they ran the ball 40 times for 215 yards (5.4 ypc). The Titans also completed 13 of 20 passes for 181 net yards passing.

The Bills fell to 7-8 with this loss and were eliminated from the playoffs. They do look alot better than last season and look like a team on the rise.

Buffalo Bills vs. Tennessee Titans

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Thursday 21 December 2006 at 2:58 pm

The Titans have won 5 games in a row after starting the season 2-7. The Buffalo Bills have won 4 of their last 5 games including a 21-0 shutout of the Miami Dolphins last week.

The Titans will run the football alot against the Bills with Travis Henry (974 yards rushing) and Vince Young (462 yards rushing) doing the bulk of the heavy lifting. The Bills are allowing 137.7 yards rushing and 4.7 yards per carry so far this season so the Titans should be very successful running the ball. The Bills pass defense is allowing 187.3 net yards passing per game, but the Titans will only throw the ball if they have too, preferring to keep the ball on the ground.

The Bills also prefer to run the football. Willis McGahee (872 yards rushing) and Anthony Thomas (368 yards rushing) should have alot of success against a Titans’ run defense that is allowing 145.3 yards rushing per game and 4.5 yards per carry so far this season. The Titans pass defense has been pretty bad too, allowing 221.4 net yards passing per game. So look for JP Losman to attack the Titans deep to Lee Evans (70 rec, 1,083 yards) who could have a monster game.

I like the Bills to end the Titans’ winning streak on Sunday. The cold weather coupled with a big game by Lee Evans will help the Bills prevail.

Bills even up record with 21-0 win over the Dolphins

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 18 December 2006 at 12:53 am

The Bills played efficient offense and dominant defense in their shutout win over the Dolphins. JP Losman played really well as he hit 13 of 19 passes for 200 yards and 3 TDs. Willis McGahee carried the ball 28 times for 79 yards (2.8 ypc). Anthony Thomas chipped in with 6 carries for 16 yards (2.7 ypc). Lee Evans (3 rec, 67 yards), Robert Royal (3 rec, 62 yards) and Josh Reed (4 rec, 50 yards) each caught a TD pass.

London Fletcher led the defense as usual with 10 tackles. The Dolphins carried the ball 28 times for 112 yards (4.0 ypc). The Bills really played well against the pass. The Dolphins completed 14 of 33 passes for 100 net yards passing.

The Bills improved to 7-7 with this win.

Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Friday 15 December 2006 at 6:52 pm
The Dolphins are coming into this game hot, winning 5 of their last 6 games including a shut-out (21-0) win over the Patriots in Miami last week. The Bills are also hot having won 3 of their last 4 games including a 31-13 rout of the NY Jets in New Jersey.

The Dolphins have played very well after their slow start. They will look to run the ball with either Ronnie Brown (hand) or the suddenly hot replacement Sammy Morris. The Fins should have success on the ground against the Bills who allow 139.8 yards rushing per game and 4.8 yards per carry so far this season. The Dolphins offensive line has pass blocked alot better since Joey Harrington has taken over. They will need to control DE Aaron Schobel who has 12.5 sacks this season. Look for Joey Harrington to throw to his favorite receiver Marty Booker (51 rec, 701 yards) frequently and also attack the Bills’ rookie safeties with Randy McMichael.

The Bills would like to run the ball at the Dolphins, but that may be easier said than done. The Dolphins have allowed an average of 100.5 yards rushing and 3.6 yards per carry so far this season. Still, Willis McGahee and Anthony Thomas will bang away at the interior of the Dolphins defense. When JP Losman drops back to pass, the line needs to keep Jason Taylor (11.5 sacks) out of the backfield. Losman gets nervous and makes mistakes when he’s heavily rushed. Losman has played alot better in the second half of the season and will be looking alot for his favorite receiver Lee Evans (67 rec, 1,016 yards). No other receiver has caught more than 37 passes or has more than 298 receiving yards, so the Dolphins know who they have to stop.

The Dolphins have really been on a roll since Joey Harrington has taken over at QB and I have a feeling they will get their revenge on Buffalo because of their defense. The Bills won the first meeting 16-6, but that was a long time ago when Daunte Culpepper was playing. I like the Dolphins to win a close game.

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Rookies looking good at safety

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Wednesday 13 December 2006 at 3:49 pm

When I saw that the Bills were going to start two rookie safeties I thought they were nuts. But the rookies have proved me wrong so far with their play. Donte Whitner has 73 tackles and an interception. He loves to help out on run support. Ko Simpson has played real well also with 62 tackles, a sack and 2 interceptions. These guys will both get better with experience.

Fletcher & Schobel are dominating

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Wednesday 13 December 2006 at 3:45 pm

London Fletcher is one of the most under-rated players in the NFL. He is a tackling, hitting machine! Fletcher has piled up 121 tackles, 2 sacks, a fumble recovery and 3 interceptions (one of which he returned for a TD). He should make it to the Pro Bowl this season or they should quit letting the public vote.

DE Aaron Schobel has been unstoppable as a pass rusher. He has 45 tackles, 12.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. Teams have tried everything from double-teaming him to chipping him with a back and nothing has worked so far.

The Bills just need to add a couple more players to put around these guys to build a dominant defense.

Defense leads way to beat-down of the Jets 31-13

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page by ravenhater on Monday 11 December 2006 at 12:31 pm

The Jets never had a chance as the Bills played their most complete game of the season. JP Losman managed the game well as he completed 10 of 15 passes for 157 yards with 2 TDs. Willis McGahee played great as he carried the ball 16 times for 125 yards (7.8 ypc) and a TD. Anthony Thomas carried the ball 15 times for 42 yards (2.8 ypc) and caught 3 passes for 23 yards. Lee Evans only caught 2 passes but he made them count as they were for 91 yards and a TD. Robert Royal caught 2 passes for 13 yards and a TD.

The defense played great on Sunday! London Fletcher led the way with 9 tackles and an interception. Nate Clements had a great game as he had 5 tackles and an interception that he returned 58 yards for a TD. Aaron Schobel was unstoppable with 6 tackles and 3 sacks.

The Bills have improved to 6-7 on the season with this big win.

Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,This Week's Matchup Report by ravenhater on Friday 8 December 2006 at 10:26 pm

The Bills have played better lately as they’ve won two of their last three games. The Jets have won 3 of their last 4 games and have their sites on the playoffs.

When the Bills have the football, look for them to run Willis McGahee (668 yards rushing) and Anthony Thomas (310 yards rushing) and the soft Jets run defense. The Jets are allowing 136.3 yards rushing per game and 4.6 yards per carry. After the Bills establish their running game, look for JP Losman to attack the Jets secondary deep with Lee Evans (65 rec, 925 yards).

The Jets will also come out of the tunnel running the football against the Bills who allow 140.3 yards rushing and 4.8 yards per carry on the season. Cedric Houston will probably get the bulk of the carries for the Jets as he has been stepping up his play of late. The Bills secondary has been having problems at corner and they start two rookie safeties, so look for Chad Pennington to run alot of play-action to try to trick them and then go deep to Jerricho Cotchery (60 rec, 765 yards) and Laveranues Coles (71 rec, 854 yards).

The Jets won the first game between these teams 28-20 in Buffalo. I would think that the Jets will win another close game with the Bills.