i know the stats say we could run the ball, but we really were unsuccessful at moving the ball up and down the field whether it was running the ball or passing....the bills shut us down on offense except for the first drive and late in the game
Well, that wasn't the point I was making (I was referring to the suggestion that the Bills played man coverage against us)... and I didn't dispute that their defense played us well for 3 quarters.
However, they didn't shut us down. We won the field position battle and moved the ball. What they did right is they kept us from scoring TDs on every drive betw. our 1st drive and Pierre's first TD. So... I wasn't arguing against you by way of statistical evidence.
The Jets will not follow the Bills blueprint because it does not play to their strengths. They are a pressure team with good man-to-man corners. If they do try to play us like the Bills did, well... I wouldn't really understand why a team would get away from what it does well. In the Saints case, we've been running the ball well every game so it wasn't a departure in identity (only in perception because people think "Saints = Brees = passing"). So really... the Bills game is irrelevant to the Jets, if you wana get right down to it. That's the argument that I'm making, not that the Bills didn't play us well for 3 quarters.