BUFFALO BILLS
Game Review - Week Two - Bills (2-0) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2)
Buffalo Bills - 20 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars - 16
BILLS-JAGUARS GAME REVIEW EDWARDS ABOVE 80
Trailing 16-10 with eight minutes remaining in the Second-year quarterback Trent Edwards improved to
game, second-year quarterback Trent Edwards led the 5-0 as a starter with a quarterback rating of 80.0 or higher.
Bills on a nine-play, 74-yard drive capped off by a seven- Against Jacksonville, Edwards completed 20-of-25 passes
yard touchdown throw to rookie wide receiver James for 239 yards and one touchdown for a QB rating of 119.8
Hardy. Buffalo took a 17-16 lead and the defense forced - a new career-high.
a three-and-out on Jacksonville’s next series. Ninth-year Below is a look at Edwards’ 80.0 QB rating perfor-
kicker Rian Lindell tacked on his second field goal of the mances:
day from 45 yards out to give Buffalo a 20-16 lead and the
final score of the contest. EDWARDS 80.0 RATING OR BETTER
The win improves the Bills to 2-0 on the season. The GAME CMP-AT-YDS TD/INT RTG
Bills last started a season 2-0 in 2003 and have now done 9/30/07 vs. NYJ 22-28-234 1/1 98.5
so three times this decade (2000, 2003 and 2008). 12/2/07 at WAS 22-36-257 0/0 82.8
The road victory also marks the third time this 12/9/07 vs. MIA 11-13-165 4/0 111.4
decade that Buffalo has won their first road game of the 9/7/08 vs. SEA 19-30-215 1/0 95.8
season (2002, 2003 and 2008). 9/14/08 at JAX 20-25-239 1/0 119.8
Buffalo now holds a 5-3 record against Jacksonville
including a 3-1 mark on the road. Edwards set a team record completing 16 consecu-
Head Coach Dick Jauron won his 16th game as the tive passes by starting out 10-of-10 against Jacksonville.
Bills coach, improving his record to 16-18. He is now one He completed his last six passing attempts vs. Seattle in
win away from tying Gregg Williams with the fifth-most Week One.
wins as a Bills head coach (17).
MOST CONSECTIVE PASSES COMPLETED
100 MARKS THE SPOT 16 Trent Edwards, 9/7/08 vs. Sea. (6)-9/14/08 at Jax (10)
15 Jim Kelly, 12/23/89 at N.Y.J, (1)- 9/9/90 vs. Ind. (14)
The Bills defense held the running attack of Jackson- 13 Jim Kelly, 9/1/91 vs. Mia. (7)-9/8/91 vs. Pit. (6)
ville to a total of 98 rushing yards, marking their second 13 Doug Flutie, 12/26/99 at N.E. (12)- 10/8/00 at Mia. (1)
consecutive game of holding their opponent to under 100 12 Jim Kelly, 9/18/88 at N.E.
yards rushing (85 vs. Seattle in Week One).
By holding Seattle and Jacksonville to under 100
yards rushing in back-to-back games to open the season, HARDY POSTS FIRST TD
Buffalo’s defense marked the fifth time in team history to
open a season reaching the feat. Rookie wide receiver James Hardy hauled in his first
Below is a look at the five seasons the Bills have career touchdown against Jacksonville, a seven-yard jump
held their opponents to 100 yards rushing or less in each ball in the back corner of the end zone with 4:10 remain-
of their first two games: ing. The grab gave Buffalo a 17-16 lead.
Hardy is currently one of three rookie wide receivers
YEAR TOTAL RUSHING YARDS THROUGH 2 to record a touchdown in the 2008 season:
1961 166 (100 in Week 1, 66 in Week 2) ROOKIE WR TOUCHDOWN LEADERS
1964 139 (70 in Week 1, 69 in Week 2) PLAYER/TEAM TDs REC YARDS AVG.
