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Trent Green on Bills’ QB: ‘Tyrod is who Tyrod is’

‘”There are certain games you know you have to be more aggressive than others, because you know the other team’s going to put up a lot of points,” Green said. “But what Tyrod realized in that game is that the Chiefs weren’t doing much offensively — that the Bills, defensively, were dialed in. All quarterbacks hate the label ‘game manager,’ but I think that he did a great job of understanding what was needed, from a risk standpoint, and I thought he managed it very well.”‘

Bills Fans Near and Far: ‘Inside Edition’ reporter Les Trent’s fandom deepens each year

‘”I started off during those heightened Bills years and I used to plan extra time for coverage on Sundays. I remember when big players came to town – like when Cornelius Bennett was traded here. It was such big news, it transcended sports. As a reporter, I was out at the airport doing a live shot of his arrival. It’s hard not to get wrapped up in that kind of excitement.”‘

What we learned from Buffalo Bills OC Rick Dennison heading into Week 13

‘Tyrod Taylor has progressed enough in Dennison’s scheme that he’s able to make checks at the line of scrimmage. Earlier in the season, Taylor said, “we haven’t gotten to that,” when asked about calling audibles at the line of scrimmage. On Monday, Dennison said Taylor was doing a bit of that during the game against the Chiefs.’

8 things we learned about the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills’ Week 13 opponent

‘The Bills lost Mike Gillislee to the Patriots as a restricted free agent. New England looked like geniuses when Gillislee rushed for three touchdowns on opening night, but his play fell off after Week 1. Now, Gillislee cannot crack the starting lineup. He’s been inactive the last three weeks and may watch the Week 13 matchup against Buffalo from the sidelines.’

5 things to know about the Bills next opponent: the New England Patriots

‘Defensive turnaround: After a horrible start, the Patriots defense has looked promising the past few weeks. After starting the year allowing point totals of 42, 20, 33, and 33 to start the season, New England has allowed less than 20 points in their last seven-straight games. The Pats are 7-0 in that stretch. Their pass rush had a big game last week as well, notching seven sacks against Miami.’

Tyrod Taylor is just the type of QB who gives Patriots problems

‘“You’ve got to defend him on every play, and in the running game, that always takes one less guy away from the running game when you have a player like him who you have to concern yourselves that he’ll keep the ball or bootleg it or that type of play,” Belichick said. “Schematically, it takes away a player that you would normally have to defend the running game. It’s just one less guy, so his presence, not only when he has the ball but even when he doesn’t have the ball, it affects you. He’s a hard guy to handle, a very good football player.”’

New England Patriots face a ‘huge challenge’ in stopping Bills QB Tyrod Taylor, according to Bill Belichick

‘”Big challenge. Huge challenge,” Belichick said. “That guy’s really a good football player. Really competitive, smart, tough, he’s got a good feel for the pocket, he’s obviously very athletic, hard to tackle, hard to contain, fast, he’s quick, he’s got good balance, he’s a good football player. He’s like I said a very competitive guy, so in critical situations, he makes a lot of the right decisions and he does a lot of the right things.”‘

Gaines: ‘It’s a headache’ going against Brady

‘”He’s pretty much everything that you hear about and watch on TV,” Gaines said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White on WGR Tuesday morning. “He’s a great competitor, he knows the game inside and out, and he knows what you’re going to do before you do it. Everything you hear about is definitely true.’

No Man’s Land

‘And so the Bills find themselves in the all too familiar no man’s zone between an extremely difficult strong finish to finally get them over the hump, and falling just short to draft in the middle of the pack again. The Bills have come so close to the playoffs over their epic drought – each year seems as if they were only one or two games away from making it happen. Games short of the playoffs is like the left on base statistic in baseball – a measure of frustration and lost hope.’

Brownie Points – Week 12

‘Hyde gets to Hill first and Lawson overlaps the penetrating Milano to finish the cornered Hill for a loss of two to force a punt.’

Bills Today: Frazier has never had a CB quite like White

‘“I can’t recall a rookie being asked to do some of the things we asked him to do this season,” said Frazier. “As you know, we’ve had to match him up on some top receivers during the course of the season. You don’t usually ask a rookie to do that. Maybe towards the end of the year, but we were doing this early in the season. He’s responded quite well.”’