Chris Hairston is going to be a good tackle for the Bills. He had a good outing against the Lions. He had one big mental mistake where he took the wrong guy and allowed a big sack on Tyler Thigpen but as Tasker pointed out in commentary, it was a mental mistake not a physical one. That's to be expected for a rookie who had no OTA's or minicamps and missed some time with an injury. Don't be surprised if Hairston gets in there with the starters at some point this season. I'm thinking if either tackle struggles, Hairston will get a shot. But his comfort zone is at Left Tackle.
Michael Jasper actually made a play or two. I didn't want to be too critical of the big man but his first 3 preseason games weren't good and I'm being kind there. It wasn't because he was being manhandled but rather a lack of technique that was making him look foolish out there. To me, it's a no brainer that he should be a practice squad guy but there could be some paranoia about another team signing him if they do that. Jasper is well liked and seen as a good character guy with a lot of potential. The question is, do you use a roster spot on a project like Jasper? If they kept him on the main roster, it would be a hell of a crash course for him but it's going to come down to them placing him or possibly Kellen Heard on the active roster. Heard has had a decent preseason and is also a big dude. I noticed Jasper held up better against the double teams too. There was only one play where he looked a bit lost in space, when the Lions RB reversed course and Jasper had to switch directions which turned out to be a sloppy transition. Despite that, he eventually got to the ball carrier. One other thing I noticed is his conditioning later in the game. He seemed to be out of gas. Carrying 390lbs might be too much but that's something that can be corrected with an offseason with the Bills training staff.
Thigpen looked a bit more comfortable in the second half but the results weren't much better for him or the offense. Levi Brown came in and actually started to move the ball a bit. Too bad Levi didn't get more time. Of the 2, Levi looks more comfortable running the offense but the reality is, they targeted Thigpen in free agency and gave him a nice pay day and there is a very little chance he loses his spot as the backup QB.
I loved that connection to Kamar Aiken who was oh so close to getting the touchdown. Aiken dropped a ball or two earlier (Bentley pointed this out earlier in the game and I thought it was a bit unfair because Thigpen threw about 4 freakin' balls low in a row) which hurts him a bit but this catch and run made up for his earlier mistakes. Right after the play Fred Jackson and David Nelson gave the young man some encouragement.
After the Bruce Hall TD they showed a fan in the stands with cut off sleeves on his Bills jersey. Odd looking.
Danny Batten and Antonio Coleman made another good impression tonight. Coleman had a really good night, making plays left and right. I can't see either guy not making the roster.
You know who was awful? Mansfield Wrotto. He gave up 2 big sacks where he was absolutely blown up. I know he's a Georgia Tech guy and Gailey is comfortable with (or was) him but I'd be shocked if he makes the roster.
Kelvin Sheppard made a few nice tackles. I like Sheppard's football instinct. He was in the right spot most of the time. I also think he's got good size.
I thought Zach Pianalto had another good outing but I just don't think there's room for him on the team. You have Chandler as your #1, possibly David Martin as your #2 (starting to question him because of his recent injuries and whether they really value him) and a battle between Caussin, Nelson and Pianalto for the third spot, if they even keep a 3rd tight end (they did last year). I don't think Nelson makes the team. Caussin has stood out more from day 1 of camp so we'll see how it shakes out for Pianalto who could be a Practice Squad guy.
Thank goodness the preseason is over. It's time for the real stuff. I can't tell you how exciting September 11th will be. Tomorrow is also a BIG day for the team as they trim the roster down from 80 to 53. There should be some interesting roster moves tomorrow...
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Bills v. Jaguars - Preseason Game #3. Almost complete review.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Jags lined up in I formation. Run play to Jennings who was met at the line by Andra Davis. Kyle Williams got a tremendous jump on the play was blew up a few guys, allowing Davis to get the tackle.
2nd and 10
Completion to WR Thomas. A pick up of 12, more than enough for a first down. Wilson came in on a blitz. Byrd and Davis were in on the tackle.
1st and 10
Jennings shook a few tackles before being brought down by Davis and Kyle Williams. Flag down. Holding on offense. Barnett missed on a tackle in this play.
1st and 20
Short completion to WR Thomas. Spencer Johnson brought good pressure and was in Garrard's face.
2nd and 12
Spencer Johnson batted down a pass attempt by Garrard. Good back to back plays by Spencer.
3rd and 12
Incompletion. Jennings was hit right away by Florence. Garrard had a decent amount of time. Tasker thought it was a fumble and fumble recovery by the Jags but he was wrong. Ref called it an incompletion.
4th and 12
Punt. Almost blocked by Corto. Searcy muffed the punt and the Jags recovered the ball but there's a flag on the play. Illegal man down the field. Big penalty.
4th and 17
Punt. Searcy with the fair catch. I'm not thrilled with Searcy as a punt returner or kick returner so far. I doubt he'll be in this role when the season starts.
1st and 10 (Bills)
7 yard completion to Scott Chandler. Flag down. Illegal contact by POZ. Automatic first down.
1st and 10
Short run to the right by Fred Jackson who may lost a yard on the play.
2nd and 11
Fitz completes one to Stevie on a quick slant. CJ Spiller checked in as a receiver. Bell had a little trouble here but held up long enough.
3rd and 5
Blitz coming but Fitz completes it to David Nelson for the first down. Fred Jackson threw a nice chip block eliminating a blitzer.
1st and 10
Run to Fred Jackson who was met at the line but bounced off to the left and made something out of nothing. Fitz even threw a block for Fred. Typical Fred Jackson.
2nd and 5
Incompletion to Easley who ran a hitch route. Easley should have caught this one. Flag came in late. 15 yard penalty against the Bills.
2nd and 20
Completion to Mike Caussin on the outside who picked up about 8.
3rd and 13
Whistles blow before the play began. Offsides, Jaguars.
3rd and 8
Empty backfield. BIG completion to Fred Jackson who smoked Poz on this play. Picked up about 33 yards. Line gave Fitz plenty of time here. Bell and Levitre were really good here.
1st and 10
Brad Smith in. He made something out of nothing. Gained about 7. He shrugged off a linebacker right at the line of scrimmage.
2nd and 4
Run right up the middle by CJ Spiller. Looks like it's close. Levitre with another solid block. Wood was good too.
3rd and 1
Quarterback sneak. Easy first down.
1st and Goal
Brad Smith in. Smith found a hole and fought his way down to the 2 yard line.
2nd and Goal
Run by Fred Jackson right up the middle but didn't get in. Looks like he got to the 1 yard line.
3rd and Goal
McIntyre in motion. Run to the left. Fred was stuffed by Poz here.
4th and Goal
Field goal kick is good by Rian Lindell.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Garrard had nowhere to go and took off scrambling but Carrington got him just at the line of scrimmage. Close to a sack. Good play by Carrington.
2nd and 9
Run to RB Owens who went left for a pick up of a few. Dwan Edwards brought him down.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Overthrown by Garrard. He had all the time in the world here.
4th and 6
Punt. Searcy returned it for just a few yards.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Run play to the right by Fred Jackson. Pears was pushed back here. Wood held up well.
2nd and 7
Completion to Easley. Fitz somehow fit this one in with a lot of traffic. The line held up well here and gave Fitz time. Fred did a good job picking up a would-be blitzer.
1st and 10
Run play to the left by Jackson who went outside and then cut back in to pick up about 13. Urbik pulled from his right guard spot and did a good job with a kick out block . Fred fumbled at the end of the play but McIntyre fell on it.
1st and 10
Run play to the right by Jackson. Short pick up of about 3.
2nd and 7
Completion to Easley. Playaction pass to Easley who was riding the sideline. Nice first down pick up. Easley did a good job getting his toes in before going out of bounds.
1st and 10
Completion to Easley. Fitz right went back to Easley who picked up 4. Nice read by Fitz who saw a corner blitz coming in quickly.
2nd and 7
Reverse run play to Brad Smith who picked up a few. Fans always get excited when he touches the ball.
3rd and 1
Completion to Stevie Johnson. Hitch route by #13. Enough for the first down. Bell didn't do well here. Good thing Fitz released it quickly.
1st and 10
Run to the right by Jackson. Urbik did a good job leading his guy to the outside.
2nd and 6
Run by Jackson who picked up the first down. 9th carry for Fred.
1st and 10
TOUCHDOWN. Completion to Easley. Fitz threw it high enough where Easley could only get it. The defender tried breaking on the throw but couldn't get to it. Nice throw and catch.
Bills 10-0
1st and 10 (Jags)
Incompletion. Lots of pressure from the D. Antonio Coleman broke through and almost got to Garrard who had to get rid of it on a designed screen play.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Deep ball to WR Hill. Hill should have caught it. Might have heard footsteps. McGee and Byrd were in on coverage.
3rd and 10
SACK by Kyle Williams and Danny Batten. Big blitz by the Bills. Batten was impressive here, doing all sorts of spin moves to shed his man. Williams was extra impressive breaking through a wall of guys.
4th and a mile
Punt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
TOUCHDOWN. 52 yard homerun ball to Stevie Johnson. Stevie worked Mathis hard to the inside and gave him a stick move to the post. Perfectly thrown ball. An even better route by Stevie. That's the first time I've seen Fitz celebrate like that in a while. He did a quasi-Aaron Rogers belt thrust. Fitz is 10 for 10.
Bills 17-0
1st and 10 (Jags)
Toss play to RB Owens. Nowhere to go for him. George Wilson brought him down. Bryan Scott forced him inside.
2nd and 11
Owens found a big hole here and ran for about 9. Florence in on the stop.
3rd and 3
Run to the outside by Owens who picked up enough for the first down. Flag down. Personal foul on Bryan Scott with an alleged horse collar take down. Close call, in my opinion.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Intended for Mercedes Lewis. Not even close.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Play-action screen play to Shorts who dropped it. Could have been a big, big play.
3rd and 10
Completion to Lewis. Bryan Scott was in on coverage. Took a long time to develop. Garrard had JUST enough time.
1st and 10
Run up the middle by the fullback. Really good play by Carrington who was outside and realized the play was going inside and made the quick adjustment.
2nd and 7
Short run play by Bolen. Dareus tripped him up.
3rd and 4
Incompletion. Flag down. Pass interference on Florence. Deep pass to the left sideline. Definitely a questionable call. Fans did not like this one.
1st and Goal
Run up the middle by Bolen who picked up a few.
2nd and Goal
TOUCHDOWN. Garrard escaped many would-be tacklers and scrambled for a touchdown. Spencer Johnson was so obviously held on this play. Garrard went head to head with Dwan Edwards who looked foolish on the play because Garrard bounced off him and ran for the touchdown. Not to dwell on it but the pass interference call was a big play for the Jags.
Bills 17 Jags 7
1st and 10 (Bills)
Flag down. False start on Rinehart.
1st and 15
Levitre is at Left Tackle. Nice run by Spiller. Couldve had more but slipped. Rinehart was really good here.
2nd and 8
Run by Spiller who made a nice cut and picked up 7.
3rd and 1
Completion to Stevie Johnson. First down pick up. Flag down. Personal foul on defense. Horse collar. Questionable call.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Fitz's first incompletion of the night. Intended target was Easley. Spiller picked up the linebacker and did a good job.
2nd and 10
Run up the middle by Spiller who picked up a few.
3rd and 7
Flag down. Offsides, Jags.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith in. Incompletion. Stevie was open but Brad threw it a bit high, a bit late.
4th and 2
Punt.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Completion. Out route to #87. Gain of 9.
2nd and 1
Completion. Quick slant to Jason Hill who picked up a bunch.
1st and 10
Completion to Thomas. Florence delivered a good hit here.
2nd and 5
Short completion to Hill. Florence missed on a tackle which led to a decent gain.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Corner blitz from Florence. Scott came in as well. Intended target was M. Lewis.
2nd and 10
Short completion over the middle to M. Lewis. Byrd made the tackle. 3 man rush gave Garrard all the time he wanted.
3rd and 3
Incompletion. Garrard threw it away as Dwan Edwards was quickly making ground on him.
4th and 3
Field goal by Scobee.
Bills 17 Jags 10
1st and 10 (Bills)
Kneel down. Half time.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Thigpen in. Completion to Pianalto. Pick up of about 7. A bit behind Pianalto.
2nd and 2
Run by Bruce Hall who picked up a yard. Flag down. Holding on Hangartner. Hangartner was absolutely blown up on this play.
2nd and 12
Completion to Elzy who was in the flat. Pick up of a few.
3rd and 7
Thigpen rolled out right and scrambled for a gain of about 5. Late hit by the Jags but no flag.
4th and short
Punt. Beautiful punt by Moorman.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Short run play to the right. Johnson and Dotson in on the stop.
2nd and 11
Completion of about 9. Hicks in on the stop. They are interviewing Fitz so I couldn't see much of the play.
3rd and 2
Draw play that picked up about 8 for an easy first down.
