The Buffalo Bills got pushed around big time Saturday Night against the World Champs in Pittsburgh.  Trent Edwards was pathetic in this game as he completed 6 of 13 passes for 31 yards with a interception.  The interception was returned 22 yards for a TD by Steelers’ LB James Farrior.  Ryan Fitzpatrick finished up this game by outplaying Edwards despite not putting up any points on the board as he completed 8 of 11 passes for 65 yards.  Marshawn Lynch led the Bills on the ground with 19 yards on 4 carries (4.8 ypc).  Roscoe Parrish led the Bills’ receivers with 4 catches for 22 yards.  The Bills only had possession of the football in this game for 18:45 as they could only muster 135 total yards on offense (49 rushing, 86 passing).

LB Kawika Mitchell led a somewhat decent effort by the Bills’ defense with 8 tackles.  The Steelers finished up with 359 total yards of offense (81 rushing, 278 passing) in this game.  The yardage total is not that bad when you consider the Steelers had the ball for 41:15.

The Bills got punished in the first half of this game as they were down 24-0 at the break before the scrubs mounted a good fight in the 2nd half.  Trent Edwards did not look too sharp in this game as he completed 7 of 11 passes for 45 yards with 1 interception.  Ryan Fitzpatrick played decent completing 12 of 16 passes for 112 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Gibran Hamdan was impressive again finishing this game out for the Bills completing 7 of 11 passes for 137 yards.  Dominic Rhodes led the way on the ground for the Bills in this game as he rushed for 39 yards on 6 carries (6.5 ypc).  Xavier Omon was also busy in this game rushing 5 times for 6 yards (1.2 ypc) with a TD and he also caught 2 passes for 61 yards (30.5 avg).  TE Jonathan Stupar led the way in the passing game for the Bills in this game with 5 receptions for 63 yards (12.6 avg) with a TD.  The Bills finished up with 363 total yards on offense (90 rushing, 273 passing) but most of those yards were against the Packers slugs on D.

Linebacker Nic Harris led the way for the Bills’ defense in this game with 9 tackles.  The Bills’ defense played decent after Aaron Rodgers left the game for the Pack.  The Packers finished up with 292 total yards on offense (108 rushing, 184 passing) in this game.

The Bills have lost 26-year old CB Antwain Spann off waivers to the Denver Broncos.  Spann played in 10 games (0 starts) for the Patriots last season and he made 5 tackles.  He has played three years in his NFL career appearing in 19 games in which he has 13 tackles.   This is no loss for the Bills.

The Bills will be without Drayton Florence for the next 2-5 weeks due to a sprained knee.  He was in line to be the nickel back for the Bills this season and he still might be.  Ashton Youboty, Reggie Corner and Ellis Lankster will battle to replace Florence until he is ready to return to action.

The Bills looked like a different team in the second preseason game.  Trent Edwards was sharp in this game as he completed all 10 of his pass attempts for 79 yards.  Ryan Fitzpatrick followed Edwards in the game and he was very sharp completing 13 of 16 passes for 143 yards.  Gibran Hamdan had a so-so game completing 5 of 7 passes for 38 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Bruce Hall led the Bills in rushing yards in this game with 21 yards on 9 carries (2.3 ypc) with 1 TD run.  TE Jonathan Stupar led the way in the passing game for the Bills with 56 yards receiving on 6 catches (9.3 avg).  The Bills rolled up 375 yards of total offense (123 rushing, 252 passing) in this game which was outstanding.

CB Reggie Corner (5 tackles) and CB Ellis Lankster (2 tackles, 2 interceptions) led a impressive showing for the Bills’ defense.  The Bears only rushed for 57 yards in this game and passed for 168 yards.  This was a good showing for the Bills who hope to build on this effort.

Don’t let the score fool you the Bills didn’t look good in the Hall of Fame Game last night.  They were down 21-6 before a rally was conducted by a lot of guys who will be cut before the season opens.  Trent Edwards didn’t let the football hit the turf once in this game as he was 3 for 4 passing for 34 yards but he had a good drive ended by a Michael Griffin interception.  Ryan Fitzgerald followed Edwards and he completed 6 of 11 passes for 61 yards.  As sad as this is, Gibran Hamdan played the best of the QBs last night as he completed 11 of 13 passes for 89 yards.  The running game was pretty non-existent last night except for Xavier Omon.  Omon led the Bills last night with 36 yards rushing on 11 carries (3.3 ypc).  He also added 25 yards receiving on 3 grabs (8.3 avg).  Terrell Owens looked good in his brief action on the field catching 2 passes for 27 yards.  TE Jonathan Stuper led the Bills in receiving yards in the game last night with 36 yards on 4 grabs.  WR Felton Spencer led the Bills in receptions last night with 5 for 34 yards.  Overall, the Bills offense looked real rusty as they only rushed for 56 yards (24 carries) and they threw for 191 yards.

The defense was outstanding last night against the Titans’ vaunted running game holding them to 33 yards rushing on 30 carries (1.1 ypc).  The special teams though was another story as Titans’ rookie punter A.J. Trapasso scored a T.D. in the first quarter on a 40-yard run on a fake punt.  DE Chris Ellis led the way for the Bills last night with six tackles.  CB Reggie Corner had a interception (off Titans’ QB Alex Mortensen) that he returned 26 yards for a TD.  Fellow corner Leodis McKelvin also had a pickoff (Vince Young). 

This game showed that the Bills have a lot to work on before the regular season opens in September.