Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘As it stands right now, it seems highly unlikely that Oliver or Milano will play Thursday night against the Miami Dolphins at Highmark Stadium.’

‘Sept. 7, 1980: Bills end the Dolphins curse in a 1980 classic.’

‘And while the Dolphins have been the closest team to Buffalo in the standings, finishing second in each of the last three seasons and in four of the five, they have been woefully inept head-to-head, losing 10 of the 11 meetings between the teams.’

‘NFL teams have to submit a report on practice participation on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for a Thursday game. There are three levels of practice participation that can be designated: did not participate, limited participation and full participation.’

‘Clearly, the Bills learned some valuable lessons because Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, playing a Jets team that would like to play similarly to the Ravens with a running quarterback and a very good running back, they never let New York put one foot in front of the other during an easy-as-it-looked 30-10 victory.’

‘Up front, Joey Bosa had a sack and forced two fumbles, one of which was recovered by AJ Epenesa, while Bishop, DaQuan Jones, Greg Rousseau and Zion Logue – who took injured Ed Oliver’s place – all had a piece of Buffalo’s four sacks.’

‘Sal’s prediction: Bills 28, Jets 19.’

‘Cable/Network TV: CBS. The game will be available locally via the following stations: WROC channel 8 (Rochester area), WIVB channel 4 (Buffalo area), WTVH channel 5 (Syracuse area), WKTV channel 2 (Utica area), WENY channel 36 (Elmira area), WRGB channel 6 (Albany area), and WBNG channel 12 (Binghamton area).’

‘“Ed will be out this game,” McDermott said. “He got stepped on in practice Wednesday unfortunately and it’s just kind of a thing that happens from time to time in practice, a friendly fire kind of thing. We’ll see where it goes for next week but for this game he’ll be out. But it’s an opportunity for someone else to step up and show us what they’ve got.”’

‘Over time, Marv Levy’s question has become universal in western New York. It shows up on billboards, on mugs, on flags, on T-shirts, even on banners for purchase at the Bills store.’

‘Nickel cornerback Taron Johnson had a quiet, low-impact game, the team’s best cornerback, Christian Benford, gave up five catches on six targets for 83 yards and two TDs. And starting linebackers Terrel Bernard and Matt Milano were uncharacteristically sloppy and ineffective.’

‘“I think this is one of the craziest games,” Coleman said. “Felt like the longest fourth quarter ever. We had a chance and we just had to keep capitalizing. … We knew what we had to do to win it.”’

‘“I don’t go into a game and say, ‘I don’t want to make any plays today,’” Oliver said. “That’s the objective every game, they rolled my way this past game and I was happy with me, for my own personal reasons. But it could have been anybody and I’d have been just as happy.”’

‘It certainly didn’t take long for new head coach Mike Mularkey to get a taste of some the madness and frustration that had engulfed the Buffalo Bills at the start of their 17-year playoff drought.’

‘Babich reeled off the usual cliches about how every player has to “do his 1/11th” and how they need to be “connected on our styles of play” but the bottom line is something that Babich fully understands. Yes, they won, and there were a few good moments with all of those coming in the last three Baltimore possessions when the defense finally woke up and did its part to help deliver the victory.’