Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘The 49ers have essentially been chased out of their home facility in Santa Clara County in northern California because county officials have now banned “all recreational activities that involve physical contact or close proximity to persons outside one’s household.”’

‘Thankfully for the Bills, they were playing a team that specializes in finding ways to lose, and when the gun sounded, the Bills were on the positive end of a 27-17 score that improved their record to 8-3 and kept them one game ahead of the pesky Miami Dolphins in the AFC East.’

‘The Bills are now 4-0 coming off their bye week under Sean McDermott. Maybe that’s just a coincidence, but I think it shows that he and his staff do a decent job of self-scouting with the time off and his team comes back ready to play. Now, this wasn’t the cleanest performance you’ll ever see, but as Allen alluded to, they got the win and that’s what matters most.’

‘My pick: Bills 31, Chargers 24.’

‘Ford has battled knee and ankle injuries this season and he had played in only one of the last four games, 14 snaps against Seattle before getting hurt and having to come out. However, it seemed he had a chance to return to the lineup before this season-ending setback.’

‘This was just the 11th game in franchise history, and 60 years later the Bills, thankfully, have never done what they did on this crazy, snowy day in Denver.’

‘While it took Allen into his third season to find his bearings in the NFL and prove his doubters wrong, Herbert has done so in the first nine games of his career.’

‘Running back Terry Miller ranks as one of the top first-round draft busts in Buffalo Bills history, which is saying something given this team’s history. But on this day in his rookie season of 1978, the No. 5 overall pick was part of a record-breaking performance.’

‘You can’t tell me that playing Jon Feliciano at center, meaning both Brian Winters and Ike Boettger are at the guard spots, is the best way to go for the Bills.’

‘The rest of the team managed only 49 offensive yards against the NFC’s top-ranked defense with quarterback Gary Marangi playing in place of injured Joe Ferguson.’

‘As the Bills sat out Week 11 resting on their bye, the still burning sting of their incredible loss to Arizona on the now infamous Hail Murray was mercifully eased just a bit by what happened over the weekend.’

‘Not that the Bills aren’t used to this. If there’s one thing the Bills might lead the league in during their 61-year history, its inexplicable losses that wind up with forever nicknames. Wide Right, Music City Miracle, now the Hail Murray. I’m probably missing a couple others.’

‘“He was healthy, coach’s decision right there,” McDermott said. “We know Mitch is a good player and just felt like for that week, meaning last week, we felt like we had at least some momentum with the group we had had in when Mitch went down and wanted to take a look at it one more week there.”’

‘But I’m guessing Bills fans don’t want to hear that because let’s be honest, the Bills have majored in gut-wrenching, vomit-inducing, tear-your-hair-out defeats for quite a while now, and somehow they always manage to top themselves.’

‘The Bills can’t run the ball, at least not when Allen hands off. It has become a weekly struggle to do anything on the ground, and this is the time of year when that can’t be the case.’