‘In comparison to other NFL teams, you’ll find the second-most expensive stadium hot dogs and the fifth-highest priced soft drinks at New Era Field.’
Archives for October 2019
7 noteworthy numbers on the Bills from Week 8
‘The Bills lead the league in red zone touchdown percentage as we near midseason with a success rate of 70.6 percent. Josh Allen and company have cashed in with six points on 12 of their 17 red zone possessions this season.’
Bills and Sabres provide promise with combined record-setting win numbers in October
‘“There is an energy in the city, you can feel it right now because of both teams,” John Murphy, the Voice of the Buffalo Bills, said. “The Bills got about a two week head start on the Sabres, but the Sabres have played great since they started. You can feel the energy, you can just feel it on the street. You feel it in our jobs on the radio, it’s an upbeat kind of energy.”’
Bills Today | Josh Allen: That’s just how I lead
‘“I’ve made a concerted effort this year, I think compared to last year,” Allen explained. “I’ve been getting down when I need to, but that competitor in me still wants to go that extra yard and make a guy miss to get the first down. When it’s first and second down, I feel like I’ve done a good job of getting down and trying to avoid some hits. Then on third down or on fourth down, especially near the goal line sticking the ball out and opening myself to bigger hits. That’s just how I lead. That’s how I show my guys how bad I want to win football games.”’
Bills looked terrible, but it’s one game
‘“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.’
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.’