Buffalo Bills Fall Short Again, Lose 23-20 To Philadelphia Eagles

But tackle Marcell Dareus, whose performance has been among the most disappointing aspects of the Bills’ 6-7 record (especially after he received a $100-million-plus contract), said Tuesday the letdown had as much to do with unrealistic expectations as anything else. Two plays later, quarterback Sam Bradford hit Nelson Agholor on a 53-yard touchdown pass. “That’s not a winning formula”. But it has been most noticeable since the bye week at the end of October.

The Eagles’ trio of Ryan Mathews (13 carries, 38 yards), Sproles (11-for-34) and DeMarco Murray (7-for-41) combined for 113 yards.

Enhancing the bitter disappointment of a 16th consecutive Buffalo Bills season about to end without a playoff appearance is the fact that what was supposed to have been the team’s greatest strength has been its greatest shortcoming: defense.

No matter who’s the head coach – and Rex Ryan is the sixth in this ignominious span – the team can’t string together wins because it winds up beating itself soon into the December mandate.

“You know, I’m not going to get into all that kind of stuff about, you know, is this right?” “You can’t have that many penalties”.

Bradford’s throw was pretty ugly though, and continues the overall trend of turnovers during this season. They revealed more of a willingness to go deep n Sunday. Two plays later, Taylor found Watkins for a 47-yard touchdown and a 7-7 tie that would hold through the end of the first quarter.

The Eagles took a 17-10 lead into the locker room, despite getting outgained 240-202 in the first half.

Philadelphia edged Buffalo 23-20 to remain tied atop the NFC East. Bryan Braman recovered Marcus Thigpen’s fumble at the Buffalo 37. It was the first game this season not decided by eight points or fewer for the Ravens (4-9). He was flagged twice for holding, resulting in minus 25 yards. Bills QB Tyrod Taylor was only 5-for-13 on third down, including four straight incompletions in the fourth quarter. “There are some things that we need to correct but it seems to be going in the right direction right now”.

“We hadn’t had a whole lot of field position”, Ryan said.

“I told those guys that sometimes they don’t see in them what we see in them”, Kelly said Monday.

This is how spectacularly Oakland Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack played Sunday at Denver.

Jason Peters left the game for a series in the first half to get his ankle taped. It’s hard to argue that he’s trying when he hates the coach, has distanced himself from his teammates and wants nothing more than to have a star on his helmet again. They moved closer to securing home-field assignments throughout the playoffs.

Mack has 10 sacks in Oakland’s past five games, and 14 on the season. “I think everyone did a great job of just staying focused and not letting any of that add anything extra to the game”, he said.

“I have to know that it’s going to get down to the two-minute warning regardless and I have to throw it away”, Bradford said.

It must be said, the loss wasn’t Osweiler’s fault. “That’s the quarterback’s first read, to throw the slant [to Huff]”. Four field goals is all Denver had to show for it. Osweiler finished 35 of 51 for 308 yards.

Despite the hickup Bradford believes he and the Eagles as a team are playing well but they can give more and get even better.