‘Bills wide receiver Zay Jones has been starting to blossom in the last couple weeks. He didn’t play well his rookie season and was hoping for a bounce-back year in 2018. After a bizarre offseason hotel incident, he was quiet throughout training camp but has been lauded by coaches and teammates for his effort and work ethic this season.’
Archives for November 12, 2018
Buffalo Bills offense comes alive in convincing win over Jets: 8 reasons to be encouraged, 2 reasons to worry
‘Think Robert Foster had a chip on his shoulder? Buffalo released the undrafted free agent out of Alabama earlier this season after the wide receiver failed to come up with big plays down the field. The Bills signed Foster to their practice squad following his release and promoted him to the 53-man roster on Saturday. The move paid off with Foster recording three catches for 105 yards.’
Bills’ LeSean McCoy ‘shocked’ at how well he ran against ‘good’ Jets defense
‘”(Today felt) a lot better,” McCoy said. “Just because of how we’ve been running the ball on offense and how we’ve been playing, (to do it) against that type of defense — now, that defense is good. So I was shocked the way we moved it running the ball, because that’s a really good defense.”‘
Matt Barkley played great but Josh Allen is ready, so what now for Bills?
‘Sounds like the perfect fit. If the Bills want to re-insert Allen as starter after the break, Barkley is ready to help back him up. If Bills coach Sean McDermott wants the rookie to watch some more, Barkley earned a chance to play.’
Dion Dawkins, teammates explain Bills’ big man touchdown
‘”In high school I scored on defense, and this was big to score a touchdown in Jersey,” Dawkins said. “After the game I went over to my mother and she was crying. It’s a big deal.”‘
Report card: Buffalo Bills jump over Jets early on way to dominating victory
‘LeSean McCoy was able to take his early season frustrations out on the Jets. Buffalo’s lead back took his first carry to the house on Sunday for his first touchdown of the season and added a second touchdown later in the game. He finished with 113 yards on the ground.’
Why did Bills’ Zay Jones show his towel to camera during touchdown celebration?
‘”We actually broke it down on ‘Pancho Power’ to go out and play for him,” Jones said. “I just wanted to dedicate something special to a man that battles through resiliency, just like this football team has.”‘
Get rid of him! Buffalo Bills fans ready to move on from Kelvin Benjamin for lack of effort
‘Instead of making a play on the ball, Benjamin watched it fall to the ground. Video seems to show Benjamin find the ball in the air and simply watch it fall to the turf. Here’s a look at the play in question and fan reactions to the play.’
Sunday was what Bills fans were waiting to see
‘There is not a quarterback controversy in Buffalo. Josh Allen is the starter if he’s healthy. You don’t trade up into the top 10 in the draft to take a quarterback, just to give up on him in the first year for a journeyman on his sixth team in six years. Barkley likely claimed the backup job for the rest of the season with Sunday’s performance — at least he should have, anyway — but the starter’s job should obviously belong to Allen.’
Barkley boffo as Bills blow out beleaguered Bowles’ Jets
‘Buffalo won with a quarterback they signed off the street just a week-and-a-half earlier: Matt Barkley. The former USC star – drafted in 2012 by Philadelphia, who hadn’t taken an NFL game snap since the end of the 2016 season in Chicago – completed a 47-yard long bomb to an undrafted rookie (Robert Foster) on the first scrimmage snap of the game, then completed 14 of his next 24 throws for 232 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in the best passing performance by a Bills quarterback in a long time.’
Bills superfan with Stage IV cancer gives chilling pep talk
‘“What you guys go through, us regular people go through. What I’m going through — Stage IV metastatic adenocarcinoma of the biliary pancreatic — it took me a while to learn that. My last scan didn’t look too good. Things got worse. The doctor wasn’t too promising about it. I know it’s crazy, I seriously take my mask in to every treatment. Because when I put the mask on, it just give me an extra boost of energy. Just as you guys put on the helmet, it gives you guys an extra boost of energy. I can relate to you guys in that aspect.’
