Scouting Report: Bills at Jets 24OKT14

THE 4-3 Buffalo Bills play the 1-6 New York Jets this Sunday, 26 OCT 14 at the Meadowlands. This is going to be a tough game for Buffalo since C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson are both IR. The offensive line is going to be key for the Bills to win this game, QB Kyle Orton has to be protected, he can make some great plays but they have to protect him from sacks. I have the feeling Buffalo can pull this one off and give the New England Patriots a run for their money for the AFC East! GO BUFFALO, MAKE ME SHOUT!!!!!

Scouting Report: Bills at Jets

Posted Oct 24, 2014

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The Bills and Jets meet at 1 p.m. on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Top 3 Individual Matchups

1 – Mario Williams vs. Breno Giacomini – Buffalo’s Pro Bowl pass rusher has had trouble putting heat on Jets’ passers since joining the Bills. He has no sacks in his four games against New York, but that was against Austin Howard, the Jets’ former right tackle. Giacomini isn’t as long-limbed or strong as Howard. 2 – Seantrel Henderson vs. Muhammad Wilkerson – The Bills rookie right tackle has had some growing pains of late. He’ll face a supremely talented defensive lineman in Wilkerson, and may need some help from a tight end to keep the Pro Bowl DL from making a major impact.
3 – Sammy Watkins vs. Darrin Walls – This is a potentially ugly mismatch for the Jets, so safety help over the top will be the order of the day for New York’s secondary if they want to keep Watkins from burning them for big plays.

Bills Top 2 Advantages

Good Advantage – Pass defense – Buffalo allowed a season-low 118 passing yards last week and they haven’t allowed an opposing passer to make more than 18 completions in three of the last five weeks. New York’s passing game has found big plays hard to manufacture.
Best Advantage – Pass offense – Kyle Orton has given the Bills’ aerial attack a shot in the arm. In his three starts the completion percentage on pass plays has risen more than 10 percent helping Buffalo keep drives alive on offense. Perhaps more important is the Jets allow the second-highest opponent passer rating in football (108.3).

Bills Number 1 Must

Red zone execution – Buffalo’s red zone touchdown efficiency has jumped more than 22 percent with Kyle Orton at quarterback (55.5% success rate) as the veteran has made good decisions. They’ll need to continue on that track to post a victory on the road. What should help is the Jets have uncharacteristically struggled to defend their red zone this season allowing opponents to cross the goal line more than two-thirds of the time (68.2%) to rank 28th in the league.

Scouting Eye

Long drives
The Jets aren’t sitting near the top of the league when it comes to points per game (they rank 28th), but when they do score they go on long, clock chewing drives. In fact New York leads the league in average number of plays on scoring drives at almost nine and a half (9.48). And when a Jets’ possession lasts more than five minutes of game clock they score points almost 82 percent of the time.
Ground & pound
Part of their success in hanging onto the ball on offense is a byproduct of their rushing attack. New York stands fifth in the league in rushing at 135 yards a game, and they earn just about every one of those yards. The Jets have just four runs of 20 yards or more this season, but when it comes to short yardage New York knows how to move the sticks. Their offense ranks fourth in the league in converting on 3rd-and-1 at 89 percent and every one was a run play.

Stiff competition The Jets 1-6 record falls on them first, but taking a closer look at the opponents that handed them those losses you begin to realize they’ve faced some of the better clubs in the league through the first half of the season.
The collective record of the teams that handed the Jets their six losses so far this season is 29-14. All but one of the teams that handed the Jets their half dozen losses have five wins through the first half of the season. And in three of their losses they faced the three-highest rated quarterbacks in football right now in Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers.
Poor capitalists
The Jets haven’t finished in the top 10 in the league in interceptions since the Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie cornerback tandem was blown up after 2011. But it has never been this bad. Through the first seven games New York has just one interception and a pair of fumble recoveries. It’s a surprising statistic for a defense with an identity of being physical and aggressive. Compounding the team’s lack of takeaways are their 12 turnovers, leaving the Jets with a takeaway-giveaway margin of minus-nine, the worst in the league.
First down leaders
New York’s defensive line gets a lot of pub and deservedly so. Littered with first-round draft choices up front, the Jets dominate defensively on first down whether it’s run or pass. Rex Ryan’s defense ranks fourth in the league in first down run defense allowing an average of 3.53 yards per carry. When it comes to defending the pass on first down the Jets are tops in the league. They have allowed the lowest percentage of pass plays of four yards or more on first down (42.6%).
That all adds up to the league’s best first down defense rating. Only 40 percent of the time do Jets opponents gain four yards or more on first down.

