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‘”So, once unvaxxed players get cut, they’re losing a dream they have worked their whole lives for over a vaccine that is proven to not keep people from contracting COVID as we’ve seen,” Beasley added.’

‘Earlier this summer, Beasley was the center of controversy when he said he would take his chances with COVID-19 by saying he would “eat better. Drink water. Exercise and do what I think is necessary to be a healthy individual.”‘

‘However, Beasley does mention that he has “family members whose days are numbered.” He’s not concerned about the fines that could follow because he “doesn’t play for the money anymore.”‘

‘The Bills’ current lease at Highmark Stadium expires after the 2023 season, which would leave the team without a home under contract for at least one year, if the new stadium plans are approved. That presents an added complication in an already multifaceted plan, and the team is expected to try to negotiate for an extension with Erie County and New York.’

‘”When I drank I could forget all of my issues. I didn’t have to deal with them face on.”‘

‘Buffalo kicked a field goal just before halftime to make the score 21-12, though the Bills would never get closer than that.’

‘What Sunday’s game should teach the Bills, and any other team that hopes to weather the road to the Super Bowl through the American Football Conference over the next decade, is that their game management mindset should change completely when facing the Chiefs. This is not a typical NFL team and thus, you should not manage it like a typical NFL game. Field goals, like the four Buffalo made on Sunday (including attempts from the Kansas City eight- and two-yard lines, respectively), should be tossed out the window. Your standard fourth-down metrics should be doused in lighter fluid and tossed in the fire pit.’

‘“Once they read man coverage, they sold the run. We call that a run-action pass, low hats, it sells everyone on the run and then with the speed and the techniques of all the receivers versus man coverage, everyone created separation and you got three guys popping open.”’

‘Beane and his staff took a couple of things away from the encounter. First, Allen was country tough. He went back into the game in the second half and tried to give it a go, before his first throw on a sideline route came out flat and made clear he was done for the night. Second, and just as important, Allen was 100% accountable. He wasn’t going to let someone else take the blame, even in a job-interview setting when it might benefit him.’

‘This isn’t the first time that Bills fans have rallied behind a singular cause following a football game. In 2017, Bills Mafia performed a similar gesture to Andy Dalton’s foundation, raising more than $415,000. Earlier this season, Bills fans also donated thousands of dollars to Oishei Children’s Hospital after it was announced that quarterback Josh Allen’s grandmother had died.’

‘Leslie Frazier Does His Part to Ruin the QB Duel: Last week, the Colts really had a bead on Buffalo’s zone coverages, and ultimately the Bills were lucky to escape. Facing a much more difficult Baltimore offense on Saturday night, there was no luck needed. as Frazier stunned the Ravens early with a heavy dose of athletic blitzers, and mixed in coverage calls at the right time—like showing blitz then dropping seven on Taron Johnson’s 101-yard pick-six.’

‘A quarter-century of heartache and pain ended with Buffalo’s 27–24 win over the Colts in Saturday’s AFC wild-card game in front of a small crowd at Bills Stadium.’

‘But what we saw on Saturday was a culmination of sorts; a recognition that there may not have been a better, faster and stronger franchise rebuild in modern NFL history than what the Buffalo Bills have done under their current head coach and general manager (Brandon Beane). With McDermott, his defense, his quarterback and his coordinators, everything feels buttoned-up in the way a good Patriots team feels buttoned-up. If someone were to argue that they were the heir apparent to the Belichickian throne atop the AFC East, it’s a thought that sounds far less ridiculous this afternoon than it did on the day Buffalo announced McDermott’s hiring back in January 2017.’

‘The last home playoff game in Bills history came in the wild card round on Dec. 28, 1996, when Buffalo lost to the Jaguars, 30-27. The Bills led, 27-20, in the fourth quarter before Jacksonville ran off 10 unanswered points, taking the lead on a field goal with just over three minutes to play.’

‘But they’d be getting a guy who was competitive and with a practice intensity that recalled Steve Smith, for the handful of scouts and coaches on the Bills staff who were in Carolina before coming to Buffalo. And as for whether he’d rock the boat, word came back that Diggs could be a problem if you were both losing and he wasn’t seeing the ball, but likely wouldn’t be otherwise. So the Bills added it up, saw their program as ready to invest in that kind of player and person, and it’s fair to say that the leap of faith has paid off handsomely.’