1st and 10
Quick wide receiver screen completion to #84 who was brought down by Reggie Corner and Bryan Scott. At this point Mike Catalana asked Fitz about shaving his beard. Fitz replied, in the most serious tone, "I'm going to start growing it now, so anyone that wants to join me can join me." He also said that he "didn't want it to get too out of control" and wanted to start fresh. I love this man.
2nd and 7
Run play sniffed out by Searcy and Hicks. Jefferson got in there late as well.
3rd and 3
Incomplete. Deep pass to Thomas on the right sideleine. Thomas was WIDE OPEN but Garrard overthrew him. Glover was in on coverage.
4th and 3
They are going for it. Safety blitz. Incompletion. LATE flag. Pass Interference on Reggie Corner. Fans were pissed about this call. Gailey wasn't happy either. Uncatchable ball. 2 big PI calls against the Bills so far.
1st and 10
Short run by the fullback.
2nd and 8
Garrard scrambled to the left but Searcy was there to bring him down. Batten broke up the potential screen pass.
3rd and 4
Completion to Thomas who was brought down by Scott. Flag down. Off sides, Bills. Penalty declined, first down Jags. Coleman was lined up in the neutral zone.
1st and 10
TOUCHDOWN. FB Bolen ran it to the left. Hicks had a chance but was just a bit late. No response from the crowd or announcers whatsoever. They seemed deflated by the PI call on Corner. Also, a lot of people left at half time.
Bills 17 Jags 17
1st and 10 (Bills)
Completion to Easley on a play-action pass. Just short of the first down.
2nd and 1
Run up the gut by Elzy. First down.
1st and 10
Incomplete. Play-action roll out to the right. Thigpen overthrew Easley. They are interviewing Merriman on the sideline which is taking away from the game.
2nd and 10
Incomplete. Thigpen had time. Intended for Aiken but it was thrown behind him. May have been tipped. Hairston did well here.
3rd and 10
Incompletion. Elzy dropped it. Should have had it. Elzy had a lot of room in front of him.
4th and 10
Punt. Forrest didn't do well here.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Gabbert is in. SACK. Coleman will get the credit for the sack. Gabbert had time but couldnt find anyone.
2nd and 15
No huddle by the Jags. Incompletion. Dangerous throw. Aaron Williams in on coverage.
3rd and 15
Incompletion. Gabbert tried gunning this one in but the receiver dropped it. Flag down. Illegal hands to the face by a lineman. Bills decline it.
4th and 15
Punt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
No gain on a run play by Hall.
2nd and 10
Completion to Easley. Flag down. Illegal hands to the face on Hairston.
2nd and long
INTERCEPTION/TOUCHDOWN. Thigpen threw this one right at #56 who ran it in for the touchdown. No idea what Thigpen was thinking here. Simply awful. I watched Hairston who did a good job here.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Hand off to the right side. Elzy carried it. Gain of a few.
2nd and 7
Completion to Caussin. Short gain.
3rd and 5
Empty backfield. Incompletion. Errant throw by Thigpen yet again here. Huggins was the intended target. Gailey was seen talking to Thigpen on the sidelines. Gailey seemed pretty pissed.
4th and 5
Punt.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Nice run by Harris who was eventually brought down by Scott.
2nd and 2
Another run by Harris who fought his way for a first down. Troup and Jasper in on the tackle. Jasper got zero penetration here.
1st and 10
Completion to Inman. Play-action pass over the middle. Nice gain of about 18. Good throw by Gabbert.
1st and 10
Short gain by Harris.
2nd and 8
Completion to #15. Another play-action pass. Gain of about 9.
1st and 10
Short gain by Harris. Jasper was pushed back here again.
End of 3rd Quarter
2nd and 8
TOUCHDOWN. Gabbert connected with Harris for the easy touchdown. Hicks was in on the coverage.
2 point conversion.
Gabbert dumped off to Harris who got in the endzone again for the 2 points.
Jaguars 32 Bills 17
1st and 10 (Bills)
Hand off to Bruce Hall who hit the edge for a few yards.
2nd and 7
Another run play up the middle by Hall who picked up another few yards.
3rd and 3
Brad Smith in. Smith ran wide and just picked up the first down. Flag down. Personal foul. Face mask by Brad Smith. Never seen that called on the offense.
3rd and 13
Completion to Huggins. About 6 yards shy of the first down.
4th and 5
Punt. Ruvell Martin made a nice special teams tackle here. Good punt by Moorman.
1st and 10 (Jags)
No gainer by Harris. Once again Jasper was driven back and the lineman #62 finished off the play by driving him to the ground. I thought for sure Jasper was going to snap here because there was no need for #62 to finish him off the way he did but Jasper calmly walked away.
2nd and 10
Sideline interview with Kyle Williams who looks uncomfortable. Incompletion. Intended target was #14. Should have caught it.
3rd and 10
Gabbert scrambled for a few before being shoved out of bounds by Jefferson.
4th and 3
Punt. Nearly blocked by Corto again.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Should have been a big completion to Huggins who was open but he heard footsteps. That was the first nice throw by Thigpen. Gailey challenged the play. Good lord. Ref said the receiver didn't finish the play. Play stands as an incompletion.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Play-action screen pass that went incomplete to Elzy. Another crappy pass.
3rd and 10
Empty backfield. Completion to Hubbard who picked up 15 yards.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Nearly picked off by the safety. Intended for Hubbard.
2nd and 10
Quarterback draw. Thigpen picked up a few.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Ball was behind Aiken who bent awkwardly to try to get it. Almost picked off.
4th and 6
Bills are going for it. Completion. Big gain by Aiken. Nice adjustment on the throw by Aiken. Big pressure from the Jags. Beautiful catch by Aiken.
1st and 10
QB keeper. Thigpen picked up about 8.
2nd and 1
TOUCHDOWN. Bruce Hall ran it up the middle through a big hole for the easy touchdown. Hairston dominated his man here.
Jags 32 Bills 24
1st and 10 (Jags)
Short gain by the fullback.
2nd and 9
Incomplete. Play-action bomb that was overthrown by Gabbert.
3rd and 9
INTERCEPTION. Searcy made a nice play to keep both feet in. Flag down. Holding on offense.
1st and 10 (Bills)
9 yard pick up on the ground by Elzy.
2nd and 1
Completion to Elzy who made a nice catch on a low throw from Thigpen. Upon further review, that was a really nice catch.
1st and 10
Elzy with a spin move and picks up about 3 or 4.
2nd and 7
Completion to Elzy. Short gain. Screen play that went nowhere because Elzy made the wrong cut.
3rd and ...
At this point my DVR cut off so I'll stop here. There was a very low chance of me going beyond regulation anyways.. Bills win in overtime with a Lindell field goal.
Jags lined up in I formation. Run play to Jennings who was met at the line by Andra Davis. Kyle Williams got a tremendous jump on the play was blew up a few guys, allowing Davis to get the tackle.
2nd and 10
Completion to WR Thomas. A pick up of 12, more than enough for a first down. Wilson came in on a blitz. Byrd and Davis were in on the tackle.
1st and 10
Jennings shook a few tackles before being brought down by Davis and Kyle Williams. Flag down. Holding on offense. Barnett missed on a tackle in this play.
1st and 20
Short completion to WR Thomas. Spencer Johnson brought good pressure and was in Garrard's face.
2nd and 12
Spencer Johnson batted down a pass attempt by Garrard. Good back to back plays by Spencer.
3rd and 12
Incompletion. Jennings was hit right away by Florence. Garrard had a decent amount of time. Tasker thought it was a fumble and fumble recovery by the Jags but he was wrong. Ref called it an incompletion.
4th and 12
Punt. Almost blocked by Corto. Searcy muffed the punt and the Jags recovered the ball but there's a flag on the play. Illegal man down the field. Big penalty.
4th and 17
Punt. Searcy with the fair catch. I'm not thrilled with Searcy as a punt returner or kick returner so far. I doubt he'll be in this role when the season starts.
1st and 10 (Bills)
7 yard completion to Scott Chandler. Flag down. Illegal contact by POZ. Automatic first down.
1st and 10
Short run to the right by Fred Jackson who may lost a yard on the play.
2nd and 11
Fitz completes one to Stevie on a quick slant. CJ Spiller checked in as a receiver. Bell had a little trouble here but held up long enough.
3rd and 5
Blitz coming but Fitz completes it to David Nelson for the first down. Fred Jackson threw a nice chip block eliminating a blitzer.
1st and 10
Run to Fred Jackson who was met at the line but bounced off to the left and made something out of nothing. Fitz even threw a block for Fred. Typical Fred Jackson.
2nd and 5
Incompletion to Easley who ran a hitch route. Easley should have caught this one. Flag came in late. 15 yard penalty against the Bills.
2nd and 20
Completion to Mike Caussin on the outside who picked up about 8.
3rd and 13
Whistles blow before the play began. Offsides, Jaguars.
3rd and 8
Empty backfield. BIG completion to Fred Jackson who smoked Poz on this play. Picked up about 33 yards. Line gave Fitz plenty of time here. Bell and Levitre were really good here.
1st and 10
Brad Smith in. He made something out of nothing. Gained about 7. He shrugged off a linebacker right at the line of scrimmage.
2nd and 4
Run right up the middle by CJ Spiller. Looks like it's close. Levitre with another solid block. Wood was good too.
3rd and 1
Quarterback sneak. Easy first down.
1st and Goal
Brad Smith in. Smith found a hole and fought his way down to the 2 yard line.
2nd and Goal
Run by Fred Jackson right up the middle but didn't get in. Looks like he got to the 1 yard line.
3rd and Goal
McIntyre in motion. Run to the left. Fred was stuffed by Poz here.
4th and Goal
Field goal kick is good by Rian Lindell.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Garrard had nowhere to go and took off scrambling but Carrington got him just at the line of scrimmage. Close to a sack. Good play by Carrington.
2nd and 9
Run to RB Owens who went left for a pick up of a few. Dwan Edwards brought him down.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Overthrown by Garrard. He had all the time in the world here.
4th and 6
Punt. Searcy returned it for just a few yards.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Run play to the right by Fred Jackson. Pears was pushed back here. Wood held up well.
2nd and 7
Completion to Easley. Fitz somehow fit this one in with a lot of traffic. The line held up well here and gave Fitz time. Fred did a good job picking up a would-be blitzer.
1st and 10
Run play to the left by Jackson who went outside and then cut back in to pick up about 13. Urbik pulled from his right guard spot and did a good job with a kick out block . Fred fumbled at the end of the play but McIntyre fell on it.
1st and 10
Run play to the right by Jackson. Short pick up of about 3.
2nd and 7
Completion to Easley. Playaction pass to Easley who was riding the sideline. Nice first down pick up. Easley did a good job getting his toes in before going out of bounds.
1st and 10
Completion to Easley. Fitz right went back to Easley who picked up 4. Nice read by Fitz who saw a corner blitz coming in quickly.
2nd and 7
Reverse run play to Brad Smith who picked up a few. Fans always get excited when he touches the ball.
3rd and 1
Completion to Stevie Johnson. Hitch route by #13. Enough for the first down. Bell didn't do well here. Good thing Fitz released it quickly.
1st and 10
Run to the right by Jackson. Urbik did a good job leading his guy to the outside.
2nd and 6
Run by Jackson who picked up the first down. 9th carry for Fred.
1st and 10
TOUCHDOWN. Completion to Easley. Fitz threw it high enough where Easley could only get it. The defender tried breaking on the throw but couldn't get to it. Nice throw and catch.
Bills 10-0
1st and 10 (Jags)
Incompletion. Lots of pressure from the D. Antonio Coleman broke through and almost got to Garrard who had to get rid of it on a designed screen play.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Deep ball to WR Hill. Hill should have caught it. Might have heard footsteps. McGee and Byrd were in on coverage.
3rd and 10
SACK by Kyle Williams and Danny Batten. Big blitz by the Bills. Batten was impressive here, doing all sorts of spin moves to shed his man. Williams was extra impressive breaking through a wall of guys.
4th and a mile
Punt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
TOUCHDOWN. 52 yard homerun ball to Stevie Johnson. Stevie worked Mathis hard to the inside and gave him a stick move to the post. Perfectly thrown ball. An even better route by Stevie. That's the first time I've seen Fitz celebrate like that in a while. He did a quasi-Aaron Rogers belt thrust. Fitz is 10 for 10.
Bills 17-0
1st and 10 (Jags)
Toss play to RB Owens. Nowhere to go for him. George Wilson brought him down. Bryan Scott forced him inside.
2nd and 11
Owens found a big hole here and ran for about 9. Florence in on the stop.
3rd and 3
Run to the outside by Owens who picked up enough for the first down. Flag down. Personal foul on Bryan Scott with an alleged horse collar take down. Close call, in my opinion.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Intended for Mercedes Lewis. Not even close.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Play-action screen play to Shorts who dropped it. Could have been a big, big play.
3rd and 10
Completion to Lewis. Bryan Scott was in on coverage. Took a long time to develop. Garrard had JUST enough time.
1st and 10
Run up the middle by the fullback. Really good play by Carrington who was outside and realized the play was going inside and made the quick adjustment.
