THE Buffalo Bills performance in last weeks game against the New York Giants was disgusting. The Bills played dirty and sloppy and looked like a group if thugs playing a pickup game, not like a professional football team. The coaches and players should be ashamed, not for loosing, but for the 17 penalties called against them. It has always been true the officials have a thing about the Bills (remember Smoking Man from the X Files?) but this game wasn't lost because of the officials this time, it is all on the Bills players and coaches. I have been a life long Buffalo Bills fan, remaining loyal after they lost four Super Bowls and the years of struggle since the 1990's, but if this kind of coaching and playing continues it may be time to find another team. I have stood up for the Bills, supported them, cheered for them for years, but if last weeks play is going to be the norm I will not lower myself to support the team.
So are the Bills going to be an embarrassment in Nashville against the Titans? That depends on Rex Ryan. He says the whole coaching staff is working on the team to get them to clean up their playing. If a player gets a penalty during practice the rest of the team has to do 10 push-ups. Penalties
during practice = push-ups, big deal. If a player is flagged, during an
actual game, and the penalty is legit and not the officials frequent
obvious bias against the Bills, make the offending player do push-ups on
the sidelines with that player's coach, in front of God and everyone in
the stadium. The humiliation just might get these coaches and players to
get their heads out of their as*es and actually become the winning team
they have the talent and skill to be. And Rex Ryan, grow some and take
your legitimate complaints about the officials bias to the league now,
don't wait so long that shi**y officiating destroys the teams record for
this year. From the +Buffalo Bills ......
Posted Oct 4, 2015
Chris Brown
Bills Insider
Email
Blog: Inside the Bills
The Bills offense got off to a slow start and that combined
with a season-high 17 penalties kept Buffalo from ever really
threatening.
Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
Overall records: Buffalo (2-1), NY Giants (1-2)
In a Nutshell:
The
Bills offense got off to a slow start and that combined with a
season-high 17 penalties kept Buffalo from ever really threatening as
the Giants calmly built a 13-point lead going into the fourth quarter en
route to a 24-10 victory at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Tyrod Taylor
and the offense were able to cut the deficit to six with just over nine
minutes left, but the Giants got a big play on a 51-yard catch and run
by Rashad Jennings with a two-point conversion to push New York’s lead
back to 14.
Buffalo had their share of self-inflicted wounds with
a missed field goal, a penalty on fourth down that led to a Giants
touchdown, a pair of turnovers and two Bills touchdowns called back on
penalty. It all contributed to a missed opportunity to stack wins after a
resounding win over Miami a week earlier.
How it went down:
--For
the first time this season the Bills opponent got on the board first.
The Giants got a 47-yard field goal on their opening drive from Josh
Brown for a 3-0 lead just five minutes into the game.
--Buffalo put together a field goal drive of their own with
Dan Carpenter hitting from 51 yards away at the 4:33 mark of the opening quarter.
--After a Devon Kennard interception on a Tyrod Taylor pass intended for
Charles Clay,
the Giants offense capitalized quickly. Eli Manning found Dwayne Harris
for a 21-yard touchdown on a crossing pattern, but Josh Brown missed
the extra point (9-3) with less than a minute to play in the first
quarter.
--The Giants were about to tack on another field goal,
but an illegal formation penalty by the Bills gave New York a free first
down. Four plays later Manning found Rueben Randle on an 11-yard slant
for a touchdown (16-3) for what proved to be the final points of the
half.
--Buffalo finally found the end zone with 9:41 left when Tyrod Taylor hit
Karlos Williams on a wheel route down the right sideline for a 23-yard scoring play to make it a one score game (16-10).
--New
York had an immediate answer however, as Rashad Jennings took a swing
pass 51 yards to the end zone, thanks in part to a few missed tackles by
Buffalo. The Giants also made good on a two-point conversion to make it
a 14-point game with 7:42 left (24-10).
Subplots:
Karlos
Williams in his first NFL start found it tough to find yards on the
ground as the Giants crowded the line of scrimmage. He had just 40 yards
on 18 carries (2.2 avg.), but did have a receiving touchdown in the
game. Tyrod Taylor and the offense had trouble stringing positive
plays together. Buffalo’s quarterback finished the game 28-42 passing
for 274 with a touchdown and interception. He had a passer rating of
82.8.
With a first-and-goal opportunity on the nine-yard line Buffalo failed to reach the end zone, ultimately getting stopped on a 4
th-and-1 at the two-yard line down 13 early in the fourth quarter.
Despite
hitting a 51-yard field goal with no problem in the first half, Dan
Carpenter hooked a 30-yard field goal wide left in the third quarter.
Buffalo’s
penalty count hit a season high of 17 in the game. It was the third
time this season that the Bills have over 100 penalty yards assessed
against them with 135 total penalty yards.