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Struggling to put up stop sign
Last year the Jets defense was pretty stingy in the red zone allowing opponents to register a touchdown just 45 percent of the time to rank fourth in the NFL. This year it’s been a reversal of fortune. New York is ranked 28th in red zone defense. Opponents have scored touchdowns on 15 of their 22 red zone possessions (68.2%). Their numbers are even worse in goal to go situations. In those instances the Jets defense ranks 29th in the league allowing opponents to cross the goal line 91 percent of the time.
Pop gun plays
Big plays have been hard to come by for the Jets offense. Through their first seven games New York has managed just 18 plays of 20 yards or more. That’s the second-lowest figure in the league. They’re also 31st in yards per play at 4.81 yards. That combined with a quarterback passer rating that also ranks 31st (70.3) and a red zone touchdown efficiency rating that ranks 30th, and you begin to understand why scoring points has proven difficult for the Jets this season.

Buffalo Chips

Stat of the Week

Last week the Jets became the first team in NFL history to lose a game with 40 minutes time of possession (40:54), 200-plus rushing yards (218) and no turnovers in their 27-25 loss to the Patriots.

Quote of the Week

“I told them I’m going to go out there and I’m going to play for them. I’m going to do my very best and I won’t let them down. This year is important for both of them, so now it’s up on me and Boobie and I won’t let those guys down.” -RB Bryce Brown on what he said to Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller after their injuries

Milestones in reach

-Dan Carpenter needs one field goal for 175 in his career and three field goals for 50 as a Bills player.
-Marcell Dareus needs one sack to set a single-season career high of 8 sacks in a season. His previous high of 7.5 sacks was set last year.
-Kyle Orton needs two touchdown passes for 90 in his career.

Final Note

-Kyle Orton has the fourth-highest fourth quarter passer rating in the NFL at 113.4.

American Football Conference - 2014 Regular Season
AFC East Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	TD	Home	Road	Div	Pct	Conf	Pct	Non-Conf	Streak	Last 5
New England Patriots	5	2	0	.714	187	154	33	19	3-0	2-2	2-1	.667	4-2	.667	1-0	3W	3-1
Buffalo Bills	4	3	0	.571	135	142	-7	13	2-2	2-1	1-1	.500	1-3	.250	3-0	1W	2-2
Miami Dolphins	3	3	0	.500	147	138	9	16	1-2	2-1	1-1	.500	2-2	.500	1-1	1W	2-2
New York Jets	1	6	0	.143	121	185	-64	12	1-3	0-3	0-1	.000	1-3	.250	0-3	6L	0-4
AFC North Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	TD	Home	Road	Div	Pct	Conf	Pct	Non-Conf	Streak	Last 5
Baltimore Ravens	5	2	0	.714	193	104	89	21	3-1	2-1	2-1	.667	2-2	.500	3-0	2W	3-1
Cincinnati Bengals	3	2	1	.583	134	140	-6	14	2-0-1	1-2	1-0	1.000	2-2	.500	1-0-1	1L	1-2-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	3	0	.571	154	162	-8	16	2-1	2-2	1-2	.333	3-2	.600	1-1	1W	2-2
Cleveland Browns	3	3	0	.500	140	139	1	16	2-1	1-2	1-2	.333	2-3	.400	1-0	1L	2-2
AFC South Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	TD	Home	Road	Div	Pct	Conf	Pct	Non-Conf	Streak	Last 5
Indianapolis Colts	5	2	0	.714	216	136	80	25	3-1	2-1	3-0	1.000	5-1	.833	0-1	5W	4-0
Houston Texans	3	4	0	.429	155	150	5	17	2-1	1-3	0-1	.000	2-2	.500	1-2	3L	1-3
Tennessee Titans	2	5	0	.286	121	172	-51	13	1-2	1-3	1-1	.500	2-3	.400	0-2	1L	1-3
Jacksonville Jaguars	1	6	0	.143	105	191	-86	12	1-2	0-4	0-2	.000	1-4	.200	0-2	1W	1-3
AFC West Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	TD	Home	Road	Div	Pct	Conf	Pct	Non-Conf	Streak	Last 5
Denver Broncos	6	1	0	.857	224	142	82	29	5-0	1-1	2-0	1.000	4-0	1.000	2-1	4W	4-1
San Diego Chargers	5	3	0	.625	205	149	56	23	3-1	2-2	1-2	.333	4-2	.667	1-1	2L	3-2
Kansas City Chiefs	3	3	0	.500	142	121	21	17	1-1	2-2	1-1	.500	3-2	.600	0-1	1W	3-1
Oakland Raiders	0	6	0	.000	92	158	-66	11	0-4	0-2	0-1	.000	0-5	.000	0-1	6L	0-4

What to watch for: Bills at Jets 18SEP13

OH MAN! The Bills are 1-1 with their glorious win over the Carolina Panthers!!!! A win at the NY Jets will be so sweet and the Bills can do it if they are able to tighten up and not play sloppy like they did in the 2nd quarter of last Sunday's game. GO BILLS!!!! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SHOUT!!!!!

