Bills Def/Spec Team: Bills secondary to get boost
Perhaps more interestingly, the National Football League reportedly “addressed the matter” of an unknown Bills player (an inactive one) on the sidelines striking Cullen Jenkins late in the game.
Hughes, who has a history of verbally admonishing game officials, was fined $23,152 Friday for abusive language toward an official. Hughes was fined $8,681 for unnecessary roughness – head-butting Giants rookie left tackle Ereck Flowers.
The secondary of the Buffalo Bills will receive an upgrade on Sunday as FS Aaron Williams returns to the field.
Meanwhile, Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, New Orleans Saints running back Khiry Robinson and St. Louis Rams receiver Stedman Bailey all were fined $8,681 for using the ball as a prop during touchdown celebrations.
Though the Buffalo Bills have been dealing with a string of bad news regarding their injury problems, there has been a bit of good news to come out this week.
Then, the Bills lost their composure during a fourth-quarter drive.
A big reason for the drop-off in production is because both Brady and Giants quarterback Eli Manning neutralized Buffalo’s pass rush with a series of quick and short passes in which they released the ball within 2 seconds of it being snapped.
Hughes has a track record for undisciplined play.
“Outside of the guy having a heart attack, I can’t run 10 yards in 1.7 seconds with nobody in front of me”, Williams said with a smile the other day. “I’ve learned from my mistakes”. “But it’s on tape, you can’t run from it. You’re going to continue to get teams’ best shots at duplicating that until we do something to stop it”.
Safe to say with fines being handed out to the Bills, as well as a talking-to by the league, that the Giants won the battle on and off the field.
“I’ve been in this game a long time”, said Ryan, the first-year Bills coach who has had a hand in a few of the NFL’s top-ranked units.
They were also flagged 14 times for 140 yards in a 40-32 loss to New England on September 20.
Ryan has made it a focus to reduce penalties this week.