Archives for November 16, 2012

‘McKelvin became the first NFLer this season to return two kicks of any kind for a score. His first was an 88-yarder in Week 2 against Kansas City. McKelvin also raised his league-leading punt-return average from 19.5 yards to 21.9, after taking back three on Thursday for 98 yards.’

Miami Dolphins fall to Buffalo Bills; losing skid hits three (Miami Herald)

Miami Dolphins’ Nolan Carroll has flag-filled night (Miami Herald)

Another troubling Miami Dolphins effort (Miami Herald)

An extra special game for Miami Dolphins’ Marcus Thigpen (Miami Herald)

Keys to the game (Miami Herald)

Quarter-by-quarter (Miami Herald)

Photo gallery (Miami Herald)

Dolphins losing streak hits three games in 19-14 loss to Bills (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Dolphins look in trouble after loss to Bills (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Is Ryan Tannehill showing us warning signs? (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Miami Dolphins report card (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Scoring plays (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Photo gallery (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Miami Dolphins’ comeback falls short in 19-14 loss at Buffalo (Palm Beach Post)

Miami Dolphins’ Cameron Wake third in early Pro Bowl voting (Palm Beach Post)

Photo gallery (Palm Beach Post)

Dolphins Drop 19-14 Decision To Bills (MiamiDolphins.com)

Thigpen Runs Into The Record Books (MiamiDolphins.com)

Up-And-Down Night For Dolphins (MiamiDolphins.com)

Dolphins-Bills Postgame Notes (MiamiDolphins.com)

Photo gallery (MiamiDolphins.com)

Photo gallery 1 (BuffaloBills.com)

Photo gallery 2 (BuffaloBills.com)

Photo gallery (Buffalo News)

Photo gallery (Rochester D&C)

Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

Photo gallery (WIVB-TV)

”’That’s how it’s supposed to be,” Williams said. ”It was definitely a must win. With the way things turned out earlier in the season, we had to come out and play like it’s the playoffs.”’

‘The Bills were without running back Fred Jackson, who was ruled out earlier after sustaining a concussion Sunday in a loss to the Patriots, and defensive end Chris Kelsay and Aaron Williams. Kelsay is sidelined by a neck injury, and Williams has a knee injury.’

‘Ryan Fitzpatrick had 168 passing yards and C.J. Spiller totaled 91 yards on 22 carries for the Bills (4-6), who snapped a three-game losing streak and notched their first win against a division opponent in four tries this season.’

‘On offense, C.J. Spiller started for the injured Fred Jackson and had his worst game of the season statistically and it was still stellar. He had 91 yards rushing and a respectable 4.1 yards per carry. He set a career high with 22 carries. He had three receptions for 39 yards giving him 25 touches.’

‘The game should have been a runaway. It should have been a statement game — especially considering how dominant their defense was against a terribly inefficient offense. Then again, after a team has lost three in a row, in addition to five of their last six, I guess they’ll take a win however terrible the packaging may be.’

‘So, it’s a start, but it’s going to take a lot more fanning of the flames to get these embers raging.’

‘Really liked the addition of the back shoulder throw from Fitz to Stevie Johnson, even if Johnson dropped the first one thrown his way. Johnson is as close to a workhorse wide receiver as the Bills have on the roster. After linebacker and franchise quarterback, wide receiver is easily the next dearth on the roster.’

‘Penalties Again: They had 11 penalties for 100 yards.’

‘Spiller needs to have the ball in his hands as much as possible.’

‘”The defense played outstanding,” said head coach Chan Gailey. “They did an unbelievable job. One score (allowed). They just did a super job.”‘

‘I know the negatives. Third down. We were bad (in the) red zone. We did not get touchdowns. If we had gotten touchdowns it would not have been that close but we did not. We are kind of hot and cold. One week we are good in red zone, the next week we are not. We have to get more consistent there. It was a great effort by our football team. They played hard. I thought it was something we can build on.’

‘Yeah, we struggled on third-and-short all day today. That is something that cannot happen. We have to be able to extend those drives. Four field goals in the first half. That is a game that we could have blown wide open early I felt like and we did not. We let them hang around, hang around. Then there in the second half really put it on our defense. They were playing great. Just wanted to make sure we took care of the ball. Continue to allow our defense to go out there and shine. And they did. They did a great job. We have to be able to help them out a little more in the second half. We did not do a good enough job of that. It was a good team victory today. I thought the defense played great.’

‘I think those guys just picked up their intensity and we didn’t. I thought from being out there, I thought their defensive line started playing a little harder than what we did and that’s stuff that’s easy to correct and I just kept preaching to my guys that we got to pick it up and that’s a good rush defense. We knew it was going to be hard, those guys are professionals, they do a good job of fitting gaps and stuff. We just got to do a better job of scoring points. We love Rian Lindell to death but the only time I want to see him out there is on an extra point.’