Fitzpatrick hopes to be back with Jets next season

He thought this might be the year, but alas, it wasn’t. “It’s such a mixture of emotions at that moment”, Wood said. “I don’t think [Sunday’s] performance, Fitz should be judged by that. With how great we played this year and to blow it at the last game it’s pretty frustrating”. The Steelers desperately need him to make a speedy recovery. They slipped from fourth in the National Football League in yards allowed and points allowed to 19th and 15th, respectively.

Dareus’ hit on Ryan Fitzpatrick on the first snap following the two-minute warning led to the quarterback throwing his second of three interceptions in the fourth quarter.

Coach Todd Bowles deftly handled the rockiest point of his first year on the job by rallying his players. We saw some of those teams yesterday. “There are things he can do that he needs to do better, and one of the major things is obviously the consistency”.

One reason for hope that that can happen in 2016 is that assuming there are no major changes to the coaching staff, the Bills can go through the offseason fine-tuning their schemes and becoming more proficient. Who would you like to see Smith play for?

“Hopefully we’ll be able to build a lot this spring instead of installing and learning new plays, we’re building on what we already have”, said Wood. All he’s voiced is he wants to come in here and play the best he can and help us obtain the goal of getting to the playoffs.

“I’m going to continue to do that, but work 10 times harder, ” he said, “because I’ve got 10 times more motivation”. I’m excited about the direction of our team. “I’ve said it before”, he pointed out. Urbik has started 57 games for the Bills, including four this season.

There’s something to be said for the continuity of having Fitzpatrick back, particularly with wideouts Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall still under contract. “Everyone has a full year under their belt as far as the offensive system goes”. Me and Dee (Milliner) talked about it. He has to get healthy. But during their five-game win streak, they proved to be resourceful and resilient while finding ways to win late against the Giants, the Cowboys, and the Patriots.

Bowles said 10-6 “on the surface, is an OK record, but it’s not enough to get in”.

Primanti Brothers, a Pittsburgh-based sandwich shop, sent boxes of food to the Bills in celebration of the Steelers making the postseason – a feat made possible by Buffalo’s 22-17 win over the Jets on Sunday.

“And thirdly, it’s going to come down to those last-second heroics where we have to put the team and the ball and the game in his hands and he carries us down and wins the game”. “But I use things as my motivation, as fuel to my fire”.

Buffalo won despite an injury-depleted lineup. Of their eight losses, three were to teams with losing records in the Giants, Jaguars, and Eagles.

“I would have scored, 100 percent”, Thompkins said.

As our first full season as owners of the Buffalo Bills draws to a close, management, coaches, players and fans all feel that our expectations were not met…. The touchdown catch was the 14th for Marshall, tying him with Maynard and WR Art Powell for the most in a single season in franchise history. The Bills also got solid production from tight end Charles Clay and receiver Robert Woods.

END FOR MARIO: Bills defensive end Mario Williams said he wants to be back but doesn’t know what his future holds in Buffalo. Rookie cornerback Ronald Darby was a pleasant surprise. Dareus was not the same force in the middle he was in 2014 when he made the Pro Bowl, and the loss of Kyle Williams in Week 6 definitely hurt.

The many pitfalls the Steelers endured this year, some of which they could have avoided, vanished from the team’s memory following its 28-12 win over the Browns. On the flip side, they were No. 1 in kickoff coverage, due mainly to Jordan Gay producing 43 touchbacks. But since they upset Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, some naturally assumed the next game, against an exponentially easier team, was a fate accompli. This was a good building year for the offense.