Thoughts following Bills/Jet

 I have had the inclination to write some things regarding last night Bills/Jets game in bullet point fashion, because I have a lot to say about it.

1. I have thought for several years that fans should try not to have specific expectations going into a season. Sports in general are too random and too fragile to have such a thing as "Super Bowl or bust", "World Series or bust" etc. And last night showed that. The Jets went from possible Super Bowl contender to barely contending in the playoffs in 4 snaps. That is how fragile sports is. That combined with the fact that I never really dived in with the Jets/Rodgers hype meant that I took the injury with a shrug. But I feel bad for a lot of legitimate fans that bought all in and feel like their hearts are ripped out. I just don't want to hear them on a loop i.e. social media and sports talk radio.

2. I am beginning to believe that Metlife Stadium was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Think about it, the Jets and Giants have mostly been bad the past 10 years the stadium has been open. Both (as well as visiting teams) have had numerous injuries on the turf there. They actually changed out the turf for this year because of that fact. Well, that didn't help at all. 

3. The Jets are tough are gritty. They could have easily just given up and got blown out. They didn't and now they have bought themselves a little time to try and find another QB. If they had lost to Buffalo, next week at Dallas would have been a must win and they would have most likely gone down the drain. Instead. they probably are going to be blown out by Dallas, and still only be 1-1. That's huge for them. Again, they're not going to the Super Bowl, but can they have a nice season? Yeah. Their roster is that good.

4. Now to the Bills. They have several problems. So maybe I should indent further.

    

   a: The Jets have their number, at least defensively. The last 6 games they've played, the Bills have struggled on offense against them. They have pulled away late at times, but they have not played great against them. Especially Josh Allen (get to that in a moment)

  b: After Rodgers went down, the Bills should have just stacked the box and forced Zach Wilson to beat them. Instead, they give up 28 carries for 172 yards. Most of that was Breece Hall, who looked pretty damn good off of an injury. And I have to be honest, Wilson's stat line was not egregiously bad. A lot of safe throws and he did have his bonehead pick, but he certainly outplayed the Bills QB... (Here it comes)

c: Josh Allen misses Brian Daboll. That's all there is to it. When Daboll was there, Allen was not turning the ball over as much and more in control. And this is not one game, this happened last year too. Also, not a coincidence that in the first season as Giants HC, Daniel Jones saw his turnovers decrease dramatically. That is why, although, it is just one Week 1 loss for the Bills, I would be concerned about them because it's continuing the pattern from last year. That is why I think they are the 3rd best team in the AFC at the moment (maybe even 4th if Miami continues to be legit).