Giants need to win out and get plenty of help

Tyrod Taylor won a state championship at Hampton High and three ACC titles at Virginia Tech.

And the Bills’ 35-25 loss to Washington at FedEx Field, which officially eliminated them from playoff contention, was a truly sorry display. But as with most Buffalo disappointments in 2015, Taylor was hardly the culprit. “I think we’re heading in the right direction”.

Flat Response: While people on Twitter were calling Bills “quitters”, it wasn’t until the Bills scored a touchdown that made it 28-17 that Johnston said they started the game “as flat as flat can be”. The Bills have 1,142 yards in penalties this season, breaking the team record of 1,108 set during a 14-game season in 1970….

“The cut, I’m sure wasn’t a LeSean McCoy cut, I guess it was enough”, Cousins said.

“You’re not going to put a small personnel grouping out there when they’re going with extra linemen”, Ryan said. “There’s going to be drastic changes”.

Taylor entered Sunday fifth among National Football League starting quarterbacks in passer rating behind Russell Wilson, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton and Tom Brady. But his stats speak and bode well.

They can make that happen by agreeing to a multi-year contract with Cousins or by using the franchise tag to both ensure he sticks around and buy themselves more time to work out a long-term agreement. He has been intercepted only five times in 334 passes – Newton has thrown 10 picks in 439 passes. He was sacked five times.

NOTES: McCoy left in the third quarter with a right knee injury. Now, me personally, if I don’t fit into the scheme, if it’s just me, if it’s obvious it’s just me, then so be it. But if it’s continuity across the board as far as how things are unfolding, then that’s now my decision, still.

The Buffalo Bills are the only team to play in four straight Super Bowls.

While the Redskins (7-7) moved closer to a playoff berth, the Bills (6-8) are now assured of missing the postseason for the 16th year in a row, the NFL’s longest active drought.

The Non-Debate: It didn’t matter, but it would have been nice to debate why Ryan chose to kick a field goal in the second half when the Bills were at the Washington 15-yard line and down 21-0 rather than go for it and try to finish a drive with a touchdown. That’s one of the most important traits you’d want from your starting QB. Protection obviously wasn’t as good as we wanted. Mario said he didn’t see the point in taking a pay cut from next year’s $19.9 million salary and sounded like a man whose time in Buffalo was growing short. Not that it mattered.

With the help of some talented pass catchers, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins seems to be evolving from a game manager to a game changer.

Washington responded by marching 80 yards in 13 plays.

Cousins was 6 of 6 – including a 28-yard completion to Jackson – on Washington’s opening drive, which he capped with a 3-yard pass to Reed.

So, here we go again. I know he’s prepared. We have to learn.

“We have to have more leaders”, he said.