Buffalo Bills Hire Rex Ryan as New Head Coach

The Buffalo Bills have hired ex-Jets coach Rex Ryan to fill their head coaching vacancy.

The Bills are coming off a 9-7 season in which they showed signs of getting back to their great years. They have not made the playoffs in 15 years.

The hiring of Ryan is, in some corners, perplexing. Ryan has always been known as a defensive minded coach and not so in touch with the offensive side of the ball. His Jets finished 4-12 this season with many questioning Ryan's ability to improve Geno Smith's performance at QB and his propensity to rely on a run game that was keyed on after poor quarterback play. The Jet defense was above average.

The 2014 Bills seemed to be in the same straights as the Jets. Their defense was very good but the offense was forced to rely on Kyle Orton at QB who was unable to compete with the likes of the Patriots.

If nothing else, the Bills have stirred up interest in the Buffalo area.

Read the entire ESPN article here and decide for yourself if the Bills will be better off in 2015 under Coach Ryan.

Seattle Trades Percy Harvin to NY Jets

ESPN is reporting that the Seattle Seahawks have traded Percy Harvin to the NY Jets for a conditional draft pick in the 2015 draft. Sources say that this could be from a 2nd through a 4th round pick.

Read the ESPN story here.

Jets Lose to Pats 27-25 Drop To 1-6

The NY Jets ran for 218 yards, controlled the ball for almost 41 minutes and had no turnovers. Geno Smith was 20 of 34 for 226 yards and a touchdown. Given these stats it could be assumed that the Jets won.

Sadly, they lost. Nick Folk was 4 for 5 on field goal attempts. His last try, from 58 yards, was blocked by Chris Jones on the last play of the game to preserve the Patriot's 27-25 win.

The Patriots improved to 5-2 on the year while the Jets have lost 6 in a row and are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with a 1-6 record. Realistically with 9 games remaining, the Jets would have to win out to have a chance.

Tom Brady was 20 for 37 for 261 yards with 2 touchdown passes to Shane Vereen, including a 49 yard catch and run, and 1 TD pass to Danny Amendola, his only catch of the night.

The Jet defense, ranked 5th in the league overall, held the New England patriots to 63 yards on 15 carries.

Chris Ivory had 107 yards on the ground for the Jets on 21 carries with a touchdown and Jeff Cumberland had 3 catches for 50 yards and a TD.

The Jets sacked Tom Brady once while the Patriots got to Geno Smith 3 times for -21 yards.

New England 37-22 Over Buffalo Bills

It looks like Tom Brady and the New England appear to be back, if in fact they were ever gone. The Patriots went into Buffalo and came away with a 37-22 victory and a firm grip on the AFC East.

Tom Brady was 27 for 37 passing for 361 yards and 4 TDs. Brady needed to shine because the Bills defense held New England to 50 yards rushing on 27 carries.

Brandon LaFell caught 4 passes from Brady for 97 yards and 2 TDs. Brian Tyms and Tim Wright both caught a TD on throws from Brady.

Kyle Orton was 24 for 38 for 299 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT

Read the ESPN article here.