Bills' offense flounders in third straight loss

Trent Edwards led the Bills to an anemic 168 total yards.
AP

I don’t want to shortchange the defensive effort by the Patriots, especially the play of the front seven, but the Bills offense continued to be anemic in a 20-10 loss to New England.

That makes three straight losses for the Bills, all to divisional opponents. In all three losses, Buffalo's offense has scored a total of three touchdowns. The Bills had just 168 total yards against the Patriots.

There was also some questionable play-calling by Buffalo. On its first drive in the third quarter, the Bills had third down and 1 near midfield when Trent Edwards threw an incomplete pass. When you’re having trouble moving the chains and all you need is one yard for a first down and your quarterback has been misfiring, you keep it on the ground.

But then, the Bills never established a running game. It’s tough to establish anything offensively when your defense can’t get off the field. The time of possession was lopsided -- the Patriots had the ball for 37:40. A good chunk of that was in the fourth quarter on a 19-yard touchdown drive by New England that took more than 9 minutes off the clock and put the game away.

A couple other items worth mentioning: On the Patriots opening drive, Bills DB Ko Simpson’s hit on Randy Moss was not vicious and did not warrant a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. I thought the Bills were victimized by another bad call later on the drive when the replay showed Wes Welker did not have two feet inbounds on a 21-yard completion.

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November 9, 2008 06:47 PM ET

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Bills' offense is horrendus the last couple of games...

PackersLP21

Titletown, WI

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What's up with the AFC East? The last 3 blogs in "For the Record" were all about the AFC East.

November 9, 2008 07:07 PM ET

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Originally posted 06:47 PM ET 11.09 by PackersLP21

What's up with the AFC East? The last 3 blogs in "For the Record" were all about the AFC East.

It's because the writers believe that due to the Patriots situation, and the surprising play of the other teams, that it is becoming interesting. And it is.

Circus Maximus

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November 9, 2008 07:09 PM ET

I think the rule is that when all the teams in a division have winning records it goes into heavy rotation. The Jets-Pats match-up on Thurdsay is bound to get a few "Record" spins.

Johnny B.Goode

Blue Point, NY

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November 9, 2008 07:21 PM ET

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Originally posted 07:07 PM ET 11.09 by Circus Maximus

It's because the writers believe that due to the Patriots situation, and the surprising play of the other teams, that it is becoming interesting. And it is.

Best division to watch right now. Or Retarded Herm Edwards going for two instead of the tie.

The True Joker

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November 9, 2008 08:49 PM ET

Herm Edwards thought that marshmallow defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell was still in charge. If Cottrell was still running the Chargers D, the Chiefs win 21-20. Cottrell always hated the fact that Norv and AJ took him away from his janitorial gig at the NFL offices so he would intentionally lose games.

assclownbush

Beverly Hills , CA

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November 9, 2008 10:18 PM ET

AFC East is turning into the best division in the AFC

Mike Litoris

Halethorpe , MD

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November 9, 2008 10:19 PM ET

AFC East is turning out to be the best division in the AFC and only behind the NFC East as the best division in football.

November 9, 2008 10:20 PM ET

Herm Edwards thought it was still the preseason and these games didn't count.

November 10, 2008 12:36 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:20 PM ET 11.09 by Mike Litoris

Herm Edwards thought it was still the preseason and these games didn't count.

Hilarious. I... just don't know that Herm is a good coach of any magnitude. Interesting for sound bites and commercials maybe, but a decent head coach, not.