Game Preview - Week 8: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

Buffalo: The Bills have decided to go with rookie QB Trent Edwards as their starter despite the fact J.P. Losman has recovered from his knee injury. Buffalo has scored 20 points per game since Edwards took over but to say he's sparked the passing game would be an understatement. The Bills have one (1) passing touchdown this season and Edwards has thrown over 200 yards in only one game… against the Jets back in Week 4. Marshawn Lynch remains the bulk of the offense although another Lee Evans sighting occurred last week (5 catches 95 yds). Buffalo yet to win on the road and while they might be a better team, until they prove they can get over the road hump, you have to take the Jets in this one.

Start: RB Marshawn Lynch
Consider: WR Lee Evans
Sit: WR Peerless Price, WR Josh Reed, QB J.P. Losman, TE Robert Royal

New York Jets: The Jets find themselves at 1-6 and everybody in the tri-state area calling for quarterback Kellen Clemens. Jets head coach Eric Mangini said that Pennington will remain the starter this week, noting his play-making and decision making abilities as the primary reasons but the writing is on the wall. Should the Jets lose this game don't be surprised if the switch is made. Pennington did throw for 290 yards with a touchdown the last time these teams met and is coming off a 20 of 31 effort for 272 yards and three touchdowns against the Benglas last week. With a little help from Thomas Jones, the Jets can win this game and save Pennington's job… for one more week anyway.

Start: WR Laveranues Coles
Consider: QB Chad Pennington, RB Thomas Jones, WR Jerricho Cotchery
Sit: RB Leon Washington, TE Chris Baker

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Buffalo Bills
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 24	Trent Edwards	Pass: 190, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 8	Marshawn Lynch	Rush: 90, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 29	Lee Evans	Rec: 4-60, 0
WR 41	Josh Reed	Rec: 4-45, 0
WR 50	Roscoe Parrish	Rec: 2-25, 0
TE 23	Robert Royal	Rec: 2-15, 0

New York Jets
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 13	Chad Pennington	Pass: 220, 2 Rush: 5, 0
RB 16	Thomas Jones	Rush: 80, 0 Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 39	Leon Washington	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 2-15, 0
WR 12	Laveranues Coles	Rec: 7-85, 1
WR 27	Jerricho Cotchery	Rec: 5-65, 0
WR 68	Brad Smith	Rec: 1-15, 0
TE 25	Chris Baker	Rec: 1-15, 0

View all Week 8 Rankings or Projections

Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Buffalo Bills
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DEN	H	L 14-15	-1
2	2007-09-16	PIT	A	L 3-26	-23
3	2007-09-23	NE	A	L 7-38	-31
4	2007-09-30	NYJ	H	W 17-14	+3
5	2007-10-08	DAL	H	L 24-25	-1
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	BAL	H	W 19-14	+5
8	2007-10-28	NYJ	A	W 13-3	+10
9	2007-11-04	CIN	H
10	2007-11-11	MIA	A
11	2007-11-18	NE	H
12	2007-11-25	JAC	A
13	2007-12-02	WAS	A
14	2007-12-09	MIA	H
15	2007-12-16	CLE	A
16	2007-12-23	NYG	H
17	2007-12-30	PHI	A

New York Jets
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NE	H	L 14-38	-24
2	2007-09-16	BAL	A	L 13-20	-7
3	2007-09-23	MIA	H	W 31-28	+3
4	2007-09-30	BUF	A	L 14-17	-3
5	2007-10-07	NYG	A	L 24-35	-11
6	2007-10-14	PHI	H	L 9-16	-7
7	2007-10-21	CIN	A	L 31-38	-7
8	2007-10-28	BUF	H	L 3-13	-10
9	2007-11-04	WAS	H
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	PIT	H
12	2007-11-22	DAL	A
13	2007-12-02	MIA	A
14	2007-12-09	CLE	H
15	2007-12-16	NE	A
16	2007-12-23	TEN	A
17	2007-12-30	KC	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	BUF Offense	NYJ Offense	NFL Average
Points for	14.3	20.5	21.9
Rushing yards	97.0	88.5	111.0
Rushing yards per attempt	3.60	3.40	4.09
Completion %	65.1%	63.4%	62.2%
Passing yards	136.0	207.5	219.7
Passing yards per completion	8.65	10.38	10.63
Passing yards per attempt	5.63	6.59	6.61
Interceptions	1.0	1.5	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.3	0.0	0.7
Sacked	2.3	1.8	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	BUF Defense	NYJ Defense	NFL Average
Points against	21.7	25.0	21.9
Rushing yards	126.7	139.5	111.0
Rushing yards per attempt	4.59	4.31	4.09
Completion %	66.7%	65.0%	62.2%
Passing yards	276.7	221.0	219.7
Passing yards per completion	10.48	11.80	10.63
Passing yards per attempt	6.98	7.67	6.61
INT return	1.0	1.0	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.7	0.3	0.7
Sacks	1.0	1.0	2.2

Weather

Check the current weather forecast for New York from Weather.com.

Team vs. Team History

Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	3	2000-09-17	BUF	NYJ	14-27	NYJ
2000	9	2000-10-29	NYJ	BUF	20-23	BUF
2001	4	2001-10-07	NYJ	BUF	42-36	NYJ
2001	16	2001-12-30	BUF	NYJ	14-9	BUF
2002	1	2002-09-08	NYJ	BUF	37-31	NYJ
2002	12	2002-11-24	BUF	NYJ	13-31	NYJ
2003	6	2003-10-12	BUF	NYJ	3-30	NYJ
2003	14	2003-12-07	NYJ	BUF	6-17	BUF
2004	5	2004-10-10	BUF	NYJ	14-16	NYJ
2004	9	2004-11-07	NYJ	BUF	17-22	BUF
2005	6	2005-10-16	NYJ	BUF	17-27	BUF
2005	17	2006-01-01	BUF	NYJ	26-30	NYJ
2006	3	2006-09-24	NYJ	BUF	28-20	NYJ
2006	14	2006-12-10	BUF	NYJ	31-13	BUF
2007	4	2007-09-30	NYJ	BUF	14-17	BUF

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

Home :: Privacy Policy :: Contact Us :: About Us :: Create An Account :: Advertise