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'"Usually, you have all Monday to get it corrected," guard Richie Incognito said Tuesday. "We were already talking and correcting on the plane."'

'I assume the Bills were desperate to have Watkins on the field for the start of the season. As we found out Sunday, the offense isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. They’re reeling and need Watkins to be a factor here Thursday against the Jets’ formidable defense. He’s their only elite playmaker at wideout. Robert Woods is an impostor as a No. 2 wideout.'

'Ryan might as well have said, “I own the guy.” That’s what the numbers say, and the numbers are beyond dispute. Fitzpatrick’s career statistics against Rex’s defenses are dreadful, an unrelenting chronicle of aerial mishap and woe.'

'“From my conversation with him, I mean, he seems like he’s ready to go mentally and physically,” Taylor said. “I know he wants to go out there and continue to show people what he can do, and I’m looking forward for him go out there and have a good game.”'

'"I did it a long time ago, I'm not going to get into those things," Ryan said with a smile on Tuesday. "Somebody pointed out several times that we won more games when I was heavier, so I’ll do anything for the squad."'

'“Everybody’s going to be down on Revis because he had a poor game or whatever,” the Bills coach said Tuesday. “The thing about Revis is, if he’s slipped at all as a player, he’s coming down from the very tip of Everest. That’s where he’d be coming down from. How far down? I’m not sure. But I know one thing, I know the kind of player he is.”'

'"I know it's early in the week, but I guess we'll see how it progresses, how he progresses," Ryan said. "Really, with all those guys, see how they progress. It is a quick turnaround, but we'll monitor it and if he's ready to go, then obviously … It's not like you have to have reps, because nobody's getting reps, so if he's ready to go, then we'll play him. If not, then Cyrus Kouandjio's done a nice job."'

'Q: Rex, is this the best defensive line you’ll see all year? A: I don’t know. Everybody always talks about that one with the Rams. I’ve never played against them so I don’t know how good they are but this is certainly as good as—I mean it’s hard to imagine somebody being better than that group.'

'Last year's Bills-Jets Color Rush game caused a problem for some people with color blindness, because they couldn't distinguish between the red and the green jerseys. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch says that issue is being resolved this year.'

'“Quite simply, it’s probably one of our most challenging games since 2012,” said Erie County Sheriff’s Chief Scott M. Joslyn, who oversees the game-day security crew outside New Era Field. “It’s our home opener, NFL prime time, a divisional game, and the opposing team’s fans are going to be able to travel here. All of those elements are coming together at the same time.”'

'While they adjust to those new rules, fans also may notice the presence of about two dozen SWAT Team members, 16 dogs that can detect explosives and seven Bomb Squad members at each game. Erie County sheriff’s and Buffalo Bills officials were expected to discuss those and a few other measures at a late-morning press conference Tuesday outside the stadium.'

'Partners Andy Ruszczyk and Zachary Schneider are already filling restaurant orders for pierogi, in tradition-bending flavors like banana-pepper-and-cheese, barbecued pork and chicken wing.'

'“I think it’s just time (passing),” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s strange being in that stadium as a guy getting dressed in the other locker room and all that, but last week vs. Cincinnati, there were two guys on the team that had been on the team the whole time since I was there, and so that’s part of it, too. When I play Buffalo now, the roster has changed, there’s been a ton of turnover, it’s not like I’m playing all the guys that were there when I was there. I think that adds to it as well.”'

'So what the heck happened in Baltimore?'