‘The Tottenham Hotspur soccer team plays its games on natural grass, but that field is rolled out of the stadium and replaced by an artificial surface for the NFL games.’
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‘“I feel pretty good,” Miller said. “It felt, you know, good just to be out there with the guys, like I said on Wednesday practicing in Buffalo, it just felt good to be back in the motion. It’s a great starting point for me and I can build on that for sure.”’
Three questions: Defensive injuries make Bills' London loss devastating
‘If you had to rank the players the Bills could least afford to lose to injury entering the season, it would look like this: 1. Josh Allen. 2. Stefon Diggs. 3. Tre’Davious White. 4. Dion Dawkins. 5. Matt Milano. 5. Taron Johnson. 6-tie. Ed Oliver and DaQuan Jones (take your pick). Fans can quibble about the ranking. Doesn’t matter. The presumption is Milano is out for the majority of the season with a leg injury, and Jones may be out most of the season with a pectoral injury. That’s three of the Bills’ five most hard-to-replace players gone.’
How It Happened: Top plays, standout players in Bills' loss to Jacksonville
‘The Bills’ offense was stuck in the mud for all but their final possession of the first half. They started punt, punt, punt and punt.’
Plays that shaped the game: Self-inflicted wounds, Trevor Lawrence's arm sink Bills
‘The Jaguars saw a toss play wide to the right coming. Jacksonville had nine men in the box, with just safety Andre Cisco back in the deep middle. Dawson Knox and Gabe Davis were lined up tight to the right tackle. The Bills like to have Davis crack block on the defensive end in that alignment.’
Report card: Coaching, running game fail the Bills in loss to Jaguars
‘The biggest issue for the coaching staff, however, is the team’s lack of energy, urgency – whatever word you want to use – at the start of the game. That’s inexcusable, and it’s an issue that, dating to the playoff loss to the Bengals, continues to be a problem.’
Buffalo bars draw football fans for morning mix of Bills, booze, breakfast
‘Drew Zach, Resurgence’s director of operations, said the brewery sold out 120 reservations for its VIP package that included the chance to try a calorie-laden full English breakfast with sausage, bacon and baked beans.’
Injury-riddled Bills worn out in listless performance: 6 takeaways from loss to Jaguars
‘The Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars traded haymakers for 60 minutes and the Bills came out the far more battered and bruised team, both on the scoreboard and in the medical tent.’
Bills report card: Buffalo defense gets battered, offense sleep-walks in loss to Jaguars
‘I thought Jags coach Doug Pederson out-schemed McDermott in several areas. The Jags defense had answers for almost everything Allen tried until the fourth quarter. And his offense also did a great job on third down – 10-of-17 – on the way to 29 first downs and 38 minutes, 12 seconds of possession time.’
Did the sluggish Bills botch their travel plans to London before loss to Jaguars?
‘Bills players and head coach Sean McDermott was asked if they should’ve taken their Transatlantic flight sooner, and if fatigue contributed to the stagnant start.’
Josh Allen yells 'LeBron James' audible and the real LeBron wants to know what it means
‘Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen yelled out “LeBron James” twice during an audible in the second quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. The audible could be heard on the NFL Network live broadcast.’
Bills’ offense takes too long to arrive in London
‘Milano’s absence seemed evident as the Jaguars gashed Buffalo for 474 total yards, with Buffalo unable to stop running back Travis Etienne (136 yards) or Trevor Lawrence’s favorite receiver, Calvin Ridley (122 yards). Buffalo also lost defensive tackle Daquan Jones to a pectoral injury and cornerback Taron Johnson left but returned after a knee injury.’
Did Bills’ late arrival to London cool down their red-hot offense? Stefon Diggs weighs in
‘The Bills punted just four times during their three-game win streak. But against the Jaguars inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, Buffalo punted four times on their first four possessions.’
Disaster in London: Bills lose Matt Milano and DaQuan Jones in first quarter vs. Jaguars
‘Milano and defensive end Leonard Floyd collided as they converged in an attempt to make a tackle. It appeared as though Milano’s knee was compromised as Floyd went flying into his right leg. The Bills ruled him out for the game a few minutes after the injury and NFL.com’s Jamie Erdahl reported that Milano was carted off the field with a full cast on his right leg.’
Buffalo Bills’ Sean McDermott uses three words for injury outlook of defensive standouts
‘“Injury update for you,” McDermott told the media after giving credit to the Jaguars. “Matt Milano, it’s a knee, a lower leg injury. I know it’s not looking good right now, but I don’t know any details beyond that at this point. And then DaQuan Jones. It’s a pec injury and also not looking good at this point. I’ll know more in a little bit here.”’