Week 1 of the Buffalo Bills season is in the books and wasn't it something all of us Bills fans would love to forget. Sure we thought that an opener on the road against the Jets was a very tough match-up. Many of us even pegged the Jets as the winners, but never in our wildest dreams did we think the Bills would be absolutely blown out in such an embarrassing fashion. Then to add insult to injury our best offensive player would go down with what could possibly be a season ending knee injury. Well that is exactly what happened on Sunday in Northern New Jersey to all of our shock and dismay.
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| Fitzpatrick had a day to forget Sunday |
In this new age of digital everything you can get an even better idea of the fans thoughts and opinions of the this mess than you did even 5 years ago. The #BillsMafia on Twitter was a buzz with countless angry rants and explosions. There were even some cowards Tweeting very nasty messages directly to the players accounts. While I by no means think people shouldn't have the right to express their feelings on the game that we all spend our hard earned money and time on, I just think it is very lame to talk directly to the players as I know they wouldn't say these things right to their faces. Either way I can say with complete certainty the fans are extremely unhappy with almost every aspect of the teams effort today.
Now to my thoughts on the game itself. There was almost nothing about the game, outside of CJ Spiller, that I saw as a positive. The Defense let wide open receives run free through the secondary. The heralded Dline put almost no pressure whatsover on the Jet's QBs. The worst thing about game of course was the play of Ryan Fitzpatrick. His first half was one of the worst in recent memory. It brought me flashbacks of Billy Jo Hobert and JP Losman. He looked lost, and inaccurate. I have been a Fitz supporter for years now but today was a real eye opener. When other teams like Indy and the Skins rolled out their shiny new franchise QBs Bills fans are resigned to the fact that we are still so far away from that day.
I am not saying these things can't be rectified, starting this week in the home opener. The team has two winnable games in a row. There is also hope that Freddy J's knee isn't torn. The young corners have a lot of talent and are bound to turn it around sooner than later. Mario Williams and company will generate a pass rush. Last but not least CJ Spiller looked like a super star out there today. You felt that he might take it to the house on every carry. Lets hope he builds off that effort. However the reality of the matter is that if Fitz doesn't get his act together and IMMEDIATELY the Bills are in MAJOR trouble.....
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