‘You can’t argue with the early results. Diggs has made life easier for Allen. He has hauled in some impressive catches through two weeks and the attention he receives has helped Allen spread the ball around and find his other weapons on offense.’
Archives for September 21, 2020
Bills at Dolphins NFL Week 2: Power outages and lightning cause frustration for Bills Mafia
‘When the game returned, CBS showed a highlight package of the Bills’ second touchdown drive. The rest of the first half went smoothly–minus a horrendous blindside block penalty on Isaiah McKenzie that stopped Buffalo’s drive deep into Dolphins territory.’
Bills at Dolphins Inactives: Few surprises as Buffalo heads into Miami down three LBs
‘There are no true surprises on this week’s inactive list. Buffalo announced on Friday that Edmunds, Milano and Phillips would be out of action. Without Edmunds, Milano and Phillips, Buffalo will depend on A.J. Klein, Tyrel Dodson, Tyler Matakevich, Andre Smith and Deon Lacey to step up in their place.’
Brasky: Through two weeks, Bills have been imperfect on way to perfect record
‘The Bills have taken a major step toward becoming a Super Bowl contender. Now it’s time for them to play like one play-in and play-out, game-in and game-out.’
Five takeaways: Allen goes for 417 yards, 4 TDs as Bills earn thrilling win over Dolphins
‘Once again, the Bills struggled to move the ball in the third quarter, running only eight plays including one three and out. While the Bills lost their offensive rhythm during the third, the Dolphins found theirs. The ‘Phins began the half with an eight-play, 48-yard drive which ended in a field goal and followed that up with a 12-play, 85-yard drive which ended in a goal line stand by the Bills. This is the second straight game the Bills were shutout in the third quarter.’
Sullivan: Offensive makeover paying dividends for Allen, Bills
‘It was a test that Allen had failed last season in Houston, when he came unraveled late in his first playoff game. Now it was time to find out if he and the rest of the Bills were truly worthy of their reputation as a team on the rise, a squad ready to compete for the Super Bowl. Allen was ready.’
Monday’s Miami Coverage
No excuses, no defense: Dolphins look like worst D in football in loss to Bills (Miami Herald)
Drops, slips and costly plays: Preston Williams’ 2nd season is off to a nightmare start (Miami Herald)
Dolphins waste good QB outing amid failure of high-priced free agents and coaching (Miami Herald)
Power failure, lightning delay, no pass defense as Dolphins drop home opener to Buffalo | Opinion (Miami Herald)
Dolphins happy to play in front of fans again. ‘It felt a lot more like a football game’ (Miami Herald)
‘Technical difficulties’ cut CBS’ Dolphins-Bills feed in 1st half and everyone had jokes (Miami Herald)
Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones goes down on first drive against Bills. He won’t return (Miami Herald)
Photo gallery (Miami Herald)
Dolphins fall to 0-2 after a 31-28 loss to Buffalo Bills at Hard Rock Stadium (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Hyde: There’s no defense again for this Dolphins defense | Commentary (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Kelly: Dolphins finally figured out how to use Mike Gesicki, now TE is thriving in Miami’s offense | Commentary (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Dolphins’ secondary shoulders blame for defensive woes vs. Bills; TV broadcast interrupted by power outage (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
20 things we learned in the Miami Dolphins’ 31-28 loss to the Buffalo Bills (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Hyde10: Defensive woes, Diggs’ impact, Jones’ injury — 10 thoughts on Dolphins’ loss to Bills (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Photo gallery (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
5 Instant Takeaways: Miami Dolphins lose to Buffalo Bills, 31-28 (Palm Beach Post)
Habib: High-priced defense costing Miami Dolphins more than cash (Palm Beach Post)
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick laments two drives that could have made difference (Palm Beach Post)
Miami Dolphins Mike Gesicki makes incredible catch vs. Buffalo Bills (Palm Beach Post)
Miami Dolphins’ Noah Igbinoghene struggles against Bills, Stefon Diggs (Palm Beach Post)
Dolphins fans endure unique day at Hard Rock Stadium (Palm Beach Post)
Photo gallery (Palm Beach Post)
Some aggressive Bills punish a very tame Dolphins in defense (El Nuevo Herald)
The predictions for the Dolphins this season depend on the quarterback they use (El Nuevo Herald)
Latest Dolphins loss shows Flores hasn’t fixed defense yet (AP)
Photo gallery (WFOR-TV)
Dolphins put up late fight but fall to Bills in home opener, drop to 0-2 on the season (WPEC-TV)
Dolphins Rally Comes Up Short, Fall to 0-2 (MiamiDolphins.com)
Inactives For Dolphins Bills Week 2 (MiamiDolphins.com)
Photo gallery 1 (MiamiDolphins.com)
Photo gallery 2 (MiamiDolphins.com)
Photo gallery 3 (MiamiDolphins.com)
Photo gallery 1 (BuffaloBills.com)
Photo gallery 2 (BuffaloBills.com)
Photo gallery (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Power outage stopped CBS’ Bills-Dolphins broadcast
‘“I’m wondering if they didn’t pay the electric bill down there in Miami,” joked Rich Gannon, who was calling the Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos game, which CBS cut to following the outage.’
Dolphins-Bills CBS television broadcast briefly dropped during Hard Rock Stadium power outage
‘During the outage, CBS broadcast the action from the Broncos-Steelers game while it worked to resolve the issue.’
Allen Reaches Career High In Passing As Bills Beat Dolphins
‘Josh Allen followed up on the most prolific game of his NFL career with an even better one.’
Bills QB Josh Allen posts career highs for second straight week
‘”He’s got ice water in his veins, man,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “There’s no moment too big for him. That was true from the very start when we got him here, quite honestly.”‘
Bills hold off Dolphins for wild 31-28 win in Miami
‘With the win, the Bills improve to 2-0 on the season for a second consecutive year. It is also Buffalo’s second win this season over an AFC East division rival after a 27-17 win over the New York Jets in the season opener last week.’
End the debate now: Josh Allen is a franchise QB
‘It’s about time everyone starts to recognize it, if you already haven’t: The Bills have found their franchise quarterback. There’s no more debating it, no matter how many memes you see making fun of a bad pass, or how many people you read telling you otherwise because they simply refuse to accept it. But it’s right there for everyone to see. Statistically. Analytically. And with your eyes. If you don’t see it then you clearly just don’t want to. But for the constant critics, doubters, and haters of the Bills QB – many of which dug in on their position even before he was drafted – your window of opportunity has closed. From here on out, if you want to keep telling everyone how bad he is, or will never fit your metrics to succeed – whatever that means?! – one can only assume it’s due to your own arrogance, ignorance, or self-entertainment, because it’s certainly not for actually paying attention.’
So, is Josh Allen good?
’57 completions on 81 attempts, 719 yards and six touchdowns. That’s the raw stat line for Allen through the first two games of the 2020 campaign, leaving nearly every Buffalo Bills fan with the same feeling of jubilation to start the season.’
Arrow Up/Arrow Down: Bills at Dolphins
‘If anyone had any question a reservation about what the Bills gave up to acquire Diggs in the offseason, they shouldn’t anymore. Through two weeks, the wideout has 16 catches for 239 yards and a touchdown, scoring his first in a Bills uniform Sunday while hauling in 8 balls for 153 yards.’