Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘Sal’s prediction: Buffalo Bills 31, Tennessee Titans 21.’

‘According to Pro Football Focus, in the first five games last year Johnson allowed 27 pass completions on 34 attempts into his coverage responsibility, a 79.4 completion percentage, and those plays totaled 306 yards.’

‘I suspect he cut the cord on Twitter because he’s realizing that almost every time he tweets something – typically to preach on his anti-vaccine platform – he gets lambasted, so what’s the point?’

‘“We have been talking for a couple weeks, my agent and (GM Brandon) Beane, and we just finally came around to the numbers that I saw fit, and I wanted to be here, I love this place, so that was really it,” Johnson said. “I saw the numbers and I said, ‘Let’s do it. Let’s go for it.’ With that it’s just I want to be here, and I kind of wanted it and it’s a load off my back.”’

‘Once again, through five weeks, Henry leads the NFL with 640 yards and he has soared past 100 yards in each of the last four weeks to give him 24 such games in the 83 he has played since coming to the Titans as a second-round pick out of Alabama in 2016.’

‘McDermott isn’t off base, though. Rousseau played his best game yet in Kansas City. He was in on five tackles including two excellent plays where he moved down the line toward the sideline while engaged with a blocker and was able to shed and take down the ballcarrier; he had a zero-yard sack of Patrick Mahomes; and then he made one of the plays of the night, his interception of Mahomes at the Buffalo 8 to take certain Chiefs points off the board late in the third quarter.’

‘To be a championship team, you need to do special things in a moment like that and Allen was masterful, surgical, and awe-inspiring as he marched the Bills 85 yards in 12 plays to his clinching eight-yard TD pass to Emmanuel Sanders with 5:51 remaining.’

‘The Bills managed to pressure Mahomes with four rushers, enough that he never really got into a comfortable routine. He was running around behind the line or forced to scramble because what was really impressive was the outstanding coverage in the secondary. There were numerous plays where Mahomes simply had no one to throw to, and that’s rare for him.’

‘On defense, Leslie Frazier put together another great plan and he had Mahomes confused and frustrated much of the night. Nothing came easy for Mahomes, and in many ways that’s the best you can do against him. The defense forced three turnovers (two picks and a fumble recovery late by Tre’Davious White).’

‘I just think this is going to be a tough one on the road in perhaps the most hostile environment in the league going against an electrifying offense that seems impossible to stop. Until the Bills prove they can beat the Chiefs, I have to pick against them in this spot.’

‘“We hated the way that it ended last year,” Diggs said the other day. “Anybody with any competitive nature would hate the way that it ended. So as far as being in the moment … things don’t go your way, you kind of still have to deal with them. I didn’t want to run from defeat; you embrace the moment, take it for what it is, and move forward. I took it as a moment as you came up short, get back in the lab and you’ve gotta get back to the grind.”’

‘Among the locations AECOM is assessing is an area of the South Park neighborhood in the southernmost part of Buffalo, the contract shows. The location is generally on South Park Ave. between Hamburg and Louisiana streets, according to Empire State Development.’

‘The Bills have built their impressive defensive resume during the first quarter of the season largely on their manhandling of three backup QB’s – Jacoby Brissett of the Dolphins, Taylor Heinicke of Washington, and Davis Mills of the Texans.’

‘“You want to see this game turn fast? Put the ball on the ground and you’ll see how fast it can turn, right, because of their offense,” McDermott said of the Chiefs, who really don’t need help in the form of short fields. “But it’s emphasized every week because just look at the stats in terms of what decides wins and losses, that stat is pretty consistent year to year, week to week of driving wins and losses.”’

‘“Just being able to make that play was huge for the defense as a whole,” Edmunds said. “It was a good time for it. I wouldn’t be able to make that play if the other guys weren’t doing their jobs. Everyone was executing at a high level to allow me to make that play.”’