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‘When Diggs started making catches and moving the chains, the rest of the offense followed. Allen regained confidence seeing his top receiver go to work, going 14-for-20 in the second half after completing only 10 of 23 passes for 76 in the first.’

‘“I ain’t going to lie, seeing them dancing on our logo pregame and seeing all that, that turns you up a little bit,” Bills safety Jordan Poyer said, via Syracuse.com. “It kind of gives you a little second itch to come out and play with some extra fire. We were hyped up on the sideline, we had a big win. And we were just having fun.”’

‘It wasn’t a good start for the Bills offense, going three-and-out on their first six drives, and only have 4, 5, and 5 plays on the other three. Those first six drives ended punt, interception, punt, punt, fumble, punt. They had only 102 total yards at halftime, and were 0-for-4 on third downs. The offense scored only three points in the first half. The Steelers pass rush was clearly an issue for them and caused of lot of their problems.’

‘Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is 29th in the NFL averaging only 6.42 yards per-attempt. He’s last among qualifying quarterbacks averaging only 4.65 air yards per-completion. Moreover, according to Pro Football Focus, despite being tied for the fourth-most attempts 20-plus yards downfield with 60, Roethlisberger has only completed 14 of them, which is tied for 14th in the NFL.’

‘McDermott on what makes Beane as good as he’s been as general manager: “Well he’s extremely smart and methodical in his approach, and I believe he’s a great communicator and has a good way with people. I think that goes a long way in a job like that, really in a leadership position in general. Just has a nice way about him, yet he understands that it’s a business and that we have to get the results that we have to get.”‘

‘Beane has been the architect of a Bills roster that is on track to make the playoffs for the third time in four years since taking over as general manager in 2017. The Bills are currently 9-3 to start the season for a second-consecutive year, and have a chance to clinch a playoff berth this weekend.’

‘Phillips is very active in the Western New York community, including with his Playmakers Organization, supporting children with intellectual disabilities, as well as helping front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic both in Western New York and his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.’

‘The Bills held a walk-through practice on Wednesday, but will be back on the field on Thursday afternoon.’

‘It is the fifth time this season where a Bills player has been named the AFC Player of the Week. Along with Allen’s three Offensive Player of the Week honors, defensive end Jerry Hughes was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week back in Week 7, while linebacker A.J. Klein was also named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week just last week against the Los Angeles Chargers.’

‘Following Allen’s 375-yard, four touchdown performance in a 34-24 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night, which garnered him AFC Player of the Week honors, “The Office” star tweeted out that Allen was his “second favorite quarterback.”’

‘”I think that was the best game he’s played in his whole career. … There was a little of everything in that game with Josh Allen. There was great individual feats where he makes plays where him, [Patrick] Mahomes, [Aaron] Rodgers, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, they’re the only ones that can make those plays in football. That’s it. Then there was great moments of being surgical, making the right decisions, reading the defense the right way. It had it all from that aspect. Then of course, Buffalo is in the thick of things in the AFC and the importance of that game. All of it was amazing.”‘

‘“What you saw Josh Allen do the other night, that was MVP caliber play that he had and Ben doesn’t have that in him anymore and what Josh Allen can do in the pocket now, running but also creating plays outside the pocket by buying time and throwing there’s only a few quarterbacks who have the ability to have all those three phases that he does,” said Ross.’

‘The Bills could clinch the AFC East as early as week 15. If they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday night and Miami loses to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Bills can clinch the division with a win over the Denver Broncos on Dec. 19.’

‘Despite having quarterback Jim Kelly, defensive end Bruce Smith, wide receiver Andre Reed, and linebacker Darryl Talley, the Bills still missed the playoffs in 1986 and 1987 before finally making it in 1988. They were 11-20 those first two seasons after Kelly arrived.’

‘After hearing all the noise about returning to the venue of the “Hail Murray” loss to the Arizona Cardinals from a few weeks ago, the Bills took care of business against the 49ers, not even putting themselves in a situation to defend a last-second prayer of a pass at the end of the game.’