What to watch for: Bills at Jets 18SEP13

OH MAN! The Bills are 1-1 with their glorious win over the Carolina Panthers!!!! A win at the NY Jets will be so sweet and the Bills can do it if they are able to tighten up and not play sloppy like they did in the 2nd quarter of last Sunday's game. GO BILLS!!!! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SHOUT!!!!!

What to watch for: Bills at Jets

Posted Sep 18, 2013

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BILLS MAKE FIRST ROAD TRIP OF ‘13
The Buffalo Bills will make their first road trip of the 2013 season this week for an AFC East match-up at the New York Jets on Sunday, September 22nd. Kickoff is set for 4:25 PM ET. Sunday’s game will mark the 105th regular season meeting between Buffalo and New York.

With a win over the Jets on Sunday, the Bills will:
• Win their first road game against the Jets since 2009 (10/18, 16-13)
• Head Coach Doug Marrone would become the second head coach in team history (Kay Stephenson - 1983) to win two of their first three games

BILLS-JETS REGULAR SEASON SERIES
• Overall regular season record: 54-50
• Bills on road at Jets: 25-27
• Last meeting on road: 9/9/12, L 28-48
• First regular season meeting: 9/11/1960, L 3-27 at New York Titans
• Last regular season meeting: 12/30/12, W 28-9 at Buffalo

Buffalo will return to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Week Four of the 2013 season and host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, September 29th at 1:00 PM ET.

BILLS-JETS SERIES
Buffalo and New York will meet for the 105th time in the regular season this week. The Bills hold a 54-50 record in their previous 104 meetings against the Jets. Sunday’s game will mark the 53rd regular season away game for Buffalo at New York (25-27). The two teams have met 29 times in the month of September, with the Bills defeating the Jets 15 times.

BILLS-JETS SERIES HIGHS
Rushing Yards
Bills: 243, Cookie Gilchrist 12/8/1963 @ BUF
Jets: 210, Thomas Jones 10/18/2009 @ NYJ

Receiving Yards
Bills: 255, Jerry Butler 9/23/1979 @ BUF
Jets: 180, Don Maynard 12/19/1965 @ NYJ

Passing Yards
Bills: 367, Joe Ferguson 9/23/1979 @ BUF
Jets: 370, Ken O’Brien 12/8/1985 @ BUF

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS
FORMER BILLS/JETS
• Several members of Buffalo’s coaching staff had previous coaching stints with the Jets: Bills HC Doug Marrone: OL coach 2002-05, DC Mike Pettine: DC 2009-12, Asst. DB Coach Samson Brown: Coaching Asst. 2010-11, DB coach Donnie Henderson: DC 2004-05, LB coach Jim O’Neil: DQC and DB coach 2009, Asst. DB 2010-11, DL coach Anthony Weaver: Asst. DL 2012.
• Bills LB Marcus Dowtin entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Jets in 2012.
• New York CB Ellis Lankster played in 10 games for Buffalo during the 2009 season and was a seventh-round selection of the Bills.
• Buffalo Director of Pro Personnel Kelvin Fisher joined the New York Jets as a free agent in 1992.
• Bills National Scout Chuck Cook was a member of the Jets training camp following his collegiate career.
• New York OL coach Mike Devlin was selected in the fifth-round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Bills, and appeared in Super Bowl XXVIII.
• Jets QB coach David Lee held the same position with the Bills in 2012.
• Jets college scout David Hinson worked in scouting for the Bills from 2000-04. He received a bachelor’s degree in business management at the University of Buffalo, where he played tailback.

AREA CONNECTIONS
• Bills WR Chris Hogan is a native of Ramapo, NJ and played one year of college football at Monmouth University.
• Buffalo LB Jamaal Westerman played collegiately at Rutgers.
• Jets GM John Idzik’s first coaching assignment came in 1982 as receivers coach at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

