‘With the score still 24-7, settling for a field goal attempt on 4th and 5 from the Colts 31-yard line on the Bills second possession of the 2nd half gives us even more reason to question McDermott for his choices.’
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‘Four turnovers – three interceptions and a fumble lost. A horrible job of taking care of the football by the Bills offense.’
Jonathan Taylor, Colts exact revenge against Bills with a 41-15 win in Orchard Park
‘Taylor rushed for his fifth touchdown of the day to give the Colts a 38-7 lead.’
Bills offense continues to struggle in 41-15 loss to Colts
‘For the second time in the last three games, Allen threw multiple interceptions. In addition, Mitchell Trubisky threw one late in the fourth quarter in relief of Allen. Even the special teams weren’t safe from today’s woes; Isaiah McKenzie’s second quarter fumble saw the Colts put the game nearly out of reach before halftime.’
Failure to stop Taylor and force turnovers plagues Bills defense in loss to Colts
‘”We can’t go out like that,” safety Micah Hyde said. Everything starts with stopping the run, effecting he QB, and taking the ball away. We did nothing today, not one thing.”‘
Jonathan Taylor runs all over Bills in 41-15 rout
‘Nothing went right on either side of the ball for the Bills in this one. Allen and the offense couldn’t get on the same page, with the $258M quarterback having his worst outing of the season. Allen would finish the game 21 of 35 for 209 yards, two TDs and two interceptions. He completed just seven passes in the second half.’
Bills defense has no answers for Colts RB Jonathan Taylor in blowout loss to Indy
‘“Didn’t do well on third down, didn’t do well in the red zone, like I said didn’t take the ball away, didn’t put [Carson] Wentz in tough situations and they were able to run the ball. Give them too much yards on first and second down, the third-down they were getting the third and one, third and two, third and three, still able to run the ball. They’ve got a good run game so we weren’t able to stop it I mean that’s the formula for winning for them and it’s the formula for losing for us.”’
4 Observations: Colts bury Bills 41-15
‘Let’s get physical. The Colts, Steelers, Titans, and the Jaguars all have a few things in common… they are a physical teams along the line scrimmage, who like to run the ball and they all beat the Bills. The Colts bullied the Bills. Running back Jonathan Taylor and the Colts offensive line owned the line of scrimmage. The Colts came into the game wanting to run the ball, the Bills defense knew that and still couldn’t stop them. Indy averaged 5.4 yards per carry and ran for 4 touchdowns.’
Canadians are back in the stands at Highmark stadium to cheer on the Buffalo Bills
‘“It’s been part of our Sundays for the last 14 years. We’ve been coming down in groups from the Toronto area. To finally have that back in our lives, gives that sense of relief again. We’re excited,” he said. “So it’s great to have everyone down here to see the Bills Mafia growing again.”’
Bills run over by Taylor, Colts in 41-15 home loss
‘The Bills defense has struggled with stopping a run-first offense, and Colts running back Jonathan Taylor tore through the Bills defense with 32 carries for 185 yards and four touchdowns. Taylor also caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz.’
Carucci Take2: Bills get major wake-up call, suffer inexcusable blowout loss vs. Colts
‘The Bills’ defense hardly resembled the unit that entered the game ranked first in the NFL. For the second time this season, it was trampled by a top-tier running back, with Jonathan Taylor running for 185 yards (including one for 40) and four touchdowns, and catching a TD pass. The first time was against Tennessee’s Derrick Henry. In all, the Colts ran for 264 yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry.’
Colts, Jonathan Taylor run over Bills with dominant 41-15 victory
‘Taylor had 32 carries for 185 yards and four touchdowns and added a 23-yard receiving touchdown as the Bills’ defense had no answers for the Colts’ physical offense.’
Bills have a toughness problem and not just on the line of scrimmage
‘They’re also not the least physical team. They did push the Chiefs around, but against teams like the Steelers or Titans or Colts, Buffalo is probably going to lose the line of scrimmage more often than not.’
Bills dominated by Colts, fall to 2nd place
‘The Bills have some major issues. Back home to play the Colts, the Bills got pushed around on both sides of the ball by Frank Reich’s team and lost 41-15. It was the type of domination against a Sean McDermott team that we rarely see.’
Buffalo Bills allow career-day to Jonathan Taylor, drop to second-place in AFC East
‘The Colts took advantage of the banged-up defense, with running back Jonathan Taylor exploding for 204 yards from scrimmage and five total touchdowns. The five TDs puts Taylor in elite category, just one short of tying the NFLs all-time record held by Alvin Kamara, Gale Sayers and Dub Jones.’