The Bills capped off the end of the 2009-10 season with a snow storm of a victory over the visiting Indianapolis Colts 30-7. I must admit, I was quite pleased with the effort the Bills put into this game being they were not going to face all the great talent on the Colts roster. Why did the Bills not face the talent you may ask? Well, the Colts are in the playoffs with a first-week bye and home-field advantage throughout. Of course, all of us know what the Bills will be doing this off-season, right?

Regardless of the off-season, the Bills and their players put up wonderful and somewhat impressive numbers last Sunday. The key components to the victory were the offense found the end zone, Bills QB, Ryan Fitzpatrick threw no interceptions and the defense actually tackled and somewhat controlled the run.

Fitzpatrick finished the game with 155 passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Bills running back Fred Jackson was a monster on the field, rushing for 212 yards on 33 attempts. He also collected 15 yards in the air and caught a touchdown.

These numbers pretty much solidified that Fred Jackson with be the Bills starting running back next season and the Bills new GM, Buddy Nix, will be shopping Marshawn Lynch.

Lynch, who is healthy, finished the game with one attempt and no yards. Also contributing to the offensive numbers was the receiving core that actually caught balls for completions, ran their routs and caught balls for touchdowns. Both Lee Evans and Terrell Owens had one touchdown and accumulated over 100 yards receiving. Not too bad considering they haven’t done anything the previous two games.

This brings up another personnel question; do the Bills offer Owens another contract or do they let him go? I say let him go, unless he is willing to sign for a heck of a lot less than six million he signed for one year this past off season. Owens finished his first and probably only year in Buffalo with 829 yards receiving on 55 passes and only five touchdowns. If you do the math, based on the touchdowns, he was paid 1.2 million a touchdown. That is the total amount I would offer him next year if I was Buddy Nix.

Of course, who can forget “the golden foot” Rian Lindell, who was perfect in the game. Considering the foot of snow that fell during the duration of the game and the wind that was swirling around, Lindell went 3-for-3 on FG and 3-for-3 on extra points, contributing to the 30 point win with 12 points of his own.

Back to the conversation at hand, the game. The Bills defense shut down both Colts quarterbacks. Peyton Manning played very little during this game, but he did throw an interception and only completed 14-of-18 for 95 yards. Shortly after the first quarter, the Colts put in quarterback Curtis Painter, who did less than stellar. Painter went 4-of-17 for 39 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. With no touchdowns being scored by the Colts, they really did nothing to write home about. However, the Bills defensive numbers were led by FS Cary Harris intercepting the football two times and LB Paul Posluszny leading the team in tackles with eight.

The Bills finished the season with a 6-10 record, a ranking of 30th in the league in total offense and finally, 19th in total defense. Needless to say, there is a ton of work to be done this off-season. Watch for my article next week as I will break down the team and play “Mr. Fix-It.”

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