Monday’s New York Coverage
Mehta: Jets embarrassed in loss to no-name Bills — So, what’s next for Todd Bowles’ Gang Green? (New York Daily News)
Todd Bowles’ job may be in jeopardy, but Jets players are publicly standing behind him ‘100 percent’ (New York Daily News)
Jets’ year, likely Todd Bowles’ job go up in flames in utter disgrace (New York Post)
Josh McCown looked far from a ‘spring chicken’ for Jets (New York Post)
The Jets’ $72 million man struggles again in return (New York Post)
Even the Bills were ‘shocked’ at how they manhandled the Jets (New York Post)
The Jets played like they wanted Todd Bowles gone (New York Post)
Fire Todd Bowles (New York Post)
Jets boss dodges the Todd Bowles question that just got urgent (New York Post)
Jets report card: This is as ugly as it gets (New York Post)
Ex-Jets lineman unloads after midgame walk-out: ‘F–k was this?’ (New York Post)
Bills superfan with Stage IV cancer gives chilling pep talk (New York Post)
Jets’ latest debacle an embarrassing loss to Bills (Newsday)
Josh McCown’s first start of season “disappointing” (Newsday)
Jets’ defense decimated by Bills’ lowly offense (Newsday)
Time is almost up for Todd Bowles’ tenure as Jets head coach (Newsday)
Jets Q&A: Players have Todd Bowles’ back, say they haven’t quit (Newsday)
Jets grades: F’s for offense, defense and coaching (Newsday)
Photo gallery (Newsday)
10 most embarrassing moments, stats from Jets’ pitiful loss to Bills (Newark Star Ledger)
10 Jets who quit in season’s most pathetic performance yet (Newark Star Ledger)
Morris Claiborne delivers damning indictment, says Jets ‘laid down’ in loss to Bills (Newark Star Ledger)
Jets’ Darron Lee won’t say he still believes in Todd Bowles: ‘I never said anything along those lines’ (Newark Star Ledger)
Have the Jets quit on season, Todd Bowles? Jamal Adams hasn’t, but can’t ‘speak for other people’ (Newark Star Ledger)
Jets’ Jermaine Kearse says it’s ‘understandable’ why fans want Todd Bowles out now, though he disagrees (Newark Star Ledger)
Is Jets’ Todd Bowles on the brink of bad news? He’ll meet with ownership on Monday (Newark Star Ledger)
Building the Jets’ case for firing Todd Bowles: 10 facts, stats that should doom his future (Newark Star Ledger)
What did Jets’ CEO Christopher Johnson say about Todd Bowles status after blowout to Bills? (Newark Star Ledger)
Time is up for Jets’ Todd Bowles after fiasco vs. Bills | Here’s who Jets could hire to replace him (Newark Star Ledger)
Besides firing Todd Bowles, Jets must take these steps to fix franchise, return to playoffs (Newark Star Ledger)
Updated odds that Jets’ Todd Bowles gets fired: Las Vegas sets the line (Newark Star Ledger)
‘Fire Todd Bowles now!’ Jets fans want coach gone ASAP (They even fired him on Wikipedia) (Newark Star Ledger)
An open letter to Bruce Arians: Come be the Jets’ savior, Sam Darnold’s quarterback whisperer (Newark Star Ledger)
Bills vs. Jets Week 10 inactives | Jets down 3 offensive starters, including Sam Darnold (Newark Star Ledger)
Embarrassing loss to Bills proves the Jets are broken, and no one knows how to fix it (Bergen Record)
Fire Todd Bowles? Jets players say no, but is it too late to save his job? (Bergen Record)
Photo gallery (Bergen Record)
Edelson: Jets must fire Todd Bowles after humiliating loss to lowly Bills (Asbury Park Press)
Bowles’ sinking Jets bottom out with 41-10 loss to Bills (AP)
Todd Bowles: ‘We didn’t coach well’ in blowout loss to Bills (ESPN)
Jets never considered sitting Sam Darnold and would have started him vs. Bills if not for injury (CBS Sports)
After Loss to the Bills, It’s Time for the Jets to Fire Todd Bowles (SI)
Jets Takeaways from Week 10’s loss to the Bills (SportsNet New York)
Winners and losers from the Jets’ Week 10 loss to the Bills (SportsNet New York)
Grading the Jets after their Week 10 loss to Buffalo (SportsNet New York)
After humiliating loss to Bills, it’s time the Jets consider moving on from Todd Bowles (SportsNet New York)
Jets’ Jamal Adams: ‘[Todd] Bowles is not the problem … I don’t care what the fans say’ (SportsNet New York)
Jets owner Christopher Johnson declines comment when asked about Todd Bowles’ job status (SportsNet New York)
12 coaches the Jets could target if they fire Todd Bowles (SportsNet New York)
Sam Darnold, six other Jets inactive Sunday against Bills (SportsNet New York)
8 Takeaways: Jets Get Bounced by Bills 41-10 (NewYorkJets.com)
Jets QB Josh McCown Laments ‘Unacceptable’ Performance vs. Bills (NewYorkJets.com)
Avery Williamson ‘Very Shocked’ by Jets’ Defense vs. Bills (NewYorkJets.com)
Photo gallery 1 (NewYorkJets.com)
Photo gallery 2 (NewYorkJets.com)
Photo gallery (BuffaloBills.com)
Photo gallery (Buffalo News)
Photo gallery (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Robert Foster breaks out for Buffalo Bills 1 day after promotion from practice squad
‘In his first start in the NFL on Sunday, Foster more than doubled that yardage, catching three passes for 105 yards in the Buffalo Bills’ 41-10 victory over the New York Jets.’
Robert Foster returns to Buffalo Bills’ active roster
‘An undrafted rookie from Alabama, Foster had spent the past three weeks on the Bills’ practice squad after playing in Buffalo’s first six games of the season.’
Barkley, Bills light up listless Jets in 41-10 laugher
‘”I don’t know,” Barkley said. “That’s a question I don’t have the answer to, nor the authority to answer. I’ll be ready to play. This QB situation seems to be fluctuating. In whatever way I can help this team, that’s my goal.”‘