‘The Bills offense has struggled to consistently produce “chunk” plays and have been forced to slowly drive the ball down the field but that wasn’t the case in Miami.’
Archives for November 2019
Edmunds inspires Bills with Saturday pep talk
‘“It’s just what I was feeling in the moment. I know those guys got trust in me man so me being a leader, I wanted to take my leadership a step forward,” Edmunds said.’
Bills trip to Miami exactly what they needed
‘There were no tricks or excuses. No short fields on turnovers (the shortest TD drive was 53 yards). This was a dominant NFL offensive performance.’
Game Recap | Josh Allen and the Bills light up the scoreboard in win against Miami
‘Defensively, Buffalo sacked Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick seven times and put an emphasis on stopping the run. Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier put together an aggressive game plan that limited Miami to zero rushing yard the entire first half.’
Top 3 things we learned from Bills at Dolphins | Week 11
‘“Yeah I do,” Allen said. “I think it’s a little easier for me to see everything and make some checks at the line and get ourselves in a good enough situation where we can call a play and be okay with it. We had some pretty good answers today. Our guys ran the ball hard and our big guys did a good job of protecting and moving the ball up front and moving the line of scrimmage, so hats off to them.”’
Quote Sheet | Player-driven leadership fuels Buffalo’s win over Miami
‘“Just speeding up the quarterback a little bit,” Hyde said. “We felt like we had good pressure on him in the back end. The ball was going to come out. We felt like we gave him some plays in the back end, but it’s easily correctible. Just a good job by the front today just getting after the quarterback. I don’t know how many sacks they had, but it seemed like they had a lot.”’
Jerry Hughes is active for Miami game
‘Hughes came into this week’s game with a 124-consecutive games played streak that dates back to the end of the 2011 season. His streak is the second-longest among current defensive ends to New Orleans’ Cameron Jordan.’
Bills Today | The numbers behind Buffalo’s recent domination of the Dolphins
‘The Bills have now swept Miami in a season series for the 15th time in the rivalry. It’s the second Bills sweep in three seasons and third time in five years – the others coming in 2013, 2015, 2018.’
‘I’d never bet against Frank Gore’: 2001 Miami Hurricanes on an all-time great
‘“I’m happy to see my fam and all my high school friends who still root for me in Miami,” Gore said. “I’m happy my family will get to see me. I don’t know if it’s going to be my last year or not, so hopefully all my family comes and gets to see me and hopefully I make some plays for them.”’
Pressure will be squarely on Bills against plucky Dolphins
‘Bills 23, Dolphins 17.’
Bills center Mitch Morse on O-line chemistry, his concussion recovery and Josh Allen
‘I think less (verbal) communication, but, at the same time, still being able to portray the right information, little nuances on how guys play, just understanding each other’s technique and working together instead of against each other, especially in the run game and stuff. So it’s definitely exciting, but we have a lot of work to do. I think, for us, it’s more of a sense of urgency rather than a sense of panic.’
Bills Mailbag: Are fans and media being too critical of a 6-3 Bills team?
‘Truthfully, if I were Beane or McDermott, I’d probably be a little ticked that my team is 6-3 and yet most of the talk surrounding it is about how unimpressive those wins have been. They have every right to say, “at the end of the day, 6-3 is 6-3,” and they would be right. Complaining about how wins look should be a problem of Patriots fans, not Bills fans.’
The Bills may be 6-3, but their road to the playoffs is suddenly more difficult
‘Given the difficulty of their remaining schedule, which has gone from easiest in the league in the first half of the year to now middle-of-the-pack in terms of winning percentage of remaining opponents, the Bills simply can’t afford to lose to the Dolphins.’
Suddenly, Miami’s a ‘must win’ for Bills
‘In other words, there’s more to this game than the two teams’ records, particularly for Buffalo.’
Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins 2019: Preview, odds, prediction for Week 11
‘ills win, 35-14.’