2000 93 (53 in Week 1, 40 in Week 2) 1. Eddie Royal DEN 2 14 183 13.1
2004 156 (83 in Week 1, 73 in Week 2) T2. James Hardy BUF 1 2 12 6.0
2008 183 (85 in Week 1, 98 in Week 2) T2. Jordy Nelson GB 1 1 29 29.0
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EVANS MOVING THE CHAINS LYNCH RUSHING LEADER
Fifth-year wide receiver Lee Evans gained 77 yards Second-year running back Marshawn Lynch led all
on four receptions vs. Jacksonville. Each of his four catch- rushers with 59 yards on 19 attempts against Jackson-
es resulted in first downs and all eight of his receptions in ville. He has led the team in rushing in 14 of his 15 career
2008 have moved the chains for Buffalo’s offense. games and set a franchise record by rushing for 60 yards
Evans is currently one of four receivers in 2008 to or more in his first 14 games of his career.
have all of their catches on the season result in first downs Lynch became the first running back since Travis
(min. 5). Henry in 2003 to rush for touchdowns in the first two
Below is a look at the four receivers with all of their games of a season.
receptions in 2008 resulting in first downs (min. 5):
MOST CONS. 60-YD. RUSHING GAMES
RECEIVERS WITH 1ST DOWN ON EACH REC. 16 O.J. Simpson, 1973 (8)-74 (8)
PLAYER/TEAM REC. YARDS AVG. 14 O.J. Simpson, 1974 (1)-75 (13)
1. Lee Evans BUF 8 179 22.4 14 Marshawn Lynch, 2007 (13)-08 (1)
T2. Roy Williams DET 6 95 15.8 13 Travis Henry, 2003 (10)-04 (3)
T2. Jason Witten DAL 6 96 16.0 10 Thurman Thomas, 1992 (8)-93 (2)
4. Arnaz Battle SF 5 60 12.0
LINDELL PUTTING IT THROUGH
Evans’ 77 yard performance moves him 94 yards
away from reaching 4,000 for his career. The Wisconsin K Rian Lindell’s attempt of two point after touch-
product has played in 66 career games and can become downs in Jacksonville tied the ninth-year veteran for third
the fastest to 4,000 yards if he gains 94 yards this week place on the team’s list for most PATs attempted.
vs. Oakland. Below is a chart of the team’s all-time leaders in most
Below is a look at the fastest receivers to reach the PATs attempted:
4,000-yard mark in franchise history and the number of
games played to reach the feat: MOST P.A.T. ATTEMPTED (KICKING), CAREER
PLAYER PAT ATT., CAREER
PLAYER/ GAMES TO REACH TOTAL
YEARS 4,000 (DATE) YARDS 1. Steve Christie 1992-2000 313
Frank Lewis ‘78-83 68 (12/27/1982) 4,638 2. Scott Norwood 1985-91 278
Andre Reed ‘85-99 69 (11/19/1989) 13,095 T3. John Leypoldt 1971-76 158
Elbert Dubenion ‘60-68 72 9/19/1965) 5,309 T3. Rian Lindell 2003 - 158
Eric Moulds ‘96-05 74 (11/26/2000) 9,096
Jerry Butler ‘79-83, 85-86 78 (9/7/1986) 4,301 Lindell converted two field goals (21- and 45-yards)
Thurman Thomas ’88-99 143 (10/5/1997) 4,341 and two extra point attempts in the team’s 20-16 win
against Jacksonville. With his eight points, Lindell moved
Lee Evans 2004 - 66 3,906 to within two points of third place on the team’s all-time
scoring list.
KICK RETURN GAME Below is a look at the franchise’s scoring leaders:
MOST POINTS, CAREER
PLAYER PTS., CAREER
First round selection (11th overall), Leodis McKelvin, 1. Steve Christie K 1992-2000 1,011
led the Bills with 43 kickoff return yards on two attempts 2. Scott Norwood K 1985-91 670
for an average of 21.5 per try. McKelvin fielded his first T3. Thurman Thomas RB 1988-99 522
kick return in the third quarter for a 21-yard gain. Among T3. Andre Reed WR 1985-99 522
rookies, McKelvin currently ranks seventh in kick return 5. Rian Lindell K 2003 - 521
average, tied for eighth in kickoff return attempts and ninth
in kick return yards. OTHER NOTES ... ... ...
