Bills Week Eight Commentary
The Buffalo Bills entered this Sunday with the hopes that they would win and get to 4-4 entering the bye.
However, that was not to be as the Bills collapsed in the second half losing 31-10 to the Houston Texans.
It is obvious that Fitzpatrick is not even a good back up as his accuracy is just terrible.
Several times balls were just way off target when it wasn’t even that much of a breezy day.
The Bills had third down and five yards or less six times and converted none of them.
Of those six, five of them were pass plays and that means the offense’s performance today is all on Fitzpatrick as it showed today that his reading of defenses is poor, which made the offensive line look bad.
If Edwards was in there this would have been a much closer game and probably would have won considering that the Texans run a 4-3 defense.
I still say that the signing of wide receiver Terrell Owens was a mistake as it has totally disrupted the chemistry and the progress of the passing game.
Last year the Bills offense was averaging 190 yards passing and now this year they are averaging 154 yards passing.
Once Edwards comes back the passing game is going to have problems as Owens will drop balls again.
If that happens again in the second half I want to see Edwards back in 2010 without Owens and the Bills starting Johnson or Hardy, which they should have this year with Johnson.
In regards to the defense i am not going to lay this one on them.
In the first half they allowed 60 yards rushing, but when you are on the field as much as the Bills defense has you are going to be worn out and give up a lot of yards.
In regards to the injuries that is all on head coach Dick Jauron as his practices are too soft and it shows as every week someone goes down as their bodies cannot withstand the stress.
In the end this is what you get when you hire a guy in Russ Brandon who had no prior experience in football operations before becoming COO of the Bills.