Archives for October 2017

' It wasn't a great offensive performance. But that loss is not completely on Taylor. His offensive line struggled and the playmakers around him simply are not good.'

'The Bills saw a very Tyrod Taylor performance against the Bengals. Taylor went 20-for-37 for only 166 yards with a touchdown and interception. It clearly was not all on Taylor, especially after the team lost their top receiver in tight end Charles Clay early. With the loss, Taylor fell to 1-10 overall in games he has more than 30 pass attempts. Taylor's lone win in those circumstances was against the Jacoby Brissett led Patriots in 2016. That's telling.'

'Same-old Bills: The Bills win games like they did against the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, believe it or not. They have throughout the 17-year playoff drought. Is what the Bills do, and did against Cincy, is lose a game many believed they should win. Some believed Sean McDermott would be different. That turned out to only be wishful thinking.'

'Tyrod Taylor didn't have a good game. It didn't help that his offensive line played like garbage. He had 166 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception. He was sacked six times. He wasn't much of a factor in the run game either. He was held to one carry for 3 yards.'

'The Bills have to be perfect offensively and defensively and still hope for a few breaks. Sunday, they weren't. They gave up a few long plays to Green and couldn't take advantage of field position gained by turnovers.'

'Wood said, "I just try to be a pro, never give them a reason to get rid of you. There's so much turnover in this business. It's pretty well-documented we haven't been to the playoffs in a long time, and at this point I'm our second-longest tenured Bill and I've seen a ton of change around here … seven head coaches in nine years, two of them were interim, but seven in nine years is pretty crazy to think about.'

'The Bills (3-2) got off to an encouraging start by relying heavily on kicker Stephen Hauschka and a defense that led the league, allowing only 13.5 points per game in the first four. The combination wasn't enough this time. Buffalo's depleted offense couldn't take advantage of Cincinnati's three turnovers.'

'"When we create three turnovers, we have to find a way to get the ball into the end zone," said safety Jordan Poyer, who had one of the interceptions. "Somehow, some way, we need to figure out how to get the ball into the end zone. It's a tough loss."'

'George Iloka's interception of Taylor was the Bills' first turnover since the their first possession of the season.'

'Clay was hit in his left leg by Bengals safety Shawn Williams after a 24-yard catch. He remained on the ground in apparent pain before being walked to a medical tent on the sideline with assistance from two members of the Bills' training staff. Clay later walked gingerly to an awaiting cart.'

'Following back-to-back impressive wins over the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons, the Buffalo Bills came up short against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday from Paul Brown Stadium. The Bills defense forced three turnovers from the Bengals offense, but Buffalo's offense could not make a play when they needed to in a 20-16 loss.'

'After getting 185 total net yards in the first half, the Bills managed just 36 yards on 26 plays in the second half. McCoy was effective in the opening 30 minutes with 51-yards on 10 carries. But in quarters three and four, the Bills best offensive weapon was held to 12-yards on 9 carries. The passing game also went into a deep freeze, recording just 20-yards after halftime. That put way too much pressure on the defense which wasn't able to produce a touchdown as they did one week earlier in Atlanta.'

'It's absolutely fair to say Taylor did not have any weapons coming into the game, and then even lost his best, most reliable target in TE Charles Clay in the first quarter. But he's still the QB of the team and had several opportunities to put points on the board that never materialized. He also held on to the ball too long a few times causing him to take a sack. He was taken down six times overall. Taylor finished 20-for-37 for 166 yards, one TD pass and one interception.'

'Running back LeSean McCoy was once again held to less than 100 yards on the ground. He carried the ball 19 times for less than 70 yards.'

'Losing Clay was a game changer.'