Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘Give credit to the defensive staff for really getting things turned around after a bad start. One of the keys was the Bills generating a pass rush and using blitzers to do it. They knew the Jets were playing without their most productive receiver and that they could cover man-to-man, so they went after Darnold and the result was a lame passing performance from him which included six sacks taken.’

‘Of that group, Sweeney has been on injured reserve all season and was not going to play, and Becker is on the practice squad. Smith would have been active against the Jets, but now, the only tight ends available are Tyler Kroft and Reggie Gilliam.’

‘My pick: Bills 27, Jets 13.’

‘The former first-round draft pick has endured an undeniable regression in 2020, and that is part of the reason why the once-formidable Bills’ defense has played poorly for most of the year.’

‘He took off at 11 a.m. in Lancaster and landed about 90 minutes later. After the Bills shared the flight path on Twitter, Jeswald took credit for the artful flight.’

‘On paper, this looked like the most prolific group of ex-Panthers that McDermott and Beane have recruited, but thus far the returns have been minimal.’

‘Well, six games into the season, the Bills’ running game is officially a problem area, and with the weather about to start turning which generally makes it tougher to throw the ball, and the competition on the schedule picking back up again following Sunday’s game against the Triple-A Jets, Buffalo needs to get it figured out.’

‘Beane also said this was in the works for a few weeks because Spain was not happy about his demotion.’

‘What helped the Chiefs with this strategy was their absolute dominance up front. Many fans and reporters have been questioning the viability of the Bills’ defensive line this season, and for good reason. That includes McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier who decided to make underperforming Trent Murphy and Harrison Phillips healthy inactives.’

‘Johnson doesn’t even refer to the Jets by name and instead accuses Jensen of “flying the wrong flag,” footage of which is digitized to conceal the “wrong” team’s identity.’

‘The Bills defense, right now, is pretty awful, and if giving up 42 points to the Titans who had barely practiced for two weeks wasn’t bad enough, then giving up 245 rushing yards and 466 total yards to the Chiefs further shone the light on a struggling unit.’

‘As Josh Allen said, no one is panicking inside the Bills locker room, but they need to start finding some solutions to their many ails or we could be looking at the ghosts of 2008 (a 4-0 and 5-1 start that was wasted) and 2011 (a 3-0 start that crashed and burned).’

‘My pick: Chiefs 34, Bills 27.’

‘“It’s going to be fun, obviously, going against a competitor like Pat,” said Allen. “On the field, the things that he does, it’s second to none the way he can throw off platform, his eye movement and his recognition of the game in the last year or two, and he’s only getting better so to go against him, it’ll be fun.”’

‘“Those guys are pretty good that are coming in,” defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said of Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. “We’ll have our hands full for sure. But the good thing is we get a chance to line up and play another ball game. We look forward to trying to get better than we were (Tuesday).”’