Report Card: Bills Offense

Dennis Amo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:00:30 +0000

As it has so many times before, the Bills lack the ability to put points up on the board and for that they have their playoff dreams and hopes crushed at the hands of a team that they should have beaten. The Bills offense didn’t do terrible but there was much that needed to be improved upon. The final play for some reason seems to always end in Fitzpatrick throwing the ball to a defensive player. I don’t mean that the defensive player makes a good play, it just seems like every time there is a miss communication or a tipped ball or a bad throw and it goes literally right to the defensive player. We have put our faith in the future of the Bills in this guy that can’t make a throw on the last drive to get 35 – 45 yards to get Lindell into field goal range. The offense was decent in the beginning. They were moving the ball and making some big plays, and actually going for the big play, but they were not able to finish. CJ Spiller and Chandler seemed to be the highlights of the offense and kept the ball moving. Fred Jackson again fumbles and an inopportune time and costs the Bills, what could have been a scoring drive. A bad snap on an extra point really didn’t play a [part in the loss, but it seems when things are going badly, they just get worse. Both the Steelers and Bengals lost, which was the Help the Bills needed to get into the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Bills needed the win. The only positive that can come out of this is that the Bills can still finish at .500 this year and have improved from last year’s win total of only 6. The Offense gets a grade of a D+. Fail to finish again, and Fitzpatrick seems to be the major cause of it.

Report Card: Bills Defense

Dennis Amo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:38:24 +0000

It started out as a defensive game. Neither team could really move the ball well. The Rams, in fact, did not move the ball into the Bills territory for the entire game. The defensive looked decent as Mario Williams and company were able to get pressure on Sam Bradford for most of the first half. Steven Jackson was held in check for most of the time as well. There was just something that seemed to play out as it always does for the Bills. The defense plays well and almost comes away with a defensive TD by Gilmore after a deflected pass, but Kyle Moore has to block someone in the back and negate the penalty and in turn the Bills end up punting even though they started in decent field position. The defense held the game in check and kept it close. The Defensive Line was able to get pressure and Mario Williams is the first Bill, since Aaron Schobel, to record more than 10 sacks in a season. He is also the first Bill, since Aaron Schobel to have back to back games with a forced fumble. There is definite improvement and from what Gailey said back in training camp, this is a good thing. When there is improvement there is a step in the right direction. The only difficult part to swallow is that the defense did allow the winning drive to take place. The other difficult part is that football can’t be won by only playing defense, and this seems to be a major problem for the Bills. Overall I give the Bills defense a C+. Things could have been better, but they didn’t play horrible.

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