Buffalo Bills disappointed that Jets replaced QB Geno Smith



Kyle Newport, Bleacherreport:
“We were bummed out when they took Geno out.’’

It's not clear who said that, but it's hard to blame the Bills for feeling that way. After all, Geno Smith completed just two of his eight passes for five yards and threw three interceptions in about 10 minutes of play before being benched in favor of Michael Vick.

Smith had struggled mightily this year, but his performance in Week 8 was easily his worst of the season. Buffalo had a good game plan and executed it to perfection.

The defense of the Buffalo Bills is getting pretty greedy. When they have the opening game coin toss, you are not allowed the option of choosing the opponent's QB. While Jets starter Geno Smith had a game for the ages, the backup wasn't the second coming of Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, either.

The New York Jets are actually a difficult team to play. In the words of New England head coach Bill Belichick, " Underestimating an opponent is never in my game plan." The Buffalo Bills should be happy that they get to play the 2014 New York Jets twice this season.

On Sunday, the New York Jets performance at QB reached the unreachable. The starter, Geno Smith threw for 5 yards on 2 of 8 passing with three first half interceptions. His QB rating was 0.0. The question that the Bills should be asking is "how did three passes not get caught?"

The reliever, Michael Vick almost kept pace with Geno. Michael did complete 18 of 36 passes, but was intercepted once and fumbled four times, recovering two. His QB rating was a stellar 19.0.
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Scoring is based on a set of scores where the average is a C. Neither Geno nor Michael could even be given an F.

The next game against the New York Jets will be in Buffalo on November 23rd. The Bills shouldn't waste their time game planning for Geno Smith or Michael Vick. The third stringer should have the Jets offense down pat by then. All you have to do is follow the bouncing ball.

Paul Murphy is a freelance writer from New Hampshire.

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