2nd and 7
Short run play by Bolen. Dareus tripped him up.
3rd and 4
Incompletion. Flag down. Pass interference on Florence. Deep pass to the left sideline. Definitely a questionable call. Fans did not like this one.
1st and Goal
Run up the middle by Bolen who picked up a few.
2nd and Goal
TOUCHDOWN. Garrard escaped many would-be tacklers and scrambled for a touchdown. Spencer Johnson was so obviously held on this play. Garrard went head to head with Dwan Edwards who looked foolish on the play because Garrard bounced off him and ran for the touchdown. Not to dwell on it but the pass interference call was a big play for the Jags.
Bills 17 Jags 7
1st and 10 (Bills)
Flag down. False start on Rinehart.
1st and 15
Levitre is at Left Tackle. Nice run by Spiller. Couldve had more but slipped. Rinehart was really good here.
2nd and 8
Run by Spiller who made a nice cut and picked up 7.
3rd and 1
Completion to Stevie Johnson. First down pick up. Flag down. Personal foul on defense. Horse collar. Questionable call.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Fitz's first incompletion of the night. Intended target was Easley. Spiller picked up the linebacker and did a good job.
2nd and 10
Run up the middle by Spiller who picked up a few.
3rd and 7
Flag down. Offsides, Jags.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith in. Incompletion. Stevie was open but Brad threw it a bit high, a bit late.
4th and 2
Punt.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Completion. Out route to #87. Gain of 9.
2nd and 1
Completion. Quick slant to Jason Hill who picked up a bunch.
1st and 10
Completion to Thomas. Florence delivered a good hit here.
2nd and 5
Short completion to Hill. Florence missed on a tackle which led to a decent gain.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Corner blitz from Florence. Scott came in as well. Intended target was M. Lewis.
2nd and 10
Short completion over the middle to M. Lewis. Byrd made the tackle. 3 man rush gave Garrard all the time he wanted.
3rd and 3
Incompletion. Garrard threw it away as Dwan Edwards was quickly making ground on him.
4th and 3
Field goal by Scobee.
Bills 17 Jags 10
1st and 10 (Bills)
Kneel down. Half time.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Thigpen in. Completion to Pianalto. Pick up of about 7. A bit behind Pianalto.
2nd and 2
Run by Bruce Hall who picked up a yard. Flag down. Holding on Hangartner. Hangartner was absolutely blown up on this play.
2nd and 12
Completion to Elzy who was in the flat. Pick up of a few.
3rd and 7
Thigpen rolled out right and scrambled for a gain of about 5. Late hit by the Jags but no flag.
4th and short
Punt. Beautiful punt by Moorman.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Short run play to the right. Johnson and Dotson in on the stop.
2nd and 11
Completion of about 9. Hicks in on the stop. They are interviewing Fitz so I couldn't see much of the play.
3rd and 2
Draw play that picked up about 8 for an easy first down.
1st and 10
Quick wide receiver screen completion to #84 who was brought down by Reggie Corner and Bryan Scott. At this point Mike Catalana asked Fitz about shaving his beard. Fitz replied, in the most serious tone, "I'm going to start growing it now, so anyone that wants to join me can join me." He also said that he "didn't want it to get too out of control" and wanted to start fresh. I love this man.
2nd and 7
Run play sniffed out by Searcy and Hicks. Jefferson got in there late as well.
3rd and 3
Incomplete. Deep pass to Thomas on the right sideleine. Thomas was WIDE OPEN but Garrard overthrew him. Glover was in on coverage.
4th and 3
They are going for it. Safety blitz. Incompletion. LATE flag. Pass Interference on Reggie Corner. Fans were pissed about this call. Gailey wasn't happy either. Uncatchable ball. 2 big PI calls against the Bills so far.
1st and 10
Short run by the fullback.
2nd and 8
Garrard scrambled to the left but Searcy was there to bring him down. Batten broke up the potential screen pass.
3rd and 4
Completion to Thomas who was brought down by Scott. Flag down. Off sides, Bills. Penalty declined, first down Jags. Coleman was lined up in the neutral zone.
1st and 10
TOUCHDOWN. FB Bolen ran it to the left. Hicks had a chance but was just a bit late. No response from the crowd or announcers whatsoever. They seemed deflated by the PI call on Corner. Also, a lot of people left at half time.
Bills 17 Jags 17
1st and 10 (Bills)
Completion to Easley on a play-action pass. Just short of the first down.
2nd and 1
Run up the gut by Elzy. First down.
1st and 10
Incomplete. Play-action roll out to the right. Thigpen overthrew Easley. They are interviewing Merriman on the sideline which is taking away from the game.
2nd and 10
Incomplete. Thigpen had time. Intended for Aiken but it was thrown behind him. May have been tipped. Hairston did well here.
3rd and 10
Incompletion. Elzy dropped it. Should have had it. Elzy had a lot of room in front of him.
4th and 10
Punt. Forrest didn't do well here.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Gabbert is in. SACK. Coleman will get the credit for the sack. Gabbert had time but couldnt find anyone.
2nd and 15
No huddle by the Jags. Incompletion. Dangerous throw. Aaron Williams in on coverage.
3rd and 15
Incompletion. Gabbert tried gunning this one in but the receiver dropped it. Flag down. Illegal hands to the face by a lineman. Bills decline it.
4th and 15
Punt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
No gain on a run play by Hall.
2nd and 10
Completion to Easley. Flag down. Illegal hands to the face on Hairston.
2nd and long
INTERCEPTION/TOUCHDOWN. Thigpen threw this one right at #56 who ran it in for the touchdown. No idea what Thigpen was thinking here. Simply awful. I watched Hairston who did a good job here.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Hand off to the right side. Elzy carried it. Gain of a few.
2nd and 7
Completion to Caussin. Short gain.
3rd and 5
Empty backfield. Incompletion. Errant throw by Thigpen yet again here. Huggins was the intended target. Gailey was seen talking to Thigpen on the sidelines. Gailey seemed pretty pissed.
4th and 5
Punt.
1st and 10 (Jags)
Nice run by Harris who was eventually brought down by Scott.
2nd and 2
Another run by Harris who fought his way for a first down. Troup and Jasper in on the tackle. Jasper got zero penetration here.
1st and 10
Completion to Inman. Play-action pass over the middle. Nice gain of about 18. Good throw by Gabbert.
1st and 10
Short gain by Harris.
2nd and 8
Completion to #15. Another play-action pass. Gain of about 9.
1st and 10
Short gain by Harris. Jasper was pushed back here again.
End of 3rd Quarter
2nd and 8
TOUCHDOWN. Gabbert connected with Harris for the easy touchdown. Hicks was in on the coverage.
2 point conversion.
Gabbert dumped off to Harris who got in the endzone again for the 2 points.
Jaguars 32 Bills 17
1st and 10 (Bills)
Hand off to Bruce Hall who hit the edge for a few yards.
2nd and 7
Another run play up the middle by Hall who picked up another few yards.
3rd and 3
Brad Smith in. Smith ran wide and just picked up the first down. Flag down. Personal foul. Face mask by Brad Smith. Never seen that called on the offense.
3rd and 13
Completion to Huggins. About 6 yards shy of the first down.
4th and 5
Punt. Ruvell Martin made a nice special teams tackle here. Good punt by Moorman.
1st and 10 (Jags)
No gainer by Harris. Once again Jasper was driven back and the lineman #62 finished off the play by driving him to the ground. I thought for sure Jasper was going to snap here because there was no need for #62 to finish him off the way he did but Jasper calmly walked away.
2nd and 10
Sideline interview with Kyle Williams who looks uncomfortable. Incompletion. Intended target was #14. Should have caught it.
3rd and 10
Gabbert scrambled for a few before being shoved out of bounds by Jefferson.
4th and 3
Punt. Nearly blocked by Corto again.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Should have been a big completion to Huggins who was open but he heard footsteps. That was the first nice throw by Thigpen. Gailey challenged the play. Good lord. Ref said the receiver didn't finish the play. Play stands as an incompletion.
2nd and 10
Incompletion. Play-action screen pass that went incomplete to Elzy. Another crappy pass.
3rd and 10
Empty backfield. Completion to Hubbard who picked up 15 yards.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Nearly picked off by the safety. Intended for Hubbard.
2nd and 10
Quarterback draw. Thigpen picked up a few.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Ball was behind Aiken who bent awkwardly to try to get it. Almost picked off.
4th and 6
Bills are going for it. Completion. Big gain by Aiken. Nice adjustment on the throw by Aiken. Big pressure from the Jags. Beautiful catch by Aiken.
1st and 10
QB keeper. Thigpen picked up about 8.
2nd and 1
TOUCHDOWN. Bruce Hall ran it up the middle through a big hole for the easy touchdown. Hairston dominated his man here.
Jags 32 Bills 24
1st and 10 (Jags)
Short gain by the fullback.
2nd and 9
Incomplete. Play-action bomb that was overthrown by Gabbert.
3rd and 9
INTERCEPTION. Searcy made a nice play to keep both feet in. Flag down. Holding on offense.
1st and 10 (Bills)
9 yard pick up on the ground by Elzy.
2nd and 1
Completion to Elzy who made a nice catch on a low throw from Thigpen. Upon further review, that was a really nice catch.
1st and 10
Elzy with a spin move and picks up about 3 or 4.
2nd and 7
Completion to Elzy. Short gain. Screen play that went nowhere because Elzy made the wrong cut.
3rd and ...
At this point my DVR cut off so I'll stop here. There was a very low chance of me going beyond regulation anyways.. Bills win in overtime with a Lindell field goal.
Bills beat Jags in OVVVVVVERRTIMEE
Bills outlast Jaguars in rare preseason OT game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Rian Lindell hit a 40-yard field goal with 3:04 left in overtime to lift the Buffalo Bills to a 35-32 preseason victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in a game that lasted nearly 4 hours Saturday night.
Lindell's kick came after Jacksonville's Josh Scobee missed a 53-yard attempt.
It was a back-and-forth game in which Buffalo squandered a 17-point first-half lead and had to overcome a 15-point second-half deficit.
With much of the crowd gone by halftime, Tyler Thigpen forced overtime by hitting Paul Hubbard on a 4-yard touchdown pass with 38 seconds left, then hooking up again for a two-point conversion.
Jacksonville dropped to 1-2 this preseason, the same record as Buffalo.
by The Associated Press
MY TAKE: The Bills first team offense looked really good. Gailey revealed that they actually game-planned a bit for the Jags and it was noticeable. Fitzy was RAZOR sharp going 11 for 12 for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns. As mentioned in my WHO to look for post, Fitz put up a performance that I speculated would ease the minds of fans going into the regular season. This is exactly what he needed to do. Marcus Easley was a major part of the offense and looked the part. He was another guy I mentioned we should keep an eye on. He has a real shot of being that #2 guy with his strong performance yesterday. I still see the coaching staff leaning toward Donald Jones but Easley certainly made that decision a bit more difficult.
Much more later, when I get to see a high definition version of this game.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Complete 1st Half Review of Bills v. Broncos (Preseason Game #2)
1st and 10 (Bills)
Spiller gets the first carry, gets about 5.
2nd and 5
Broken play that results in Fitzpatrick scrambling for a few yards.
3rd and 1
Short run by Spiller who came up short of the first down. Wood lost control of Bunkley.
4th and 2
Fake punt, Brad Smith ran it for a few yards to pick up the first.
1st and 10
Spiller found a seam to the right side and picked up a first down. Urbik and Pears did a real good job here. Nice run.
1st and 10
Screen play to Spiller who picked up a few. Urbik looked lost. Wood and Levitre provided some blocking down field but Spiller never got to the next level.
2nd and 7
Completion to Stevie Johnson. Blitz by the Broncos. Spiller did not pick up the right guy. Fitz had to get rid of this RIGHT AWAY. Good catch by Stevie. First down.
1st and 10
Empty backfield. Tight end screen. Close to another first down. Fitz to Chandler.
2nd and 1
Nice run to the left by Fred Jackson. Stevie Johnson provided a nice block on the outside. Jackson picked up about 8.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Quick throw to the outside to Chandler but this wasn't close. Errant throw by Fitz.
2nd and 10
Blitz coming. Incompletion. Fitz threw the fade to Donald Jones who beat his guy and was open but Fitz underthrew him by a yard. Fitz has to hit the corner of that endzone. Jones didn't have a shot. The defender almost picked it off.
3rd and 10
Incompletion. Bell was schooled here. Jackson picked up his guy perfectly but Dumerville schooled Bell. Fitz basically threw it away. Naaman was in the vicinity.
FIELD GOAL
Bills 3-0
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Completion to #80. Play-action pass by Orton. Barnett brought #80 down. Short completion.
2nd and 5
Run to the right. Short gain. Kelsay in on the tackle.
3rd and 3
Completion to #84. Good timing throw. McKelvin was the defender. Easy first down.
1st and 10
Run play sniffed out by Davis, Edwards and Barnett.
