My Bills/Bucs Recap

This was actually one of the better football days for me in Queens. I changed up my football routine by going to a different bar by my house. The new spot wasn't exactly packed, but there were diehard fans from different teams at the spot. I was floored with how many Detroit Lions, yes, the Detroit Lion fans were in the house. Seriously, I've never met a Lions fan in my life and they were hilariously rowdy. And on the other side of the bar were insufferable Eagles fans, who just were going ape shit over their tilt in a winter wonderland against Detroit.

By the time the blizzard game was over, which was a hell of a ballgame, we saw the conclusion of the Ravens/Vikings game, which had 6 lead changes in the 4th quarter alone and ended on two miraculous TDs by both teams. Holy crap, these were exciting times. Oh, and the Browns were up by two scores against the Pats with like 3 minutes left. Game over, right? WRONG! Pats get a TD, a onside kick, a really crappy PI call and then score on the game winner with like 30 seconds left. The bar went insane out of anger because of how they loathe the Pats.

It becomes cliche for local lamestream and some fans to shit all over the NFL product because the Bills just bring out the worst in it, but when you see games like this with fans who actually have hope, you see why it is the best sport in country. For me, it isn't really about jealousy, but more about envy. Just wishing you could have meaningful, entertaining games in December like most of those fans do on any given Sunday. Days like this are a constant reminder about how moral victories in December mean nothing when you actually see teams fighting for their playoff lives.

Yeah..The Bills played a game today and it fucken sucked. Below will be a bunch of stats that don't even tell the whole story. The story is out there…Out in a football world that has color and hope. You can only hope one day the Bills will get there…and this is a recording from 2006, 2004, 2010 and 2012.

—EJ Manuel was awful today. Yes, I get that rookie QBs tend to have games like these, but holy crap. 4INTs and 7 sacks…against the Bucs? EJ missed a ton of throws today and was just all around erratic. We all know that watching and reacting to a rookie QB play football is nothing more than football bipolarism. However, the worst of EJ has eclipsed the best of him so far this season. Today, he averaged just 4.5 yards a pass and the team had just 14 1st downs. Don't let the nice TD/INT ratio or completion percentage fool you. Outside of his Carolina/ 2nd Jets game, he's been meh and pretty crappy for the most parts. Sure, it wasn't all his fault and I'll get into the reasons belows, but you'd like to feel better about him when he's playing against garbage competition.

Stat: EJ Manuel has averaged less than 6 yards per attempt in 5 of his 9 starts this season.

—How about that offensive line?! 7 fricken sacks!? 7! Last time the Bills gave up 7 or more sacks twice in one season was back in 1998 when Rob fricken Johnson was the QB. Whether it is the loss of Levitre, the interior guys sucking, penalties, Chan Gailey, rookie QB, Eric Wood's hair, or new scheme, the line has been a major disappointment this season. The Bills have given up 39 sacks this season, which is the most they've given up since 2009 and only 7 behind eclipsing the high for that season. Whether it was by blitz or just the DL stunting, the line did a piss poor job protecting EJ today.

Stat: Heading into this game, the Bills OL gave up 41 rushes that resulted in negative yardage this season.

—How about these young WRs? Ugh. You know it is bad when people start bitching about Da'Rick Rogers scoring 2TDs with the Colts on Twitter (Note: My fucken dog could run pass patterns with Andrew Luck throwing him a Frisbee and Rogers sucked ass here in the summer. So, move along.). Every guy who is suppose to catch the football looked like hot garbage today. Stevie Johnson seems to have checked out and is just lacking concentrating. I think the losing has finally gotten to him and he's just going through the motions. A week after having that killer fumble, you'd think he'd be primed to make some plays and avoid mistakes, yet, there he is..bouncing up a football like it was a fricken beach ball to gift wrap a Tampa Bay INT.

Then we get all his proteges, who everyone is trying to anoint as his replacement. Um, yeah…Fuck you. You wanna get rid of Stevie, fine. But you better bring in new guys. TJ Graham and Marquise Goodwin haven't caught a pass in two weeks. Robert Woods has 10 catches for 110 yards in his last 4 games. Yeah..real progress here, guys.

—6.4, 8.3, 5.5, 9.9, 2.4, 0.9, 3.3, 1.8, 2.9, 2.2 and 0.5. No, this isn't a lesson in algebra. Those are CJ's average yards per carry in his games this season. BTW, the Bills had just one rushing 1st down today.

Stat: The Bills are 1-8 in their last 9 December road games and have been outscored by 168 points.

—Seriously, fuck everyone on offense today. Just a tirefire of crap. The Bills had 11 drives that resulted in 5 plays or fewer. Yes, 11!!! Oh, and thanks CBS for having your feed cut out during the team's first FG drive. Couldn't even give me that!?

—-Hey, speaking of fucking off..How about that defense? Outside of Byrd, Dareus..actually, fuck them too. I'm sick of this defense giving up big plays to crappy offenses. Who the hell is Bobby Rainey? This guy was making it rain all day long in the rushing department. Just..UGH!! Amazing, the Bills allow just 13 1st downs and 9 completions, yet, they give 27 points. Unbelievable. Kiko Alonso playing out of position. Nickell Robey getting burned. Vincent Jackson showing the world what a #1 WR can do. Just a shit show by them. YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST THE BUCS! THE BUCS! They don't really have an offense outside of Vincent Jackson and you give up 27 points?! Just get me my draft guide, vodka and a gun with two bullets.

Stat: The Bills have allowed Steven Ridley, Bilal Powell, and Bobby Rainey to gain over 100 yards rushing this season. Yeah, not exactly Emmitt Smith quality here.

Final words: Yeah, fuck this. I'm so over this crap. I'm over trying to decipher if the Bills losing is really different than years past. Fuck it. I probably got like one more recap in me and that's it. Anyways, go see Hunger Games. That's all I got.