The Bills noted Watkins was limited in practicing for the first time since complaining of soreness in his surgically repaired left foot following a 13-7 season-opening loss at Baltimore on Sunday.
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Taylor didn’t do himself any favors. “They were very good a year ago as well too”, Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor said. During those 11 games, Fitzpatrick has completed 47 percent of his passes for 1,823 yards (166 a game), with 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The offense put up a league worst seven points. Previous low was 170 combined yards at Jets on November 12.Bills’ 160 yards offence against Ravens were fewest since totalling 145 in 40-7 loss at Chicago on October 8, 2006. Consider him a Borderline WR2/WR3 for Thursday night.
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Bills coach Rex Ryan is at it again. The brunt was taken by the offensive line. You never know how many shots you’ll get, especially when you’re operating on one-year contracts. It starts with protection.
“They have so many good players up front”, center Eric Wood said.
But Incognito wasn’t letting any excuses come in either.
If the Bills want a shot in this week’s matchup, they will need to perform much better on offense than they did in their regular season opener vs. the Ravens. “It’s just me going out there and making smart decisions and good throws”.
However, offensive coordinator Greg Roman said issues might have existed.
“We had great game plans and (the Bills) out played us. But aren’t we the guys for the f– job?”
We’ve already seen that the defense can hold off the opposing offense, but the Bills still failed to outscore Baltimore.
The challenge McCoy said is how the Bills respond to their first taste of adversity at a point they have very little time to regroup in preparing to host the New York Jets on Thursday night. The tape doesn’t lie and we really struggled. He also had a 22-yard field goal blocked on the Jets’ second drive, which Bowles said was the result of poor protection.
Ryan also mentioned the correlation between the three-and-outs and lack of rhyme.
And they took away his long-pass potential by playing a safety deep and forcing Taylor to complete short passes mostly to the sidelines. “It’s hard to get in a rhyme like that”.
“They’re going to be real interesting”. “Coulda been better, but I think everybody is rusty the first game”.
And the Bills may have to do so without left tackle Cordy Glenn, who is expected to miss the game with an ankle injury, and leading receiver Sammy Watkins (foot).
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And what better place to start doing that than in Buffalo.