2nd and 9
Nowhere to go for Orton who was SACKED by Dareus. Kyle Williams was close to getting him as well.
3rd and 14
Completion to Eddie Royal but flags are down. Illegal formation by O. Defense had 12 guys on the field. Penalties offset, repeat down.
3rd and 14
Incompletion. Royal dropped it. Not even close to a first down anyways. 3 man rush that put no pressure on Orton.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Too high for Stevie Johnson. Fitz had some time here.
2nd and 10
SACK by Von Miller who schooled Bell. Fitz didn't have a chance here.
3rd and 18
Screen play to Fred Jackson who picked up about 8.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Run to the left by Moreno who picked up 8. McGee made the tackle.
2nd and 2
Orton dumped it off to Moreno who picked up a bunch again. Barnett over pursued Moreno. Byrd knocked him out of bounds.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Barnett tipped the ball. Good play by Barnett. Pressure was coming from Dareus.
2nd and 10
McGahee runs to the right for a few yards. Kelsay made the tackle along with Dareus.
3rd and 8
Orton completion to Moreno. Way too much time for Orton. First down.
1st and 10
Completion. Play-action pass to the outside to #84. Orton was flushed outside. McGee was on coverage.
1st and 10
McGahee run sniffed out by Spencer Johnson and Andra Davis. Mostly Johnson.
2nd and 10
Screen play to McGahee who picks up a bunch and puts the Broncos near the goal line. Barnett and Troup got tangled up which gave McGahee a big lane to run through. Wilson missed on a tackle attempt as well.
1st and Goal
McGahee runs inside for the TOUCHDOWN. Defensive lineman got penetration but couldn't make the tackle.
Broncos 7-3.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Fitz tried throwing to the back shoulder of Stevie. Bad throw. Fitz locked in on Stevie here.
2nd and 10
Completion to Spiller. Spiller ran a slant route here. Some extra curricular activity after the play involving one of the Broncos ripping Spiller's helmet off.
3rd and 2
Inside run to the left by Fred Jackson who picks up the first down. Rinehart did his job here. Bell did well here as well.
1st and 10
Brad Smith in. Just a few yards gained. Wildcat play. Spiller has to do some work on his blocking.
2nd and 8
Short run by Spiller who had nowhere to go. Dumerville in on the play.
3rd and 8
Incompletion. Intended for Roosevelt who was covered by Champ Bailey, who swatted the ball away at the last second. Questionable decision by Fitz.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Orton completes one down the middle to a wide open TE Fells. McKelvin was in coverage. First down.
1st and 10
Quick inside completion to Lloyd. Guess who was on coverage? McKelvin.
2nd and 2
Moreno runs inside for the first down pickup. Carrington made the tackle.
1st and 10
Moreno runs left for another nice gain. Moreno pie-faced Florence at the end of the play.
2nd and 1
Incompletion. Orton went deep left to Lloyd who almost made a ridiculous catch. Florence was on coverage.
3rd and 1
McGahee patiently runs for the first down. George Wilson eventually brought him down. Barnett in on the tackle as well.
1st and 10
Reverse play to Royal who was brought down by Barnett right away. Good read by Barnett.
2nd and 11
Orton completes one to Lloyd for a gain of 12 and picks up the first down. Florence was in coverage. Good timing play.
1st and 10
Moreno runs for a few yards to the right. George Wilson made the stop. Batten in as well.
2nd and 8
TOUCHDOWN. Orton throws out to the right to McGahee who was wide open and goes in for 6. Torbor was the closest guy to McGahee. Blown assignment by the Bills.
Broncos 14-3
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Batted down by Bunkley. Dangerous play. Could have been caught and ran in for the touchdown but Bunkley took his eyes off the ball for a second. Intended target was Donald Jones.
2nd and 10
Big pressure by DJ Williams that led to another completion. Spiller once again missed a blocking assignment and DJ ran in untouched. Intended target was Chandler who wasn't even looking.
3rd and 10
Von Miller got a really good jump. Flag down. Offsides, defense. That explains it.
3rd and 5
5 wide. Completion to Fred Jackson who stretched out just enough to get the first down. Ball came loose at the end but he was down. Broncos defender pushed Jackson who bent awkwardly. Flag down. Roughing the passer by #92. Pears did a poor job here.
1st and 10
Spiller runs to the right but has nowhere to go.
2nd and 11
Run play that was completely botched. Spiller and Fitz collided. On top of that, Bell was absolutely blown up by Dumerville. Big loss
3rd and 19
Incompletion. Fitz went down the right sideline to Donald Jones who was crushed on this play. Helmet to helmet hit by Moore. Flag down. Brutal hit. Players from both teams are going at it. Stevie Johnson and Fred Jackson are livid. Cory McIntyre is going off as well.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Fitz threw a quick slant to Stevie but the ball was behind Stevie. That's on Fitz.
2nd and 10
BIG run to the right by Fred Jackson, who was running like a man who is pissed off. First down. Great blocking downfield by David Nelson.
1st and 10
Run to the middle by Fred Jackson for no gain.
2nd and 10
INTERCEPTED by DJ Williams. Bell was blown up again. Ball was on target to Easley who tipped it. A few bounces later Williams got it. Easley should have caught that. That's on him.
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Brady Quinn in.
Run play to the right for a pick up of about 5. Corto brought him down.
2 minute warning.
2nd and 5
Another run play to the right. Spencer Johnson and Arthur Moats in on the stop.
3rd and 1
Quick hand off to RB Ball who got just enough for the first down.
1st and 10
Completion to WR #12. Quinn had ALL DAY to throw here. Corto in coverage.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Almost intercepted by Corner who tipped the ball and Corto had a shot at it but was more focused on the hit than the ball. Spencer Johnson with a nice push here.
2nd and 10
Completion to Eddie Royal who picks up more than 15. Talk about no pressure at all.
1st and 10
Completion to Ball for another first down. Batten brought big time pressure. Flag down. Roughing the QB by Batten. Batten slammed him into the ground. It wasn't a late hit, it was Batten driving him into the ground.
1st and Goal
Run play by Ball for a short gain. Time out. 7 seconds left in the half.
2nd and Goal
INTERCEPTED by McGee who runs for 40 yards. Ball was tipped at the line. I believe it was Spencer Johnson who tipped it. Nice way to close out an ugly first half.
Spiller gets the first carry, gets about 5.
2nd and 5
Broken play that results in Fitzpatrick scrambling for a few yards.
3rd and 1
Short run by Spiller who came up short of the first down. Wood lost control of Bunkley.
4th and 2
Fake punt, Brad Smith ran it for a few yards to pick up the first.
1st and 10
Spiller found a seam to the right side and picked up a first down. Urbik and Pears did a real good job here. Nice run.
1st and 10
Screen play to Spiller who picked up a few. Urbik looked lost. Wood and Levitre provided some blocking down field but Spiller never got to the next level.
2nd and 7
Completion to Stevie Johnson. Blitz by the Broncos. Spiller did not pick up the right guy. Fitz had to get rid of this RIGHT AWAY. Good catch by Stevie. First down.
1st and 10
Empty backfield. Tight end screen. Close to another first down. Fitz to Chandler.
2nd and 1
Nice run to the left by Fred Jackson. Stevie Johnson provided a nice block on the outside. Jackson picked up about 8.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Quick throw to the outside to Chandler but this wasn't close. Errant throw by Fitz.
2nd and 10
Blitz coming. Incompletion. Fitz threw the fade to Donald Jones who beat his guy and was open but Fitz underthrew him by a yard. Fitz has to hit the corner of that endzone. Jones didn't have a shot. The defender almost picked it off.
3rd and 10
Incompletion. Bell was schooled here. Jackson picked up his guy perfectly but Dumerville schooled Bell. Fitz basically threw it away. Naaman was in the vicinity.
FIELD GOAL
Bills 3-0
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Completion to #80. Play-action pass by Orton. Barnett brought #80 down. Short completion.
2nd and 5
Run to the right. Short gain. Kelsay in on the tackle.
3rd and 3
Completion to #84. Good timing throw. McKelvin was the defender. Easy first down.
1st and 10
Run play sniffed out by Davis, Edwards and Barnett.
2nd and 9
Nowhere to go for Orton who was SACKED by Dareus. Kyle Williams was close to getting him as well.
3rd and 14
Completion to Eddie Royal but flags are down. Illegal formation by O. Defense had 12 guys on the field. Penalties offset, repeat down.
3rd and 14
Incompletion. Royal dropped it. Not even close to a first down anyways. 3 man rush that put no pressure on Orton.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Too high for Stevie Johnson. Fitz had some time here.
2nd and 10
SACK by Von Miller who schooled Bell. Fitz didn't have a chance here.
3rd and 18
Screen play to Fred Jackson who picked up about 8.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Run to the left by Moreno who picked up 8. McGee made the tackle.
2nd and 2
Orton dumped it off to Moreno who picked up a bunch again. Barnett over pursued Moreno. Byrd knocked him out of bounds.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Barnett tipped the ball. Good play by Barnett. Pressure was coming from Dareus.
2nd and 10
McGahee runs to the right for a few yards. Kelsay made the tackle along with Dareus.
3rd and 8
Orton completion to Moreno. Way too much time for Orton. First down.
1st and 10
Completion. Play-action pass to the outside to #84. Orton was flushed outside. McGee was on coverage.
1st and 10
McGahee run sniffed out by Spencer Johnson and Andra Davis. Mostly Johnson.
2nd and 10
Screen play to McGahee who picks up a bunch and puts the Broncos near the goal line. Barnett and Troup got tangled up which gave McGahee a big lane to run through. Wilson missed on a tackle attempt as well.
1st and Goal
McGahee runs inside for the TOUCHDOWN. Defensive lineman got penetration but couldn't make the tackle.
Broncos 7-3.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Fitz tried throwing to the back shoulder of Stevie. Bad throw. Fitz locked in on Stevie here.
2nd and 10
Completion to Spiller. Spiller ran a slant route here. Some extra curricular activity after the play involving one of the Broncos ripping Spiller's helmet off.
3rd and 2
Inside run to the left by Fred Jackson who picks up the first down. Rinehart did his job here. Bell did well here as well.
1st and 10
Brad Smith in. Just a few yards gained. Wildcat play. Spiller has to do some work on his blocking.
2nd and 8
Short run by Spiller who had nowhere to go. Dumerville in on the play.
3rd and 8
Incompletion. Intended for Roosevelt who was covered by Champ Bailey, who swatted the ball away at the last second. Questionable decision by Fitz.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Orton completes one down the middle to a wide open TE Fells. McKelvin was in coverage. First down.
1st and 10
Quick inside completion to Lloyd. Guess who was on coverage? McKelvin.
2nd and 2
Moreno runs inside for the first down pickup. Carrington made the tackle.
1st and 10
Moreno runs left for another nice gain. Moreno pie-faced Florence at the end of the play.
2nd and 1
Incompletion. Orton went deep left to Lloyd who almost made a ridiculous catch. Florence was on coverage.
3rd and 1
McGahee patiently runs for the first down. George Wilson eventually brought him down. Barnett in on the tackle as well.
1st and 10
Reverse play to Royal who was brought down by Barnett right away. Good read by Barnett.
2nd and 11
Orton completes one to Lloyd for a gain of 12 and picks up the first down. Florence was in coverage. Good timing play.
1st and 10
Moreno runs for a few yards to the right. George Wilson made the stop. Batten in as well.
2nd and 8
TOUCHDOWN. Orton throws out to the right to McGahee who was wide open and goes in for 6. Torbor was the closest guy to McGahee. Blown assignment by the Bills.
Broncos 14-3
1st and 10 (Bills)
Incompletion. Batted down by Bunkley. Dangerous play. Could have been caught and ran in for the touchdown but Bunkley took his eyes off the ball for a second. Intended target was Donald Jones.
2nd and 10
Big pressure by DJ Williams that led to another completion. Spiller once again missed a blocking assignment and DJ ran in untouched. Intended target was Chandler who wasn't even looking.
3rd and 10
Von Miller got a really good jump. Flag down. Offsides, defense. That explains it.
3rd and 5
5 wide. Completion to Fred Jackson who stretched out just enough to get the first down. Ball came loose at the end but he was down. Broncos defender pushed Jackson who bent awkwardly. Flag down. Roughing the passer by #92. Pears did a poor job here.
1st and 10
Spiller runs to the right but has nowhere to go.
2nd and 11
Run play that was completely botched. Spiller and Fitz collided. On top of that, Bell was absolutely blown up by Dumerville. Big loss
3rd and 19
Incompletion. Fitz went down the right sideline to Donald Jones who was crushed on this play. Helmet to helmet hit by Moore. Flag down. Brutal hit. Players from both teams are going at it. Stevie Johnson and Fred Jackson are livid. Cory McIntyre is going off as well.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Fitz threw a quick slant to Stevie but the ball was behind Stevie. That's on Fitz.
2nd and 10
BIG run to the right by Fred Jackson, who was running like a man who is pissed off. First down. Great blocking downfield by David Nelson.
