Archives for November 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.”'

'“Now it is more like, ‘Hey, look, we are going to get this team back, we are going to get this team healthy, and then we will see how we measure up moving forward,’ ” coach Rex Ryan said. “We know we have a big challenge in front of us. But, you know, let’s see what happens.”'

'“Headaches. Headaches. Bad headaches,” Williams said. “A migraine. Your eyes go to hurting. You feel like there’s a lot of pressure on your head. Nausea. Dizziness. Getting up very quickly — say you get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom — getting up quick kind of shakes your head around.”'

'“He’s not proud” of his comments,” Ryan said. “I can understand why the fans would be upset. We were all upset with him, because that doesn’t represent who he is. These fans have been great to Sammy. … They love him and they want to support him. Sometimes you get made at the ones you love the most. … I know Sammy regrets it, big time.”'

'The kicking game has been something of an adventure with the Buffalo Bills in 2015.'

'Here’s a fact for you: The Bills have to sweep their upcoming three games against their AFC East brethren to get to 6-4 for the first time since 2000. Yes, they haven’t been above .500 after 10 games since Bill Clinton was still in the White House.'