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'The embarrassment from being shredded by Ryan Fitzpatrick for 374 yards on national television lingers for a group that was so determined to make a strong comeback from last season's fall from fourth to 19th in league.'

'“You pretty much have your bread-and-butter plays, and then you find plays to attack the defense,” receiver Robert Woods said. “If it’s a man (coverage) team, you find ways to attack man teams. If it’s a zone team, you try to…” he trailed off. “So it’s based on the opponent.”'

'"If a guy’s that good, we’ll play him," Ryan said. "If it’s somebody on the roster who’s not any good, we won’t play him. He’s a special guy and if he can play then we’ll dress him."'

'Lynn will call in plays to quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who will wear a wrist band. Lynn's hope is that will speed up the offense and give Taylor more time at the line of scrimmage. "Tyrod's going to get it a whole lot quicker, and we we make changes at the line of scrimmage, it should happen a little quicker," Lynn said, adding that Taylor's ability to audible will be "cut back" some.'

'“Honestly, coming in, it was like, ‘Wow! I got drafted in the second round. They must think I can play. Well, let’s see if I can play,’” he recalled the other day. “I didn’t know if I could compete. I had no clue. That first week of training camp, there’s a lot of stuff going through your mind. And it was either find another gear and get into it or get out.'

'All of the services are free. Shaves are available only on a very limited, first-come, first-served basis. They will be located at the New Era Gate near the team store. They’ll be camped out from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.'

'Confidence has never been an issue with Gilmore, and it still isn’t. He’s steadfast in his belief that he’s one of the best cover corners in the NFL. However, not thinking the Jets game might have been the poorest of his NFL career puts him on a lonely island by himself because the consensus in Bills Nation is that Gilmore could not have played worse.'

'The Bills also listed cornerback Ronald Darby (hamstring), tight end Charles Clay (knee) and safety Colt Anderson (foot) as questionable. For the second week in a row, left tackle Cordy Glenn is out with an ankle sprain meaning Cyrus Koaundjio will again get the start.'

'"Obviously we got our nose bloodied real good last week," Bills defensive assistant Rob Ryan said Thursday. "That doesn't need to be our style of play. That was surprising. We didn't execute the plan as well as we should have and you have to take your hat off to the Jets. The did a better job making plays than we did, and it was a long damn day that's for sure."'

'"Well we had some holes," Whaley said at the time. "We had to have a makeover. If we didn't, we'd be going into the season with nobody so we were in that situation and we're very excited with how we filled those holes. We filled those holes better than we thought we'd be able to so we're excited about it.'

'"Probably not real good," Ryan said of the likelihood Watkins will play Sunday. "We'll see. If he feels good and he's up to it then we'll put him in there.'

'Early in the second quarter, Ryan Fitzpatrick connected on a pass to Brandon Marshall deep in Bills territory. Gilmore attempted to tackle Marshall and ended up pulling on the wide receiver's face mask. Marshall was injured on the play, but later returned to the game.'

'Kelly joked that the Ryan brothers were the original choice for the Twins Study, but that the two were too busy ruining the Bills.'

'In addition to Watkins, starting left tackle Cordy Glenn who did not play against the New York Jets will miss another game for an ankle injury.'