‘Dickens — who is the head boys basketball coach and softball coach at Cal-Mum — has been a season-ticket holder since 1994 when he bought them for just $210 and he was able to secure a pair of tickets on New Year’s Day, after the allotment of four-person ‘pods’ were sold out. Dickens’ seats will be just across the aisle from his normal seats and this, by far, won’t be his first time at a Bills playoff game.’
Archives for January 2021
Local art teacher works with Buffalo Bills on “My Cause, My Cleats”
‘“They will meet with me two to three days and we exchange ideas about what their cause is and I try to use my skills to give them what they want,” he said.’
This feeling of euphoria is unfamiliar to a whole generation of sports fans in Buffalo as Bills take 13-3 record into playoffs
‘“A lot of people expected this team to be good, but no one could have predicted this good. Josh Allen just flipped the switch. I’ve got people calling who are in their late 20s and were only two years old the last time this happened,” Graham says. “This reminds me of the (1996) Sabres who reached the conference finals. They were coming out of a year-long lockout, the team had been bankrupt, the owners were led away in handcuffs, and no one expected them to win.”’
Friday’s Indianapolis Coverage
Colts Rock Ya-Sin OUT vs. Bills; Khari Willis, DeForest Buckner will play (Indianapolis Star)
Colts players DT DeForest Buckner, RB Jonathan Taylor earn NFL Player of the Month awards (Indianapolis Star)
Insider: Why it will be more than just Indy rooting for Philip Rivers, Colts in playoffs (Indianapolis Star)
Colts Notebook: Taylor surging into playoff debut (Anderson Herald Bulletin)
Reich Remains Focused On Game With Return To Buffalo Looming (AP)
There’s a blueprint to upset Buffalo, and it includes Jonathan Taylor (WTTV-TV)
Strong finish to regular season nets monthly honors for Colts’ Taylor, Buckner (WTTV-TV)
Colts vs. Bills: a look at playoff stats past, plus weather predictions for the Wild Card game (WTTV-TV)
Colts players get player of the month honors (WTHR-TV)
Colts Thursday Notebook: Khari Willis Expected To Play Against Bills (WFNI-AM)
Seven Things To Watch For: Colts At Bills (WFNI-AM)
Will Holden, Rock Ya-Sin Ruled Out Saturday Against The Bills; DeForest Buckner Questionable (Colts.com)
Players Of The Month: DeForest Buckner, Jonathan Taylor Capture League Honors (Colts.com)
Darius Leonard Named Week 17 NFL Way To Play Recipient (Colts.com)
Josh Allen has totally eclipsed fellow Class of 2018 QB Sam Darnold
‘While the Jets have foundered during Darnold’s career — there have been two general managers, two coaches and three losing seasons — Allen is surrounded by a terrific cast of players who have fueled the team’s meteoric rise to the top of the division.’
Bills List Diggs, Beasley Questionable For Playoff Opener
‘For Beasley, who has missed one game, it marked the first time he’s practiced since hurting his knee in the fourth quarter of a 38-9 win at New England on Dec. 28. Diggs, meantime, returned after not practicing Wednesday because of an injury to his oblique muscle.’
Bills Face Reich-Coached Colts In 1st Home Playoff Since ’96
‘“He said, `We’re going to have a home playoff game. And we want to be walking into our stadium, going through the tunnel and listen to the salt crack underneath your shoes,‘” Hyde recalled this week. “So that vision that we had since ’17 has come true.”’
Bills Host Ex-AFC East Rival Colts For 1st Time In Playoffs
‘In its past 10 games, Buffalo’s defense has 19 takeaways (13 interceptions), forced 46 punts and limited opponents to convert just 38 of 120 third-down opportunities. That represents a big turnaround from Buffalo’s first six games in which the defense had seven takeaways (two interceptions), forced 17 punts and allowed opponents to convert 38 of 66 third-down opportunities.’
Bills fans undergo COVID-19 testing ahead of AFC wild-card game
‘”The state has said, ‘You can plan (for fans at a second playoff game), but there’s no guarantee,'” Pegula continued. “They want to see how this process goes, in terms of mask-wearing, ingress, egress, all of that. So a lot of our messaging to our fans is to just really follow the protocols that are in place.”‘
Buffalo Bills’ Stefon Diggs, Cole Beasley questionable for playoff game vs. Indianapolis Colts
‘The NFL’s leader in receptions and receiving yards, Diggs was limited in the Bills’ walk-through Tuesday before missing practice Wednesday. Both he and Beasley participated in limited fashion for the team’s final practice of the week Thursday.’
Buffalo Bills’ Taiwan Jones gifts playoff tickets to wrongfully imprisoned man
‘After it was announced that Bills Stadium would open for the first time all season, Jones gifted Dixon tickets to the Bills’ wild-card game Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts. It’s the latest in a series of highlights in Dixon’s life since he was exonerated and released from prison in 2018 after serving 27 years at Attica Correctional Facility in New York.’
Fans attending Buffalo Bills’ playoff game taking COVID-19 tests
‘”It’s such a great sports town, and this being our third year (of the last four) in the playoffs but not having a home (playoff) game in 26 years, it’s really special for the community,” Pegula said. “I’m amazed. Today we tested over 5,000 people and it went really smoothly and we got it done.”‘
For Buffalo Bills’ 1995 team, playoff surge evokes memories of last time franchise ruled AFC East
‘Cottrell said Levy “treated them like men” and “didn’t have 5,000 rules” when he took over. Instead, he told players he expected them to be professional and work hard.’
Diggs, Beasley questionable to play Saturday against Colts
‘It turns out Diggs is as fine as he claimed, as No. 14 was back on the practice field on Thursday at Bills Stadium, seeming to be in good spirits and ready to play in Saturday’s playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts.’
Josh Allen named AFC Offensive Player of the Month
‘Allen was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week four different times in 2020, and was also named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.’