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‘Despite having quarterback Jim Kelly, defensive end Bruce Smith, wide receiver Andre Reed, and linebacker Darryl Talley, the Bills still missed the playoffs in 1986 and 1987 before finally making it in 1988. They were 11-20 those first two seasons after Kelly arrived.’

‘After hearing all the noise about returning to the venue of the “Hail Murray” loss to the Arizona Cardinals from a few weeks ago, the Bills took care of business against the 49ers, not even putting themselves in a situation to defend a last-second prayer of a pass at the end of the game.’

‘The Bills should be able to bring a lot of momentum from this game over to the matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers this upcoming Sunday night. The wide receiving corps continues to move along despite the absence of John Brown. Matt Milano is back in the lineup for the defense. The secondary is now consistently forcing turnovers. Like I said before, Monday night’s win, on a national stage, made it known that the Bills are a contender and when they’re playing well, they’re not a team one would like to face.’

‘The Bills played a disciplined game (only 4 penalties), their assistants had a terrific game plan, and the players executed as well as they have in any game this season from start to finish.’

’49ers wide receivers Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk will both be on the field for only the fifth time this season and the first since October 25. Since then, in the two games Aiyuk played without Samuel, he totaled 15 catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns. In the one game Samuel played without Aiyuk, he grabbed 11 passes for 133 yards. Now, the Bills will have to figure out a way to cover both of them, including as runners. Between the two of them, Samuel and Aiyuk have carried the ball 11 times for 75 yards and 2 TDs on the season.’

‘Although there’s still one final day of practice remaining and Friday’s session was a walk-through, not one player on the active roster was even limited in practice due to injury.’

‘”When you’re playing 1 p.m. games, I think there’s a routine part of it, which is nice. There’s nothing better than playing at home on a 1 o’clock afternoon and being able to get home [afterwards] to spend time with their families. … With that said, though, this is what you want. This is how we built the program to be. The better you get, the more prime time games you have. I think it’s an exciting time for our fanbase. We’ll be getting back Tuesday morning about 6 a.m. and try to get ready on a short week for the [Pittsburgh] Steelers a week from now, and then after that, no week is really the same.’

‘Overall this season, Klein has put up some respectable numbers with 58 total tackles, five tackles for loss, two passes defended and two forced fumbles, while also setting career-high numbers in sacks (5.0) and quarterback hits (8).’

‘That’s right: the top two receivers were both new acquisitions for their respective teams, which is even more impressive considering the limited amount of bonding time they had with their new quarterbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.’

‘According to the NFL, “the award is presented each year to an NFL player who best demonstrates the qualities of on-field sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition.”‘

‘Milano and Dodson returning to practice means the Bills now have 21 days to place them on the active roster. If not, they cannot return this season. Either or both could can play in the team’s Week 13 game on Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers, but would need to be activated by Saturday at 4 p.m. EST to be eligible.’

‘The nifty-looking trick play, which are increasingly becoming the calling card of offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, came early in the second quarter.’

‘The 49ers announced the decision on Monday afternoon. It comes after Santa Clara County officials, where the 49ers play their home games at Levi’s Stadium, announced this weekend that no high school, college, or professional sports can take place for three weeks due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in the area.’

‘This my friends, is progress. No, it’s not progress towards convincing us that they can take down the Chiefs in the playoffs should they get that chance. But that sort of belief is elusive and varies from fan to fan so what it even is worth is at least debatable, at worst, useless.’