The Bills weren’t supposed to win this game. They were playing on the Jets home turf. They hadn’t won a game in their division since 2007. Their quarterback left the game with a concussion in the first half. They gave up over 300 yards rushing. Despite all of this, the Bills pulled off a huge upset over the New York Jets on Sunday, winning 16-13 in overtime.

Harvard graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick led the way for the Bills in the second half, and the Bills secondary made up for their lousy defensive line by picking off Mark Sanchez 5 times in the game, perhaps proving that Sanchez is not a cold-weather quarterback and foreshadowing a rough second half of the season for the Jets as we move towards winter.

The Bills are now 2-4 and seemingly outside the playoff chase, but things are looking up. I like the way the offense moved the ball around with Trent Edwards out of the game. By the way, look for the Jets’ Calvin Pace to get fined for the hit that gave Edwards the concussion. Although the refs were very late in blowing a whistle, Pace should have been penalized for grabbing Edwards’ helmet and twisting it as he drove him to the ground. Both of Edwards’ knees were on the ground before Pace made contact with him.

Fitzpatrick looked a little green, but he also showed a willingness to spread the field by using 2 of the best deep threats in the league, Lee Evans and Terrell Owens. This is something Edwards has been hesitant to do all season, instead preferring dump passes to the sides that usually go for less than 5 yards.

Our special teams made some awful mistakes once again on Sunday, but a miracle field goal in overtime probably means special teams coach Bobby April will have at least one more week to whip his crew into shape. Dick Jauron is probably looking at the same scenario. I’m frankly surprised either one of them still had a job on Sunday after the performance last week against the Browns. Now they can both keep their jobs if they can keep the Bills playing like the team that beat the Jets and the Buccaneers and nearly beat the Patriots, as opposed to the team that got blown out by the Dolphins and lost to a terrible Browns club.

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