‘”The thing is with this game, it gives you the lowest lows and the highest highs, but I love feeling how I felt last week, I really do,” Allen said. “It makes the good feel that much better. It forces us to be better, and I want to be the best I can be playing this game, and the best quarterback I can be for the Buffalo Bills. So, I take the bad with the good. I understand it, and I’m just trying to let it fuel me to my benefit.”‘
BillsBeat - September 18, 2023
Offense and defense shine as Bills get confidence-boosting win against Raiders
‘”We already knew what we have, but putting it on tape is totally different,” Hyde said. “But come on guys, it’s Week 2. It was Week 1 last week and the sky was falling. It’s Week 2 in an early season, and we’re trying to go out there and play our best ball. This is just something to give us a little confidence.”‘
Buffalo Bills dominate Las Vegas Raiders, 38-10
‘A 274 yard passing game from Josh Allen led the Bills to a huge margin of victory over the Raiders. Allen didn’t commit a single turnover and had 3 passing touchdowns in the win.’
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‘Josh Allen threw for 274 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions for a passer rating of 124.5, leaving the Bills to a comfortable victory. Wide receiver Gabe Davis tallied six receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown. Nine different pass catchers saw at least one reception as the Bills put on an offensive clinic for the home crowd.’
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‘Calm and collected, Allen had his highest completion percentage in a game since last year’s season opener against the Rams and the second-highest in team history. He completed 31 of 37 passes (83.8%) for 274 yards and three touchdowns.’
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‘”Kudos to my line, my O-line,” Cook said. “They blocked great and opened up lanes for us and we hit them.”‘
BillsBeat - September 17, 2023
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‘The Bills should have been hellbent on making this A Learning Week … or else. Learn from the interceptions and the Bills will beat Las Vegas in Sunday’s home opener at Highmark Stadium. Learn from the mistakes defending the run and they will be 1-1. Learn from the special teams errors that led to allowing a punt return touchdown in overtime and they will avoid uh-oh-and-2.’
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‘Bills 28, Raiders 14.’
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‘Allen said this week that he’s in his sixth season and should know better about when to take those chances. At this point, talk is cheap. He needs to go out and actually do it. He has shown before in his career that he can, and one thing Allen has done well is bounce back. I think back to the lessons he learned from an ugly loss to New England early in his second season. Allen has frequently referenced that game as a turning point, when he realized he needed to change his play style. The hope for the Bills has to be he looks at this most recent loss to the Jets in the same way, because Allen cost the team a win Monday. I’m sure Allen realizes that, and I’m betting we see a much-improved performance starting Sunday against the Raiders.’
Sean Kirst: 50 years later, outlaw Buffalo Bills mascot remains legend
‘Today, Billy the Buffalo serves as a big blue mascot in a way controlled and sanctioned by the team. But there was no equivalent in the early 1970s, when Kell, his brother Ben and Millitello were co-operators of Mulligan’s Brick Bar on Allen Street – starting point for a tavern empire that soon included locations at Hertel Avenue and Sunset Bay.’
Who better to run a tailgating business than a Buffalo native?
‘Mikulec runs Gameday Hospitality, his company that hosts all-inclusive tailgates in NFL markets such as Kansas City and Cincinnati – some of the Bills’ biggest rivals – and before and after events such as Taylor Swift concerts and the college football national championship game.’
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‘Spencer Brown struggled. Bills fans were terrified that Brown would get killed and he did. Now he has to face Maxx Crosby, who is a bad, bad man, horrific matchup, and should have three xxx’s in his name. Brown is becoming Spencer Gifts to opposing pass-rushers. Several plays he went into his backpedal and the defender just kept on pushing him backward as if it was just a backpedaling drill.’
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‘Sal’s prediction: Bills 31, Raiders 17.’
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‘But Josh Allen essentially handed New York that game, and now the Raiders come to Orchard Park, an improved team from last season but also a team that is not expected to be playing postseason football come January. The Bills are the clear-cut favorite and they need to take care of business and get their season headed in the right direction.’
Time for Allen, Bills to bounce back vs. Vegas
‘But give Allen and Buffalo credit for bouncing back: remarkably, the Bills are 7-0 the following week after those games. The week after that Minnesota game last year, Buffalo played the Browns in Detroit due to the November snowstorm. And Allen was solid in that 31-23 win, albeit in a more run-focused offense, only throwing 27 times (18-for-27) for 197 yards and a touchdown for a 100.4 passer rating.’