Ryan says Bills need to get receiver Watkins more involved
“They wanted to rest my throwing today”. So after seeing his No. 1 receiver go an entire half without a target, Ryan spoke up Wednesday. The most egregious instance involved an inadvertent whistle on a Danny Amendola catch that would have been a huge gain, if not a touchdown, but Gene Steratore’s crew bungled other plays throughout the night. “It’s nearly like, if you don’t use LeSean McCoy, that’s a mistake”.
What a wacky game it was in New England where the Bills lost 20-13.
The Patriots offensive line had a hard day against the Bills. Even as the ranks of perfection have been greatly thinned, we still have two teams standing with a big zero on the loss column, which is impressive as the calendar is about to turn to December.
It’s unlikely the referees’ errant call on Watkins affected the outcome of the game – Buffalo would’ve only had time for one Hail Mary pass – but it’s still an inexcusable error. The plan to get the ball to Hogan was a wise one at Gillette Stadium – he got separation on Chung much of the game.
For his career, Thigpen has returned 86 punts for 848 yards and two touchdowns. Taylor continues to rack up decent yardage and completion percentages, but he misfires on too many key opportunities downfield and the Bills have gone three-and-out a league-high 28.5 percent of their possessions.
Taylor, to a point, echoed his coach.
“I’m not going into a game trying to force it one guy or another”, he said. Watkins often draws the opponent’s top cover man. Whether the Chiefs employ that strategy remains to be seen. Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus was in and out of the game against the Patriots, but Ryan says he should be fine for Kansas City…. The first-round pick once kicked off his team in college has been a revelation for the Chiefs with 42 tackles (38 solo), 14 passes defensed and four interceptions.
After a visit with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Anderson on Monday in North Carolina, Manning is now scheduled to wear the walking cast for seven to 10 days and then restart his rehab on his injured foot.
Sitting at his locker this Wednesday, Watkins pointed to the fact that this Buffalo offense is still young and searching for “chemistry” and “trust”.
First, White put the Patriots up 10-3 with a 20-yard touchdown reception from Tom Brady.
He still has Rob Gronkowski and Brandon LaFell, but as we saw Monday night, with a defense not having to worry about Edelman and Lewis, it can focus most of its energy on Gronk, who had just two catches for 37 yards.
The 2015 season started with an unusual amount of teams that took undefeated records deep into November, which made it look as if we were about to witness multiple runs at greatness.