Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘“Well they’re human right?” he said when asked about the mood of the team. “We acknowledge that number one, but we also know that it’s a week-to-week league and the longer you wait around, you’re negative, you’re this or that, you don’t move forward. In this league, if you don’t move forward it’s going to linger. And so, it’s our job to move forward and address on Monday what we addressed and then move forward and be mentally tough and be physically tough and that’s how we do things around here.”’

‘Bills 20, Redskins 6.’

‘At 5-2, Buffalo embarks on a four-game stretch of games that if the Bills simply take care of business against teams already planning for the draft, it will all but guarantee itself a playoff berth for just the second time in the last 20 years.’

‘So why not throw the ball more to Singletary? Like the play last week, Singletary out in space can be a beautiful thing. Instead, the Bills have thrown to their running backs (Singletary, Frank Gore and T.J. Yeldon) only 37 times which is the fifth-fewest targets to backs in the league.’

‘“Brandon and I met and had conversations the last couple weeks,’’ McDermott said of potential roster moves. “He and his staff do a good job looking into things. At the end of the day, you all know that we’re going to do things that are in the best interest of this organization, short- and long-term. At the end of the day, we didn’t find something that would be responsible for us to do. I know a lot of teams go out there and just do things, but we’re trying to do things here the right way and we want to be responsible with that as well.’’’

‘The bottom line is that the Bills’ decision-makers probably recognize that they weren’t going to add a difference-maker worth the draft capital it would have cost. The Bills are 5-2, they have positioned themselves to get to the postseason if they continue to take advantage of their weak schedule, but this is not a team that is ready for a deep January run.’

‘And there sure was a lot that happened, and plenty that needs to be fixed, and it leaves us to ponder a rather important question. Was Sunday’s performance just a random bad day against a team with playoff-level talent, or does it raise doubt about the true viability of this unit?’

‘A 5-2 record is nothing to scoff at, but this was an opportunity for the Bills to add a little bit of legitimacy to it, and instead, their defense played its worst game of the season, and Josh Allen had another performance that makes you sigh deeply. It was a complete beat down in every phase.’

‘This season Allen now has 12 touchdowns (nine passing, three rushing) but he also has 10 turnovers (seven interceptions and three lost fumbles). That ratio is unacceptable, and in the second half when the Bills start playing the tougher part of their schedule, Allen can’t keep playing this way.’

‘Because this wasn’t like losing 16-10 to New England earlier at home when the defense did a masterful job containing Tom Brady. This was an old-fashioned butt whuppin’ by a team using an old-fashioned game plan.’

‘The continued lack of use with Singletary is a mystery to me. He had no carries in the first half and just one ball thrown his way. This on a day when the Bills needed to establish a strong running game, and with Frank Gore unable to get anything going, Singletary went ignored.’

‘Eagles 23, Bills 19.’

‘However, what is new in 2019 is that the Bills now have a much deeper roster, one that has good or very good players in every position group and coach Sean McDermott is getting meaningful contributions from a wide variety of them during this 5-1 start.’

‘And despite their defense ranking No. 3 in yards and points allowed, they rank 22nd in sacks and 10th in takeaways, areas that could use vitamins to keep the Bills operating at an elite level.’

‘“I wouldn’t say it’s frustrating,” Allen said. “Obviously you want to hit every throw that you put out there. We haven’t attempted too many deep passes (he’s 0-for-10 on passes of that depth this season in six games) and when we’ve had them I haven’t done a good enough job of putting it where the ball needs to be. It’s something that we’re working on and it’s something that I don’t have any worries or thoughts about. It’ll be taken care of and I have no doubts on that.”’