![]() ![]() ![]() Not that this is anything new in these offensively-challenged parts. Yes people, it’s a passing league, yet here we are in western New York with a team that throws the ball about as effectively as the old “three yards and a cloud of dust” Woody Hayes Ohio State teams of the mid-20th century when the forward pass was still a bit of a curiosity. Last week, Tampa Bay’s Ryan Fitzpatrick topped 400 yards and eight other quarterbacks topped 300 yards in Week 2, Fitzpatrick was one of three 400-yard passers and there were nine others above 300 and in Week 1, there were three 400-yard games and four 300-yarders. That means almost half the quarterbacks who played in Week 4 so far with one game yet to be played Monday, proved how much the NFL is all about passing. Beathard for crying out loud, who is replacing injured Jimmy Garoppolo in San Francisco – just missed with 298 yards each. Look at what happened in the NFL, Thursday through Sunday: There were five quarterbacks who topped 400 yards passing – Jared Goff of the Rams, Kirk Cousins of the Vikings, Andrew Luck of the Colts, Derek Carr of the Raiders, and Matt Ryan of the Falcons.Įight other quarterbacks surpassed 300 yards including the eminently mediocre Blake Bortles of Jacksonville with 388, while Aaron Rodgers of the Packers and C.J. Watch Video: Bills coach McDermott: The Packers 'kept us off balance'Īs you’re perusing the world wide web, or perhaps you’re doing it the old-fashioned way and reading the box scores in the newspaper to get caught up on what happened in the NFL in Week 4, you surely must have noticed that the Buffalo Bills’ offense is a joke. ![]()
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