“Every guy in this room has been dumped by a girl”. However, the Bills couldn’t run out the clock, and they punted back to the Jets with 35 seconds left in the game.
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Broncos: Coach Gary Kubiak is warning his players their penchant for penalties is earning them a bad reputation with the refs, one where they’re “not going to get the benefit of the doubt”. Meanwhile, the Jets (5-4) have lost three of their last four.
Shady Comments: In a post-game interview, Bills star LeSean (Shady) McCoy, humorously translated Ryan’s animated shouts at game’s end on the sideline, which were apparently more colorful than the teams’ uniforms.
Fitzpatrick has led the Jets to a 5-4 record, good for a three-way tie with the Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers in the hunt for an AFC wild-card berth. But overall, it’s a big game for us as the Buffalo Bills. However, as the Bills gave up a touchdown late in the third quarter to make it a two-score game, then spent all their timeouts with more than 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter and then gave up another score to make it 22-17, it looked like we’d have no choice but to make things about Rex Ryan (like we needed an excuse).
There was a 4th-and-2 pass to Marshall that lost two yards at the Bills’ 20 and an incomplete pass to blocking tight end Kellen Davis on 4th-and-goal from the Bills’ 7.
Fitzpatrick is the smartest guy in the Ivy League. Look, the Jets right now are a helluva football team. Running back Chris Ivory gained eight yards on first down before losing a yard on second down. Both Bowles and Fitzpatrick expect Fitzpatrick to play November 22, when the Jets visit the Houston Texans.
Injuries: Fitzpatrick is scheduled to have thumb surgery today, as speculated over the past few days.
He has completed 59.5% of his passes for 1,983 yards with 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions in nine games this season. He carried the ball 19 times for 112 yards, while catching five passes for 47 yards. It is up to Bowles to figure out what is going wrong so that upcoming opponents such as the Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys – all of whom have bell-cow backs – don’t exploit the Jets on the ground. The Bills weren’t the only team suffering from the dropsies on Thursday night, so were the Jets – and the Jets drops were probably worse because they came in pivotal situations. It was the first game action of any kind for Milliner since October 12, 2014, when he sustained a torn Achilles tendon.
Rex was able to hide behind the fact that he often makes captains of players facing their former teams. This was a badly played, badly coached game. Then after a Bills three-and-out and a short punt, the Jets were in business again. Both have high ankle sprains. After a precipitous slide out of the Washington Redskins organization, Rambo signed with the Bills on November 17, 2014.
-G Willie Colon (knee) was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. Beamer, who is retiring at the end of the season, can go out with the nation’s longest active bowl streak if the Hokies win one of their last two games.
It was Smith’s first return in two years, including his final season at Ohio State in 2014. After trailing 22-3 four minutes into the second half, the Jets were now positioned to win the game. If he had kicked the first goal earlier in the fourth quarter, another field goal here would have won the game. That was the ballgame, and the Jets were left to curse their own ineffectiveness when the game was ostensibly in their hands.
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The night ended up being about Bowles as well, unfortunately for him and for the Jets.
