After watching the Bills victory in Jacksonville one word comes to mind...resilience. The second half quickly turned into a disaster with a successful onside kick, a lot of missed tackles and a fumble. In recent years the team would have self-destructed under these circumstances but not this time. The Buffalo defense found themselves in a few bad situations but held Jacksonville to field goals which gave the offense an opportunity to win the game.
Last week against Seattle was great but you don't learn a lot about a young team when you win by 24. In week 2 fans got to see the maturity and poise of second year QB Trent Edwards. He marched the offense down the field with confidence and threw a perfect pass to rookie receiver James Hardy in the back of the end zone for the go ahead score.
The Bills have now proved that they can not only win the close ones but actually mount a 4th quarter drive to come back on teams. This is something that has been lacking lately. As a fan I don't get to hear what is said in the huddle but you can tell a lot by body language. When the Bills came to the line on that last touchdown drive you could see the confidence they had in themselves and their leader.
Despite another win the Bills are still not getting the credit they deserve. In the AFC the Bills are the only team 2-0 who played both games against playoff teams from last year. Yet Buffalo is ranked 10th. Teams in the AFC that are ranked ahead of them include Steelers, Patriots, Colts, Titans and Denver. The Steelers and Patriots have not played a team that was in the playoffs last year. The Colts are 1-1 and suffered a huge blow on defense. We have the Titans who actually did get a win against one of last years playoff teams in week one but in week 2 they played a team that could be competing for next years #1 draft pick. Last but not least we have Denver. Denver should be 1-1 if not for a second chance gift handed to them by a ref late in their week 2 game against San Diego. Even if you look past that Denver faced Oakland in week one. Oakland finished last season way out of the playoffs at 4-12. Oakland could be a very good team this year but not enough time has gone by to tell so you have to look to last season.
I don't think a team should be punished because of their starting schedule but you do need to take it into consideration. It is way to early in the season to honestly tell who the best team will be but what are these rankings based on if not facts?
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