JACKSONVILLE — Following Blaine Gabbert’s 11-yard touchdown pass to undrafted rookie DaJaun Harris, the Jaguars went for two in lieu of kicking an extra point. It wasn’t to run up the score, and it certainly wasn’t for practice. It was to avoid a “traditional” two touchdown lead. Why? To avoid overtime — because no one wants an meaningless preseason game extended, right?
Wrong. The Buffalo Bills do, apparently. Following Tyler Thigpen’s touchdown pass with 38 seconds remaining, the Bills went for two and sent the game into overtime.
It lasted almost another quarter. Following Scobee’s missed 53-yard field goal, Bills kicker Ryan Lindell hit a 40 yarder to seal the meaningless victory.
It was the NFL’s first preseason OT game since 2008.[smartads]
Other game notes:
David Garrard and the offense looked shaky and out-of-sync early, but managed to pull off three consecutive scoring drives to tie things up by the third quarter.
Montell Owens was visibly shaken following a blatant horse collar tackle. He did not return to the game.
Blaine Gabbert threw his first (albeit meaningless) touchdown pass.
The Jaguars defense failed to register a sack — again. The team has yet to sack the quarterback through three preseason games. Opposing teams have sacked Jaguars quarterbacks seven times.
So when a team goes up by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, they generally plan ahead for the other team to score two touchdowns. I’ll look for that this season. Thanks for the tip!
“Classless Jag Reporter Whines and Complains About a Preseason Game”… is how the headline should read.
Dude, are you serious? The Bills are a young team trying to learn to win. Not to mention, they were at home and wanted to show the few fans remaining at the end of the game a win. I would fully expect Jax to have done the same thing.
So Edie, a team is supposed to allow the jagz to win? Why don’t you pull up that old Herm Edwards video. You play to win the game.
“Hapless Jags can’t stop two point conversion”
or “Scobee shanks it” would both have been correct titles.
A head coach should never intentionally lose a game. Even in pre-season.
Don’t be bitter. Your jagos had 2 chances to change the outcome
Hey, heres a thought, maybe it not about the players or the owners. Maybe it’s about the fans who bought tickets, or the ones watching it on tv or the internet. Is to possible that all those people who spent their hard money enjoyed an extra quarter of football and a competive game? Maybe the nfl, should move all games (preason and reguler) to 3 quaters so the players and coaches won’t have to work so much, and of course the owners can charge the same price so their profits won’t come up short. But maybe it should be more about the fans, without them, the NFL (no fun league) would not even exist. I think the only thing classless would be a team or person that put the fans last. I might be selfish, but I enjoyed all 4.67 quartes of football last night.
You calling it a classless act was despicable, classless, and an ignorant statement. Those players that played in the extra period were auditioning for a job. This is a cut week for those players. Many of them won’t be with the Bills, or Jaguars for that matter. This was an excellent opportunity for the coaching staffs on both teams to further evaluate those players who are on the bubble. It also was a do or die opportunity for those players to get on the “film” for other teams to look at if those players should by chance get cut. So next time you go and call a game meaningless maybe you should take a moment and think about the players playing in it.
Oh, and by the way, if the Jags didn’t want to go into overtime, how bout stopping the Bills from scoring. They had SEVERAL opportunities to do so.
One can only imagine your spin on the 2-point conversions if the roles had been reversed.
Regardless of your fuzzy logic, this was your most salient takeaway from the game?
And btw, very classy of you to allege a lack of class by the Buffalo team.
Maybe overtime has nothing to do with it. Maybe he just thinks the bills are classless?
Whatta Jagoff!
Both teams ended up getting another few series of game action for players being evaluated before roster cut downs. The complaint sounds crybabyish.
If overtime bothered the Jags so much, they could have made sure to not succeed in their 2 point conversion, or just allowed the Bills to quickly score once OT started.
The preseason Bills fans were louder than my hometown Jags regular season fans…
Pathetic. Now I know why the Jags are leaving us for L.A…
Let me start by sayin the Jags media and game coverage ishorrible at best. This is why they cannot sell half the stadium at a discounted price. If you dont want to go to OT, stop the play!!!! Maybe you should be mad at your defence instead of the team that beat you!!!
So, because the Jaguars were up by 15, the Bills should have rolled over and died? Perhaps if your younger players had blocked better, tackled better, thrown better, run better, and caught better, OT would not have happened. It was not a question of class. It was a question of the Bills having more fight in them.
Now, if you have the guts, answer me this-if Scobee had not missed the FG in OT, would your article have the same title?
So the Bills are classless for trying to win a game at home on Kids day? Nice one doofus.
There is nothing wrong with the Bills wanting to win. You have got to be kidding me? Im a Jag fan and find nothing wrong with the Bills actually wanting to win. How many changes did we have to end the game and avoid overtime? It’s our fault we choked in the end.
The Bills showed alot of heart for a young team. Great characters on that team. Great Class. They did what football is about. They won.
Edward Jenkins sir, you are classless and clueless.
EDIT: How many chances***
Sorry.
I feel like a complete asshole for making the inappropriate comments. I understand why you had to ban me. I’m truly a worthless piece of sh**. I’m sorry.
Dear Mr. Jenkins:
I am uneducated and classless.
Hi. My name is Tom. I live in my mother’s basement and still drink her breast milk.
My name is Tom. I make LA Jags comments despite the fact that my team’s last preseason home game was blacked out.
I’m pissed off the Jaguars have won four of the past six games that mattered against the Bills.
Again, how many preseason games actually sell out? Do some research.
Also while you are at it. Look up at how many Jag games have been blacked out the past ten years and compare it to the Bills. I believe the Bills have had 5 even though the product has been bad… The Jags usually have 5 a year.
Your pretty immature to be writing articles Mr. Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins,
The Bills are classless for wanting to win. Then whats the purpose of sports? Classless article
Maybe this guy is just upset about the fact he has to write about a team with no fan base and no heart. the fact you even put this out there as an article is classless to you and the team you write for. IT WAS KIDS NIGHT you moron!
I am a complete moron. I have no clue what the meaning of sports is