‘Judging by my Twitter feed, many Western New Yorkers were listening to the game in their driveways on their car radio or joking about trying to find an old transistor radio after the CBS feed of the game was lost for about 20 minutes.’
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If Josh Allen keeps throwing the deep ball like this, the sky is the limit
‘NBC’s Phil Simms, who may be Allen’s biggest fan in the media, said Sunday night on the Football Night in America pregame show, “So far, two weeks into the (season), he’s been the best player in the NFL. They have put the ball in his hands and he has been delivering with his legs and improved throwing.”’
Bills’ schedule gets tougher; so does Allen
‘Sure enough, Buffalo is one of the NFL’s 11 remaining unbeatens courtesy of a 27-17 win over New York to begin the season and a 31-28 decision Sunday against the Dolphins in Florida. But, it’s worth noting that both games were closer than they should have been, the first due to turnovers and missed field goals, the second because of the absence of two critical starting linebackers.’
Bills’ Josh Allen is NFL’s top passer through 2 games: ’There’s no moment too big for him’
‘“We stay in Josh’s ear all the time, talk about how good he is. He knows it. Performances like today definitely solidifies that.”’
Buffalo Bills Josh Allen cereal, ‘Josh’s Jaqs,’ available at Wegmans for a limited time
‘Produced by PLB Sports & Entertainment and sold at Wegmans stores, proceeds from “Josh’s Jaqs” will help support the Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, New York.’
Allen, Bills’ offense rolling behind talented group of pass-catchers
‘Allen’s QB rating of 122.9 is the highest by a Buffalo Bills quarterback through two games. His 249 passing yards in the first half against the Dolphins were the most by a Bills’ QB at halftime in 20 years. To give you a grander scope of how great Allen has been, he is one of four QBs in NFL history to throw for 700+ yards, six-plus touchdowns, and zero interceptions in the first two weeks of the season – Peyton Manning (‘13), Tom Brady (‘15), Patrick Mahomes (‘19) being the other three.’
Brasky: Through two weeks, Bills have been imperfect on way to perfect record
‘For the Bills, a point differential of 13 through two weeks against two of the worst teams on your schedule is certainly not the best-case scenario that many envisioned before the start of the season. When you simplify things, though, a 2-0 record after two games isn’t a worst-case scenario and it certainly beats 1-1 or 0-2. With that said, with Buffalo entering one of the most difficult stretches that any NFL team will have to endure this season, they must begin to play cleaner, and more consistently on both sides of the ball if they hope to beat the tougher teams on their slate, beginning in Week 3 with the Los Angeles Rams.’
Brittany Williams goes ‘crazy’ for boyfriend Josh Allen’s Bills performance
‘“You’re crazy @joshallenqb,” Williams captioned one clip.’
Allen Credited For Providing Banged-Up Bills Defense A Lift
‘“And then the offense, man, they just stepped it up,” Hyde added. “We don’t like giving up, I think it was 28 points. That’s not winning football on our side of the ball. But, the offense picked us up. … They have our backs.”’
McDermott on challenges of first road trip: “Our players did a phenomenal job of adjusting”
‘“It was a heavier lift than previous road games that I’ve been on,” McDermott told reporters via Zoom on Monday. “Obviously for me, my first trip since all this began last March. But (it was) really cool how our operations staff got out in front of this thing. Just tremendous with the plan that was in place, all the detail that was baked into the trip, and I think our players did a phenomenal job of adjusting.” He also pointed out that it was the first NFL trip in any regard for the team’s rookies.’
300 yards passing? How about 400?
‘As it turned out, the Bills really needed the production from their passing game to beat the Dolphins. Especially in the third quarter, Miami really started carving up the Bills defense. So much so that Miami eventually took the lead 20-17 in the fourth quarter.’
Bills staff reviewing Miami’s approach for stadium reopening
‘Hard Rock Stadium made many changes to allow fans into the stadium including..’.
Bills defense prepare for first big test of the season with Rams offense
‘“The Rams have a really good tight end who’s capable of having a big day as well like he did on Sunday so we’re gonna have our work cut out for us being able to protect the middle of the field and being able to track him and other areas,” Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said.’
“Keep feeding 14” was John Brown’s message during Bills win over Miami
‘“I’m glad we have him. He’s a competitior man, he’s a good leader and it’s hard to lead when you first get to a spot but we have an unselfish group at the wide receiver position,” Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said.’
Positives and negatives from Bills defense against Dolphins
‘“I liked the way our guys battled. I didn’t necessarily like the points allowed, I’d like to keep the points down, but our guys battled and gave great effort, came up with a really timely goal line stand that was important for us in the course of that game,” Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said to reporters on Zoom. “We had key third down stops along the way, but gave up a cheap touchdown at end of the game, and points at the end of the half. In the previous two minute situation going to the next two minute situation we gave up three points, I really didn’t like to see that happen.”’