Archives for October 2015

'Kromer was allowed to coach and be with the team through training camp and the preseason and began his suspension the week leading up to the team’s regular season opener September 13. Assistant offensive line coach Kurt Anderson assumed the main duties of coaching the line in Kromer’s absence.'

'The Bills had ZERO sacks, ZERO forced fumbles, and ZERO interceptions. They only had three tackles for a loss, and one was because of an errant snap to Bengals QB Andy Dalton.'

'The 32-year-old defensive tackle has just one sack in six games this season.'

Whatever the reason or reasons, right now the Bills do not have their act together. Some of the issues are just bad luck and some of it is self-inflicted, at this point I don’t really care. I love the Bills and I’ll be screaming for them each Sunday as I watch them play, but it’s time to realize that this team does not look like a team that’s going anywhere in a hurry.

'He had only been living in London for a couple of months, and he was often traveling out of town for away games with his teammates, sometimes on transatlantic flights. Playing his home games at Wembley Stadium however, Danny Crossman quickly came to learn the importance and tradition of going up to the Queen’s Box at the conclusion of a championship match. Now he and his teammates were taking part in that very tradition themselves, even if their brand of football wasn’t exactly native to England.'

'“We have had some great opening drives and then for some reason it doesn’t look like we can get a first down. Like it just — I don’t understand. Obviously it comes down to execution and things. But I wish I could tell you,” said Ryan.'

'In all, Buffalo had eight penalties for 93 yards. Three of them were holds on offensive plays.'

'“We had talked about the play on the sidelines a couple of times,” said quarterback Andy Dalton, who dropped in a near perfect ball to his wideout. “It’s one of those things where if you get the right look, you get the chance to hit it, and he kept saying, ‘Hey, if we get the look that we want, I’m going to go get it,’ and he did.”'

'This season, the extraordinarily expensive starting front four, in six games, has put up appalling tackling numbers: Marcell Dareus and Jerry Hughes have 18 stops, Kyle Williams 14 and Mario Williams, in the midst of a $100 million contract, 11. That quartet has combined for five sacks, one forced fumble and one tackle for loss.'

'Bills starting right tackle Seantrel Henderson left the game in the first quarter with a concussion. His place was taken by Cyrus Kouandjio. Finally, defensive tackle Kyle Williams, left late in the game with a knee injury.'

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'“When we’ve got four guys rushing, we can do some different things,” end Mario Williams said. “Some of the calls that we had, we just didn’t have four guys out there rushing in certain situations, things like that. You know, you’re just playing the call.'

'What the Bills did Sunday wasn’t unusual for them. Three times this season they have started a game with an almost flawless drive, but sustaining that rhythm has been an exercise in frustration.'

'Receivers are getting open — receivers taken high in the NFL draft, receivers paid millions in free agency – and the quarterback cannot connect with them. In Sunday’s 34-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, EJ Manuel took over again and it wasn’t pretty. Despite Watkins’ prediction of a “monster” game from Manuel, the Bills’ downfield weaponry was mostly rendered useless.'

'It was just Rex being Rex, of course, unfiltered as usual. He wasn’t kidding anyone but himself. He certainly didn’t fool the 69,593 watching from the stands and across Western New York and beyond.'