Bruce Smith, the NFL’s all time sack leader and my favorite football player of all time, is now a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee.
Bruce dominated the defensive end position and was just amazing to watch. Here are a few clips in celebration of this honor:
There’s only one way to start an article after a game like this:
Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills.
The bipolar nature of this season continues as the Bills offense put on a clinic against the Chiefs. This game was all about Trent Edwards, Marshawn Lynch and Leodis McKelvin. They were dominant and that’s why this game was so lopsided.However, let’s not get too excited. This was against an opponent that entered the game at 1-9 and is in a full-fledged rebuilding cycle. Much work needs to be done if this team is going to make the playoffs (more on that below). Often, in blowouts, the losing team adds points in garbage time when the winning team drops into a soft D. That was not the case today, as 24 of the Chiefs’ 31 points came before the Bills opened up a huge lead. The D was really struggling.
Still, I saw something that has been missing in Buffalo for years. With some key injuries on D (Whitner, Schobel, Bryan Scott limited to S/T), rookies stepped up (McKelvin and Corner) and the offense carried the team. Usually, when one unit struggles for Buffalo, it brings the rest of the team down. It was refreshing to see the offense come through and ensure a victory.
Read the full review on billszone.com
I usually post on news and politics, but I will occasionally delve into other topics. I write a weekly post game review of the Buffalo Bills at www.billszone.com.
Here’s a quick preview:
I’ve been saying it all season. Playing poorly in the first half then
making up for it in the second will beat teams like the Raiders and
Rams, but it won’t work against AFCE teams or any of the better teams
on the Bills’ schedule.The last two games are proof.
The biggest reason for this loss was a lack of production on first down, which goes back to a total lack of a running game. The offense was constantly working from a hole on 2nd and 3rd down. In fact, predictability in the first down playcalling almost got Edwards killed again, in a very similar play to the one that resulted in his concussion in Arizona.
In a span of two weeks, this team has gone from 1st in the divsion to third (technically tied for second, but tiebreakers mean they’re third in terms of playoff positioning). If Miami wins this afternoon, they’re a mere ONE game behind the Bills in the standings, and NE will remain in first regardless of tonight’s outcome. Next week’s game in NE is an absolute MUST win for the Bills, or else they will be in a dogfight for a wild card spot.
