Today’s Buffalo Bills vs Washington Redskins NFL football game has a start time schedule of 1:00pm eastern time and airs on TV channel FOX in some markets along with DirecTV Sunday Ticket nationwide.
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon (88) pulls in a touchdown pass over Buffalo Bills strong safety Leodis McKelvin (21) during the second half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015.
With the Buffalo Bills’ defensive struggles this season making the possibility of releasing defensive end Mario Williams during the offseason more likely, Williams on Sunday seemed to rule out the chance of him taking a pay cut from his $19.9 million salary cap number next season, expressing frustration with coach Rex Ryan’s defensive scheme.
At 7-7, the Redskins now face a decisive matchup at the division rival Philadelphia Eagles next Saturday night.
The Redskins have finished last in their division six of the past seven years, but they entered Sunday tied for first place with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. “It made me just prepare and take the game a lot more serious”. “Guys have to find a way to lead in their own way and just hold each other accountable”.
“We still have a dogfight in front of us”. Because, at the end of the day, we’re doing it to win, not to get on somebody and make them feel bad.
While the Redskins (7-7) moved closer to a playoff berth, the Bills (6-8) are now assured of missing the postseason for the 16th year in a row, the NFL’s longest active drought.
“Did it go according to plan?”
“I thought he played extremely well”, Ryan said. “At the end of the day, I want to be wherever we can go and win”, Williams said. But Washington coach Jay Gruden was oblivious to it all while answering questions from the media.
Quarterback Tyrod Taylor hit on 16 of 27 attempts for 235 yards, two touchdowns and 79 rushing yards for Buffalo (6-8), which has lost four of five games and saw its already slim playoff hopes extinguished. Fans repeatedly celebrated touchdowns with full-throated chants of “You like that!” – a reference to what Cousins yelled as he trotted to the locker room after a comeback success earlier this season.
“I had to turn my headsets up a little bit”, Gruden said.
Taylor echoed his wide receiver’s call for more leadership, a testament that their bond extends beyond the field of play. The score in the second stood at 21-0. Jackson spun away from defensive back Corey Graham for his long score in the third quarter.
“He isn’t leaving there; absolutely no way (general manager) Scot (McCloughan) is letting him walk”, said a high-ranking official of one quarterback-needy club who values Cousins highly. “But I guess I was wrong”. The numbers: 22 for 28, 319 yards, four touchdown passes and zero interceptions with a 153.7 QB rating. Kirk Cousins has also thrown for 300 yards in two of his last three games and should play an inspired game today. He equaled another club mark, set way back in 1967 by Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen, by starting the season with at least one TD throw in 14 straight games.
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“The more leaders, the better the team, but it’s going to come gradually”, he said. But each week we learn that there isn’t a defense in this league that can truly keep him quiet. “But he continues to grow and he’s playing lights-out”. This touchdown came on a 12-yard Kirk Cousins run to put the Redskins ahead 14-0 early in the second quarter. Assuming injuries to Compton, Matt Jones, Morgan Moses and Josh LeRibeus are more minor than serious, all is right in the DMV.
