Buffalo Bills: 5 Players who need Tyrod Taylor the most

New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola (80) runs after catching a pass in the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. Instead of being up 6-3 and having the Patriots start their two-minute drill at the 20, they gave up the field position that enabled New England to hoof it downfield and go into the locker room on a 10-3 high.

“We’ll see how the week progresses”, Ryan said, without revealing the nature of Taylor’s injury. With the offensive line healthier, C David Andrews, who had played every snap of the season, was replaced by Bryan Stork after a first series that saw Andrews guilty of a penalty. What we do from that point onward is find out where the football was at the time the whistle was blown. As for everyone saying it prevented a touchdown, Amendola was still 45 yards from the end zone.

“Guys are rolling their eyes over that performance”, the source said.

GAME PLAN: The Bills brought tremendous pressure against New England’s Tom Brady last week, using several exotic blitzes which had Brady confused and throwing the ball away far more frequently than usual. After New England’s 20-13 win was in the books, the official box score said that Brady had been hit 10 times, but it seemed like more. The Patriots are typically excellent in terms of ball protection, though their turnover margin is negative-one over the past three games, and Tom Brady has been intercepted in each contest. But they’ve done so with one of the league’s most consistent offensive systems in its history. The alternative is going with EJ Manuel, and that’s clearly an option coach Rex Ryan hopes to avoid. He was present at his team’s walk through practice today, a possible indication that he is not going to miss the rest of the regular season.

– Cannon played the entire game at left tackle and struggled protecting Brady, letting up four QB hits and three hurries.

According to the rules, “when an official sounds his whistle while the ball is still in play, the ball becomes dead immediately…”

It might also help to get the running game going, but part of that goes back to the offensive line and doing a better job blocking up front. I truly hate to see these great athletes actually be given an arena to compete; I much prefer to see flags fly. However, because the Chiefs utilize the screen game so effectively, the Bills will probably try to rush Alex Smith with the four linemen and keep the linebackers in place to defend against the screens and other short passes that Smith prefers. Taylor injured his right shoulder late and stayed in the game. “Of course everybody’s frustrated and we can point fingers: ‘He didn’t get the ball, ‘ or ‘This person didn’t get it.’ But at the end of the day, we’ve got to clean it up, and we’ve got to get prepared for K.C”. Unfortunately, one bad drive at the end of the first half and a missed tackle from Duke Williams in the second half led to the Patriots’ two decisive touchdown drives. As we all know, tough athletes are always quick to be open and honest about their injuries and they never hesitate to take themselves out of games as a precaution, and therefore they don’t need anybody to look after their health from the sideline.

– Ryan had an excellent game, allowing just one catch for 4 yards on five targets.

The game Sunday is a key showdown between two teams with 5-5 records.