Cornerback/kick returner Terrence McGee gained 35
yards on two kick returns against Jacksonville, extending Quarterback Trent Edwards moved to 7-4 as a
his club record to 5,420 KOR yards. McGee moved past starter... Cornerback Terrence McGee recorded his 15th
Bruce Harper for eighth in the NFL record book for most career interception and tied Billy Atkins for 16th in team
kickoff return yards with one team: history... Buffalo is 13-2 when McGee posts an INT... Run-
ning back Fred Jackson set new career-highs with seven
MOST KOR YDS., ONE TEAM, CAREER receptions for 83 yards to lead all receivers on the day...
9,586 Brian Mitchell, Wash. Wide receiver Josh Reed passed James Lofton for 12th
8,644 Dante Hall, K.C. place in team history with 2,760 career receiving yards...
5,987 Michael Bates, Car. Wide receiver/punt returner Roscoe Parrish now has a
5,903 Michael Lewis, N.O. 20+yard return in four straight games, marking the longest
5,717 Tyrone Hughes, N.O. streak of his career and in franchise history... Cornerback
5,489 Allen Rossum, Atl. Ashton Youboty recorded his second career sack, both of
5,478 Mel Gray, Det. which have taken place at Jacksonville... Defensive tackle
5,420 Terrence McGee, Buf. Kyle Williams posted his third career sack.
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LAST WEEK - BILLS vs. JAGUARS FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
The Buffalo Bills used a quick start and a great finish to defeat
the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-16 Sunday afternoon at Jacksonville Munici-
pal Stadium.
BILLS HEAD COACH DICK JAURON
On the Bills first possession of the game, QB Trent Edwards led On playing in the heat
the Bills on an 11-play, 82-yard drive that RB Marshawn Lynch finished It was very hot on that field, really hot. I’ve spent a
off with an 11-yard dash into the end zone for a 7-0 lead. Edwards was 6 good deal of time here and it was one of the hotter games
for 6 on the drive for 53 yards. I’ve spent in this stadium. I thought our guys did a terrific
The teams traded field goals before the half to send the Bills
into halftime with a 10-3 lead. The momentum swung fully to Jacksonville job of staying with it through the heat. We prepared well in
after the break, as they took the second half kickoff and marched 74 terms of that but it can only carry you so far. They worked
yards for a touchdown and a tie game. On the ensuing kickoff, Jackson- hard and we made enough plays to win.
ville Head Coach Jack Del Rio caught the Bills special teams off-guard
and called for a surprise onside kick. After the Jaguars recovered, they
drove 29 yards for a Josh Scobee field goal. After another Scobee field
On the poise of Trent Edwards
goal, the Bills found themselves trailing 10-16 just over 30 seconds into It was a huge part of the game. Not only did he take us
the fourth quarter. down when he had to but he also took us down in the
It was Edwards, again, that led the Bills down the field with midst of the heat. You know those guys are all dog-tired
seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. After connecting with WR and sucking it up and they’re all working hard to get
Lee Evans for a 37-yard gain on a critical third-and-six to bring the Bills to
the Jacksonville seven yard line, Edwards threw a perfectly placed pass through the game and he’s keeping them focused and
to rookie WR James Hardy on the next play from scrimmage. The go- moving. He’s pretty good. We don’t know how good he can
ahead score was Hardy’s first career touchdown reception. After the Bills be but he gives us a chance. He gave us a chance today,
defense held the Jaguars to a three-and-out on their next possession, no interceptions, and I think he was twenty of twenty-five.
Buffalo tacked on a Rian Lindell field goal with 24 seconds left.
