‘The injury further thins Buffalo’s group of receivers. Jordan Matthews (knee), Deonte Thompson (ankle) and tight end Charles Clay (knee) are listed as questionable.’
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Bills’ Kelvin Benjamin to miss Week 12; Jordan Matthews likely to face Chiefs
‘Bills wide receivers Deonte Thompson (ankle) and Jordan Matthews (knee), as well as tight end Charles Clay (knee), are each expected to play, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. They are officially questionable on the injury report.’
Joe B: 5 things to watch for in Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs (11/25/17)
‘The one true advantage the Bills might have over the Chiefs is through the air because of how poorly Kansas City has played on the back end, but the Bills just haven’t shown enough in the passing game over the first 10 games of the season to show any relative dependence on the fact that they’ll be able to exploit that weakness of their opponents.’
Kelvin Benjamin won’t play Vs. Chiefs
‘The wide receiver has just four catches for 62 yards since being acquired at the trade deadline.’
What they’re saying: Bills-Chiefs game predictions
‘Once viewed as sure-fire playoff teams, the Bills and Chiefs are on a combined 1-7 slide. The loser of this one will have a hard time making it to the postseason. The winner still might, too.’
Top 10 reasons to get excited for Bills-Chiefs
‘After a slow start, Buffalo’s run game has recently taken on new life. With feature back LeSean McCoy paving the way, the offense has been able to make positive strides on the ground. Combined with newcomer Travaris Cadet, who showed promise last week, the Bills’ run attack should perform well against a lackluster Kansas City run ‘D.”
Bills Today: Chiefs coaches compliment Taylor’s QB play
‘“I had him over at the Pro Bowl. He’s a good football player, good kid and he’s a Pro Bowl player,” said Reid. “He was over there in the Pro Bowl doing his thing.”’
Bills look to take back their takeaway prowess
‘”I mean, damn, you look at the first seven games of the season, we were dominant,” safety Jordan Poyer said. “We understand, these last few games, we haven’t taken the ball away, and it shows on the scoreboard.”‘
Bucky Gleason: Bills’ coach McDermott can thank Chief mentor for lesson in X’s and O’s
‘”You could tell he had been around winning,” McDermott said Friday. “You could tell he had a vision for where he wanted to take the organization – and he had a plan. Andy was different that way. People may have a vision of where they want to go as leaders or head coaches. Andy had a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month, year-to-year plan that he followed.”‘
Bills Notebook: Ragland playing well for Chiefs
‘”He’s doing a nice job,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said this week during a conference call with media covering the Bills. “He had a good game for us this past week. Like a lot of cases, sometimes change of scenery is good. Listen, I understand how this league works. I’ve been a part of that — that change of scenery (going from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Chiefs) — so I get it.”‘
Vic Carucci’s Take Five: Taylor needs to take out anger over benching on Chiefs
‘It does nothing to change the fact Taylor has no future with the Bills beyond this season. But that doesn’t mean he has to play like a lame duck.’
Rather than stubbornly start Peterman again, Bills coach McDermott made right move back to Taylor
‘I can’t lambaste McDermott for starting Peterman in Los Angeles because, when you analyze it, you realize that he had come to the same conclusion I, and many Bills fans, had already arrived at: Taylor is at his ceiling as an NFL player, and it’s not good enough to get the Bills to the postseason, at least not with the sub-par talent he has around him.’
Taylor philosophical about benching and reinstatement
‘“I personally didn’t take my thoughts (to the locker room),” he said. “ I’m not sure what other guys talked about amongst themselves or whether things were taken (against) the coach.”‘
Buffalo Bills injury report: Updates on Kelvin Benjamin, Cordy Glenn and others
‘In addition to Glenn, guard John Miller and running back Mike Tolbert (hamstring) will be out for the Bills this week. This will be the seventh straight start for Vlad Ducasse at guard. Travaris Cadet will fill in for Tolbert for a second straight week as LeSean McCoy’s primary backup.’
5 things to watch at the Bills face the Chiefs
‘The Bills haven’t had the best luck getting to the quarterback last couple weeks and it has added up. Buffalo has only taken down opposing quarterback 15 times this season, which is tied with Tampa Bay for second-worst in the NFL. But last week against the Chargers, it did look a tad bit better. Shaq Lawson had Buffalo’s lone sack, but Los Angeles QB Phillip Rivers was hit seven times in the game. In addition, the Chiefs rank near the middle of the pack in terms of sacks allowed as Alex Smith has hit the ground 25 times this year (T – 15th).’