1st and 10
Run to the middle by Fred Jackson for no gain.
2nd and 10
INTERCEPTED by DJ Williams. Bell was blown up again. Ball was on target to Easley who tipped it. A few bounces later Williams got it. Easley should have caught that. That's on him.
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Brady Quinn in.
Run play to the right for a pick up of about 5. Corto brought him down.
2 minute warning.
2nd and 5
Another run play to the right. Spencer Johnson and Arthur Moats in on the stop.
3rd and 1
Quick hand off to RB Ball who got just enough for the first down.
1st and 10
Completion to WR #12. Quinn had ALL DAY to throw here. Corto in coverage.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Almost intercepted by Corner who tipped the ball and Corto had a shot at it but was more focused on the hit than the ball. Spencer Johnson with a nice push here.
2nd and 10
Completion to Eddie Royal who picks up more than 15. Talk about no pressure at all.
1st and 10
Completion to Ball for another first down. Batten brought big time pressure. Flag down. Roughing the QB by Batten. Batten slammed him into the ground. It wasn't a late hit, it was Batten driving him into the ground.
1st and Goal
Run play by Ball for a short gain. Time out. 7 seconds left in the half.
2nd and Goal
INTERCEPTED by McGee who runs for 40 yards. Ball was tipped at the line. I believe it was Spencer Johnson who tipped it. Nice way to close out an ugly first half.
Complete 2nd Half Review of Bills v. Broncos (Preseason Game #2)
Denver kicks it into the back of the endzone for another touchback.
1st and 10
Run play to J White who was thrown to the ground by former Bill Mario Haggan. White hit his head on the turf on the way down. White was on the field for a long time and eventually carted off.
2nd and 11
Thigpen with the 5 step drop and completes one outside to Naaman Roosevelt for a gain of a few.
3rd and 3
Very similar play call except Huggins couldn't bring it in. He should have caught it.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Run to the left by Ball who was taken down by Batten and Corner. Holding call on #85 (offense) though. Decent push by Troup.
1st and 20
Quick throw to the right. Completion to Decker. Corner made the stop.
2nd and 16
Another short pass but broken up by Means. Good play by Means.
3rd and 16
ANOTHER pass break up by Reggie Corner this time, intended for Decker. QB had a lot of time. Poor pass rush.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Nice run to the right by Bruce Hall. Levitre held his man up here. First down.
1st and 10
Play-action quick throw to Roosevelt for a short completion. Haggan was injured on the play.
2nd and 6
Incompletion. Intended for David Martin who had a guy all over him. Offensive line broke down here.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Intended for Hall but Thigpen threw it a bit too high.
PUNT (by Reid Forrest)
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Incompletion. Quinn threw it away. Troup had great pressure here. He blew threw the line and would have had Quinn for the sack if he wasn't wearing the club which prevented a grip on Quinn.
2nd and 10
Run play to Minor. Little gain. Troup fought off too defenders here and still made a play. Hicks made initial contact.
3rd and 9
First down completion to WR Decker. Quinn had plenty of time and found Decker. Scott pushed him out of bounds.
1st and 10
Nice run by Minor for another first down. Hicks and Scott in on the tackle. Jasper was stuffed here.
1st and 10
Movement on the line, 5 yard penalty.
1st and 15
Quick pitch to RB Johnson who gained about 7 before being brought down by Aaron Williams. The defensive line looked brutal here. 3rd stringers in.
2nd and 7
TOUCHDOWN to WR Davis from Quinn. Quinn had a ton of time. Davis beat Reggie Corner for the easy touchdown. No safety help.
Denver 24-3
1st and 10
Incompletion. Play-action pass down the middle to Roosevelt who dropped it. Wouldve been a nice gain. Tasker said it was off target. I disagree. Well thrown ball into Zone coverage.
2nd and 10
Screen play to Pianalto who picks up a few yards.
3rd and 5
Completion to Kamar Aiken who picked up the first down. About a gain of 8. Nice throw and catch.
1st and 10
Run to the outside by Elzy. Nice gain. Caussin with the nice block on the outside.
2nd and 1
Another run by Elzy who was met at the line.
3rd and 1
Brad Smith checks in at QB. Run play by Elzy who picks up the first.
1st and 10
Thigpen back in. Thigpen was flushed out right and had a ton of pressure coming his way. He threw it away.
2nd and 10
More pressure coming Thigpen's way but he was able to get it to his hot read (Elzy) for a decent completion. Offensive line looked confused by the blitz.
3rd and 4
Run play by Bruce Hall who got enough for the first down.
1st and 10
Another run to Hall for a short gain. Wang didn't help Hall much here. Rinehart still in, as is Hangartner.
2nd and 8
Completion to Easley. Thigpen had a lot of time and found a wide open Easley down the field.
1st and 10
Screen play to Hall who had no blockers in front of him and was thrown down for a short completion.
2nd and 9
TOUCHDOWN. Thigpen threw a perfect ball to Huggins back shoulder. Really nice play.
Broncos 24, Bills 10
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Tebow is checking in for the first time. 3rd stringer tonight. Cut back run by Minor for a short gain.
2nd and 6
Screen pass to Minor who picked up the first down easily. Announcers revealed Moats was taken to the locker room with a leg injury.
1st and 10
Short run by Minor who was met immediately by Danny Batten. Good play by Batten who was coming from the far side. Jefferson got in on the tackle as well.
2nd and 7
Tebow had plenty of time here. Incompletion. Deep ball intended for #42. Glover had good coverage on the play.
3rd and 7
Delay of game.
3rd and 13
SACK by Eddins. The pocket collapsed on Tebow. Dotson had a good push here.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
NICE run by Hall who picked up about 14. Huggins did a good job blocking. Wang was really good here.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Deep throw to the right intended for Roosevelt but Naaman didn't have a chance here.
2nd and 10
Hand off to Hall who went left for a pick up of about 6. Levitre was playing center here and did a really good job on his guy.
3rd and 4
Empty backfield. Completion to Kamar Aiken who picked up the first down. Good play. Big collision on the tackle. Aiken is okay, the defender is not.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Thigpen had a lot of time. Thigpen went deep down the middle to Easley who should have probably caught it but got alligator arms at the last second.
2nd and 10
Completion to Easley. Good delivery by Thigpen who hit Easley on a slant for a first down gain.
1st and 10
Wildcat play by Brad Smith who didn't pick up much. Well defended by the Broncos.
2nd and 12
Completion to Roosevelt. Play-action pass to Naaman who picked up 6 or 7. Good catch by Naaman who fell awkwardly and is going to the sideline.
3rd and 4
Incompletion. Quick pass that was well behind Aiken. Thigpen felt the pressure and got rid of it quick. If he held onto it just a bit longer he would've had a better look.
4th and 4
Incompletion. Broken up by Bronco defender #32. Thigpen went left to Aiken in the endzone but #32 read the play perfectly.
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Hand off to RB Johnson who picked up very little. Dotson in on the stop.
2nd and 10
Another run play. Short gain. Looks like Broncos want to get this over.
3rd and 6
Play-action run by Tebow who picked up the first. Tebow slid. Kirlew still hit him.
1st and 10
Run play to Johnson. Pick up of about 5. Kirlew in on the stop.
2nd and 5
Run play that was sniffed out by Glover. Jasper was pushed back on this play.
3rd and 6
Short run gain stopped by Langley and Kirlew.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Brad Smith in. Running the regular offense, not the wildcat. Short completion to #87 Pianalto.
2nd and 1
Another completion to Huggins who picks up a few. Huggins was shaken up by the tackle. He's being helped off the field.
1st and 10
Smith looked at a few options downfield and then took off. He gained about 20 here. Great scramble by Smith.
1st and 10
Completion to Bruce Hall who picked up the first down.
1st and 10
Completion to Pianalto who was wide open. Nice throw by Smith.
Clocks run out. Broncos win 24-10.
I would like to see Brad Smith lined up more as QB. He looked good albeit against 3rd stringers.
1st and 10
Run play to J White who was thrown to the ground by former Bill Mario Haggan. White hit his head on the turf on the way down. White was on the field for a long time and eventually carted off.
2nd and 11
Thigpen with the 5 step drop and completes one outside to Naaman Roosevelt for a gain of a few.
3rd and 3
Very similar play call except Huggins couldn't bring it in. He should have caught it.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Run to the left by Ball who was taken down by Batten and Corner. Holding call on #85 (offense) though. Decent push by Troup.
1st and 20
Quick throw to the right. Completion to Decker. Corner made the stop.
2nd and 16
Another short pass but broken up by Means. Good play by Means.
3rd and 16
ANOTHER pass break up by Reggie Corner this time, intended for Decker. QB had a lot of time. Poor pass rush.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Nice run to the right by Bruce Hall. Levitre held his man up here. First down.
1st and 10
Play-action quick throw to Roosevelt for a short completion. Haggan was injured on the play.
2nd and 6
Incompletion. Intended for David Martin who had a guy all over him. Offensive line broke down here.
3rd and 6
Incompletion. Intended for Hall but Thigpen threw it a bit too high.
PUNT (by Reid Forrest)
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Incompletion. Quinn threw it away. Troup had great pressure here. He blew threw the line and would have had Quinn for the sack if he wasn't wearing the club which prevented a grip on Quinn.
2nd and 10
Run play to Minor. Little gain. Troup fought off too defenders here and still made a play. Hicks made initial contact.
3rd and 9
First down completion to WR Decker. Quinn had plenty of time and found Decker. Scott pushed him out of bounds.
1st and 10
Nice run by Minor for another first down. Hicks and Scott in on the tackle. Jasper was stuffed here.
1st and 10
Movement on the line, 5 yard penalty.
1st and 15
Quick pitch to RB Johnson who gained about 7 before being brought down by Aaron Williams. The defensive line looked brutal here. 3rd stringers in.
2nd and 7
TOUCHDOWN to WR Davis from Quinn. Quinn had a ton of time. Davis beat Reggie Corner for the easy touchdown. No safety help.
Denver 24-3
1st and 10
Incompletion. Play-action pass down the middle to Roosevelt who dropped it. Wouldve been a nice gain. Tasker said it was off target. I disagree. Well thrown ball into Zone coverage.
2nd and 10
Screen play to Pianalto who picks up a few yards.
3rd and 5
Completion to Kamar Aiken who picked up the first down. About a gain of 8. Nice throw and catch.
1st and 10
Run to the outside by Elzy. Nice gain. Caussin with the nice block on the outside.
2nd and 1
Another run by Elzy who was met at the line.
3rd and 1
Brad Smith checks in at QB. Run play by Elzy who picks up the first.
1st and 10
Thigpen back in. Thigpen was flushed out right and had a ton of pressure coming his way. He threw it away.
2nd and 10
More pressure coming Thigpen's way but he was able to get it to his hot read (Elzy) for a decent completion. Offensive line looked confused by the blitz.
3rd and 4
Run play by Bruce Hall who got enough for the first down.
1st and 10
Another run to Hall for a short gain. Wang didn't help Hall much here. Rinehart still in, as is Hangartner.
2nd and 8
Completion to Easley. Thigpen had a lot of time and found a wide open Easley down the field.
1st and 10
Screen play to Hall who had no blockers in front of him and was thrown down for a short completion.
2nd and 9
TOUCHDOWN. Thigpen threw a perfect ball to Huggins back shoulder. Really nice play.
Broncos 24, Bills 10
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Tebow is checking in for the first time. 3rd stringer tonight. Cut back run by Minor for a short gain.
2nd and 6
Screen pass to Minor who picked up the first down easily. Announcers revealed Moats was taken to the locker room with a leg injury.
1st and 10
Short run by Minor who was met immediately by Danny Batten. Good play by Batten who was coming from the far side. Jefferson got in on the tackle as well.
2nd and 7
Tebow had plenty of time here. Incompletion. Deep ball intended for #42. Glover had good coverage on the play.
3rd and 7
Delay of game.
3rd and 13
SACK by Eddins. The pocket collapsed on Tebow. Dotson had a good push here.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
NICE run by Hall who picked up about 14. Huggins did a good job blocking. Wang was really good here.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Deep throw to the right intended for Roosevelt but Naaman didn't have a chance here.
2nd and 10
Hand off to Hall who went left for a pick up of about 6. Levitre was playing center here and did a really good job on his guy.
3rd and 4
Empty backfield. Completion to Kamar Aiken who picked up the first down. Good play. Big collision on the tackle. Aiken is okay, the defender is not.
1st and 10
Incompletion. Thigpen had a lot of time. Thigpen went deep down the middle to Easley who should have probably caught it but got alligator arms at the last second.
2nd and 10
Completion to Easley. Good delivery by Thigpen who hit Easley on a slant for a first down gain.
1st and 10
Wildcat play by Brad Smith who didn't pick up much. Well defended by the Broncos.
2nd and 12
Completion to Roosevelt. Play-action pass to Naaman who picked up 6 or 7. Good catch by Naaman who fell awkwardly and is going to the sideline.
