‘The Bills are a completely different team when they are at home compared to being on the road. At Highmark Stadium, they are a crisp 4-0 and are averaging 31 points per game while holding opponents to 23.2 points. When they leave Buffalo, that’s when their play drops off. In the five games they’ve played outside of upstate New York (including London where they were technically considered the home team), the Bills are 1-4 and are scoring at half the rate, averaging 14.3 points in those contests. They’re also still allowing opponents to score over 20 points per game (20.6).’
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Bills have lengthy injury report to start week of practice for Broncos
‘Ahead of Thursday’s practice in Orchard Park, Bills head coach Sean McDermott confirmed a number of key defensive players pieces would miss practice for various reasons. Cornerback Christian Benford (hamstring), safety Jordan Poyer (leg), safety Micah Hyde (neck/stinger) were all absent due to injury for Buffalo, while defensive end Leonard Floyd missed Thursday’s session due to an illness.’
Bills players meet to address offense
‘“It’s just important for us to have that open communication,” Murray said. “For us to talk bout it, as opposed to point fingers, or just let things go on and maybe not address things.”’
Bills prepare for Broncos; Tough final stretch
‘Buffalo’s final eight opponents have a combined record of 39-29. Six out of those eight teams are at least .500 on the year, with four teams having winning records. They face both the NFC and AFC conference leaders, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs before they close out their regular season.’
Players-only meeting hopes to spark Bills’ offense
‘Latavius Murray addressed the Bills offense in a players-only meeting Thursday before practice. The running back said the meeting was about players taking accountability and finding solutions.’
Sean McDermott, Bills remain confident after tough stretch
‘“Confident,” said McDermott. “Confident in our team. Confident in our coaches. Confident in our players. Confident in our staff. Doesn’t mean we don’t have work to do, doesn’t mean we don’t have a gap to close. There’s different things that make up that gap. We have to continue to drill down on those areas and play better as an overall team.”’
Broncos vs Bills: The most affordable home game so far this season
‘In a search of Ticketmaster and StubHub, we found a few rare tickets starting in the upper $50s (including fees). There are plenty in both 200 and 300 levels available in the $75 range. And even some lower bowl were available for $90. Of course, prices are fluid, so check back frequently to see which direction tickets are trending.’
New voices in Bills offense offer fresh perspective on getting back on winning track during players-only meeting
‘”Coming off a game like that, I just feel like we can play and we can beat anybody,” Murray said. “A lot of times — this is getting redundant — but it’s us beating ourselves. (So we talked about) how can we avoid that? What can we do different during the week? How can we find something different amongst ourselves so we can get a different result?”‘
Kincaid making strides, but hoping to keep Allen’s trust after costly fumble
‘The first-round draft pick has 23 catches in the last three games.’
Buffalo Bills: Offense holds players only meeting as struggles continue
‘“Just important to have that open communication, for us to talk about it, as opposed to point fingers or just let things go on and not address things we can communicate or things we want to be better at, said Murray.’
Von Miller says ‘no bad blood’ when facing Broncos; Josh Allen believes offense ‘on the verge’ of breakthrough
‘”It’ll be different for sure. It’s not like a revenge game or anything like that. For me, I left on good terms, left and went to go win a Super Bowl. I had a great relationship with everybody in their facility, didn’t have any bad blood with anybody in there,” Miller said after practice Thursday.’
Bills Mailbag: Should Ken Dorsey be on the hot seat?
‘So Allen isn’t going to run entire series by himself, but Dorsey is saying the quarterback does have the freedom to change the play at the line of scrimmage based on the look he’s getting from the defense.’
Buffalo made mistake activating Von Miller too soon: 3 questions for Bills vs. Broncos
‘I’m sure Miller was pressuring the Bills to activate him, but there was zero reason to do it. They had a 21-day practice window before they had to activate him after he came off PUP, so what was the rush? At the time the Bills were 3-1, their pass rush was going bonkers, and they didn’t need Miller to get into the lineup at far below 100%.’
Team Josh Allen? Chiefs superstar says penalty on Bills QB among weakest he’s ever seen
‘“Who is struggling right now, is my guy Josh Allen,” Kelce said. “And he was struggling with this taunting penalty. Man, it’s f–ked up, man. You can’t point at a guy? … This is so f–king wack.”’
Film Review: Bills lacked basic offensive creativity in loss to Bengals
‘One of those concepts is the use of motion before the snap. Not only does motion give an offense free information because the defense typically tips its hand when an offensive player moves from one side of the formation to the other, but it also can create mismatches before the ball is even snapped. The Bills used motion on just 17 of their 55 offensive snaps, compared to the Bengals, who motioned on 31 of 67 plays. More puzzling is that the Bills were more successful when they used pre-snap motion.’