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Archives for October 2017

Five things to know about the Oakland Raiders, the Bills’ Week Eight opponent

‘The Raiders will come to Buffalo on a long rest after playing in the Thursday night game against Kansas City. The Raiders pulled out a 31-30 win in one of the wildest finishes you’ll see. Derek Carr led the Raiders down the field in the two-minute drill and they thought they won with seven seconds left, but Michael Crabtree was called for offensive pass interference. Then the Chiefs thought they won when Carr’s pass went incomplete with no time left, but a holding penalty gave the Raiders another play. That one was incomplete, too, but another holding penalty gave the Raiders one more play, and they scored on that one to win the game.’

Three up, three down following the Bills’ Week Seven win over Tampa Bay

‘QB Tyrod Taylor: My biggest criticism of Taylor during his time with the Bills has been an inability to pull out games in the clutch, when the Bills are tied or trail in the fourth quarter and need their quarterback to step up and deliver a big play. Taylor silenced that criticism Sunday, needing just 46 seconds to drive the Bills to a tying touchdown after the Bucs had gone up, 27-20. After the offense got the ball back, Taylor controlled the clock perfectly, leaving Tampa Bay with just 14 seconds remaining and no timeouts after Stephen Hauschka’s go-ahead field goal. Taylor also had more than 50 rushing yards, adding a needed element to the ground game.’

Bills’ comeback vs. Buccaneers was one for the ages

‘The Bills scored 10 points in the final three minutes to win, 30-27. It was their latest comeback needing seven points or more since at least 1994, which is as far back as Pro Football Reference’s Play Index goes.’

Video: Latest tailgating stunt shows Bills fan set on fire

‘The video shows the man leaping onto the table, hitting the ground and then quickly standing up only to realize a portion of the back of his jersey was covered in flames. In addition to undertaking the “stop, drop and roll” technique, a couple onlookers tried to douse the flames with their beverages.’

In case you were wondering, that home-field Bills’ rally was a franchise first

‘Think about that for a second. Since their inception in the old AFL in 1960, the Bills have now won 245 home games, and what we saw Sunday had never happened in the first 244 of those victories. The Bills have pulled out a few of these late-game turnarounds on the road, but the last one occurred in 1991 when they roared back to beat the Los Angeles Raiders at the Memorial Coliseum.’

Buffalo Bills claim CB Tony McRae, waive WR Kaelin Clay

‘Meanwhile, Clay made a limited impact in his time with the Bills. On roster cutdown weekend, the Bills traded cornerback Kevon Seymour to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for Clay, who caught just one pass for 28 yards and made a limited impact on special teams.’

Sean McDermott says Buffalo Bills were motivated by talk of them ‘tanking’

‘”I don’t know if I have an exactly right answer on that,” McDermott said when asked how his team keeps its underdog mentality. “It’s probably just more of what’s been said about these guys outside of this building. What was said in preseason where we’re tanking. All along we’ve said we’re building a team. We’re not tanking. I think guys, they embrace that. They embrace that underdog mentality, they embrace that underdog role. Honestly, I think that’s how they approach every week. Like I’ve said and you heard me say in the locker room yesterday, there are guys that have been told they’re not good enough by other teams. I know this, I’ll take them on my team any day of the week.”‘

Buffalo Bills open to trading Marcell Dareus, expected to cut him in 2018

‘Dareus played 57-percent of snaps in the Bills’ Week 7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but his role has fluctuated throughout the season. Trading Dareus isn’t impossible given the Bills’ current salary cap situation. The Bills would have to eat a $14.2 million dead money cap hit in 2018 if they traded him. However, the bigger ask is on the team trading for Dareus. His contract runs through 2021 and carries cap hits of $17 million, $16 million and $14 million in the final three seasons of the deal.’