3rd and 4
Incompletion. Quick pass that was well behind Aiken. Thigpen felt the pressure and got rid of it quick. If he held onto it just a bit longer he would've had a better look.
4th and 4
Incompletion. Broken up by Bronco defender #32. Thigpen went left to Aiken in the endzone but #32 read the play perfectly.
1st and 10 (Broncos)
Hand off to RB Johnson who picked up very little. Dotson in on the stop.
2nd and 10
Another run play. Short gain. Looks like Broncos want to get this over.
3rd and 6
Play-action run by Tebow who picked up the first. Tebow slid. Kirlew still hit him.
1st and 10
Run play to Johnson. Pick up of about 5. Kirlew in on the stop.
2nd and 5
Run play that was sniffed out by Glover. Jasper was pushed back on this play.
3rd and 6
Short run gain stopped by Langley and Kirlew.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Brad Smith in. Running the regular offense, not the wildcat. Short completion to #87 Pianalto.
2nd and 1
Another completion to Huggins who picks up a few. Huggins was shaken up by the tackle. He's being helped off the field.
1st and 10
Smith looked at a few options downfield and then took off. He gained about 20 here. Great scramble by Smith.
1st and 10
Completion to Bruce Hall who picked up the first down.
1st and 10
Completion to Pianalto who was wide open. Nice throw by Smith.
Clocks run out. Broncos win 24-10.
I would like to see Brad Smith lined up more as QB. He looked good albeit against 3rd stringers.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Complete 1st half review of Bills v. Bears
Here we go:
1st and 10 (Bills)
Fred Jackson run for 5 yards.
2nd and 5
Incomplete pass to Scott Chandler. Maybe a bit overthrown but it hit Chandler in the hands. Pretty quick release by Fitz.
3rd and 5
Completion to Stevie Johnson on a slant route. Good first down.
1st and 10
CJ Spiller was met right at the line on a run play. Urbik did not hold up his man at all.
2nd and 13
Play-action quick screen to Stevie Johnson who made some moves but got only a few yards.
3rd and 11
Incomplete pass. Naaman and David Nelson were in the area. Looked like a miscommunication. Nelson was apparently the intended target. Pears held his man up here nicely.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bears)
The Bears start with a reverse to Hester that goes for a few yards. Terrence McGee pushes him out.
2nd and 8
Dareus broke through the line and was coming at Cutler fast but Cutler underhanded it to his RB only to be stopped by Andra Davis.
3rd and 8
Barnett came in on a blitz but Kelsay went too far outside which opened up a running lane for Cutler who ran for a first down.
1st and 10
Chester Taylor runs for very little. Dwan Edwards was in on the stop. Kelsay got in on the tackle as well. I noticed Merriman getting nasty here at the end of the play.
2nd and 9
McGee came in on a CB blitz from the right but the run play went to the left for a few yards. Kyle Williams was in on the stop.
3rd and 6
Dareus with the sack. Flag on the play. Holding on Chicago by #73. #73 held Merriman who would have likely gotten the sack. Merriman may have still touched Cutler first here but Dareus was the one who really made contact with Cutler. Either way, that's what Bills fans want to see.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Fred Jackson stiff arms Charles Tillman and runs left for a nice first down. The line looked good here.
1st and 10
Jackson tries the middle here but only gains a few.
2nd and 8
Beautiful cut by CJ Spiller who also threw in a spin move for a decent gain.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith wildcat time. Just enough to pick up the first down.
1st and 10
Quick slant to Stevie Johnson that was a bit behind Stevie but still caught for a few yards. After another review, the announcer said the pass was tipped which is why it was behind Stevie.
2nd and 5
Nice completion to CJ Spiller who ran a circle route for a first down. Smooth looking play. Chandler was also wide open here.
1st and 10
Incompletion to Donald Jones. Pass interference by Jones as well. Fitz and Jones weren't on the same page here.
1st and 20
Nice completion of about 8 yards to Chandler who got rocked near the end of the play.
2nd and 12
Fitz went to Chandler again with a pass to the outside for a gain of a few yards.
3rd and 7
Screen play to CJ Spiller who comes up just short of the first down. Levitre, who was ahead of Spiller, completely whiffed on a block that could have led to something bigger. Urbik wasn't good here either.
Lindell boots a 44 yarder through for 3 points.
Johnny Knox had a big kickoff return. Aaron Maybin looked bad here. Aaron Williams somehow caught Knox for the stop.
1st and 10
Chicago put their backup QB in already. Running play that was stopped by Andra Davis.
2nd and 11
Merriman gets the SACK and then proceeds to do the LIGHTS OUT dance. Kelsay blew by his guy but went too wide.
3rd and 13
Merriman gets another SACK. He brought Hanie down hard. Merriman is pacing back and forth on the sideline looking like a maniac.
Bears punt..
1st and 10 (Bills)
Thigpen rolls out right and hits Johnny White for a gain of a few.
2nd and 6
J White run play for about 3.
3rd and 1
Brad Smith is in. Smith with the play-action and runs wide, gains just enough for a first down. Good stiff arm by Smith near the end of the play.
1st and 10
Thigpen incompletion to Chandler. Thigpen had enough time but threw off his back foot as he felt the pocket collapsing.
2nd and 10
J White was met in the backfield by 2 Bears linebackers. Wrotto was blown up here.
3rd and 13
Thigpen incompletion. Thigpen had time here. He threw it too high for Brad Smith, who was beyond the first down marker.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bears)
Barber with a gain of 10+ yards on the ground. Barnett brought him down. Byrd also in on it. McKelvin missed on a tackle attempt.
1st and 10
No gain by Barber. Kyle Williams brought him down. Williams had good penetration here. Batten was also right there.
2nd and 10
Barber gashes the defense with a draw play. Byrd eventually brought him down. Reggie Torbor had the best chance but couldn't get close to Barber. He was dumped.
1st and 10
3 stop drop, quick slant pass to Knox. McKelvin brought him down. Dareus blew up his guy here and had a chance but the ball was released too quickly.
1st and 10
Late substitution by the Bills. Andra Davis was the late man on. Barber with a short gain. Stopped by the late addition, Davis.
2nd and 8
Big run by Barber. This was the play Barber ran Florence over. Florence with a weak tackling effort here. Torbor didn't look good on this play. Moats lined up with his hand on the ground and was forced inside by the lineman he was facing.
1st and Goal
Haine incomplete to his tight end. Play-action roll out. The TE dropped it. Wilson was covering him.
2nd and Goal
Short gain by Barber. Spencer Johnson made the initial contact and Antonio Coleman finished him off.
3rd and Goal
Haine scrambles for the TD. Torbor had his back turned to the play and was guilty of all sorts of holding here. Not Torbor's best outing.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Short run by J White. David Martin could have been called for holding here. Hangartner also ended up flat on his back before White even got to him.
2nd and 10
Brad Smith in. Incompletion. He under threw it to Easley who had to slide to even get close to catching it.
3rd and 10
5 wide. Thigpen was forced out of the pocket and scrambled for a first down. Ground caused a fumble so Bills keep the Ball. Generous spot.
1st and 10
B Smith back in. NICE run of about 14 yards to the left. No hesitation here. David Martin helped with a good block here. Buster Davis also controlled his guy.
1st and 10
J White with the short gain.
2nd and 8
Quick play-action pass that was an incompletion. Craig Davis was the target but the ball was thrown behind him. That's on Thigpen.
3rd and 8
Thigpen completion to Roosevelt. Thigpen had plenty of time. Could have dumped it off to J White but decided to throw it in a crowd. Good catch by Naaman. Thigpen almost threw this one on his back foot again.
1st and 10
J White with a nice carry of about 6 yards.
2nd and 4
Run of about 4 yards negated by a holding call on Cordaro Howard.
2nd and 14
Thigpen scramble that went nowhere. Wang was useless here. Thigpen just got back to the line of scrimmage.
3rd and 14
Another scramble by Thigpen who was forced outside. Didn't have any time to throw it. Nice athleticism to escape the initial pressure.
PUNT
1st and 10
Barber rush for about 7 yards. Aaron Williams brought him down. Bryan Scott completely whiffed on an attempt to get Barber at the line of scrimmage. Maybin was pretty clumsy looking here.
2nd and 3
Reggie Corner blitzed off the edge but they completed a quick pass to Earl Bennett for the first down. Corto forced him out.
1st and 10
Empty backfield. Incompletion to Desmond Clark. Ball was tipped by Spencer Johnson which led to an errant throw.
2nd and 10
SACK by Spencer Johnson.
3rd and 15
Incompletion. Maybin got tossed on his ass by Barber here. This was embarrassing. Coleman came in late with pressure forcing Haine to throw it out of bounds.
PUNT
1st and 10
5 wide. Incompletion. Thigpen threw it too high once again. Intended target was Craig Davis.
2nd and 10
5 wide again. Incompletion. Almost picked off. Bad throw. Intended target was Huggins.
3rd and 10
5 wide. SACK by Okoye. Wrotto was awful here, completely whiffed.
PUNT
1st and 10
Complete to Clark for a gain of 10. Maybin was VERY close to getting a sack here.
1st and 10
3 man rush. Deep throw. Incompletion. White laid out Bennett when the Ball was in the air.
Penalty on the Bills. Defensive holding on Spencer Johnson.
1st and 10
Haine goes deep again. Incompletion. Bryan Scott was on the coverage but the ball was nowhere near the intended target.
Field Goal attempt that missed.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Kneel down by Thigpen to run down the rest of the clock.
End of first half. Bears 7 Bills 3
1st and 10 (Bills)
Fred Jackson run for 5 yards.
2nd and 5
Incomplete pass to Scott Chandler. Maybe a bit overthrown but it hit Chandler in the hands. Pretty quick release by Fitz.
3rd and 5
Completion to Stevie Johnson on a slant route. Good first down.
1st and 10
CJ Spiller was met right at the line on a run play. Urbik did not hold up his man at all.
2nd and 13
Play-action quick screen to Stevie Johnson who made some moves but got only a few yards.
3rd and 11
Incomplete pass. Naaman and David Nelson were in the area. Looked like a miscommunication. Nelson was apparently the intended target. Pears held his man up here nicely.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bears)
The Bears start with a reverse to Hester that goes for a few yards. Terrence McGee pushes him out.
2nd and 8
Dareus broke through the line and was coming at Cutler fast but Cutler underhanded it to his RB only to be stopped by Andra Davis.
3rd and 8
Barnett came in on a blitz but Kelsay went too far outside which opened up a running lane for Cutler who ran for a first down.
1st and 10
Chester Taylor runs for very little. Dwan Edwards was in on the stop. Kelsay got in on the tackle as well. I noticed Merriman getting nasty here at the end of the play.
2nd and 9
McGee came in on a CB blitz from the right but the run play went to the left for a few yards. Kyle Williams was in on the stop.
3rd and 6
Dareus with the sack. Flag on the play. Holding on Chicago by #73. #73 held Merriman who would have likely gotten the sack. Merriman may have still touched Cutler first here but Dareus was the one who really made contact with Cutler. Either way, that's what Bills fans want to see.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Fred Jackson stiff arms Charles Tillman and runs left for a nice first down. The line looked good here.
1st and 10
Jackson tries the middle here but only gains a few.
2nd and 8
Beautiful cut by CJ Spiller who also threw in a spin move for a decent gain.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith wildcat time. Just enough to pick up the first down.
1st and 10
Quick slant to Stevie Johnson that was a bit behind Stevie but still caught for a few yards. After another review, the announcer said the pass was tipped which is why it was behind Stevie.
2nd and 5
Nice completion to CJ Spiller who ran a circle route for a first down. Smooth looking play. Chandler was also wide open here.
1st and 10
Incompletion to Donald Jones. Pass interference by Jones as well. Fitz and Jones weren't on the same page here.
1st and 20
Nice completion of about 8 yards to Chandler who got rocked near the end of the play.
2nd and 12
Fitz went to Chandler again with a pass to the outside for a gain of a few yards.
3rd and 7
Screen play to CJ Spiller who comes up just short of the first down. Levitre, who was ahead of Spiller, completely whiffed on a block that could have led to something bigger. Urbik wasn't good here either.
Lindell boots a 44 yarder through for 3 points.
Johnny Knox had a big kickoff return. Aaron Maybin looked bad here. Aaron Williams somehow caught Knox for the stop.
1st and 10
Chicago put their backup QB in already. Running play that was stopped by Andra Davis.
2nd and 11
Merriman gets the SACK and then proceeds to do the LIGHTS OUT dance. Kelsay blew by his guy but went too wide.
3rd and 13
Merriman gets another SACK. He brought Hanie down hard. Merriman is pacing back and forth on the sideline looking like a maniac.
Bears punt..
1st and 10 (Bills)
Thigpen rolls out right and hits Johnny White for a gain of a few.
2nd and 6
J White run play for about 3.
3rd and 1
Brad Smith is in. Smith with the play-action and runs wide, gains just enough for a first down. Good stiff arm by Smith near the end of the play.
