Archives for December 24, 2016

'Still, in today’s game, the Bills are favored by five points. Go figure.'

'And no matter how much Whaley chooses to bask in his perceived successes, the reality is, he’s failed to supply the Bills with the franchise quarterback they desperately need, gave up way too much for the chance to draft Sammy Watkins, dramatically overpaid for Mario Williams, Marcell Dareus and Charles Clay and was ill-prepared to acquire help when the wide receiving corps was ravaged by injury. Those aren’t Ryan’s fault.'

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'The Bills head into Saturday's game at New Era Field on the brink of officially being eliminated from the playoffs for a 17th straight year and a grim outlook at quarterback.'

'"Yeah, it was tough," McCoy told reporters the other day. "That was a game that we actually had, we let that game slip away."'

'"Oh, big-time," he said. "We're definitely going to do that. That's definitely the plan. Knock them out, send them onto the couch with us. We know we're better than them. We're the better team."'

'"Next year, I went to Miami, hurt my shoulder, got injury/waived and came back in the middle of the season, played the last six games. I was with them this year, got released before last cuts and then had kind of been bouncing around. I was in Minnesota for a week, then back with the Patriots for a month and a half, then here."'

'She's been performing the anthem before crowds since she was 12. And she has sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Buffalo Bisons and Buffalo Sabres games, but conditions are a bit different at New Era Field. There is a delay between the singer and the sound system at the Bills’ stadium that can be disorienting to performers.'

'“I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to get into another player,’’ Ryan said. “I know the angle you guys are taking and I see that their team’s won eight of nine. I can tell you that much.’’'

'Bills 23, Dolphins 19.'

'The Colts (7-7) have to lose either at the Raiders (11-3, 8-2) on Saturday (seems likely) or home against the Jaguars (2-12) next week (not likely) unless interim Jacksonville coach and former Bills boss Doug Marrone wants to do his former team a favor. Who knows, maybe history will repeat itself and Marrone will quit before the job is done.'

'Branch posted an image that seemed to take a shot at Incognito for not having a true killer instinct. It showed Branch on top of Incognito from the first matchup between the teams in Week 7.'

'Whaley: Let's put it this way, none of us know our future. Look where we are. We owe it to our fans and our owners to keep it focused on Miami, because we're still in this. As small a chance as everybody says we have, we still have a chance, so we have to get our focus, not only from our coaching staff, our management, but the whole organization and especially the players to take care of business this weekend.'

'The Bills will get rushing yards against Miami, and this might sound goofy, but that's not the full key to beating Miami. Miami utilizes a Wide-9 scheme that essentially takes a lot of the onus for defending the run off of the defensive line and puts it on the linebackers. Kiko Alonso has been outstanding overall this season, but the outside linebacker spot is completely the biggest hole on this team. If Koa Misi could've stayed healthy (he never can and will likely be a cap casualty this offseason) and if Jelani Jenkins could stay healthy (another likely offseason cut) then this IS a team that would be far better against the run than they are, as well as defending tight ends.'

'Miami will start quarterback Matt Moore on Saturday and Buffalo head coach Rex Ryan has referred to the last time Moore and Ryan were on the field together several times this week. Moore lead the Dolphins to a 19-17 win on the road against Ryan’s New York Jets in the season finale of the 2011 NFL season. On that day, Moore went 22/32, with 135 passing yards, a touchdown, and two interceptions. But multiple current Bills were also on the field that day, including Charles Clay, Dan Carpenter, and Richie Incognito, who all played that day for Miami.'