Buffalo Bills 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 21
The Bills unleashed a physical but conservative offense last night in Toronto against the Steelers. Trent Edwards responded to J.P. Losman’s threat to his starting job by completing 9 of 11 passes for 104 yards including two TD passes to TE Robert Royal (7 and 13 yards). Edwards also had a carry for 22 yards last night against the supposed rugged Steelers’ defense. J.P. Losman completed 4 of 5 passes for 19 yards last night. Matt Baker finished up the game completing 1 of 2 passes for 3 yards. Rookie RB Xavier Omon was very impressive last night as he carried the football 10 times for 44 yards (4.4 ypc). Dwayne Wright also had a decent game rushing for 31 yards on 7 carries (4.4 ypc). Marshawn Lynch pitched in with a solid 25 yards on 5 carries (5.0 ypc) last night. Lee Evans led Bills’ receivers with 3 catches for 55 yards (18.3 avg) against the Steelers. TE Robert Royal had a huge game last night grabbing 2 passes for 20 yards and they were both TDs (13 and 7 yards). The Bills finished up this game with a very impressive 159 yards rushing on 31 carries (5.1 ypc) and they were also effective throwing the ball completing 14 of 18 passed for 104 yards.
The Bills still had some issues on defense that need corrected before the season starts in September. CB Ashton Youboty led the way for the Bills last night with 4 tackles and 1 sack. Rookie CB Leodis McKelvin had a game to remember despite only making 2 tackles. He returned 4 kickoffs for 149 yards (37.3 avg) including a 95-yarder for a TD that capped the scoring night for the Bills. The Steelers finished up with 108 yards rushing on 22 carries (4.9 ypc) and they also completed 20 of 37 passes for 230 yards.

I think the Bills 1st team looked great on Thursday night. I thought the playcalling and execution were great. Roethlisberger didn’t even score his touchdown until the 2nd team defense was in. As much as I thought they played well, though, I feel they have a lot to overcome to become an elite team in the AFC. And I don’t think they will make the playoffs. It was a nice outing though.
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