What to watch for: Bills at Jets

Posted Sep 18, 2013

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BILLS MAKE FIRST ROAD TRIP OF ‘13
The Buffalo Bills will make their first road trip of the 2013 season this week for an AFC East match-up at the New York Jets on Sunday, September 22nd. Kickoff is set for 4:25 PM ET. Sunday’s game will mark the 105th regular season meeting between Buffalo and New York.

With a win over the Jets on Sunday, the Bills will:
• Win their first road game against the Jets since 2009 (10/18, 16-13)
• Head Coach Doug Marrone would become the second head coach in team history (Kay Stephenson - 1983) to win two of their first three games

BILLS-JETS REGULAR SEASON SERIES
• Overall regular season record: 54-50
• Bills on road at Jets: 25-27
• Last meeting on road: 9/9/12, L 28-48
• First regular season meeting: 9/11/1960, L 3-27 at New York Titans
• Last regular season meeting: 12/30/12, W 28-9 at Buffalo

Buffalo will return to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Week Four of the 2013 season and host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, September 29th at 1:00 PM ET.

BILLS-JETS SERIES
Buffalo and New York will meet for the 105th time in the regular season this week. The Bills hold a 54-50 record in their previous 104 meetings against the Jets. Sunday’s game will mark the 53rd regular season away game for Buffalo at New York (25-27). The two teams have met 29 times in the month of September, with the Bills defeating the Jets 15 times.

BILLS-JETS SERIES HIGHS
Rushing Yards
Bills: 243, Cookie Gilchrist 12/8/1963 @ BUF
Jets: 210, Thomas Jones 10/18/2009 @ NYJ

Receiving Yards
Bills: 255, Jerry Butler 9/23/1979 @ BUF
Jets: 180, Don Maynard 12/19/1965 @ NYJ

Passing Yards
Bills: 367, Joe Ferguson 9/23/1979 @ BUF
Jets: 370, Ken O’Brien 12/8/1985 @ BUF

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS
FORMER BILLS/JETS
• Several members of Buffalo’s coaching staff had previous coaching stints with the Jets: Bills HC Doug Marrone: OL coach 2002-05, DC Mike Pettine: DC 2009-12, Asst. DB Coach Samson Brown: Coaching Asst. 2010-11, DB coach Donnie Henderson: DC 2004-05, LB coach Jim O’Neil: DQC and DB coach 2009, Asst. DB 2010-11, DL coach Anthony Weaver: Asst. DL 2012.
• Bills LB Marcus Dowtin entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Jets in 2012.
• New York CB Ellis Lankster played in 10 games for Buffalo during the 2009 season and was a seventh-round selection of the Bills.
• Buffalo Director of Pro Personnel Kelvin Fisher joined the New York Jets as a free agent in 1992.
• Bills National Scout Chuck Cook was a member of the Jets training camp following his collegiate career.
• New York OL coach Mike Devlin was selected in the fifth-round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Bills, and appeared in Super Bowl XXVIII.
• Jets QB coach David Lee held the same position with the Bills in 2012.
• Jets college scout David Hinson worked in scouting for the Bills from 2000-04. He received a bachelor’s degree in business management at the University of Buffalo, where he played tailback.

AREA CONNECTIONS
• Bills WR Chris Hogan is a native of Ramapo, NJ and played one year of college football at Monmouth University.
• Buffalo LB Jamaal Westerman played collegiately at Rutgers.
• Jets GM John Idzik’s first coaching assignment came in 1982 as receivers coach at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