NFL CONNECTIONS
• Bills DC Mike Pettine coached with Jets HC Rex Ryan in New York and also in Baltimore. Pettine served as Ryan’s defensive coordinator from 2009-12. He and Ryan coached together in Baltimore where Pettine first served as coaching and video assistant (2002), coaching assistant and quality control coach (2003), defensive assistant (2004) and outside linebackers coach (2005-08) while Ryan was the defensive line coach (1999-2004) and then the defensive coordinator (2005-08) of the Ravens.
• Bills DB coach Donnie Henderson also coached with Ryan in Baltimore when he was the Asst. DB coach (1999) and DB coach (2000-03) at the same time Ryan was DL coach (1999-2004).
• Bills STC Danny Crossman coached Jets RB Mike Goodson while at Carolina in 2009, when he held the same position with the Panthers.
• Crossman also coached Jets CB Aaron Berry (2010-11), P Robert Malone (2011) and G Stephen Peterman (2010-12) in Detroit when he served the same role with the Lions.
• Bills OL coach Pat Morris coached with Jets DL coach Karl Kunbar in Minnesota. Morris and Kunbar served the same positions with the Vikings.
• Morris also coached with Jets OC Marty Mornhinweg in San Fransisco. Morris was the 49ers’ TE and Asst. OL coach (1997-98) and OL coach (1999-03), while Mornhinweg was the OC and QB coach.

COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
• Bills C Eric Wood blocked for Jets RB Bilal Powell at Louisville in 2007.
• Buffalo RB C.J. Spiller (2006-09) and S Jonathan Meeks (2009-12)played with Jets LB Ricky Sapp (2006-09) at Clemson.
• Bills SS Da’Norris Searcy was a teammate of Jets DE Quinton Coples from 2008-10 at North Carolina.
• Buffalo LB Jerry Hughes and Jets WR Jeremy Kerley played at Texas Christian together from 2007-09.
• Bills DT Alan Branch (2004-06) manned the Michigan defense with Jets LB David Harris (2004-06).
• Bills DT Alex Carrington played with Jets LB Demario Davis at Arkansas State from 2007-09.
• Bills RB Tashard Choice was a Georgia Tech teammate of Jets S Dawan Landry at Georgia Tech in 2005
• Buffalo LS Garrison Sanborn and Jets CB Antonio Cromartie were teammates at Florida State from 2003-05.
• Bills OL Sam Young (2006-08) played alongside Jets CB Darrin Walls (2006-09) at Notre Dame.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ...
Head Coach Doug Marrone
• With a win, will join Kay Stephenson (1983) as the second head coach in team history to win two of their first three games

OFFENSE
QB EJ Manuel
• Two touchdown passes to pass Joe Ferguson (1973 - 4) for the third-most among Bills rookie quarterbacks in a single-season
• 29 completions to move into fourth among Bills rookie quarterbacks (Joe Ferguson, 1973: 73)

RB C.J. Spiller
• One 100-yard rushing game for his eighth such game and to break a tie for sole possession of eighth-most in team history (Antowain Smith, 7)
• 75 receiving yards to record 1,000 his his career RB Fred Jackson
• Needs 85 yards from scrimmage to pass Joe Cribbs (6,228) for fifth-place on the all-time Bills chart
• 118 rushing yards to surpass Joe Cribbs (4,445) for third in team history

WR Stevie Johnson
• Will extend his current streak of consecutive games with a catch to 51 with a reception on Sunday
• A touchdown catch on Sunday to record one in each of the first three games of the season for the third straight year
• 10 catches to move into 11th in team history (Frank Lewis - 269)
• 115 receiving yards to reach 3,500 in his career

TE Scott Chandler
• One catch to record 90 in his NFL career

C Eric Wood
• Will play in and start the 50th game of his career on Sunday

DEFENSE
DE Mario Williams
• 2.0 sacks to register 70.0 in his NFL career

DT Kyle Williams
• 0.5 a sack to become the 11th Bill with 20 or more in their career

CB Justin Rogers
• Will set a personal single-season best of two interceptions with his next pick (1 in 2011, 2012 and 2013)

FS Jairus Byrd
• One multi-interception game to become the third Bill with five multi-pick games (Tom Janik - 6 and Billy Atkins - 5)

SPECIAL TEAMS
P Shawn Powell
• Two punts inside-the-20 to match Bill Atkins’ mark of 29 for ninth-most in team history

CB/PR Leodis McKelvin
• 45 punt return yards to move into fourth in team history (Kevin Williams - 700)

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What to watch for: Patriots at Bills 5SEP13

THE Buffalo Bills open this season against the NE Patriots at home on Sunday 8SEP13. GO BILLS!!!!! Rich Stadium will be rocking, you need to ROCK the Pats!

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BILLS-PATRIOTS SERIES

Buffalo and New England will meet for the 106th time in the regular season this week. The Bills are 41-63-1 all-time against the Patriots.

