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He'll play again.

I agree. He's really kept himself under control.

Hughes, as the NFLRA notes, also has history with conflict with officials. According to Spotrac, Hughes was fined $22,050 for abusive language towards an official in a 2014 game in Miami and $23,152 for verbal abuse of an official the following season against the Giants.

Lauren Hall.

A postgame confrontation in the stadium tunnel — with another player, a coach or an official — is unwise and almost always inappropriate. As soon as I heard Bills pass rusher Jerry Hughes had chased down an official after Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins, I dreaded what might happen to my former teammate. Then I discovered he was mad because he claimed umpire Roy Ellison called him “a B word.” That information changed my thinking a bit. I don’t believe Jerry had an intention of getting physical. I think he truly wanted to yell at Ellison and get an explanation for why an NFL employee would allegedly call him “a B word.” The fact that Ellison admitted calling Washington left tackle Trent Williams the N-word and got suspended for it, I would say there’s probably fire to that smoke. There’s no place in sports for officials to call players names. Officials have such a significant influence on the outcome of a game that they shouldn’t be calling us names and trying to ignite us toward them. They need to be stoic and even and above the chaos, not creating conflict. I assume the NFL has audio of what Ellison said to Jerry because the league has said Jerry won’t be suspended and has put Ellison on administrative leave. The NFL already has figured out something happened while they investigate further.

12-7: ESPN's Rich Cimini with Howard Simon (10:07)

Can Josh Allen continue to ascend? He can and the Bills are counting on him, but he obviously needs a better supporting cast. Is this the end for McCoy and Clay? No and Yes. Which receivers will step up? I'll say Zay and Foster. Is Levi Wallace a starting cornerback? Possibly, but they may need to draft one early. Is the offensive line salvageable? Dion Dawkins is the only guy who can be counted on. The other guys should be upgraded.

The Five Questions the Buffalo Bills Need to Answer in the Final Four Games Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle The Bills are back in familiar territory this year, staring at another December not to remember, the team having taken the step backward that coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane warned was imminently possible back in the summer. But while this is not where McDermott, Beane, the players, and certainly the fans want to be, this may someday end up being a December to remember if the Bills can use these last four games to build upon the foundation they are currently setting in place, the cornerstone of which is quarterback Josh Allen. Meaning, this is an opportunity for the Bills to begin the process of figuring out if there are players already on the roster who they can count on for 2019, a season Beane and McDermott already have high hopes for given the 10 draft picks at their disposal, plus about $90 million in salary cap space to use on hole-filling free agents. “Hopefully over these next four weeks we can get some of these young guys into games, not necessarily all of them, and you start to see what it feels like,” said Beane, adding that these four games are much more valuable in the evaluation process than any mini-camp, training camp or preseason setting. “We can’t replicate live, in-season games,” Beane said. “Yeah, the evaluation continues,” said McDermott. “As you’ve already seen us do the last couple of weeks as we’ve brought up young players, whether it be (ones) that were already active and we gave them opportunities to play and show us what they’ve got, or brought young players up from the practice squad to take a look. Call it an audition, call it an evaluation … a chance for us to continue to grow this football team and develop this football team.” Here’s a list of what I’ll be watching closely in the final four weeks: Can Josh Allen continue to ascend? Is this the end for McCoy and Clay? Which receivers will step up? Is Levi Wallace a starting cornerback? Is the offensive line salvageable?

Team reporters Ethan Greenberg and Eric Allen talk with BuffaloBills.com’s Chris Brown about this weekend’s matchup (10:48).

R. I. P. Butch.

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