1st and 10
Thigpen incompletion to Chandler. Thigpen had enough time but threw off his back foot as he felt the pocket collapsing.
2nd and 10
J White was met in the backfield by 2 Bears linebackers. Wrotto was blown up here.
3rd and 13
Thigpen incompletion. Thigpen had time here. He threw it too high for Brad Smith, who was beyond the first down marker.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bears)
Barber with a gain of 10+ yards on the ground. Barnett brought him down. Byrd also in on it. McKelvin missed on a tackle attempt.
1st and 10
No gain by Barber. Kyle Williams brought him down. Williams had good penetration here. Batten was also right there.
2nd and 10
Barber gashes the defense with a draw play. Byrd eventually brought him down. Reggie Torbor had the best chance but couldn't get close to Barber. He was dumped.
1st and 10
3 stop drop, quick slant pass to Knox. McKelvin brought him down. Dareus blew up his guy here and had a chance but the ball was released too quickly.
1st and 10
Late substitution by the Bills. Andra Davis was the late man on. Barber with a short gain. Stopped by the late addition, Davis.
2nd and 8
Big run by Barber. This was the play Barber ran Florence over. Florence with a weak tackling effort here. Torbor didn't look good on this play. Moats lined up with his hand on the ground and was forced inside by the lineman he was facing.
1st and Goal
Haine incomplete to his tight end. Play-action roll out. The TE dropped it. Wilson was covering him.
2nd and Goal
Short gain by Barber. Spencer Johnson made the initial contact and Antonio Coleman finished him off.
3rd and Goal
Haine scrambles for the TD. Torbor had his back turned to the play and was guilty of all sorts of holding here. Not Torbor's best outing.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Short run by J White. David Martin could have been called for holding here. Hangartner also ended up flat on his back before White even got to him.
2nd and 10
Brad Smith in. Incompletion. He under threw it to Easley who had to slide to even get close to catching it.
3rd and 10
5 wide. Thigpen was forced out of the pocket and scrambled for a first down. Ground caused a fumble so Bills keep the Ball. Generous spot.
1st and 10
B Smith back in. NICE run of about 14 yards to the left. No hesitation here. David Martin helped with a good block here. Buster Davis also controlled his guy.
1st and 10
J White with the short gain.
2nd and 8
Quick play-action pass that was an incompletion. Craig Davis was the target but the ball was thrown behind him. That's on Thigpen.
3rd and 8
Thigpen completion to Roosevelt. Thigpen had plenty of time. Could have dumped it off to J White but decided to throw it in a crowd. Good catch by Naaman. Thigpen almost threw this one on his back foot again.
1st and 10
J White with a nice carry of about 6 yards.
2nd and 4
Run of about 4 yards negated by a holding call on Cordaro Howard.
2nd and 14
Thigpen scramble that went nowhere. Wang was useless here. Thigpen just got back to the line of scrimmage.
3rd and 14
Another scramble by Thigpen who was forced outside. Didn't have any time to throw it. Nice athleticism to escape the initial pressure.
PUNT
1st and 10
Barber rush for about 7 yards. Aaron Williams brought him down. Bryan Scott completely whiffed on an attempt to get Barber at the line of scrimmage. Maybin was pretty clumsy looking here.
2nd and 3
Reggie Corner blitzed off the edge but they completed a quick pass to Earl Bennett for the first down. Corto forced him out.
1st and 10
Empty backfield. Incompletion to Desmond Clark. Ball was tipped by Spencer Johnson which led to an errant throw.
2nd and 10
SACK by Spencer Johnson.
3rd and 15
Incompletion. Maybin got tossed on his ass by Barber here. This was embarrassing. Coleman came in late with pressure forcing Haine to throw it out of bounds.
PUNT
1st and 10
5 wide. Incompletion. Thigpen threw it too high once again. Intended target was Craig Davis.
2nd and 10
5 wide again. Incompletion. Almost picked off. Bad throw. Intended target was Huggins.
3rd and 10
5 wide. SACK by Okoye. Wrotto was awful here, completely whiffed.
PUNT
1st and 10
Complete to Clark for a gain of 10. Maybin was VERY close to getting a sack here.
1st and 10
3 man rush. Deep throw. Incompletion. White laid out Bennett when the Ball was in the air.
Penalty on the Bills. Defensive holding on Spencer Johnson.
1st and 10
Haine goes deep again. Incompletion. Bryan Scott was on the coverage but the ball was nowhere near the intended target.
Field Goal attempt that missed.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Kneel down by Thigpen to run down the rest of the clock.
End of first half. Bears 7 Bills 3
Complete 2nd half review of Bills v. Bears - Scrub Time!
Here we go:
1st and 10 (Bears)
Really short run play. Pocket collapsed. Carrington, Troup, C White and Moats in on the stop.
White came up limping but seems alright.
2nd and 8
Big run by RB Bell. Troup was pushed to his left which opened up the hole. Antonio Coleman had a good chance at the stop but missed.
1st and 10
Another run play for a few yards. Kellen Heard brought Bell down.
2nd and 5
SACK by Danny Batten who had great pursuit here, pushing Bell back on his way to the sack.
3rd and 16
Really good screen play to Bell. Big first down pick up. The defense over-pursued this one. Maybin, Spencer Johnson and Batten were the guilty parties. Bryan Scott also missed a tackle in the open field.
1st and 10
Short run gain. Corto blitzed and had really good pursuit but just missed the target. Kellen Heard brought him down.
2nd and 10
Short run gain. Searcy had a weak tackling effort here. Moats finished off the tackle.
3rd and 7
First down pick up the Bears. Completion to WR Adams. Loyce Means in on the tackle. We blitzed with Reggie Corner and a LB but our rush wasn't much of a rush.
1st and 10
Torell Troup batted down a pass with his GOOD hand.
2nd and 10
Draw play to RB Bell for a few yards that was nullified by a holding call.
2nd and 20
Alex Carrington batted this pass attempt down. Kellen Heard was on his way to smashing their QB. Carrington got a real good push here.
3rd and 20
Right on cue as the announcers have been raving about Carrington the last few plays and he gets a sack here. Antonio Coleman had a good push here before getting pushed back himself.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Levi Brown time. J White runs for a short gain.
2nd and 7
Play-action pass to Hubbard who couldn't hang onto the pass. To his defense, he got cracked as soon as the ball touched his hands.
3rd and 7
Levi throws a nice completion to Roosevelt who gets just enough for the first down
1st and 10
Short run by White. Isaiah Thompson was brutalized here. Awful
2nd and 10
3 step drop, quick pass to Huggins who dropped it.
3rd and 10
Empty backfield. Outside screen to J White who picks up about 6 yards.
PUNT by Reid Forrest. Flag on play. Running into the kicker. First down Bills
1st and 10
J White run play. White was met in the backfield. Unbelievably bad run blocking by 64, 68, 62, 74.
2nd and 13
Another short run by J White. The Bears got a really quick jump on the play.
3rd and 10
Brown tried gunning this into a crowd of 3 cornerbacks to Roosevelt. He actually had some time here. Incomplete.
PUNT (Good distance by Forrest)
1st and 10 (Bears)
Decent run stopped by Spencer Johnson
2nd and 5
Another run play right up the gut by Bell for the first down.
1st and 10
Play-action bomb to WR #84. Aaron Williams was beat on this play. NO pressure from the D.
1st and 10
Play-action again. Batten brought pressure but was too late. Deep ball that was an incompletion because Aaron Williams interfered with the receiver and was called for it.
1st and 10
Batten trips up the QB for his 2nd sack of the night. Maybin went WAY wide and wasn't even close to relevant on this play.
2nd and 10
Quick slant stopped by Aaron Williams and Batten.
3rd and 5
INTERCEPTION by Aaron Williams, the guy they tried picking on this entire series. Ball was initially tipped and Williams made a great athletic play to get it.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Nesbitt in. Really nice run for the first down and more. Flag on play. "There is no foul for illegal block in back." Yardage stands. Really good run
1st and 10
Nesbitt takes off again and throws in a spin move for a gain of 4 or 5.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
2nd and 5
Levi back in. Incomplete pass. Big time pressure from the D. Levi never had a chance.
3rd and 5
Nesbitt back in. A nice spin move at the very end of this run made it close but no first down. Questionable spot.
PUNT (GREAT kick by Forrest)
1st and 10 (Bears)
Short run by Bell who was brought down by a bunch of guys.
2nd and 7
BIG run by Bell through a gaping hole. Finally brought down by R Coleman (#40)
1st and 10
Dump off to Bell who ran for another big gain. Tackle by R Coleman again. Dotson straight up fell down here. Looked bad.
1st and 10
Short gain. Heard and Jasper were in on the stop.
2nd and 11
NO pressure. Completion to WR Adams for a first down. Means on the stop.
1st and 10
Short run that shouldve been a loss for yards but #45 Kirlew flat out whiffed on the tackle.
2nd and 7
Short run stopped by a group of guys. 41 was in on the stop. Jasper had a chance for the tackle but missed.
3rd and 3
Short run. #44 missed on an easy tackle. Eddins and Jefferson in on the stop.
4th and 1
Short gain but enough for the first. Tackled by a host of Bills. #46 Miller made first contact.
1st and 10
Short completion. Too much time/No pressure. Hicks made the tackle.
2nd and 9
Flag. Offsides.
2nd and 14
Short run stopped by Eddins. Dotson did well holding up a double team.
3rd and 12
SACK by #49 Jefferson.
Field Goal kick by the Bears.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Play-action that didn't fool anyone. Levi was immediately hit but got the ball off for an incompletion.
2nd and 10
Another play-action pass. Too much pressure again. Incompletion.
3rd and 10
INTERCEPTION. Levi threw into traffic again. Roosevelt was the intended target. Watkins got schooled on the right side.
1st and 10 (Bears)
Short run. Colin Brown got a good jump on the play. #49 Brad Jefferson in on the stop.
2nd and 6
Another decent run. Stopped by #49 Brad Jefferson again
3rd and 1
Easy first down run by Unga brought down by Kirlew. Jasper was pretty much thrown down on this play. The run went to the other side so it didn't matter as much.
1st and 10
Short run stopped by Heard.
2nd and 8
Another good run by Unga who pushed the pile for 5 yards. Langley and Aaron Williams in on the stop.
1st and goal
Short run by Unga who got popped by Eddins. Eddins was hurt all week, I'm impressed that he's played this long.
2nd and goal
Short run by Unga again. Heard in on the stop. Jasper couldn't get any push here. He was stood up at the line of scrimmage.
3rd and goal
Heard BLEW up his guy and got the 9th sack of the night for the Bills. #62 from the Bears was the victim of abuse on this play.
Gould missed the field goal attempt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Quick underneath slant to Paul Hubbard
2nd and 5
Another short completion to Huggins
3rd and 1
Quick completion to Roosevelt for the first down
1st and 10
Another slant to Hubbard. Same exact play as the play that started this drive.
2nd and 7
Another duplicate play here, this time incomplete to Naaman Roosevelt
3rd and 7
Big completion over the middle to Huggins. About 20 yards but time is ticking down...
Game over. Bears 10 Bills 3
1st and 10 (Bears)
Really short run play. Pocket collapsed. Carrington, Troup, C White and Moats in on the stop.
White came up limping but seems alright.
2nd and 8
Big run by RB Bell. Troup was pushed to his left which opened up the hole. Antonio Coleman had a good chance at the stop but missed.
1st and 10
Another run play for a few yards. Kellen Heard brought Bell down.
2nd and 5
SACK by Danny Batten who had great pursuit here, pushing Bell back on his way to the sack.
3rd and 16
Really good screen play to Bell. Big first down pick up. The defense over-pursued this one. Maybin, Spencer Johnson and Batten were the guilty parties. Bryan Scott also missed a tackle in the open field.
1st and 10
Short run gain. Corto blitzed and had really good pursuit but just missed the target. Kellen Heard brought him down.
2nd and 10
Short run gain. Searcy had a weak tackling effort here. Moats finished off the tackle.
3rd and 7
First down pick up the Bears. Completion to WR Adams. Loyce Means in on the tackle. We blitzed with Reggie Corner and a LB but our rush wasn't much of a rush.
1st and 10
Torell Troup batted down a pass with his GOOD hand.
2nd and 10
Draw play to RB Bell for a few yards that was nullified by a holding call.
2nd and 20
Alex Carrington batted this pass attempt down. Kellen Heard was on his way to smashing their QB. Carrington got a real good push here.
3rd and 20
Right on cue as the announcers have been raving about Carrington the last few plays and he gets a sack here. Antonio Coleman had a good push here before getting pushed back himself.
PUNT
1st and 10 (Bills)
Levi Brown time. J White runs for a short gain.
2nd and 7
Play-action pass to Hubbard who couldn't hang onto the pass. To his defense, he got cracked as soon as the ball touched his hands.
3rd and 7
Levi throws a nice completion to Roosevelt who gets just enough for the first down
1st and 10
Short run by White. Isaiah Thompson was brutalized here. Awful
2nd and 10
3 step drop, quick pass to Huggins who dropped it.
