Two Bills Drive

'Thus far on the season, the former first-round pick is PFF's fourth-highest graded Bills defender. Playing in much more of a space-eating role than he did in Jim Schwartz's 4-3 defense in 2014, Dareus only has three quarterback pressures (one sack, two hurries) on 53 pass-rushing snaps.'

'Pretender. No offense, no run game, no pass game. Last years offense we go 12-4.'

'The good news is the Bills have two first-round picks in the 2018 NFL Draft and six picks in the first three rounds. The bad news if those picks might be later in the round than most expected. Here's our latest mock draft with the order calculated by our friends at SB Nation.'

'"I think coach has created an environment where he lets us be ourselves," Taylor said. "I think on the field it shows. We've been through some ups and downs and we've been able to stay in the right frame of mind."'

'Take the Bills two losses — both on the road — to the Panthers and the Bengals, and the commonality between them is a complete inability to get the ball successfully to their wide receivers. It was a little better in Carolina than in Cincinnati — mainly due to having their top receiver on the team available — but still not nearly good enough, and it led to exactly zero touchdowns.'

'This is also a system that craves athleticism and often leaves their linebackers on an island to make a big play for their team in coverage — having to utilize the athleticism that they so covet. Instead, the Bills have a slimmed down Preston Brown as their middle linebacker, Lorenzo Alexander at strongside linebacker, and before the injury, Ramon Humber at weakside linebacker.'

'After a start this strong to the beginning of the season, there has been continued proof that Hughes has been the best player on the Bills roster — and it really hasn’t even been close.'

'In honor of his goal to achieve 10,000 career rushing yards, Bills running back LeSean McCoy is releasing a special line of hoodies and shirts. The merchandise is currently available at the Bills Store, online and in-store. Shady will be making a special appearance at the Bills Store on Friday, Oct. 20, from 5-7 p.m. Be sure to come check out his new line and catch up with Shady.'

'“Tolbert is a bulldozer. Tackling Tolbert is a business decision for defenders… Tolbert can polish off drives with his no-frills style,” Yates said. “Buffalo is a ground-and-pound offense with the requisite ingredients to be so."'

' "I think he has to do it from what has been going on. He has to send out a letter, but I think we have a pretty good players association group that, you know, it's gonna go back and forth. I don't know if something's going to be resolved five games, six games into the season. But, you know what, it's something to talk about. The narrative has kind of changed a little bit, because you first started out with kneeling with Colin Kaepernick and now it's all of a sudden about the flag, the anthem and the military. It was not about that before. It was a protest (against) police brutality – and racial injustice, and that is what it's always been about. So now the fact that they're trying to put in some type of rule that you have to stand now – well, you know what? – the rule hasn't been there before, and now all of a sudden because African-American players want to protest against something, now you want to put in a rule. And, that's what we've been saying over the past years, is that, hey, it just has not been equal ground for us and other people in the United States."'

'The Bills' offensive scheme is designed to set up the pass with the run. That hasn't come remotely close to happening since the season-opening victory against the New York Jets. Therefore, opponents can freely crowd the line on early downs, often put the offense in unfavorable down-and-distance situations on third down, and clamp down on sub-standard passing by Tyrod Taylor and a receiving corps that has gone from bad to worse due to injuries.'

'“I suppose there’s a good story there about Ralph Wilson’s rise and the creation of the team, and at the end of the day that’s what I’m always chasing – a good story. But honestly, I think a movie about the Bills would essentially be a movie about the city and the people who live there. Because that’s part of it.”'

'The Bills fell slightly in most national power rankings, but are still thought to be in the top half of the league.'

'Make playoffs: 38.8 percent'

'McCoy had three drops against the Bengals, quite obviously the most he's had in a game this season. The rain wasn't his friend in this contest against the AFC opponent.'