‘The committee is now considering circumventing the Bills and having the two compliance businesses, Bellwether and Philips Lytle that were hired to track such information by Erie County, come present it to them directly.’
BillsBeat - December 10, 2024
Damar Hamlin working with Schumer to pass HEARTS Act
‘“Since experiencing cardiac arrest, I’ve been honored to work with partners who understand how important it is to provide CPR education and have access to AEDs to save lives,” Hamlin said in a statement. “I’m very grateful to Senator Schumer for his work making this common-sense legislation a priority. My journey has shown us that no one expects cardiac arrest to happen — and we all need to be prepared. Working together, we have the chance now to protect kids and impact the next generation.”‘
10’s Takes: The power of the turnover
‘The Bills defense has a superpower, and it’s the takeaway and without one this past week, they gave up 44 points, the unit’s most since 2018. The Bills defense is good, but they rely on that chaos and those takeaways. So, they’ll regroup for Detroit and we’ll have to wait and see if that can get it done in the postseason.’
Bills notebook | On Amari Cooper's performance, revisiting the QB sneak call and assessing the defense
‘”The highest percentage play at that point was just doing a QB sneak,” Brady said. “At the same time, the cost of not getting it essentially, potentially, and kind of did cost us the game. So I have to do a better job in that situation. At the end of the day, we can’t burn a timeout there.”‘
BillsBeat - December 9, 2024
Observations: Josh Allen's heroics undone by horrible defense, questionable coaching in loss to Rams
‘Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and Rams receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua were too good for the Bills’ zone schemes on Sunday. It all added up to one of the worst days for the Bills’ defense in the McDermott era. It was the most points allowed by the Bills since the 2018 season opener.’
Ryan O'Halloran: Bills defense better get things squared away after no-show effort against Rams
‘Welcome to the worst nightmare for the Buffalo Bills’ defense, a performance that put a dent in the team’s hopes for winning the AFC’s top seed and created questions entering the final four games.’
Bills quarterback Josh Allen sets league record in Buffalo's loss to Rams
‘Allen threw for 342 yards and picked up a team-leading 82 rushing yards on 10 carries.’
Three questions: Run defense looms as recurring worry for Bills
‘The Bills’ defensive tackles as a collective group aren’t playing disruptive enough, and the Bills didn’t get into enough advantageous third-down pass-rushing situations. Five of the Rams’ six third downs in the first half were third and 4 or less, and 11 of 15 overall were third and 6 or less.’
Takeaways, game balls, gassers in Buffalo Bills' 44-42 loss to the Los Angeles Rams
‘The Rams’ offense carried the day. They punted once, were terrific on third down (11 of 15), rolled up 457 yards, didn’t give up a sack and didn’t commit a turnover.’
Plays that shaped the game: How Rams QB Matthew Stafford skewered the Bills' zone coverage early, often
‘The Bills were in a single-safety high zone coverage – it appeared to be a three-deep scheme – on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Kupp late in the third quarter. It gave the Rams a 38-21 lead.’
Report Card: Bills' pass defense, special teams, coaching all flunk against Rams
‘Where do we even begin? McDermott said after the game he felt like his team lacked urgency. That’s inexcusable considering what’s at stake in the conference standings. A lot of fans were up in arms about McDermott accepting a holding penalty that made it third and 16 for the Rams in the fourth quarter instead of declining it and allowing Los Angeles to make a decision about what to do on fourth and 6 from the Buffalo 36-yard line. I didn’t have much of a problem with that, but the decision to call timeout with just over a minute to go in regulation was inexcusable. At that point, the team absolutely needed to preserve all three timeouts to give the defense a chance to get the ball back. We’ve seen the Bills’ defense be on its heels before at times this season, but usually it can make the necessary in-game adjustments to correct course. That did not happen against the Rams. “Overall, we really got to roll up our sleeves and look at it,” McDermott said. The sooner, the better in that regard.’
Baskin proposes more accessibility and transparency in Buffalo Bills community investments
‘“I want to make sure that we talk about these things and not forget them,” Baskin said. “I don’t want to appear to be contentious, as much as I want to be a reminder that there is still a lot of work to do and a lot of targeted groups out in Erie County that deserve to have an understanding and clear access to how they can participate in the benefits of the agreement.”’
Bills battle back but lose to Rams in highest-scoring game of NFL season
‘“I think we’re all (ticked) off that we lost, but we’re not sitting here pressing the panic button by no means,” defensive tackle DaQuan Jones said. “How we played got us to where we are, and there’s stuff we can clean up, sure, but I’m not gonna sit here and press the panic button. We’re still a pretty damn good football team.”’
Bills report card: Dreadful defense and coaching wasted Josh Allen superhuman performance
‘Embarrassing. There is no other way to describe how a normally sound pass defense played in this game. Matthew Stafford completed 23 of 30 for 320 yards and two TDs, he was never sacked because there was zero pass rush, and he was pitching to WRs who were running wide open on far too many plays.’
Bills blow historic Josh Allen performance, fall in shootout to Rams (takeaways)
‘The Rams did whatever they wanted on third down all game, as the Bills’ defense couldn’t get off the field.’