NFL CONNECTIONS
• Bills DC Mike Pettine coached with Jets HC Rex Ryan in New York and also in Baltimore. Pettine served as Ryan’s defensive coordinator from 2009-12. He and Ryan coached together in Baltimore where Pettine first served as coaching and video assistant (2002), coaching assistant and quality control coach (2003), defensive assistant (2004) and outside linebackers coach (2005-08) while Ryan was the defensive line coach (1999-2004) and then the defensive coordinator (2005-08) of the Ravens.
• Bills DB coach Donnie Henderson also coached with Ryan in Baltimore when he was the Asst. DB coach (1999) and DB coach (2000-03) at the same time Ryan was DL coach (1999-2004).
• Bills STC Danny Crossman coached Jets RB Mike Goodson while at Carolina in 2009, when he held the same position with the Panthers.
• Crossman also coached Jets CB Aaron Berry (2010-11), P Robert Malone (2011) and G Stephen Peterman (2010-12) in Detroit when he served the same role with the Lions.
• Bills OL coach Pat Morris coached with Jets DL coach Karl Kunbar in Minnesota. Morris and Kunbar served the same positions with the Vikings.
• Morris also coached with Jets OC Marty Mornhinweg in San Fransisco. Morris was the 49ers’ TE and Asst. OL coach (1997-98) and OL coach (1999-03), while Mornhinweg was the OC and QB coach.

COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
• Bills C Eric Wood blocked for Jets RB Bilal Powell at Louisville in 2007.
• Buffalo RB C.J. Spiller (2006-09) and S Jonathan Meeks (2009-12)played with Jets LB Ricky Sapp (2006-09) at Clemson.
• Bills SS Da’Norris Searcy was a teammate of Jets DE Quinton Coples from 2008-10 at North Carolina.
• Buffalo LB Jerry Hughes and Jets WR Jeremy Kerley played at Texas Christian together from 2007-09.
• Bills DT Alan Branch (2004-06) manned the Michigan defense with Jets LB David Harris (2004-06).
• Bills DT Alex Carrington played with Jets LB Demario Davis at Arkansas State from 2007-09.
• Bills RB Tashard Choice was a Georgia Tech teammate of Jets S Dawan Landry at Georgia Tech in 2005
• Buffalo LS Garrison Sanborn and Jets CB Antonio Cromartie were teammates at Florida State from 2003-05.
• Bills OL Sam Young (2006-08) played alongside Jets CB Darrin Walls (2006-09) at Notre Dame.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ...
Head Coach Doug Marrone
• With a win, will join Kay Stephenson (1983) as the second head coach in team history to win two of their first three games

OFFENSE
QB EJ Manuel
• Two touchdown passes to pass Joe Ferguson (1973 - 4) for the third-most among Bills rookie quarterbacks in a single-season
• 29 completions to move into fourth among Bills rookie quarterbacks (Joe Ferguson, 1973: 73)

RB C.J. Spiller
• One 100-yard rushing game for his eighth such game and to break a tie for sole possession of eighth-most in team history (Antowain Smith, 7)
• 75 receiving yards to record 1,000 his his career RB Fred Jackson
• Needs 85 yards from scrimmage to pass Joe Cribbs (6,228) for fifth-place on the all-time Bills chart
• 118 rushing yards to surpass Joe Cribbs (4,445) for third in team history

WR Stevie Johnson
• Will extend his current streak of consecutive games with a catch to 51 with a reception on Sunday
• A touchdown catch on Sunday to record one in each of the first three games of the season for the third straight year
• 10 catches to move into 11th in team history (Frank Lewis - 269)
• 115 receiving yards to reach 3,500 in his career

TE Scott Chandler
• One catch to record 90 in his NFL career

C Eric Wood
• Will play in and start the 50th game of his career on Sunday

DEFENSE
DE Mario Williams
• 2.0 sacks to register 70.0 in his NFL career

DT Kyle Williams
• 0.5 a sack to become the 11th Bill with 20 or more in their career

CB Justin Rogers
• Will set a personal single-season best of two interceptions with his next pick (1 in 2011, 2012 and 2013)

FS Jairus Byrd
• One multi-interception game to become the third Bill with five multi-pick games (Tom Janik - 6 and Billy Atkins - 5)

SPECIAL TEAMS
P Shawn Powell
• Two punts inside-the-20 to match Bill Atkins’ mark of 29 for ninth-most in team history

CB/PR Leodis McKelvin
• 45 punt return yards to move into fourth in team history (Kevin Williams - 700)

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What to watch for: Patriots at Bills 5SEP13

THE Buffalo Bills open this season against the NE Patriots at home on Sunday 8SEP13. GO BILLS!!!!! Rich Stadium will be rocking, you need to ROCK the Pats!

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BILLS-PATRIOTS SERIES

Buffalo and New England will meet for the 106th time in the regular season this week. The Bills are 41-63-1 all-time against the Patriots.

Sunday’s game will mark the ninth time the two teams will have met on Kickoff Weekend. The Week One series between the two teams is split at 4-4, with the Bills holding a 3-2 mark in home games.

The September series between Buffalo and New England is an even 10-10.

