To stay on fringe of playoff race, Jets must top Bills
In Brief
» Last meeting: The Bills had six interceptions in a 16-13 overtime victory against the Jets in Week 6.
» Streaks: Buffalo has won four of the last six and owns a 53-44 overall series edge, including the playoffs.
» Last week: Ryan Fitzpatrick connected with Terrell Owens on the game-sealing touchdown as the Bills sank the Dolphins, 31-14. ... The Jets used an outstanding defensive performance to defeat the Panthers, 17-6.
Keep your eye on ...

Perry Fewell's sideline demeanor: Buffalo's interim coach appears to have lit a fire under his team. He is a lot more excitable than his stoic predecessor, Dick Jauron, and he is not afraid to display his passion. In Jets rookie coach Rex Ryan, Fewell will encounter another emotional coach.

The Fitzpatrick-to-Owens connection: Owens, Buffalo's high-profile offseason acquisition, is having one of his least productive pro seasons. He has, however, performed much better when Fitzpatrick is under center. He has has averaged 89.75 receiving yards in Fitzpatrick's four starts, as opposed to just 42.86 in his eight outings with Trent Edwards at quarterback.

Mark Sanchez's confidence: New York's rookie quarterback had the worst game of his young career when these teams met for the first time. He was picked off five times by Buffalo's opportunistic defense, and looked completely flustered in completing just 10-of-29 passes. A similar performance this time around could doom the Jets once again.

Did you know?
This will be the Bills' first regular-season appearance on NFL Network. ... This game will be held at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. In the Bills' first regular-season game at Toronto last season, they lost to the Dolphins. ... The Jets are just 1-4 against AFC East opponents this season. ... If the playoffs started today, both the Bills and Jets would be on the outside looking in. Get an updated look at the postseason picture.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/200912030 ... jets@bills

Personally i hope franchez is intercepted a lot.

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"Tis The Season, Fa la la la la LaFontaine" - Rick Jeanneret

the game did sell out so to speak roger's probably bought the rest, so the game will be on locally on channel 7, or if you get NFL network you can watch it there. I'm not expecting a lot of this board to watch as there is a sabres game on as well. the bills game will go longer though so maybe some may switch on after the sabres game or if you have two tv's, just continuing with the GDTs.

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"Tis The Season, Fa la la la la LaFontaine" - Rick Jeanneret

Should be a good game...It'll be great to see Owens vs. Revis.

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

anyone have a feed? no nfl network, and the sabres game is definitely going on my tv anyways.

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Gameday Tipsheet - Week 13
Chris Brown, Lead Journalist
Posted Dec 3, 2009
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Top 3 Individual Matchups
1. Terrell Owens vs. Darrelle Revis – In the first meeting Revis held Owens to three catches for just 13 yards. But Owens appears back to form of late with 14 catches for 293 yards and two TDs in his last two games. It is the marquee matchup of the game.

2. Aaron Schobel vs. D’Brickashaw Ferguson – Schobel considers Ferguson one of the top three left tackles in football, but it doesn’t mean he hasn’t had success against him. Still in the first meeting Schobel wasn’t able to get a whole lot of pressure on Jets QB Mark Sanchez. Will the rematch be different?

3. Jonathan Scott vs. Calvin Pace – Despite missing the first four games due to suspension, Pace still leads the Jets in sacks. Scott had a pretty good performance last week against Jason Taylor, which will serve as good preparation for what Pace can dish out.

Bills Top 2 Advantages
Good advantage – Kick return – Buffalo’s return unit has been top 10 caliber as Fred Jackson has served admirably in the role averaging almost 26 yards a return. The Jets meanwhile have been uncharacteristically struggling in coverage ranking 27th in the league.

Best advantage – Pass defense – The Bills rank seventh in the league in pass defense, and it’s not just because teams have been able to run against them. Buffalo is second in the league in interceptions with 21 and ranks second in passes defensed with 62. Conversely, New York stands 29th in passing and quarterback Mark Sanchez has the third highest interception total in the league with 17.

Bills Number 1 Must
Neutralize Thomas Jones
Completely shutting down the Jets’ feature back might be a bit unrealistic, but if they can hold Thomas Jones to around 100 yards and not give up any long runs, similar to their performance last week they’ll have a good chance of coming out on top. Yes, Ricky Williams rushed for 115 yards last week, but his longest carry went for just 11. That kind of performance by Buffalo’s run defense could be enough to put the Bills in position to win.