Sunday’s game will mark the ninth time the two teams will have met on Kickoff Weekend. The Week One series between the two teams is split at 4-4, with the Bills holding a 3-2 mark in home games.

The September series between Buffalo and New England is an even 10-10.

BILLS-PATRIOTS SERIES HIGHS
Rushing Yards
Bills: 250, O.J. Simpson 9/16/73 @ NE
Patriots: 185, Jim Nance 9/24/67 @ BUF

Receiving Yards
Bills: 177, Eric Moulds 11/29/98 @ NE
Patriots: 217, Wes Welker 9/25/11 @ BUF

Passing Yards
Bills: 369, Ryan Fitzpatrick 9/25/11 @ BUF
Patriots: 387, Tom Brady 9/25/11 @ BUF

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS
FORMER BILLS/PATRIOTS
• Bills OT Thomas Welch was originally drafted by New England in 2010.
• Buffalo TE Lee Smith was the 159th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft to the Patriots.
• New England LB Chris White spent his first two years in the NFL with Buffalo before being released prior to the 2013 season. He was the team’s sixth-round (169th overall) draft selection in 2011.

AREA CONNECTIONS
• Patriots offensive coaching assistant Brian Daboll is a Buffalo, N.Y. native.

NFL CONNECTIONS
• Current Bills HC and then Saints OC Doug Marrone coached Patriots DE Rob Ninkovich in New Orleans from 2006-08.
• Bills STC Danny Crossman coached with Patriots ST coach Scott O’Brien in Carolina from 2003-04. Crossman was a special teams assistant, while O’Brien served as assistant head coach and special teams coach.
• Bills WR coach Ike Hilliard and Patriots offensive assistant coach Brian Daboll coached together in Miami in 2011. Hilliard served as the assistant wide receivers coach, while Daboll was the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator.
• Bills OL coach Pat Morris coached with Patriots WR coach Chad O’Shea in Minnesota from 2006-08. Morris served the same position, while O’Shea was an offensive assistant and wide receivers coach.

COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
• Patriots DE Chandler Jones (2008-11) played at Syracuse, where current Bills HC Doug Marrone served the same position from 2009-12 and current assistant strength and condition coach Hal Luther served as director of strength & conditioning from 2000-12.
• Buffalo LS Garrison Sanborn played with Patriots RB Leon Washington at Florida State from 2003-05.
• Bills LB Kiko Alonso and Patriots RB LaGarrette Blount were teammates at Oregon in 2009.
• Bills CB Ron Brooks and Patriots RB Stevan Ridley competed together at LSU from 2008-10.
• Bills DT Corbin Bryant was teammates with Patriots CB Marquice Cole at Northwestern in 2006.
• Bills DT Marcell Dareus competed with Patriots LB Dont’a Hightower at Alabama from 2008-09.
• Bills TE Chris Gragg was teammates with Patriots DE Jake Bequette and QB Ryan Mallet during the 2008 season at Arkansas.
• Bills LB Jerry Hughes played with Patriots WR Josh Boyce and OT Marcus Cannon at Texas Christian in 2009.
• Bills S Duke Williams shared a locker room at Nevada with Patriots TE Zach Sudfeld from 2009-12.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ...
OFFENSE
QB EJ Manuel
• With a start on Sunday, Manuel would become the 13th quarterback selected in the first round since the 2000 Draft to make their starting debut on Kickoff Weekend

QB Jeff Tuel
• If Tuel starts against New England, he would become the first undrafted rookie free agent quarterback to start a Week One game in the common draft era since 1967

RB C.J. Spiller
• 27 yards from scrimmage to record 3,000 in his NFL career
• 100 rushing yards to join Thurman Thomas (1991-93) as the only running backs in team history to open back-to-back seasons with 100 yard performances

RB Fred Jackson
• One rushing touchdown to mark the 20th of his career
• One 100-yard rushing game to record the 15th of his career and move into sole-possession of third-most in Bills books (Willis McGahee)
• 17 yards from scrimmage to tally 6,000 in his career
• 215 rushing yards to surpass Joe Cribbs (4,445) for third in team history

WR Stevie Johnson
• Will record the 250th catch of his career with his next reception
• One touchdown catch to tally 26 in his NFL career and to move into sole possession of seventh on the team’s touchdown reception list

