For the second straight game, Ajayi rushed for over 200 yards as the Dolphins beat the Bills 28-25 on Sunday.
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The biggest disappointment here is the fact that the Bills played LeSean McCoy, despite a hamstring injury, an injury he re-aggravated, and could hamper him long term.
At the start of the season, Dolphins coach Adam Gase was so down on running back Jay Ajayi that Gase left Ajayi home for the team’s Week One trip to Seattle.
“For him to be demoted, to being a backup and now being one of the stars of our team”, Pouncey said of the Dolphins second-year running back, “I’m so proud of him”. I want to be in the locker room hugging and joking around with the guys after the game, instead of sitting there sulking.
“I kept trying to reach for formations and we were making some stuff up there, just trying to figure out a way to disguise some of the stuff we were doing”, Gase said. The Bills are now 4-2, but are on a four game win streak that they hope to extend even further as the season continues.
“Well we tried everything, believe me”, Ryan said.
Taylor was appreciative of short fields he was given in the game, but knows that his offense could’ve done even more with what they were given on Sunday.
Ryan Tannehill was himself for most of the game, but despite his struggles, he made plays when they needed them most. Through the first half, a pair of field goals exchanged and a 10-yard touchdown run for Tyrod Taylor saw the Bills up 10-6 going into the half. Through the first five games of the year, though, it was no where to be found. And it wasn’t just that, you have to give the kid credit, (Ajayi) ran hard and ran through some tackles, and they did a good job up front against us. The Bills come into this game with one of the top rushing attacks, as LeSean McCoy looks like his old self, rushing for 587 yards and six touchdowns in 2016. “I want to say it now because Tom Brady’s playing … just kidding”, Ryan said. “Every day step by step I slowly progressed and things calmed down”. The past two weeks he has gained a total of 418 yards on 53 carries. Williams left after taking a shot to the head from Dolphins’ wide receiver Jarvis Landry. Williams was flattened, squirmed in pain and remained on his back before he slowly rose and was led to the locker room.
“We thought he was ready to go”, Ryan said.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Bills coach Rex Ryan challenged the National Football League to consider ejecting players for blindside hits to the head such as the one by Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry that leveled Buffalo safety Aaron Williams.
EDGE IN STATS: The Dolphins outgained Buffalo 454 yards to 267 and had a 14-minute edge in time of possession, but were hurt by 13 penalties for 116 yards.
Dolphins safety Isa Abdul-Quddus suffered an ankle injury in the fourth quarter.
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That’s especially true with the Bills trailing the Pats by two games.
