Archives for October 5, 2015

'This game proves once again that a lot can change from week to week in the NFL. The Bills were riding high after their blowout win in Miami. Theycame home and laid an absolute egg against a team they needed to beat. We wrote in oure preview that if they are a playoff contender these are the games they have to win. They didn't win, they didn't even really show up. Since things change from week to week it would be too early to count the Bills out like it was too early to annoint them playoff contenders last week.'

'Rex Ryan didn't have a good day as the team was flat and not ready to play. Penalties were an absolute killer once again. Greg Roman had some terrible playcalling especially on the goal line stand early in the fourth quarter. He didn't move Taylor around enough. Dennis Thurman had his defense playing pretty well but they missed too many tackles and made too many penalties. Grade F: 17 penalties for 135 yards is ridiculous.'

'Buffalo had their share of self-inflicted wounds with a missed field goal, a penalty on fourth down that led to a Giants touchdown, a pair of turnovers and a Bills touchdown called back on penalty. It all contributed to a missed opportunity to stack wins after a resounding win over Miami a week earlier.'

'“A slow start. Turnovers—we put the ball on the ground,” he said. “Penalties. There were a lot of little things that factored into our loss, but they are all on us.”'

'“It’s definitely something we have to address,” said Tyrod Taylor. “As a team we know to be the best team that we want to be we definitely have to eliminate those penalties. It cost us some yards and it’s something we have to address moving forward.”'

'We were struggling. I mean obviously in the first half, especially. We couldn’t do anything. They three-and-outed us a bunch, we just couldn’t get anything going. But you got to give them credit, they did a great job. Especially stopping the run. I thought they did a tremendous job and it just was one of those things. But we kept fighting. I thought we’d have opportunities at the end and it was tough. And … we had two touchdowns called back. That wasn’t the reason we lost but it took a little wind out our sails. I’ll be truthful about that and obviously one was a holding call and one was a chop block, I think.'