Two Bills Drive

'To make room on the roster for Brown, Elston and Thomas, the Bills placed Anderson on injured reserve and released DE Eric Lee and S Robert Blanton.'

'The Bills also have a defense-minded coach in McDermott who simply has a long track record of success. While Sean McVay's work in rebuilding the Rams' offense has rightfully been lauded, it would be fair to similarly credit McDermott for immediately turning a defense which ranked 27th in DVOA last season into one that will likely top the DVOA charts after Week 4, even after the Bills lost a pair of Pro Bowlers — Stephon Gilmore and Zach Brown — this offseason. … The schedule gets tougher later in the season, but the Bills' defense is back.'

'Seeing Taylor has nothing but green grass out to his left, Jones quickly steps out to his right to cut off Taylor’s path. Buffalo’s quarterback gives Jones a hard jab step with his left foot to get the linebacker to lean outside and slips up inside of him. Still three yards behind the line of scrimmage, Taylor puts the after burners on as he has a rapidly closing window of space between Jones, who has turned to pursue him and CB Brandon Poole, who has peeled off his coverage assignment to assist.'

'“Sometimes it’s easier to do it from long distance than it is other places on the field. It’s just something about the visuals of what you got,” Hauschka said.'

'A day after Buffalo beat the NFC’s Super Bowl representative and one of the National Football League’s two undefeated teams … on the road, that’s exactly what he was doing.'

'“To see him in training camp and the preseason games, to see that the game wasn’t too big for him early on in our discussion about ‘should we start a rookie, and if we are going to start a rookie, when should we put him in the starting lineup.’ It was evident to us early on that this guy could handle it.”'

'The culture change he’s spearheading isn’t limited to the scope of his locker room. This is a complete organizational overhaul, one that requires everyone inside the facility to adopt a new outlook and a new standard.'

'So if the Bills are middling it, this is an opportune time for it. There's a vast NFL middle and it's not hard to see the playoffs from there. For four weeks, at least, the Bills are winning while laying a foundation for the future. They're a confident, well-coached team, one that should be even better in the years ahead if Beane and Co. hit in the drafts.'

'The game was a mixed bag for all five linemen. Center Eric Wood had a tough assignment blocking Grady Jarrett much of the day. Wood held Jarrett once and was beaten by him three times. But Wood bulled him on a key third-and-1 play and held up vs. Jarrett on four other important positive run plays. Passing grade for Wood.'

'“This is life in the NFL,” coach Sean McDermott said Monday. “This is what happens. We're certainly facing adversity. We've faced adversity before, and this is only going to make us stronger.'

'On the 15 pass plays in which he was "kept clean," Taylor completed 10 of 15 throws – and one drop – for 104 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions, a stat line good for a 108.8 passer rating, the 12th-highest out of 30 qualifying signal-callers.'

'Let's examine all of the Bills' penalties in their win over the Falcons. At the bottom of this article is a collection of the flags through four games in the 2017 season.'

'Brandon [Beane] and I talk about a lot of things. At this point, we haven’t had any of those conversations about Anquan, but we look at everything every week to improve our football team. We’re going to have a lot of conversations this afternoon, but this is why, with respect to injuries, this is why we develop and count on players to develop in our system. Our coaches work with our backups who stepped up last night, did a great job, I thought, in a couple key areas in the game. We work with our practice squad players in the same way that we develop. You need depth in this league to sustain wins. Injuries are going to hit every team.'

'Peter King mentioned the Bills several times in his MMQB column, listing their 3-1 start as one of the early season oddities that “nobody saw coming,” referring to “rising teams like Buffalo coming out of nowhere” when discussing the AFC playoff picture, and awarding them the Bill Parcells Memorial Clock-Eating Scoring Drive of the Season for their 19-play, 11:20 possession on Sunday. King also selected Stephen Hauschka as his special teams player of the week.'

'The Bills tight end had gone over 100 yards in a game three times in his NFL career before. The first came in Week Two of 2013 as a member of the Dolphins, but his overall grade was just +1.0 (+0.7 pass-catching, +0.3) run-blocking). He had six grabs for 114 yards in Week Sixteen the following season. However, that game yielded a PFF overall grade of +2.2. Before Sunday, the last 100-plus yard effort from Clay came as a member of the Bills against the Giants in Week Four of 2015. While he had a +1.9 pass-catching grade in that one, his run-blocking score was -2.0.'