DETROIT — The Buffalo Bills brushed away all the distractions and buried the New York Jets under an avalanche of emotion and execution.

The Bills overcame a tumultuous week and a change of venue to clobber the hapless New York Jets 38-3 Monday night at Ford Field.

The game was originally scheduled for Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y., but was postponed and relocated when more than five feet of snow fell in the Buffalo area.

“Our guys were ready to go,” coach Doug Marrone said. “Whether we rallied around all the adversity or not, those are questions for them. Obviously, we talked about it. We wanted to give the people back in our region a chance to smile a little bit by the way we played.”

The Bills (6-5) overwhelmed the Jets in every facet. Quarterback Kyle Orton threw two first-half touchdown passes while completing 24 of 32 passes for 230 yards.

Buffalo wide receiver Robert Woods caught a career-high nine passes for 118 yards and a touchdown. Running back Anthony Dixon scored on a 30-yard run and also blocked a punt.

The Bills defense held New York to 218 total yards and recorded seven sacks. Defensive end Manny Lawson recovered the blocked punt for a touchdown.

They are trying to reach the postseason for the first time since 1999.

“We came out and dominated from start to finish,” Dixon said. “That’s how we’ve got to be the next couple of weeks. We’ve all been talking about winning four in a row, five in a row, believing we’re still in it. We know a lot of people are not giving us a chance but we believe and I know the people in Buffalo believe.”

What the Jets said:

“When you lose like that, it’s a tough pill to swallow. You’ve got to take a day to figure out what happened and where did it all go wrong. We had every opportunity to go out and do the same things they did and they just did it better.” — QB Michael Vick.

What the Bills said:

“The good thing about playing football is when you’re here, you’re preparing for a game and you’re with your teammates. There’s probably no other place you’d rather be. So for us, we probably had the easy part. Everybody back home probably had the tough part.” — QB Kyle Orton.

What we learned about the Jets:

1. The 20-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers prior to their bye week was just a mirage, a one-week aberration. They can’t pass the ball well enough to sustain drives, despite the addition of Percy Harvin, and their pass protection is a disaster. On the other side, the secondary is too green and too decimated by injuries to hold down the opponent’s passing game, nullifying their usually above-average run defense.

2. The quarterback controversy just won’t go away. Michael Vick was thoroughly ineffective, took a beating and got pulled midway through the third quarter. Geno Smith didn’t provide a spark despite connecting on 10 of his 12 passes. Could it be Vick, Smith or even Matt Simms during the next five weeks? It really doesn’t matter who’s behind center if they don’t get more time in the pocket.

–WR Percy Harvin had a disastrous outing. He caught only one pass for two yards while being targeted five times. He also made questionable decisions to take kickoffs out of the end zone. He returned five of them and never had one longer than 23 yards, consistently putting his club in poor field position. “It’s not all my decisions,” he said. “It’s a part of coaching and trying to judge the hang time.”

–QB Michael Vick completed just 7-of-19 passes for 76 yards before he was removed in the third quarter. Vick suffered a minor calf injury but was mainly taken out for ineffectiveness, as he also threw his first interception as a starter this year. He didn’t get much help from his line, getting sacked five times. Vick is hopeful he’ll remain the starter. “I love playing the game,” he said.

–WR Jeremy Kerley was one of the few bright spots for the team. He had a team-high five receptions for 66 yards and also returned a punt 41 yards, setting up the Jets’ lone points, a Nick Folk field goal. Kerley had not caught more than three passes in New York’s previous seven games.

–DE Muhammad Wilkerson suffered a toe injury in the first half and did not return. Wilkerson made one tackle before he exited. Without him, the Jets were unable to sustain a pass rush against Buffalo’s Kyle Orton. He was replaced by Leger Douzable, who made four tackles and was credited with half of the team’s lone sack.

What we learned about the Bills:

1. They are a resilient bunch. Few teams could have overcome the adversity and disruption to their usual schedule that they endured over the past week and dominated an opponent, even one as weak as the Jets. They were crisp right from the start, scoring on their first drive and going 90 yards on their final drive of the first half. They were even better after the break, outscoring New York 17-0 in the third quarter. “If we can continue to put together complete games like this, we’ll be a hard team to beat,” running back Fred Jackson said.

2. They need to rely on veteran quarterback Kyle Orton and their stable of young receivers to overcome an unspectacular running game. Orton completed 75 percent of his passes Monday to offset the relative ineffectiveness of the three-headed running back rotation. Subtracting Anthony Dixon’s 30-yard touchdown against the worn-down Jets defense late in the fourth and the Bills only gained 86 yards on 28 carries. They came into the game averaging a modest 3.9 yards a carry.

–DE Mario Williams recorded two of the team’s seven sacks, both in the first half against New York starter Michael Vick. He now has 12, the most by any defensive end in the league and one off his total from last season. “He came out and I was like, ‘Whoa!’ coach Doug Marrone said. “Whatever that is, it’s what we need to keep getting, there’s no doubt about it.”

–WR Robert Woods caught a career-high nine passes for 118 yards, including his third touchdown of the season. Woods got rolling early with a 16-yard reception on the first drive and finished it with a leaping 7-yard scoring grab. He also made an impressive one-handed grab, pressing the ball against helmet, during the half. Woods became the go-to guy with rookie Sammy Watkins facing double coverage. “I saw I was getting a lot of man-to-man coverage and I just beat my man,” Woods said.

–TE Scott Chandler caught his second touchdown of the season late in the first half. He celebrated the score with a snow shoveling motion as a tribute to the fans in the Buffalo area. He wound up with three receptions for 28 yards.

–TE Chris Gragg injured his knee trying to make a second-half catch and did not return. Gragg caught two passes earlier in the game. Fortunately, Buffalo has depth at the position. The Bills have three other tight ends on the roster, as they signed MarQueis Gray after Minnesota cut him last week. They also have starter Scott Chandler and Lee Smith on the roster.