DEFENSE
DE Mario Williams
• 1.5 sacks to register 65.0 in his NFL career

DT Kyle Williams
• Will appear in his 100th game and make his 95th start this week
• 1.5 sacks to become the 11th Bill with 20 or more in their career

FS Jairus Byrd
• One multi-interception game to become the third Bill with five multi-pick games (Tom Janik - 6 and Billy Atkins - 5)

SPECIAL TEAMS
LS Garrison Sanborn
• Will play in his 65th career game on Sunday

P Shawn Powell
• One punt inside-the-20 to match Wayne Crow’s mark of 24 for 10th-most in team history

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Titans-Bills Preview 2DEZ11

WHILE the Bills lost to the Jets in New York last week they at least put up a fight and looked like a football team. Fans are loosing heart, this game is not sold out in Buffalo and so will not be broadcast on TV. A win against the Titans can turn the season around, and give a much needed boost to the team and fans alike. Buffalo, you can be a winning team, 5-6 doesn't end your season, you can beat the Titans...just believe!
When the Tennessee Titans step on the field at Ralph Wilson Stadium, they'll be looking for their first set of back-to-back wins in more than two months. Still, the Titans remain within striking distance of their first playoff berth in three years.
The Buffalo Bills might need to win the rest of their games to avoid a 12th consecutive year without a trip to the postseason.
The Titans try for their fourth straight victory in the series while the Bills look to snap a season-worst four-game losing streak Sunday.
Tennessee (6-5) has gone 3-4 since a three-game winning streak Sept. 18-Oct. 2, but trails AFC South-leading Houston by only two games. The Titans are also one game out of the final wild-card spot and tied with New York and Denver.
With the Texans down to third-string rookie quarterback T.J. Yates and newly signed Jake Delhomme, the Titans are in position to make a run before a potentially critical matchup in Houston on Jan. 1 in their season finale.
"We're aware of where we are in the standings every week and what our situation is, and that's why we have to realize how important this game is for us,'' coach Mike Munchak said. "... We've got to win if we're going to have a chance to play more than 16 games.''
The Bills (5-6) had high hopes of playing at least a 17th game after opening 5-2, but the sliding club can't afford many more slip-ups if it wants to make the playoffs.
A 28-24 loss to the Jets on Sunday was Buffalo's fifth straight on the road, capping a three-game stretch away from home.
"We have to win out, and we probably have to get some help - and that's what I told the team," coach Chan Gailey said.
Buffalo's offense took a step forward last week, scoring two fewer points than it did in the previous three games combined. However, the team committed a season high-tying nine penalties while giving up 138 yards rushing on just 23 carries.
The Bills' 21st-ranked rush defense is allowing 123.8 per game, and that unit could face a tough test with Chris Johnson coming off a season-best 190-yard effort in a 23-17 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday. The Titans ran for a season-high 202 yards.
"I read my blocks well, they blocked well," said Johnson, the AFC offensive player of the week. "... I feel like everybody executed.''
No team has executed like the Titans inside the 20-yard line, as Tennessee leads the NFL in red-zone touchdown efficiency at 70.8 percent (17 for 24). That's due in large part to Matt Hasselbeck, whose 118.8 passer rating in those situations is the best in the league among players with more than eight passing attempts.
Last Sunday, Hasselbeck threw his 12th TD inside the 20 - he has no INTs in the red zone - with a two-yard pass to Damian Williams on a fourth-and-2 with 3:01 left.
Buffalo's defense has the second-worst TD efficiency inside the 20, with opponents converting 68.3 percent (28 for 41) of the time.
With leading rusher Fred Jackson out for the season and second-year back C.J. Spiller still finding his way, the Bills may have to rely heavily on a passing game led by Ryan Fitzpatrick and receivers Stevie Johnson and David Nelson to reach the end zone.
Both caught their fifth touchdowns of the season last week, but Johnson dropped a pass on the Bills' final drive that could have gone for a significant gain and possibly a touchdown.
The Bills have been unable to control the Titans in the fourth quarter of the last two meetings, getting outscored 34-0. Tennessee scored 24 unanswered points in the final period in a 41-17 home win Nov. 15, 2009, in the last matchup.
Johnson rushed for 132 yards with two TDs in that game while catching nine passes for a career-best 100 yards.
The Titans rallied from nine down in the fourth quarter to win 30-29 in their last visit to Buffalo on Dec. 24, 2006.
Tennessee has won six of the last seven in the series, including playoffs.