2015 Season - Week #2

New England @ Buffalo

                                    1         2         3         4         FINAL

NEW ENGLAND     7         10       7         10       34

BUFFALO                 10       0         0         0         10

BUFFALO – After an opening drive, 72-yard touchdown catch and run by tight end Vance McDonald, the Buffalo (1-1) offense went cold falling to the New England Patriots (2-0) Sunday in the Meadowlands. This hard fought defensive battle remained close until late in the 3^rd quarter when the Patriots flexed their muscle and pulled away from a reeling Bills squad.

“I’m not happy with the effort today outside of that first drive,” Bills coach Rex Ryan said. “We need to re-group and get ready for the Dolphins.”

Todd Gurley continued his impressive start to the 2015 campaign with 109 yards rushing and 45 through the air.

“It’s all about the W,” Gurley said. “When we come up short, it doesn’t matter what anybody does with their stats.”

Buffalo travels to Miami next week to play the Dolphins (1-1). 

Miami @ Jacksonville

                                    1         2         3         4         FINAL

MIAMI                      7         10       7         0         24

JACKSONVILLE    3         0         10       0         13

JACKSONVILLE – The changes implemented by Miami Dolphins (1-1) head coach Joe Philbin after last week’s embarrassing performance against the Redskins paid dividends with a 24-13 pummeling against the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1).

The Miami offense put up only 10 passes (with quarterback Jimmy Garappolo completing 9-of-10) to complement their ground game that racked up 278 yards on the day.

“We wanted to pound the rock,” tight end Dion Sims said. “This is a man’s game – and today we manned up.”

Thomas Rawls did the bulk of the work with 28 carries and 127 yards for the Dolphins while Christine Michael added two long touchdown runs to go along with 111 rushing yards.

Newly added defensive end Courtney Upshaw picked up a pair of sacks as the Miami defense made amends for their loss in DC a week ago with six total team sacks.

“I love this team,” Upshaw said. “They welcomed me with open arms and I’m so happy to be here.”

Miami will host the Bills (1-1) next week to kick off their 2015 home campaign.

New York @ Indianapolis

                                    1         2         3         4         FINAL

NEW YORK              0         6         0         14       20

INDIANAPOLIS      17       3         7         7         34

INDIANAPOLIS – Untimely turnovers and penalties doomed the New York Jets (0-2) Monday night against the Indianapolis Colts (1-1).

With two red zone interceptions, a litany of drops and a holding call taking a TD run off the board, Todd Bowles had lots to address in his postgame press conference.

“I don’t have much to say to be honest,” Bowles said. “I’m embarrassed for all of us. I would be surprised if we all had jobs in the morning.”

Bowles spent the next 20-minutes lambasting his receiving corps for their route running and ball catching efforts.

“We have the best offensive line in the league and a franchise quarterback, but no one on the outside who can catch the ball,” Bowles said. “Heck, I can’t tell if they can catch the ball because they are never running the correct routes.”

The Colts DB’s did plenty of catching for both sides picking off four Cam Newton passes on the day.

“I’m a sore loser man,” Newton said. “I’m done.” 
After storming out of his postgame interview, Newton presumably went to study up on the Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) defense in anticipation of next week’s game in New Jersey.