A play later, he completed an 18-yard pass to Marshall up the left sideline to help set up a 5-yard touchdown pass to Eric Decker, which put the Jets up 20-7.
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Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 24 of 34 passes for 374 yards and a touchdown against his former team, avenging a loss here in last season’s finale that kept NY out of the playoffs.
Rex Ryan, who, himself is on the hot seat this season, instead of falling on his own sword, has chose to firing OC Greg Roman, I know what everyone is thinking, but, the majority of the Bills 31pts came on either broken plays, and forcing turnovers.
Two-Point Oversight: After the Jets increased their lead to 12 points with 4:02 remaining in the fourth quarter on Forté’s 12-yard scoring run, the Jets second-year head coach said he should have elected to go for 2 points instead of the Nick Folk extra point. Ryan wouldn’t say what specific changes he hoped to see from the offense.
The offense is off to a sputtering start. The Bills ranked 13th in total offense.
NY responded by scoring the next 17 points.
The running attack has particularly struggled a year after leading the National Football League with 2,432 yards.
Matt Forte led all rushers with 30 carries for 100 yards with three touchdowns.
He even looked like Russell Wilson as he used his legs to buy time and juke defenders before throwing a second bomb to Salas which translated into a 71-yard touchdown to bring the Bills back into the game 17-20 early in the third quarter. But the Jets responded with 17 straight points before turning back a late Bills comeback attempt. Safety Nickell Robey-Coleman capped the run by returning Jalin Marshall’s fumble 36 yards for a touchdown.
Were it not for a couple of badly blown coverages by the Jets and the maybe-washed Darrelle Revis, the game would have been a blowout.
Tyrod Taylor kept them in the game with a flurry of fantastic plays proving his worth as the team’s franchise quarterback.
It didn’t take long for Fitzpatrick to look for his favorite receiver. In his first year as a starting QB, Taylor threw 20 touchdowns and just six interceptions.
Trailing six, the Bills worked their way to midfield thanks to a 24-yard run up the middle by McCoy. The Bills converted 3 of 10 third-down chances and were 1-for-2 on fourth down. They were absolutely terrible in this game as Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker toyed with them for a combined 227 receiving yards. But Marshall’s just had after he was dragged to the turf, facemask first, by Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore in the second quarter Thursday night.
A 37-yard grab on an out route against Darby put the Jets into Bills territory. Brandon Marshall returned to the game and caught another first down moving the Jets farther down the field.
After a week where stalling in the red zone cost made an easy win a crushing loss, it was a let down when an opening drive that featured two great catches by wide receiver Quincy Enunwa and three third and long conversions ended in a field goal. But both LG James Carpenter and ILB Erin Henderson didn’t finish the game and are scheduled to get MRIs.
The Bills have dropped their first two games of the season, according to the NFL.
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“I thought it was over”. It’s good to see that his performance in Week 1 was just an aberration. “To come back and get a win out here, hostile environment and division game, is huge”. He joins Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, whose No. 12, is the only number the Bills have retired.
