‘”He (Pickett) looks like a good young quarterback, had a good preseason, played well when he got in the game the other day, and was productive,” head coach Sean McDermott said. “It looks like he knows what he’s doing and how to function in that offense, and I’ve got a lot of respect for him.”‘
BillsBeat - October 6, 2022
9 Bills players won't practice on Wednesday
‘Edmunds is a new addition to the injury list this week after recording nine tackles against the Ravens. Poyer was limited during practices last week with a foot injury but played in Week 4 and had two INTs. McDermott said this week Poyer is dealing with “sore ribs” following the Baltimore game. Knox had been dealing with a back/rip injury last week but McDermott did not specify if that is the exact injury affecting the tight end this week.’
Jordan Poyer named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
‘Poyer posted a pair of interceptions off Lamar Jackson on back-to-back Baltimore possessions in the fourth quarter. The most critical came with four minutes left in regulation. With the game tied at 20, and the Ravens facing a 4th-and-goal at the Bills two-yard line, Poyer raced to a wide-open Devin Duvernay in the back right corner of Buffalo’s end zone to make a game-saving interception.’
BillsBeat - October 5, 2022
Position grades: Opposing passers avoiding Bills rookie Kaiir Elam
‘The longest pass play Elam has “allowed” was 17 yards in zone coverage against Tennessee’s Robert Woods. The only time he was targeted in Baltimore was an incompletion on a slant for Rashod Bateman. Lamar Jackson led the receiver a bit too far.’
Justin Zimmer returns to Bills on practice squad; cornerback Jordan Miller also signs
‘The Bills announced that Zimmer and cornerback Jordan Miller have been signed to the practice squad. Defensive tackles C.J. Brewer and Prince Emili were released from the practice squad.
Pat McAfee vows to donate $1 million if Bills' Jordan Poyer gets 12 interceptions
‘McAfee said he was “blurting out a bunch of numbers” while trying to figure out the record and initially landed on 17. While Poyer was on the air with him, he said 13 and then later went to 12 after Poyer had left the show.’
Jim Kubiak: Bills QB Josh Allen defies conventional wisdom, over and over again
‘On fourth-and-1 in the third quarter, Allen made an incredible play to get the first down that made the difference. Then in the fourth quarter, with the game tied, Allen made the throw of the game to tight end Dawson Knox on a critical third-down play on a corner route with outside defensive leverage. He was quietly amazing, in the biggest moments, despite the offensive hiccups around him.’
Unheralded DT played big role in Bills’ goal line stop & eventual INT vs. Ravens (Encouraged/worried)
‘Over the next few weeks, Buffalo may have to depend on Tavon Austin, Isaiah Hodgins and/or an outside signing to provide depth at the position behind the likes of Stefon Diggs, Davis and Shakir.’
The Bills are learning to live with being the Super Bowl favorite
‘“We’re hanging out, thinking about how the game went,” Diggs said. “And Mitch was just saying, like, ‘We’ve been here for some years now.’ … He said it was good to feel like we’ve been there before. We’ve been down before. We’ve rallied back before.”’
The Bills are getting a $1.4bn stadium, but taxpayers will foot the bill
‘But the team will not return to the city center. Plans call for the venue to be built in a parking lot adjacent to Highmark – with local and state taxpayers footing $850m of the $1.4bn cost. That would be the largest ever public subsidy for a new NFL stadium – much of it covered by a county with many low-income residents for the benefit of a franchise owned by a multi-billionaire.’
Steelers' Mike Tomlin refers to Bills pass-rusher Von Miller as alien 'visiting from another planet'
‘”He’s Von Miller. Some guys are aliens visiting from another planet and that’s just the reality of it,” Tomlin said, via Pro Football Talk. “Man, in the National Football League, you’ve got to respect all these guys — they’re all freaky. But some guys are even freaky in our setting. And he’s just one of those guys. He always has been since he came out of [Texas] A&M, moving changing and running like a corner.”‘
Mike Tomlin: Von Miller Is an ‘Alien Visiting From Another Planet’
‘Tomlin experienced Miller’s talents firsthand back at the 2017 Pro Bowl when the Steelers staff coached the AFC team. Miller was named defensive MVP of the game.’
Poloncarz: Progress continues to be made in finalizing new Bills stadium deal
‘As of Tuesday, we’re now 11 days away from the next deadline to finalize the MOU, but with no indications on how close the deal is to being completed.’
Sullivan: Bills have no reason to blink with NFL’s top defense
‘Allen said the confidence was palpable in the locker room at halftime. The Bills had scored before halftime to cut the deficit to 20-10. They figured the defense would stop Baltimore in the third quarter and the offense would get right back in the game.’
Pat McAfee offers Jordan Poyer $1 million if he gets 12 INTs this season
‘Poyer was offered another incentive during an appearance Tuesday on The Pat McAfee Show: $1 million to his charitable foundation if he intercepts eight more passes.’