First, the Bills got back to a healthy level and showed both themselves and future opponents that they can dominate a game on offense. He finished the game with 16 carries for 112 yards and a touchdown.
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Ryan Tannehill has had his share of struggles against the Bills in his four-year National Football League career, but facing Buffalo on the road has been even more hard. Multiple penalties, and pressures on Tannehill, hurt the Dolphins’ attempt to come back. The Bills (4-4), who are a mediocre team, completed the season sweep over Miami by a combined margin of 73-31. But nagging injuries and erratic play had prevented them from performing as advertised.
Moore was brought in to provide a spark in the return game.
“I messed up”, Grimes said. He’s explosives and things like that, you make mistakes and they capitalize on them and that’s what I did today and I take blame for that. Karlos Williams stepped in on a 2-and-14 and ripped off a 10-yard run.
The Bills largely relied on just a couple of different running plays that featured guards Incognito and rookie John Miller, who were pulling on a good number of the club’s more successful rushes. They ran 36 times for 266 yards Sunday, a 7.4-yard average. It took him all of 12 carries to gain 110 against the Dolphins in September.
Cam Newton scored on a leaping 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to give the Carolina Panthers a 10-7 lead over the Green Bay Packers. “I shouldn’t use the word bully, but they really bullied up front”.
“It’s incredible”, Incognito said. These were the same Dolphins we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, and it didn’t matter that the hard-nosed Campbell was in charge.
McCoy will go for an MRI, so we’ll know more about his status sometime Monday. As time was winding down in the half, Dolphins Head Coach Dan Campbell made a decision to try for a touchdown rather than a field goal at the Buffalo Bills 1 yard line.
266. The Bills’ total rushing yards against the Dolphins.
Brent Grimes hurt on a touchdown saving tackle as Karlos Williams again busts a long run.
“We have a lot of talent, and unfortunately, we had so many injuries that we haven’t necessarily seen them”, Ryan said.
Of course, it was no surprise that the offensive revival coincided with the return of Sammy Watkins. The juggling 63-yard catch was one of the game’s best plays. Tyrod Taylor moved to his right and threw a deep pass to Sammy Watkins who made a handsome catch in the end zone for a 44 yard touchdown. The rest of this year is simply about determining how much of this team has to be blown up after the season.
The Dolphins’ offense sputtered at critical times.
Keep feeding Watkins. He can make plays.
Jason Fox was not disgusting during the game, but he was not good either.
The Buffalo Bills got back on the winning track Sunday with a great offensive performance and timely plays by the defense.
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All in all, it was an impressive showing by a team that staggered into the bye off a loss to the Jaguars in London. DeAngelo Williams, who was cut by Carolina in the off-season after nine seasons as a Panther, will now assume the role of starting running back. He was careful. He went to the ground if a defender closed on him. But the toughest part of the schedule looms ahead. Slow starts have plagued the team all season. We knocked them around.
