Rex Ryan Goes Crazy, Swears On Sideline After Bills Beat Jets

The Jets had a golden chance to go ahead when they forced the Bills to punt on their next possession and then took over on the Bills 13-yard line on a bad snap. Carpenter missed the ensuing extra point, giving Buffalo a 9-3 lead.

Ryan Fitzpatrick lined up in the shotgun and scanned the field. If he had kicked the first goal earlier in the fourth quarter, another field goal here would have won the game. It marked the first time Manuel, whom the Bills selected in the first round of the 2013 draft, was a healthy inactive.

When NY reached the Buffalo 20, though, they eschewed a field-goal opportunity and tried a unusual pass to Marshall well behind the line of scrimmage on fourth-and-two.

Ryan didn’t hold back after the game, admitting that there most certainly was a level of revenge involved.

His defense had two interceptions, recovered a fumble and stopped the Jets inside the Bills 10 in the final minutes, capped by Bacarri Rambo’s game-clinching last-minute pick. “It was never about me”.

Even the online membership of Simms haters had to admit that he and his CBS play-by-play partner Jim Nantz didn’t miss too much on CBS coverage for The NFL Network telecast. From here on out, every win by the Raiders and Bills puts more pressure on the Jets. Ryan said Monday that Manuel remains the team’s backup quarterback. It became a really bad choice when they chose to throw to tight end Kellen Davis on a corner route – the same Davis who entered the game with one reception. Simms explained that Ryan challenged it to continue the Bills’ momentum, which is exactly what happened. New York’s turnover issued completely turned the game in Buffalo’s favour.

LeSean McCoy was making people look silly. He was on full display Thursday night in his return to East Rutherford. Take this play for example. That drive was the first sign of life from the Buffalo offense, and it carried over into the start of the second half. 1 stiff-arm + 2 jump-cuts later?

Ivory lost a fumble that led to a Buffalo field goal in the third quarter.

McCoy’s 112-yards tied a season-high.

Rex Ryan said all week that Thursday’s game against the Jets wasn’t that big of a deal.

A historic TD for Karlos Williams as he joins Robert Edwards as only players with TD in each of first 6 games.

Bills had a case of the dropsies.

The ball hit Lawson right in the hands and if he would’ve caught it, it would’ve been the easiest pick-6 of his life.

Lawson shouldn’t feel too frightful though because he’s on defense and it’s not his job to catch the ball. Moral of the story: Teams that want to establish the run against the Jets can do so. Kick the field goal.

This is not to say Geno Smith should be under center (although one wonders what it says when a wounded Fitzpatrick is still considered a better option than a healthy Smith). It merely means that Fitzpatrick needs to play smarter. “Of course, you are going to have a few of those types of things”, he said.

Do you believe in FitzMagic? He sat out the 2010 season finale because the Jets were already locked into their playoff position.

One day after getting picked off to seal a loss to the Buffalo Bills, NY Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will undergo surgery Friday to fix a torn ligament in his left (non-throwing) thumb.

The Bills’ offense was choppy at best, so they had to lean on the defense and special teams to help get them on the scoreboard.

Let’s start with Eric Decker. “You guys made it all about me”, he said. I’ve got to come down with that ball. You saw that in the second half. “We knew in the back of our mind, we were going to win it for him”.

Fitzpatrick. To Marshall. To Graham.

Baffling fourth down calls from Todd Bowles.

They had just 12 takeways in the first eight games of this season. Fitzpatrick threw an interception on the next play to end any hopes of a miracle comeback. Sticks. On. Critical. Downs.

Simms also made a little news. A loss to the Jets would have dealt the Bills a serious dagger to their playoff chances. That one play was a Chris Ivory fumble, ripped by Rambo in a career game from him. “He did well, got the team to two AFC championship games”.

“No, you lose games for a reason”.

Thursday Night Football is notorious for lousy gameplay, as the teams are playing with three days less rest than normal.

Interestingly enough, the noticeable change in uniforms was part of the NFL’s “Color Rush” promotion. It wasn’t a reversal of roles as much as a dose of reality for a team still in transition.

These unis are sick.

“But you know what? it’s real”. But the Bears have been gashed on the ground in each of the last three games, struggling to stop the likes of West Virginia, Iowa State and Kansas State.