Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘Well, six games into the season, the Bills’ running game is officially a problem area, and with the weather about to start turning which generally makes it tougher to throw the ball, and the competition on the schedule picking back up again following Sunday’s game against the Triple-A Jets, Buffalo needs to get it figured out.’

‘Beane also said this was in the works for a few weeks because Spain was not happy about his demotion.’

‘What helped the Chiefs with this strategy was their absolute dominance up front. Many fans and reporters have been questioning the viability of the Bills’ defensive line this season, and for good reason. That includes McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier who decided to make underperforming Trent Murphy and Harrison Phillips healthy inactives.’

‘Johnson doesn’t even refer to the Jets by name and instead accuses Jensen of “flying the wrong flag,” footage of which is digitized to conceal the “wrong” team’s identity.’

‘The Bills defense, right now, is pretty awful, and if giving up 42 points to the Titans who had barely practiced for two weeks wasn’t bad enough, then giving up 245 rushing yards and 466 total yards to the Chiefs further shone the light on a struggling unit.’

‘As Josh Allen said, no one is panicking inside the Bills locker room, but they need to start finding some solutions to their many ails or we could be looking at the ghosts of 2008 (a 4-0 and 5-1 start that was wasted) and 2011 (a 3-0 start that crashed and burned).’

‘My pick: Chiefs 34, Bills 27.’

‘“It’s going to be fun, obviously, going against a competitor like Pat,” said Allen. “On the field, the things that he does, it’s second to none the way he can throw off platform, his eye movement and his recognition of the game in the last year or two, and he’s only getting better so to go against him, it’ll be fun.”’

‘“Those guys are pretty good that are coming in,” defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said of Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. “We’ll have our hands full for sure. But the good thing is we get a chance to line up and play another ball game. We look forward to trying to get better than we were (Tuesday).”’

‘Bills coach Sean McDermott, in a rare peak behind the curtain, confirmed that the Bills are interested in the all-purpose back who was cut Tuesday by the New York Jets, ending a somewhat terrible year-plus with the moribund Jets and coach Adam Gase.’

‘Right now, the Bills defense is not good. Not at all, and that came to light when it got smoked by a team that had barely practiced for two weeks. This once-respected defense has been reeling dating back to the second quarter of the Week 2 victory over Miami, and it finally came back to bite the Bills at Nissan Stadium.’

‘The Tennessee Titans, home to the NFL’s first COVID-19 disaster area, looked like the exact opposite of a team that had hardly practiced as they rolled to a lopsided 42-16 victory over the Bills, the team that looked exactly like it had hardly practiced in two weeks.’

‘Devin Singletary carried 11 times for 25 yards and just doesn’t look like the explosive back we think he is.’

‘And it didn’t stop there. At around 5 p.m., in a surprise development, offensive guard Quinton Spain reported having foot pain to the training staff and he was immediately ruled out for the game. Also inactive are wide receiver John Brown, running back Zack Moss, linebacker Matt Milano, tight end Lee Smith and quarterback Jake Fromm.’

‘My pick: Bills 23, Titans 17.’