Re: bills and jets better then we think ?
i know i been doging the pats D
but the bills had 33 points today and fred jackson ran for 163 yerds
the O looked bad today but the jets did shut out the texans there only TD came on D a team that had 400 yerds and 34 points today
andre johnson VS Revis 4 rec 35 andre johnson today 10 rec 149 yerds 2 TD
moss VS the bills 12 rec 141 yerds moss VS Revis 4 rec 24 yerds he shut down the 2 best WR in the NFL
are we as good as we was hopeing we would be no
but maybe the jets and bills are very good
Very nice post. Let's take each team in turn.
1. Buffalo
The Bills started last season hot, predicting some on this site to claim that they were the future of the AFC East, and then collapsed down the stretch. They looked pitiful in the pre-season and were in disarray, firing their Offensive Coordinator, cutting their projected starting Left Tackle, and predicting many to project them as a bottom 5 team. So far in 2 games they've been much better than that. Their offensive line was their biggest question mark but they've gotten excellent interior play out of Andy Levitre and Eric Wood (a favorite of many on this board last spring). Edwards is a solid QB, they have good WRs, and Fred Jackson will be terrific combined with Marshawn Lynch once Lynch returns. The defense is respectable. They look like a solid 8-8 kind of team at this point and possibly better. Not a pushover, and better than most expected them based on their performance so far.
2. New York Jets
The Jets went 9-7 last year and were in position to win the division before falling apart at the end. They went out and made a lot of good moves, especially bolstering their defense. So far over the first 2 games they've been one of the most impressive teams in the league (probably the most impressive over the first 2 games along with New Orleans), shutting down a Houston team that put up 34 points today against a Tennessee team that finished 13-3 last year, and holding the vaunted NE offense to 3 field goals. Darrell Revis has emerged as a true shutdown CB and is looking to move into Scrabble territory, having so far shut down Andre Johnson and Randy Moss in consecutive weeks. David Harris and Bart Scott are as good a 3-4 ILB combo as there is in the NFL. Kris Jenkins is always a force when healthy. And Rex Ryan has them playing a very aggressive and disruptive style, which they have so far executed to perfection. The offensive line is solid, they have legitimate weapons in Leon Washington and Dustin Keller, and Mark Sanchez has so far played with a lot of poise for a rookie, reminiscent of Matt Ryan from a year ago. Pre-season predictions varied, but no one expected them to come out this dominant, so based on 2 games they are
muchbetter than expected, especially with Calvin Pace and Shaun Ellis having been under suspension.
It's too early to tell how good the Jets will be. They could be
very good, or they could peak early and peter out over the course of a 16 game season. But they are certainly a team to be taken very seriously, and look to perhaps be this year's version of Tennessee. I don't expect them to collapse the way they did last year. I suspect we'll have to elevate our game considerably from our performance over the first 2 games in order to take the division away from them.
Certainly neither team was a cakewalk. So I would agree with your OP that our first 2 opponents have played better than predicted.