BILLS-PATRIOTS SERIES HIGHS
Rushing Yards
Bills: 250, O.J. Simpson 9/16/73 @ NE
Patriots: 185, Jim Nance 9/24/67 @ BUF

Receiving Yards
Bills: 177, Eric Moulds 11/29/98 @ NE
Patriots: 217, Wes Welker 9/25/11 @ BUF

Passing Yards
Bills: 369, Ryan Fitzpatrick 9/25/11 @ BUF
Patriots: 387, Tom Brady 9/25/11 @ BUF

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS
FORMER BILLS/PATRIOTS
• Bills OT Thomas Welch was originally drafted by New England in 2010.
• Buffalo TE Lee Smith was the 159th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft to the Patriots.
• New England LB Chris White spent his first two years in the NFL with Buffalo before being released prior to the 2013 season. He was the team’s sixth-round (169th overall) draft selection in 2011.

AREA CONNECTIONS
• Patriots offensive coaching assistant Brian Daboll is a Buffalo, N.Y. native.

NFL CONNECTIONS
• Current Bills HC and then Saints OC Doug Marrone coached Patriots DE Rob Ninkovich in New Orleans from 2006-08.
• Bills STC Danny Crossman coached with Patriots ST coach Scott O’Brien in Carolina from 2003-04. Crossman was a special teams assistant, while O’Brien served as assistant head coach and special teams coach.
• Bills WR coach Ike Hilliard and Patriots offensive assistant coach Brian Daboll coached together in Miami in 2011. Hilliard served as the assistant wide receivers coach, while Daboll was the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator.
• Bills OL coach Pat Morris coached with Patriots WR coach Chad O’Shea in Minnesota from 2006-08. Morris served the same position, while O’Shea was an offensive assistant and wide receivers coach.

COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
• Patriots DE Chandler Jones (2008-11) played at Syracuse, where current Bills HC Doug Marrone served the same position from 2009-12 and current assistant strength and condition coach Hal Luther served as director of strength & conditioning from 2000-12.
• Buffalo LS Garrison Sanborn played with Patriots RB Leon Washington at Florida State from 2003-05.
• Bills LB Kiko Alonso and Patriots RB LaGarrette Blount were teammates at Oregon in 2009.
• Bills CB Ron Brooks and Patriots RB Stevan Ridley competed together at LSU from 2008-10.
• Bills DT Corbin Bryant was teammates with Patriots CB Marquice Cole at Northwestern in 2006.
• Bills DT Marcell Dareus competed with Patriots LB Dont’a Hightower at Alabama from 2008-09.
• Bills TE Chris Gragg was teammates with Patriots DE Jake Bequette and QB Ryan Mallet during the 2008 season at Arkansas.
• Bills LB Jerry Hughes played with Patriots WR Josh Boyce and OT Marcus Cannon at Texas Christian in 2009.
• Bills S Duke Williams shared a locker room at Nevada with Patriots TE Zach Sudfeld from 2009-12.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ...
OFFENSE
QB EJ Manuel
• With a start on Sunday, Manuel would become the 13th quarterback selected in the first round since the 2000 Draft to make their starting debut on Kickoff Weekend

QB Jeff Tuel
• If Tuel starts against New England, he would become the first undrafted rookie free agent quarterback to start a Week One game in the common draft era since 1967

RB C.J. Spiller
• 27 yards from scrimmage to record 3,000 in his NFL career
• 100 rushing yards to join Thurman Thomas (1991-93) as the only running backs in team history to open back-to-back seasons with 100 yard performances

RB Fred Jackson
• One rushing touchdown to mark the 20th of his career
• One 100-yard rushing game to record the 15th of his career and move into sole-possession of third-most in Bills books (Willis McGahee)
• 17 yards from scrimmage to tally 6,000 in his career
• 215 rushing yards to surpass Joe Cribbs (4,445) for third in team history

WR Stevie Johnson
• Will record the 250th catch of his career with his next reception
• One touchdown catch to tally 26 in his NFL career and to move into sole possession of seventh on the team’s touchdown reception list

DEFENSE
DE Mario Williams
• 1.5 sacks to register 65.0 in his NFL career

DT Kyle Williams
• Will appear in his 100th game and make his 95th start this week
• 1.5 sacks to become the 11th Bill with 20 or more in their career

FS Jairus Byrd
• One multi-interception game to become the third Bill with five multi-pick games (Tom Janik - 6 and Billy Atkins - 5)

SPECIAL TEAMS
LS Garrison Sanborn
• Will play in his 65th career game on Sunday

P Shawn Powell
• One punt inside-the-20 to match Wayne Crow’s mark of 24 for 10th-most in team history

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