3rd and 10
Empty backfield. Outside screen to J White who picks up about 6 yards.
PUNT by Reid Forrest. Flag on play. Running into the kicker. First down Bills
1st and 10
J White run play. White was met in the backfield. Unbelievably bad run blocking by 64, 68, 62, 74.
2nd and 13
Another short run by J White. The Bears got a really quick jump on the play.
3rd and 10
Brown tried gunning this into a crowd of 3 cornerbacks to Roosevelt. He actually had some time here. Incomplete.
PUNT (Good distance by Forrest)
1st and 10 (Bears)
Decent run stopped by Spencer Johnson
2nd and 5
Another run play right up the gut by Bell for the first down.
1st and 10
Play-action bomb to WR #84. Aaron Williams was beat on this play. NO pressure from the D.
1st and 10
Play-action again. Batten brought pressure but was too late. Deep ball that was an incompletion because Aaron Williams interfered with the receiver and was called for it.
1st and 10
Batten trips up the QB for his 2nd sack of the night. Maybin went WAY wide and wasn't even close to relevant on this play.
2nd and 10
Quick slant stopped by Aaron Williams and Batten.
3rd and 5
INTERCEPTION by Aaron Williams, the guy they tried picking on this entire series. Ball was initially tipped and Williams made a great athletic play to get it.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Nesbitt in. Really nice run for the first down and more. Flag on play. "There is no foul for illegal block in back." Yardage stands. Really good run
1st and 10
Nesbitt takes off again and throws in a spin move for a gain of 4 or 5.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
2nd and 5
Levi back in. Incomplete pass. Big time pressure from the D. Levi never had a chance.
3rd and 5
Nesbitt back in. A nice spin move at the very end of this run made it close but no first down. Questionable spot.
PUNT (GREAT kick by Forrest)
1st and 10 (Bears)
Short run by Bell who was brought down by a bunch of guys.
2nd and 7
BIG run by Bell through a gaping hole. Finally brought down by R Coleman (#40)
1st and 10
Dump off to Bell who ran for another big gain. Tackle by R Coleman again. Dotson straight up fell down here. Looked bad.
1st and 10
Short gain. Heard and Jasper were in on the stop.
2nd and 11
NO pressure. Completion to WR Adams for a first down. Means on the stop.
1st and 10
Short run that shouldve been a loss for yards but #45 Kirlew flat out whiffed on the tackle.
2nd and 7
Short run stopped by a group of guys. 41 was in on the stop. Jasper had a chance for the tackle but missed.
3rd and 3
Short run. #44 missed on an easy tackle. Eddins and Jefferson in on the stop.
4th and 1
Short gain but enough for the first. Tackled by a host of Bills. #46 Miller made first contact.
1st and 10
Short completion. Too much time/No pressure. Hicks made the tackle.
2nd and 9
Flag. Offsides.
2nd and 14
Short run stopped by Eddins. Dotson did well holding up a double team.
3rd and 12
SACK by #49 Jefferson.
Field Goal kick by the Bears.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Play-action that didn't fool anyone. Levi was immediately hit but got the ball off for an incompletion.
2nd and 10
Another play-action pass. Too much pressure again. Incompletion.
3rd and 10
INTERCEPTION. Levi threw into traffic again. Roosevelt was the intended target. Watkins got schooled on the right side.
1st and 10 (Bears)
Short run. Colin Brown got a good jump on the play. #49 Brad Jefferson in on the stop.
2nd and 6
Another decent run. Stopped by #49 Brad Jefferson again
3rd and 1
Easy first down run by Unga brought down by Kirlew. Jasper was pretty much thrown down on this play. The run went to the other side so it didn't matter as much.
1st and 10
Short run stopped by Heard.
2nd and 8
Another good run by Unga who pushed the pile for 5 yards. Langley and Aaron Williams in on the stop.
1st and goal
Short run by Unga who got popped by Eddins. Eddins was hurt all week, I'm impressed that he's played this long.
2nd and goal
Short run by Unga again. Heard in on the stop. Jasper couldn't get any push here. He was stood up at the line of scrimmage.
3rd and goal
Heard BLEW up his guy and got the 9th sack of the night for the Bills. #62 from the Bears was the victim of abuse on this play.
Gould missed the field goal attempt.
1st and 10 (Bills)
Quick underneath slant to Paul Hubbard
2nd and 5
Another short completion to Huggins
3rd and 1
Quick completion to Roosevelt for the first down
1st and 10
Another slant to Hubbard. Same exact play as the play that started this drive.
2nd and 7
Another duplicate play here, this time incomplete to Naaman Roosevelt
3rd and 7
Big completion over the middle to Huggins. About 20 yards but time is ticking down...
Game over. Bears 10 Bills 3
Bills v. Bears - Preseason Game 1
The new intro for BBE, with Fitzpatrick and Stevie putting their gear is on a bit silly. Imagine being asked, "now pull your helmet down and look angry!"
Marcus Easley took the first kickoff return. I did not expect this.
1st and 10
Fred Jackson does his thing with a typical Fred Jackson run for 5 yards.
2nd and 5
Incomplete pass to Scott Chandler. Some believe this was a bit overthrown but after re-watching it, it his #84's hands in the right spot. Tasker called this a bad incompletion. C'mon Steve, let's not overreact.
3rd and 5
Completion to Stevie Johnson on a slant play. Good first down.
1st and 10
CJ Spiller was met right at the line on a run play. Urbik did not hold up his man at all.
2nd and 13
Play-action quick screen to Stevie Johnson who made some moves but ultimately got only a few yards.
3rd and 11
Incomplete pass. Naaman and David Nelson were in the area. Looked like a miscommunication. Nelson was apparently the intended target. Pears held his man up here nicely.
PUNT
1st and 10
The Bears start with a reverse to Hester that goes for a few yards. Terrence McGee pushes him out.
2nd and 8
Dareus broke through the line and was coming at Cutler fast but Cutler underhanded it to his RB only to be stopped by Andra Davis.
3rd and 8
Barnett came in on a blitz but Kelsay instead of going inside, went outside which opened up a running lane for Cutler who ran for a first down.
1st and 10
Chester Taylor runs for very little. Dwan Edwards was in on the stop. I noticed Merriman getting nasty here.
2nd and 9
McGee came in on a CB blitz from the right but the run play went to the left for a few yards.
3rd and 6
Dareus with the sack. Flag on the play. Holding on Chicago by #73. #73 held Merriman who would have likely gotten the sack. Merriman may have still touched Cutler first here but Dareus was the one who really made contact with Cutler. Either way, that's what Bills fans want to see.
PUNT
1st and 10
Fred Jackson stiff arms Charles Tillman and runs left for a nice first down. THe line looked good here.
1st and 10
Jackson tries the middle here but only gains a few.
2nd and 8
Beautiful cut by CJ Spiller who also threw in a spin move for a decent gain. That's the type of running I want to see out of Spiller.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith wildcat time. Just enough to pick up the first down.
1st and 10
Quick slant to Stevie Johnson that was a bit behind Stevie but still caught for a few yards
2nd and 5
Nice completion to CJ Spiller who ran a circle route for a first down. Smooth looking play.
1st and 10
Incompletion to Donald Jones. Pass interference by Jones as well. Fitz and Jones weren't on the same page here.
1st and 20
Nice completion of about 8 yards to Chandler who got rocked near the end of the play.
2nd and 12
Fitz went to Chandler again with a dump off to the outside for a gain of a few yards.
3rd and 7
Screen play to CJ Spiller who comes up just short of the first down. Urbik wasn't good here either.
Lindell boots a 44 yarder through for 3 points.
Johnny Knox had a big kickoff return. Aaron Maybin looked bad here. Aaron Williams somehow caught Knox for the stop.
1st and 10
Chicago put their backup QB in already. Running play that was stopped by Andra Davis.
2nd and 11
Merriman gets the sack who proceeds to do the LIGHTS OUT dance. Kelsay blew by his guy but went too wide.
3rd and 13
Merriman gets ANOTHER sack. He brought Hannie down hard. Merriman is pacing back and forth on the sideline looking like a maniac.
Bears punt..
That's it for the first stringers. The defense keeps some of their guys in longer but I won't go into those plays.
Observations about the rest of the game:
Marcus Easley took the first kickoff return. I did not expect this.
1st and 10
Fred Jackson does his thing with a typical Fred Jackson run for 5 yards.
2nd and 5
Incomplete pass to Scott Chandler. Some believe this was a bit overthrown but after re-watching it, it his #84's hands in the right spot. Tasker called this a bad incompletion. C'mon Steve, let's not overreact.
3rd and 5
Completion to Stevie Johnson on a slant play. Good first down.
1st and 10
CJ Spiller was met right at the line on a run play. Urbik did not hold up his man at all.
2nd and 13
Play-action quick screen to Stevie Johnson who made some moves but ultimately got only a few yards.
3rd and 11
Incomplete pass. Naaman and David Nelson were in the area. Looked like a miscommunication. Nelson was apparently the intended target. Pears held his man up here nicely.
PUNT
1st and 10
The Bears start with a reverse to Hester that goes for a few yards. Terrence McGee pushes him out.
2nd and 8
Dareus broke through the line and was coming at Cutler fast but Cutler underhanded it to his RB only to be stopped by Andra Davis.
3rd and 8
Barnett came in on a blitz but Kelsay instead of going inside, went outside which opened up a running lane for Cutler who ran for a first down.
1st and 10
Chester Taylor runs for very little. Dwan Edwards was in on the stop. I noticed Merriman getting nasty here.
2nd and 9
McGee came in on a CB blitz from the right but the run play went to the left for a few yards.
3rd and 6
Dareus with the sack. Flag on the play. Holding on Chicago by #73. #73 held Merriman who would have likely gotten the sack. Merriman may have still touched Cutler first here but Dareus was the one who really made contact with Cutler. Either way, that's what Bills fans want to see.
PUNT
1st and 10
Fred Jackson stiff arms Charles Tillman and runs left for a nice first down. THe line looked good here.
1st and 10
Jackson tries the middle here but only gains a few.
2nd and 8
Beautiful cut by CJ Spiller who also threw in a spin move for a decent gain. That's the type of running I want to see out of Spiller.
3rd and 2
Brad Smith wildcat time. Just enough to pick up the first down.
1st and 10
Quick slant to Stevie Johnson that was a bit behind Stevie but still caught for a few yards
2nd and 5
Nice completion to CJ Spiller who ran a circle route for a first down. Smooth looking play.
1st and 10
Incompletion to Donald Jones. Pass interference by Jones as well. Fitz and Jones weren't on the same page here.
1st and 20
Nice completion of about 8 yards to Chandler who got rocked near the end of the play.
2nd and 12
Fitz went to Chandler again with a dump off to the outside for a gain of a few yards.
3rd and 7
Screen play to CJ Spiller who comes up just short of the first down. Urbik wasn't good here either.
Lindell boots a 44 yarder through for 3 points.
Johnny Knox had a big kickoff return. Aaron Maybin looked bad here. Aaron Williams somehow caught Knox for the stop.
1st and 10
Chicago put their backup QB in already. Running play that was stopped by Andra Davis.
2nd and 11
Merriman gets the sack who proceeds to do the LIGHTS OUT dance. Kelsay blew by his guy but went too wide.
3rd and 13
Merriman gets ANOTHER sack. He brought Hannie down hard. Merriman is pacing back and forth on the sideline looking like a maniac.
Bears punt..
That's it for the first stringers. The defense keeps some of their guys in longer but I won't go into those plays.
Observations about the rest of the game:
- Thigpen had a rough outing. Levi Brown looked even worse. There's no chance Levi makes the team and I'll be surprised if he makes the practice squad.
- Our second unit on the offensive line looked BRUTAL.
- Johnny White did not get a fair opportunity to show his stuff as he was constantly being met in the backfield.
- Urbik looked bad. He's got one more week to prove himself. If he has another rough outing, we better go digging through the waiver wire again.
- Easley had a bad night on kickoff returns although I don't expect him to be doing this when the regular season begins.
- The Donald Jones era didn't get off to the best start but I'm not too worried as he had only 1 ball thrown his way (and it was a busted play) with the first unit. Remember, when Stevie was anointed the #2 receiver last year, he didn't have the best preseason and many people questioned whether he deserved the #2 spot. Let's see this plays out before we rip Jones.
- I liked the play of Danny Batten and Chris White. Batten, in particular, looked really good.
- Carrington is looking good as well...
- Did I mention how brutal the offensive line was as the game went on? I could barely watch the second half.
- Aaron Williams got beat on a few plays but looked more confident as the game went on, making a really athletic play on an interception.
- Brad Smith is going to have a very interesting season....
- Maybin looked brutal. I doubt he survives the first round of cuts after tonight's performance. Chicago's second team offense handled him with relative ease.
- I can't wait until next week to see how our first team Defense looks against the Broncos. They were dominant tonight. I also look forward to seeing more of the first team Offense. With the field being so sloppy, I doubt either team wanted their starters on the field for long.
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