‘Neither incumbent Byron W. Brown nor challenger India B. Walton are pushing for any city site proposed over the past few years as the Bills make the case for a new stadium estimated to cost $1.4 billion. As recently as last week’s mayoral debate, the candidates mused over the benefits and advantages of a downtown facility, but neither is raising any serious opposition to the team’s preference for a new facility adjacent to the current Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park.’
Archives for September 2021
Alan Pergament: CBS’ Eagle is sharp, Davis is soft in criticism of Bills and overdoes praise of Big Ben
‘The Bills, their coaching staff and the officials gave plenty of opportunities for criticism, but Davis was generally supportive of the controversial plays in the game when he had an opinion at all. He also was generally soft on criticizing Allen except for noting his “accuracy isn’t there” at times.’
Offensive line, Levi Wallace, and lack of big plays on defense all hurt Bills
‘Left tackle Dion Dawkins was flagged for one holding penalty in 2020; he was nailed three times in this game, though two were declined. Feliciano, Williams, and center Mitch Morse also were caught holding.’
Pollock: Three troubling takes from Bills’ loss to Steelers
‘That’s a lot of damage caused by a defense that was getting after the passer with only three or four rushers.’
Report: Buffalo Bills fans drank a lot more beer Sunday than for the last NFL opener
‘Draft beer consumption from bars and restaurants was up more than 40% in Buffalo for the NFL opener Sunday compared to the start of the 2020 season, according to data collected by BeerBoard, a Syracuse company that tracks beer sales volumes across the country.’
Offensive line woes costly for Bills in loss to Steelers
‘“And as an offensive line, we know we didn’t do that as well as we could. The great thing about offensive line is you win as an offensive line, all five guys, and you lose as an offensive line, all five guys, so it’ll be a great opportunity to learn a lot of stuff from this game. But for us, it’s just being accountable to each other and to the team. And they just got the better of us.”’
McDermott: ‘We didn’t give ourselves a chance to win the game’
‘“There’s a saying that goes, ‘before you win, you’ve got to prevent yourself from losing.’ In those situations, I didn’t think we gave ourselves a legitimate chance to win the game. That’s something we’ve got to do better this week. And when you get a punt blocked against you for a touchdown, statistically that’s hard to win, in those games. Then we don’t give ourselves a real legit chance on that fourth down to gain the first down. You go back and say, ‘hey, we’ve got to do a better job there as a coaching staff.'”‘
Wood: You’re ‘trying to calm yourself down’ during a game like Sunday
‘”You manage emotion kind of the other way… A game like yesterday, you’re almost trying to calm yourself down. I don’t know if that played any effect into Josh Allen’s missed throws.”‘
Opinion: Thud
‘Even into the fourth quarter, you might have had a lot of company if you were thinking one big play from the Bills offense and everything would get right in our little football world.’
Opinion: A deflating opening day for Bills
‘There were three big plays in the game, and all three went in Pittsburgh’s favor. Two of the three did not involve the Bills offense, but a bad performance from the offensive line and an off day by quarterback Josh Allen are clearly the main reasons why the Bills are 0-1 to start the 2021 season.’
Bills fans react to stadium mask policy
‘“There wasn’t even anyone walking around to see if anyone had masks on,” said Liz Wandersee.’
Bills have several mistakes to clean up after Sunday
‘Perhaps most surprisingly, the offense appeared out of synch for the majority of the game. Despite having nearly the same cast of characters on that side of the ball, the Bills just couldn’t seem to keep the offense on the field. Other than the first drive and the last drive of the first half, the offense couldn’t put up points in the first two quarters. Three punts and fumble were bookended by a field goal thanks in part to a great kickoff return and a touchdown that gave fans flashes of the offense they saw all of last year.’
Bills offense stalling in the red zone was ‘the game right there’ in week one loss to Steelers
‘“We’re trying to call plays that give us a chance here and maybe spring a big one. They did a good job. We motioned 19 across and he stayed and you know they got us. We’re trying to be aggressive there and certainly you’d like to have all those calls back that quite don’t work out the way you hoped but we’re trying to be aggressive,” Daboll explained.’
Bills DC Leslie Frazier says not forcing turnovers was the ‘difference’ vs. Steelers
‘“I asked the guys in our meeting, I said Jordan [Poyer] what do you think was the difference in the game, why did we not come away with a W. He told the whole group we didn’t take the ball away. And to me and all of us on defense was the difference.”’
Bills food vendors cited for lack of mask compliance, but fans go mostly mask free
‘But photos and videos from inside the concourses at the stadium show most fans not abiding by the indoor mask rule and no indication that it was being enforced.’