The Bills struggled
mightily on third down on offense managing just one conversion on their
first nine attempts. They finished the game 3-for-16 for a conversion
rate of just 19 percent.
Stephon Gilmore got his first interception of the season near the goal line on an Eli Manning throw intended for Rueben Randle.
Inactives:
WR
Sammy Watkins, RB
LeSean McCoy, S
Aaron Williams, LB
Tony Steward, G
John Miller, WR
Marquise Goodwin, DL
Alex Carrington.
Posted Oct 6, 2015
John Murphy
Play-by-play/Host
Blog: Inside the Bills
The Bills hit the road again after another
tough loss at home. Here’s an early look at some of the storylines to
follow headed into this week’s matchup with the Tennessee Titans.
1. REX RYAN HAS HAD SUCCESS VS ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS
The
Bills get their first look at Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota this week,
the second overall pick in the draft last April. And if history is any
guide, Rex Ryan’s defense should be in good position against last year’s
Heisman Trophy winner.
In his six years as head coach in New
York, Ryan’s Jets went 9-2 in their first meeting with rookie
quarterbacks. The only games the Jets lost were to Russell Wilson and
the Seahawks in 2012 and Teddy Bridgewater and the Vikings last season.
But
Mariota arguably is off to the best start of any rookie QB in recent
NFL history. The NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for September and
Oregon product already has eight touchdown passes in his first three
games, tying an NFL rookie record set by Washington’s Mark Rypien 27
years ago.
Despite the fact that Mariota has only played three
games, he’s among the league leaders already in passer rating, yards per
attempt, and touchdown passes.
2. BILLS GET TO WORK ON CUTTING DOWN PENALTIES
They’re
leading the league in penalties again, and Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan
vows to do something about it. Ryan says “We’re trying to do some
things,” about the penalties and his plan may play out in practice
during the week.
He also said he’s reached out for advice on how
to cut down the infractions. “I’ve talked to some of the coaches, some
of the veteran coaches on the staff. I’ve talked to some coaches around
the league. I’ve put calls into the league itself.”
3. LOTS OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BILLS AND THE TITANS There
will be familiar faces on the field and the sidelines Sunday in
Nashville. Most recently former Bills fourth round draft pick Da’Norris
Searcy played four years with Buffalo before leaving for Tennessee via
free agency last spring. He lines up as the starting strong safety for
Tennessee.
Titans Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends Coach Mike
Mularkey spent two years as the Bills head coach (2004-05). Hall of
Famer Dick LeBeau, who is the Titans Assistant Head Coach/Defense, was
the Bills Defensive Coordinator in 2003.
Titans Punter Brett Kern
has found a home in Tennessee after growing up on Grand Island and
playing high school football for Grand Island High School. He’s in his
sixth year with the Titans.
4. BILLS HAVE FEW FOND MEMORIES IN MUSIC CITY
Sunday’s
game is just the fourth time the Bills have played in Nashville, but
two of their three previous appearances have been notable.
The
“Music City Miracle” played out in then Adelphia Coliseum on the
Nashville Riverfront on January 8, 2000. The man who threw the
controversial backwards pass, then Titans TE Frank Wycheck, is currently
the radio analyst for Titans broadcasts.
On November 15, 2009,
the Titans scored 24 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat
Buffalo 41-17. Bills Head Coach Dick Jauron was fired two days later.
5. ANOTHER WELL-RESTED OPPONENT
For
the third time in five games this season, the Bills face an opponent
who has had extra time to get ready for the game. The Titans are coming
off their bye-they haven’t played since losing to the Colts on Sunday
September 27th.
When the Bills played the Patriots and the Giants, each team was coming off a Thursday night game the week before.
As
for Tennessee, Sunday’s game comes in the middle of a four-game run of
home games. In fact, the Titans will go a total of 42-days without
playing away from Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Three of their final four
games are on the road.
Posted by
Chris Brown
on
October 8, 2015 – 4:42 pm
This week in practice head coach Rex Ryan enacted a push-ups for
penalties edict to help curb the rash of penalties the team has
committed on Sundays. Buffalo leads the league with 47 assessed
penalties in four games. When a flag is thrown by officials at practice
everyone but the offending player has to get down and do 10 push-ups. On
Wednesday there were a handful of instances. On Thursday things
improved.
“We did better. We actually got better,” said Ryan after Thursday’s
practice. “I think we only did 20 (push-ups), so that was an
improvement. It’s just more the focus, and more the things that
recognize and that…You know a penalty doesn’t help this team and so we
gotta do whatever we can to fix that, and I believe we’re heading in
that direction. I think we understand as a team now the severity of
penalties.”
