Bills Were 'Bummed' When Geno Smith Was Benched in Favor of Michael Vick

“We were bummed out when they took Geno out.’’ 

That's what one member of the Buffalo Bills organization said, per the New York Post's Mark Cannizzaro, after Sunday's 43-23 victory over the New York Jets.

It's not clear who said that, but it's hard to blame the Bills for feeling that way. After all, Geno Smith completed just two of his eight passes for five yards and threw three interceptions in about 10 minutes of play before being benched in favor of Michael Vick. 

Smith had struggled mightily this year, but his performance in Week 8 was easily his worst of the season. Buffalo had a good game plan and executed it to perfection. Here's what Bills linebacker Preston Brown—who picked off one of Smith's passes in the game—said, per Cannizzaro:

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He was just eyeing down receivers. We saw it on film that he was just staring guys down. When we know if you do that we’re going to jump on guys’ routes, and we got some picks in the back-end with just reading his eyes.

We had Geno rattled and we tried to stay after him.

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Smith certainly wasn't fooling any of the Bills defensive players in the game. Finally, Jets coach Rex Ryan made the switch from Smith to Vick. That change apparently made the Bills sad.

Vick didn't put up great numbers, but he was able to bring his team to within a touchdown of Buffalo by halftime. The veteran quarterback threw for 153 yards and added 69 yards on the ground. He lost two fumbles and threw an interception but did not record a touchdown—throwing or rushing—in the game.

In the end, the quarterback change didn't affect the outcome of the contest.

NFL.com's Conor Orr reported that Ryan had "no idea" who the Jets quarterback will be next game. Not even Jets running back Chris Johnson knew who should be the team's starting quarterback, per ESPN New York's Jane McManus. 

The Bills are probably just hoping that Smith is back under center when the two teams meet in Buffalo on Nov. 23.