Thigpen makes his case

Thigpen makes his case:
Chris BrownLead Journalist

If you only looked at Tyler Thigpen’s stat line following Buffalo’s 38-32 preseason loss to the Lions you’d have thought that the quarterback struggled in his final audition to secure the backup job to Ryan Fitzpatrick. But Thigpen’s 18-3 passing performance Thursday night left his head coach with some thinking to do.

“Tyler played good,” said Chan Gailey. “He did. He made it tough. It was all on the line, so he did a good job.”

“There at first we were kind of shaky a little bit, but we got things going, started clicking with a lot of guys,” said Thigpen. “It was nice to get some extended time and get out there and get in that rhythm.”

Thigpen and the second team offense went three-and-out on their first series, with a false start not helping things. On the next possession Thigpen, on a 2^nd-and-7 pass to the left for Derek Hagan, had his hand struck by a defensive lineman as he released the ball. It ended up floating out to the flat where Lions cornerback Jonte’ Green grabbed the ball out of the air and took it the other way for a 23-yard touchdown return.

From there Thigpen and the rest of the offensive unit began to settle down finally putting together a field goal drive at the end of the first half going 63 yards on 11 plays to make it 28-10 at the half.

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