‘“You can’t allow one game to dictate the rest of the season,” he said. “I don’t think that’ll happen to us … I think we’ll make the corrections and be better going forward.” Bills fans can only hope so.’
Archives for October 29, 2019
It’s time for Devin Singletary to get more touches
‘The Bills rank 19th in total offense, averaging 345.7 yards per game. More importantly, they are just 24th in points per game, at 19.1. Sunday showed that relying on the defense to carry the load every week won’t work. Singletary has the type of big-play ability that requires more than the three carries he got against the Eagles. Those three carries, for what it’s worth, produced 19 yards, an average of 6.3 per rush. It’s worth pointing out that 16 of those yards came on the game’s final play, when the Eagles’ defense didn’t have much of an incentive to stop him. Nevertheless, on 20 carries this season, Singletary has gained 172 yards, an average of 8.6 per carry.’
Bills know more runs are coming until they prove they can stop it
‘“That’s a long day defensively and we had a chance to go back and watch the tape and I think we made the necessary corrections,” Frazier said. “Now we have to get a chance to get out and practice next week and prepare for Washington, who can really run the football as well. But we think we handled what needs to be handled and we’ll see once we get on the field.”’
Lack of quality third receiving option is a problem Bills must solve
‘Where do the Bills go from here in the pass game? Keep working on developing Knox and Kroft. And hope that Williams keeps developing or Foster wakes up. (Or make a trade the next day.) Teams need to have patience with young receivers. Williams and Knox are at the beginning of their careers.’
Eagles’ O-line stars made it a long day for Bills’ front seven
‘It was a tough day for Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmunds with Kelce and Brooks getting out for second-level blocks.’
Designed runs, scrambles putting Josh Allen in danger
‘In 58 total offensive plays run by the Bills, 16% were either quarterback scrambles or designed quarterback runs. These are often the plays we enjoy from a fans’ perspective, but these are also the plays when quarterbacks can make grave mistakes, or worse, get injured.’
Fox’s Johnston has almost all the answers, but practically punts on the big Bills question
‘Tellingly, there was a significant period of silence near the end of the game when play-by-play man Chris Myers asked Johnston, “How convinced are you of the Bills and their success?”’
Was Sunday one bad day for Bills’ defense or a sign of bigger problems?
‘And there sure was a lot that happened, and plenty that needs to be fixed, and it leaves us to ponder a rather important question. Was Sunday’s performance just a random bad day against a team with playoff-level talent, or does it raise doubt about the true viability of this unit?’
‘Do something Beane:’ Fans imploring Buffalo Bills GM to make move at trade deadline | Who should he target?
‘Here’s five potential targets that could be on Beane’s wishlist and whether the Bills should make a play any of them. There are no interior linemen because there aren’t any on the trade block at the time the story went live. But Cincinnati’s Geno Atkins would be a huge get for Beane to try and solidify things at defensive tackle.’
Bills’ Sean McDermott on Brian Daboll’s play calling: ‘We have to work out some kinks’
‘“(We have to) continue to work out some of the kinks that are preventing us from scoring points,” McDermott said. “Because at the end of the day you have to score points and we haven’t scored enough points. We have to continue to find ways to score points.”’
Buffalo Bills linked to RB Melvin Gordon ahead of 2019 NFL trade deadline (report)
‘It’s possible based on a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. According to Fowler, Buffalo is one of two teams being linked to Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon.’
Bills’ coaches deal with plenty of questions surrounding run game, Singletary at Monday’s media session
‘“I mean, we want to get the ball in the hands of our playmakers,” said McDermott. “You saw what Devin can do early in the season. Now him coming back off the injury is another piece and him doing his job as well. So, it’s part to whole, and everyone doing their 1/11 of the job here.”’
Bills’ Leaky Run Defense Could Use Help At Trade Deadline
‘What’s troubling is how the Eagles extended a worrying trend for Buffalo. After allowing a combined 338 yards rushing and three touchdowns in their first four games, the Bills have given up 429 yards and six touchdowns in their past three.’
Ugly day
‘That defense is the thing that is going to have to get sorted out here if the Bills are going to keep rolling towards a 10 or 11-win season. It would have been nice for the offense to pick them up in this game. It also would have been nice if the Bills defense hadn’t been run over by the Eagles.’
Quick Hits: Discussing opportunities to improve roster at the trade deadline
‘“We talk about it. We look at everything,” said McDermott. “I know Brandon and his staff are on top of things, so just like we evaluate games we look at everything with our team.”’