In addition to the contributions of Edwards and Hardy, the Bills
offense got a big boost from backup RB Fred Jackson, who rushed for 17 QUARTERBACK - TRENT EDWARDS (capt.)
yards and had seven receptions for 83 yards. On the fourth-quarter game winning drive
It was huge. It was also a great job by our defense
TEAM 1 2 3 4 FINAL to keep us in the game and get us the ball back. We didn’t
Bills 7 3 0 10 - 20
have great field position but I could tell we still had it within
Jaguars 0 3 10 3 - 16
our reach. We had plenty of plays in our playbook to call
Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Drive Score and we had been executing our offense great all day. It
BUF 1/8:00 M. Lynch 11 yd run (Lindell kick) 11-82, 7:00 7-0 was a matter of putting a drive together. Our front five
JAX 2/13:22 J. Scobee 28 FG 10-46, 5:08 7-3
BUF 2/6:21 R. Lindell 21 FG 12-77, 7:01 10-3 blocked well on that drive, and I’m talking about, Melvin
JAX 3/9:31 M. Jones-Drew 2 yd run (Scobee kick)11-74, 5:29 10-10 Fowler, Langston Walker, Brad Butler, Derrick Dockery, Ja-
JAX 3/6:06 J. Scobee 50 FG 6-29, 3:25 10-13 son Peters, Kirk Chambers, Duke Preston. A lot of credit
JAX 4/14:31 J. Scobee 39 FG 8-15, 4:04 10-16
BUF 4/4:10 J. Hardy 7 yd pass from T. Edwards (Lindell kick) 9-74, 3:5017-16 to all those guys. Those guys were switching in and out all
BUF 4/0:24 R. Lindell 45 FG 6-5, 2:57 20-16 day. It was hot and tough conditions to play in.
Bills Jaguars On his TD pass to James Hardy
Total First Downs 18 18 James and I have been working on that in practice.
Third Down Efficiency 55% 18%
Total Net Yards 285 243
It’s easier to sit here and say that you have to throw it
Total Offensive Plays 54 57 high, but until you’re in that situation it’s pretty hard to do.
Average Per Play 5.3 4.3 James ran a great route, and when the two underneath
Net Yards Rushing 75 98 guys dropped off on him, it was a matter of throwing it up
Total Rushing Plays 26 27 high. James is a big receiver and that’s why we drafted
Net Yards Passing 210 145 him. That’s why we want him in our offense – to throw
Times Sacked/Yards Lost 3-29 2-20 balls like that in critical situations and have him catch
Pass Atts-Comps-INTs 25-20-0 28-17-1
Punts- No. and Yards 3-47.7 4-50.5
touchdown passes for us.
Penalties – No. and Yards 4-40 5-35
Fumbles – No. and Lost 1-1 1-1 WIDE RECEIVER - JAMES HARDY
Touchdowns 2 1 On his game-winning touchdown catch
FGM/A 2/2 3/3 I just wanted to go up and make the play. Trent put
Time of Possession 31:14 28:46 it in the right spot. I just wanted to come down with the ball
and I was able to do that. We just wanted to come down
RUSHING here and get the win. Now we got it done, we’ll go back
JAGUARS: F. Taylor 14-49, D. Garrard 6-32, M. Jones-Drew 7-17 TD home, enjoy it for the day and then get ready for Oakland.
BILLS: M. Lynch 19-59 TD, F. Jackson 6-17, T. Edwards 1-(-1)
DEFENSIVE TACKLE - MARCUS STROUD
PASSING
JAGUARS: D. Garrard 17-28, 165 yards, INT
On coming back to Jacksonville
BILLS: T. Edwards 20-25, 239 yards, TD We came in and had a good win, a very close good
game. I knew those guys were going to play hard and
RECEIVING were able to do it. Anytime you get to come back and play
JAGUARS: M. Jones 5-50, R. Williams 4-36, D. Northcutt 3-36, M. Jones- against your friends for so many years, it’s definitely meant
Drew 3-25, M. Lewis 1-13, F. Taylor 1-5
a lot. It was a great game.
BILLS: F. Jackson 7-83, L. Evans 4-77, J. Reed 4-36, J. Hardy 2-12 TD,
R. Parrish 1-12, D. Schouman 1-11, M. Lynch 1-8
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