‘In their fourth loss in a row and sixth lopsided defeat of the season, the Bills did manage to get their first touchdown in three games. They actually generated more yards than the Bears (264 to 190), who were largely stifled by Buffalo’s defense. But too many blunders and too much sloppiness and ineptitude made the defenders’ effort meaningless.’
Archives for November 5, 2018
Bills QB Nathan Peterman: ‘I don’t feel snakebit’
‘“I don’t feel snakebit,” Peterman said. “I never feel like I’m a victim or anything like that, you know? It’s football. It’s life. Things don’t always bounce your way. … You just have to be able to take it how it comes, learn from it and keep fighting forward, and I think we showed a lot of fight out there today, and that’s what I’m proud of, really for our whole offense.”’
Bears’ Zach Miller shares bond, surprises UB runner who nearly lost her leg
‘Miller is on injured reserve as he continues to recover from a gruesome knee injury that nearly cost him his left leg. Since being carted off the field in New Orleans in October 2017 with a dislocated knee and torn artery, he’s had nine surgeries, the best medical care money can buy, and support from his family, friends … and from a kindred spirit in Western New York whom he finally met Sunday.’
Jay Skurski’s Observations: LeSean McCoy silent on and off the field Sunday
Plays that Shaped the Game: Bills offense is a gift that keeps on giving
‘The Bills are minus-9 for the season in turnover ratio, and they’re minus-14 in their seven defeats.’
Quarter-by-quarter report: The bad, the worse and the ugly
‘Peterman did not look confident in his reads. He was double-clutching on a bunch of throws.’
Bills-Bears Report Card: Another game, another set of failing grades on offense
‘The final numbers mask how awful this was. The team gained 97 yards on 28 carries, but 46 of those yards came from quarterback Nathan Peterman, including a 24-yard scramble on the final play of the first half – when he elected to run instead of throwing a Hail Mary to the end zone. LeSean McCoy’s long run on 10 carries was just 4 yards. Backup Chris Ivory piled up some garbage-time yardage, but then suffered a shoulder injury near the goal line in the fourth quarter. Third running back Marcus Murphy got just one carry. Rushing attempts by receivers Zay Jones and Terrelle Pryor went nowhere. Simply put, the running game is lost right now.’
Fox, WGR tell same ‘sad’ first-half story: Peterman isn’t blamed as much as receivers
‘Unlike the great majority of Bills fans, Johnston apparently hasn’t given up on Peterman. At one point in the first half, he said of Peterman, “I don’t think you really know what is there.”‘
Deplorable, miserable, laughable — they all fit for the inept Bills in blowout
‘There are so many words that can be used to describe the state of the 2018 Buffalo Bills, but they are the words that, if I had said them in my mother’s presence when I was a kid, she would have cleansed my mouth with a bar of soap.’
Maiorana: Sean McDermott says the Bills have the players to win. He’s lying.
‘They barely have the personnel to stay in games let alone win, and all of that is sequestered on the defensive side of the ball. It’s a gross roster imbalance that has led to seven losses in nine games for the simple fact that in a league now dominated by offense and scoring, even the best defenses get scored on. Thus, if you can’t score even a little, which Buffalo can’t, you have no chance to win.’
Roth: Buffalo Bills front office is either tanking or incompetent
‘The Buffalo Bills have assembled such a poor cast of characters 1 through 11, it would not have mattered had Josh Allen, Derek Anderson, Matt Barkley — hell, Jim Kelly for that matter — was under center.’
Report card
‘This team has become an embarrassment. It is barely capable of competing, yet alone winning, and there are reasons up and down the roster, in the coaching staff, and in the front office, for this putrid product that we have been forced to watch. The Bills have now scored eight touchdowns in nine games, good for 96 points, barely 10 per game. No team in NFL history could win on a consistent basis with an average like that, not even the 1985 Bears or 2000 Ravens, teams with two of the best defenses in NFL history. The season can’t end fast enough.’
Dismal offense again dooms Bills as Bears win 41-9
‘Then there were the penalties … 10 for 163 yards, the next closest being 104 against Houston. Six were against Buffalo’s offense including two for 22 yards against tackle Dion Dawkins.’
Pollock: This Bills’ loss can’t be blamed on Peterman
‘So much of this debacle reflects back on coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane who, despite last season’s miracle playoff berth, have assembled a roster that’s worse than the one Rex Ryan and Doug Whaley left when they were shown the door.’
Bills vs. Bears in Week 9: Another beatdown in Buffalo (8 observations)
‘New Era Field was pretty full Sunday, but with four games remaining on the schedule for the 2-7 Bills, it’s going to be a lot to ask for fans to continue to come out to watch this offense.’