A fourth quarter touchdown called back by a holding penalty. A pair of field goals hit the upright and bounce back without scoring a point. And, with all those problems last Monday night by the New York Jets, the Buffalo Bills were able to eke out a three-point win, 23-20.
Maybe the Bills aren’t that good.
Before Monday night their victories came against three of the weaker teams in the league, namely the Arizona Cardinals, which they needed a come-from-behind effort at home on opening day to win the game but lose on the point spread. In second week action, they downed the Miami Dolphins, who haven’t won a game since. And their third win was against the Jacksonville Jaguars, another team with only one win this year.
So, off back-to-back road losses and facing a Jets team in a third straight road game while leading New York by a game in the AFC East standings served up a set of circumstances that should have landed the Bills on the losing end of Monday night’s game.
But those factors didn’t trip up the Bills while they got the narrow win.
Does that mean the Jets are bad?