WGR

‘To make room on the practice squad for Beasley, the Bills have released second-year wide receiver Marquez Stevenson.’

‘Bates was injured while blocking for quarterback Josh Allen’s third quarter touchdown run. He left the game and didn’t return. He was replaced by Greg Van Roten. It’s unclear when Oliver was injured. He played 50 of a possible 74 snaps on defense.’

‘The punting continued into the second quarter for both sides until the Bills were finally able to get the offense rolling.’

‘One of the problems the Bills have had this season and last is the ability to control the end of close games. This game was no different and saw the Bills have multiple opportunities to end the game. McDermott spoke on the team’s play this game when closing the game out as well as what they need to do moving forward.’

‘”I think we hurt ourselves early on whether it be decisions or a penalty here or there. It put us into some second or third and long situations which we gotta stay out of. I don’t know what we were on third down tonight but I know it wasn’t good. So that’s something we gotta clean up on. Typically during the season we’re good on third downs so credit to those guys they came out and played hard.”‘

‘The Bills came into the game as the best third down team in the league, but were just 2-for-13 (15.4%) against the Jets.’

‘The Jets have been struggling in the red zone, especially lately, only converting six of their last 18 trips into touchdowns. This included going 1-for-6 last week against the Minnesota Vikings, as the Jets sit tied for 26th in the NFL with an overall conversion percentage of 48.65%.’

‘”It’s an opportunity for them, each in a little bit of a different way for each of the guys that are expected to do that. I’m excited for those guys at the same time,” said McDermott on Friday during his weekly appearance on WGR during the “Extra Point Show”.’

‘Milano is listed on the official Thursday injury report with a knee injury, while Phillips is dealing with a shoulder injury.’

‘As NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport laid out on Wednesday, the initial MRI and other images done on Miller’s knee did not adequately show a torn ACL. The original plan for surgery was to reposition the lateral meniscus that had moved into another channel, while also cleaning up cartilage damage to the injured knee.’

‘Buffalo will host the New York Jets this coming Sunday afternoon, while Miami is in Los Angeles to take on the Chargers on “Sunday Night Football”.’

‘Come Sunday evening, the Bills got all they needed to re-take the lead in the AFC, and then some.’

‘The final score might suggest the Bills-Patriots game was a close contest but it was not. When the Bills took a 17-7 lead with five and a half minutes left in the second quarter, it felt over. When the Bills capped off a 15 play, 94 yard, nearly nine minute drive with a touchdown to extend the lead to 24-7 early in the fourth quarter, you could have changed the standings and given the Bills their ninth victory.’

‘The Bills offense got rumbling on the ground game on their next drive where rookie running back James Cook led the way with 31 rushing yards. The Bills were able to get down into the red zone right before the end of the first quarter thanks to a short run by Allen. On the first play of the second quarter, Allen found wide receiver Stefon Diggs with an eight-yard pass for a touchdown.’

‘The Bills played a very well-rounded game with only one turnover on the offensive side of the ball and a great presence in the run game. The defense had good numbers as well, holding the Patriots’ offense to only 10 points.’