The Bills’ secondary completely owned the Titans’ talented receiving corp, with CB Stephon Gilmore virtually eliminating half of the field every time the ball was snapped.
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It’s important to remember that this is only the second road start of Taylor’s career.
Catalon was sharp in seeing things and quick to provide relevant details after big plays were made. He never loses belief. “He finds a way to make it happen”. He’s done a great job of catching it, getting first downs. Mariota survived all right, but he didn’t produce a victory in a game that was right there for the taking.
“He’s this cool kid”, Graham said. Trailing 10-0, they took over midway through the third quarter needing a jolt. The Titans had 170 yards of offense at halftime – they only managed 106 in the second half. They combined for 19 attempts for 50 yards.
The Titans’ running game has been subpar this season, which means the Buffalo defense will have an opportunity to tee-off on rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota.
But that’s went Taylor strapped the team on his shoulder pads. We are a young team.
Marcus Mariota returns from the bye week to take on Rex Ryan and the Bills on Sunday. You could argue that was the key play of the game.
Tyrod Taylor ran for 76 yards and a TD, and he threw for 109 yards and another TD. Back came Taylor with two plays in his pocket. Taylor speared the throw from the left-handed Hogan with one hand, something he predicted earlier in the week. Taylor has completed 71.7 percent of his passes for 988 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions.
The Buffalo Bills were down a few notable weapons, so Tyrod Taylor expanded his game to fill the holes. “And that’s the mark of a great one”.
In short, the announcers were much better than the game. “You knew that about him coming in”. Even tight end Charles Clay was invisible as the Bills struggled to do anything until the final 20 minutes or so. We’re all fighting to make plays.
Ryan didn’t want a game manager for a quarterback. We’re in a position (third-and-23), and we’re giving up big plays. The game official did just that. Manuel wouldn’t have, either.
The Bills lost another running back to injury in the second quarter when Cierre Wood was carted to the locker room with an injured knee and did not return. That jolt ended up being Taylor’s legs.
All that mattered Sunday was that he persevered and pulled out a crucial victory. The team would probably like to see Percy Harvin, who only had three catches last week, get involved more often – especially if Watkins is out for the second consecutive week.
The Odds: The Bills are a 1 point favorite against the Titans with the over/under for this game being 42 total points.
“We can’t give that up”, linebacker Derrick Morgan said.
Mariota wasn’t able to save the Titans late, however. They didn’t look like a contender, but sometimes a win is sufficient.
After a week’s worth of penalty reduction work and all those punishment pushups, the Bills were seeing yellow – and red – on the game’s very first play.
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“This is the National Football League and you can’t expect to go undefeated every year”.
