Archives for November 4, 2015

'There is some poetic justice with McKelvin returning against Miami. It was against the Dolphins that he was originally hurt, breaking his ankle when he fell awkwardly trying to tackle running back Lamar Miller during a Thursday night game on Nov. 13, 2014.'

'Ryan: The 3-4 record is troubling enough, but it’s how the Bills have gotten there that makes it feel even worse. The Bills have played two good games – the season-opener against Indianapolis and in Week Three against Miami. That’s it. Injuries have been a factor, there’s no denying that. But the Bills have added insult to their injuries. Here’s a look at how…'.

'The Bills avenged their playoff loss to the Browns 10 months earlier in this same stadium with an impressive rout, highlighted by Darryl Talley scoring his first NFL touchdown on a 60-yard interception return while playing in his hometown.'

'In Ryan's six seasons as a head coach, he has only once managed to win coming out of a bye week. His teams also have a negative-74 point differential in those six games, including a 38-3 loss at the hands of the Bills a year ago. This year, with the Bills coming off a 34-31 loss to the Jaguars in London, Ryan decided to switch up his bye week plan. He gave his team the entire week off.'

'Three of the six games Ryan’s Jets played coming off a bye were against the Bills, including his only win in that situation. Here are all the games immediately following the bye week for Ryan as a head coach…'

'The Bills took a chance when they signed the basically banished Richie Incognito in the early stages of the offseason. The center of the bullying scandal in Miami, Incognito was released and left dangling in the wind by the NFL for about a year-and-a-half. Incognito played at a relatively high level for Miami, but no one knew what to expect after he was away from the game for that long. Not only has he played at that original level, but he might have even exceeded it from his play in 2015.'

'Even though Nigel Bradham has had a slightly above average start to his 2015 campaign, you can’t help but think that the potential he had in this defense heading into the season has made him into the biggest disappointment on the team so far.'

'With three wins in his first five NFL starts, Tyrod Taylor was off to a very good start this year. He had to scramble his way to victory in his final appearance, the win at Tennessee last month, and he’s been out of the lineup since then. The Bills are looking for Taylor to make it through the practice week healthy, and then resume his solid play.'

'“Whenever the day is going to be or the time is going to come or whenever my name is called, no matter what it’s going to be, corner, nickel, safety, return, whatever, offense, it doesn’t matter as long as I get the ball in my hands,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where I’m going to be I’m going to go out there and give it my all. I’ve never been around a talented defense, a talented team like this. I promise I’m going to give my all.”'

'“I thought the energy was great and we know where our record stands at 3-4 and we have a lot of football left to play,” said Eric Wood. “The Wild Card sits at 4-4 right now so we’re not out of it by any stretch. So we’re excited to get some guys back and show what we’re all about.”'