‘During Sean McDermott’s tenure as head coach, the Bills have gone 31-16 over the final eight games of the season, including a 7-0 stretch last year — the Bengals game, of course, was canceled after Damar Hamlin’s injury — and a 7-1 in 2020. Buffalo can’t afford to wait so long to turn on the jets this time, but McDermott has also guided the Bills to a 14-2 mark during regular-season games in December and January the previous three seasons.’
BillsBeat - November 11, 2023
Saturday's Denver Coverage
Broncos OLB Baron Browning’s sack celebrations reflect energy he brings to the field: “You can tell he’s having fun” (Denver Post)
Broncos DC Vance Joseph on defensive improvement, “It’s happening. It’s not totally done yet” (Denver Post)
Bronco notes: In the name of preparation, Bills logos decorate Denver’s practice fields (KUSA-TV)
Denver Broncos prepare to take on the Bills and former teammate Von Miller after back-to-back wins (KCNC-TV)
Broncos could be facing Buffalo Bills at right time (KKFN-FM)
Garett Bolles on Von Miller: ‘I don’t think he ever wanted to leave’ (KKFN-FM)
‘It’s getting better’: Broncos’ defense looking to continue recent improvement in matchup vs. Bills (DenverBroncos.com)
Injury Report: OLB Baron Browning, G Ben Powers remain full practice participants ahead of Week 10 (DenverBroncos.com)
Bills' Stefon Diggs pops up on injury report with back issue ahead of Week 10 matchup vs. Broncos
‘The Bills final injury report comes out on Saturday, and Diggs’ status will be one to watch. Diggs leads the league with 70 receptions, is third in receiving yards with 834 and is tied for second with seven touchdown catches.’
McDermott impressed with new leadership pieces in Buffalo
‘”That was impressive. With the amount of guys that we had going down, we had quite a few backups coming in, and just the effort, the mindset. They were playing hard, and to hold, what I would say is a very good offense, to three points in the second half, we can win with that,” said Bills head coach Sean McDermott during his weekly Friday appearance on WGR. “I think that same mindset has to continue, and we’ll see what we have available to us this week. We have some of those guys still out at this point. Much will be expected going forward, and the standard doesn’t change.”‘
Trend Up to be official home of Bills player Damar Hamlin's clothing line, Chasing Millions
‘“Trend Up has a lot of street wear stuff, so getting Damar Hamlin’s stuff in here is a great collaboration,” says Kimori Jamison, a fashion marketer.’
Bills announce uniform combination for Monday's prime-time game
‘For this game, starting at 8:20 p.m. Monday at Highmark Stadium, Denver will wear their traditional road white jerseys.’
Banged-up Bills defense dealing with more injuries; Allen says offense is on the verge of turning things around
‘Safety Jordan Poyer (shin) and defensive end Leonard Floyd (illness) have also been sidelined this week, but both were full participants at Friday’s practice and should be good to go for Monday night’s home matchup against the Broncos, airing on 13WHAM ABC.’
McDermott remains confident despite Bills' recent struggles
‘”Confident,” McDermott said. “Confident in our team, confident in our coaches, confident in our players, confident in our staff. Doesn’t mean we don’t have work to do, doesn’t mean we don’t have a gap to close — and there’s different things that make up that gap — so we’ve got to continue to drill down on those areas and play better as an overall team, complementary-wise, and reset some things that we to reset.”‘
Fairport teen set to deliver national anthem at Buffalo Bills game
‘West is currently pursuing a bachelor of arts in jazz studies at SUNY Fredonia. His studies encompass voice, piano and trombone.’
Stefon Diggs added to Bills injury report
‘Diggs was not on Thursday’s injury report. His status for Monday night’s game against the Denver Broncos isn’t known as of Friday. With it being a Monday night game, injury designations won’t be announced until at least Saturday.’
Sean McDermott says there's 'a ton of respect' before facing Sean Payton; Jordan Poyer nears 100th game with the Bills
‘”He is who he is for a reason. He’s done a phenomenal job,” McDermott said Wednesday on Payton, who won a Super Bowl in 2010. “A ton of respect, we’ve gone against each other numerous times, countless times in the NFL South for years and we’ve had our battles. He’s just a phenomenal head coach, leader and is really smart. I’m not surprised that they’re playing the way that they are, beating the Chiefs and then just watching the team come together.”‘
BillsBeat - November 10, 2023
No time for Bills to wallow after Cincy loss
‘So what do we make of this mid-season Bills swoon? It’s easy to point a finger at the defense, and just as easy to excuse, or at least understand struggles on that side of the ball due to injuries.’
Bills QB Josh Allen 'much improved' on shoulder, full participant Thursday
‘“Much improved,” Allen said on his shoulder. “I’m still just taking it day by day, but, yeah, we’re good to go.”’
Mark Gaughan: Players-only meeting shows Bills trying to circle wagons at 5-4
‘“I think we’ve definitely got to remain confident in who we are and what we’re capable of doing,” Murray said. “When you lose, you can question it. For us, we’ve got to know who we are, know what we’re capable of even when we don’t get the result that we want. But it’s easy to be down. It’s hard to win, too. We’ve got to understand that. Coming on the outside looking in for a team that’s won a lot consistently, that’s hard to do. So a little bit of adversity feels uncommon, but it’s not uncommon. It happens.”’
Bills notebook: Buffalo secondary banged up heading into Monday's game
‘Both starting safeties, Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer, did not practice on Thursday inside the ADPRO Sports Training Center. Hyde suffered a stinger in the neck during Sunday’s loss in Cincinnati. He landed hard late in the second quarter but missed just one play, then left the game early in the fourth quarter after taking a blindside hit from Bengals guard Cordell Volson.’