Scouting Eye
Color coded
In an effort to help rookie QB Mark Sanchez’s decision making as to when to take a chance and when not to, the Jets coaching staff color coded his play call wrist band last week. Plays shaded in red mean don’t take any unnecessary risk. Plays shaded in yellow mean you need to proceed with caution before you let it fly. Plays shaded in green mean taking more risk is acceptable. The results were better. Sanchez completed 13-17 passes and had just one interception in a win, as opposed to six INTs in the two games prior, both losses.

Jet’s ‘D’ stingy
New York’s defense hasn’t been quite as dominant in terms of big plays since the loss of NT Kris Jenkins in Week 6, but they’re still keeping yards and points to a minimum. The Jets currently rank second in the league in yards allowed per game (283.6), and rank seventh in the NFL in points allowed (17.7). New York has surrendered an average of just 4.54 yards per play, which is a league best.

Opposing QBs struggle
New York’s defense has done a good job of confusing opposing quarterbacks this season. It’s why the Jets rank third in the NFL in opponent passer rating (65.9). Quarterbacks have completed just 55 percent of their passes against the Jets this season with seven touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Only two quarterbacks have posted a passer rating of better than 100 against the Jets this season.

Keller catching on
Jets tight end Dustin Keller was not much of a factor in the first meeting with the Bills, but has become a more frequent target of Mark Sanchez of late. In his last four games, Keller has caught 21 of his 36 passes this season with three of his six longest pass plays taking place over that span as well. Keller stands second on the team in receptions and third in receiving yards.

Ground and pound
Behind an experienced offensive line Thomas Jones is still pounding out yardage as he’s just 41 yards away from his fifth consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. Jones ranks 6th in the league in rushing and is tied for 4th in touchdowns with nine. The Jets average over 160 yards rushing per game (161.3) good for second in the league.

Jones ran for a career-high 210 yards in Week 6 against Buffalo, which included the two longest runs of his career (64, 71). The 71-yard run went for a touchdown. The 318 yards gained on the ground by the Jets was the second-highest total allowed by the Bills in franchise history.

Washington replacements
Since Leon Washington suffered a season ending injury in Week 7, the Jets have struggled to replace his versatility. Shonn Greene has served most often as the complementary rusher to Jones, with reserve receivers Brad Smith and Danny Woodhead also serving in rushing and receiving capacities.

Buffalo Chips
Quote of the week
“I’m not a stranger to competition, I know it was pretty physical the first time we faced them, so again, they’re not going to be faced with the team that they saw the first time. I hope they don’t think they’re going to see the same me that they saw the first time. So I’m definitely looking forward to it and really preparing myself for a four-quarter fight.”
--WR Terrell Owens

Stat of the week
Buffalo’s Week 12 win over Miami marked the first time the Bills scored touchdowns on all of their red zone opportunities (2-2) since Week 1 at New England, when they also went 2-2.

Milestones in reach

Lee Evans needs 115 receiving yards to move into sole possession of third place on the team’s all-time receiving yardage list.

Rian Lindell needs one point for 700 in his Bills career.

Terrell Owens needs nine receptions for 1,000 in his career.

Final Note
The Bills are 4-1 this season in games in which they have posted two interceptions or more.

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"Tis The Season, Fa la la la la LaFontaine" - Rick Jeanneret

it is on locally channel seven or 97 rock 96.9 FM, and 103.3 the edge usually have games on the radio. or westwood one might as well.

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"Tis The Season, Fa la la la la LaFontaine" - Rick Jeanneret

*this* is why I have a TiVo with 2 tuner cards

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Hold my beer and watch this...

why tivo the bills game half the time i don't want to watch the game he first time.

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"Tis The Season, Fa la la la la LaFontaine" - Rick Jeanneret

anyone got a stream?

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like pee but on the internet

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J E T S SUCK SUCK SUCK

And no, Alex, I don't.

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mechaphil

You need to actually wait until the game starts, just search myp2p forums for a stream of the game.

I'll watch the Sabres game first and see if I can find the Bills game, I hadn't watched the past two weeks because I gave up on the Bills this year basically.

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lets get a stream up in here

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Do you have sopcast Alex? if you do here is a stream for you:

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/84588

Open the player and enter it where it says, even if you don't have it, it takes 5 minutes to download and install.

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Fitz just lowered his shoulder to drill for an extra yard. Love it.

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mechaphil

Fitz can run.

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its really laggy for me

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nvm it got better

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ladies and gentlemen we are in business

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It's not the clearest thing out there, but it's better than nothing.

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