Monthly Archives: September 2011
Longest streak now Buffalo’s
In ending their 15-game losing streak to the New England Patriots, the Buffalo Bills not only ended the longest current win streak by one NFL club over another, they also now own the longest current winning streak over an opponent. The Patriots’ 15-game streak was the longest current active streak in the league, until it [...]
Aaron Williams update
It was reported by the Bills media relations staff as a chest injury as rookie CB Aaron Williams was taken off the field on a stretcher in the second half Sunday. Head coach Chan Gailey provided an update on the cornerback’s status. “He’s getting tests right now,” said Gailey. ”I don’t think it’s serious, serious. That’s a [...]
Only Brady’s 6th 4-INT game
Sunday marked only the sixth time in his career that Tom Brady has thrown four interceptions in a game. Here’s the list, which includes the 2003 opener when Buffalo posted a 31-0 win over the Patriots courtesy of STATSPASS. Player Date Tm Opp Att Cmp Pct Yds Y/A TD TD% Int Tom Brady 10/28/01 NE [...]
Patriots inactives
Here are the Patriot inactives for today’s game. RT Sebastian Vollmer TE Aaron Hernandez WR Taylor Price DT Albert Haynesworth DE Mike Wright CB Ras-I Dowling S Patrick Chung New England has just 5 healthy defensive linemen and four healthy corners, which could pose coverage problems against Buffalo’s spread sets.
Bills inactives
Here are the Bills inactives for today’s game against the Patriots. CB Terrence McGee DB Justin Rogers LB Kirk Morrison G Kraig Urbik RT Sam Young TE Lee Smith NT Torell Troup
1st game vs. Pats always closer
During Buffalo’s 15-game losing streak to the Patriots, the first matchup with New England has always been closer than the second meeting. Here’s a look at just how close. To give a look at the series recent history that could be applied to today’s game, in the last three seasons, Buffalo has lost to New [...]
Pats to play 3-4 today?
The Patriots are down in numbers along their defensive line with DT Myron Pryor being placed on I-R this week and DE Mike Wright (concussion) and DT Albert Haynesworth (out) for today’s game. It could prompt them to resort to their old defensive front. The Patriots for the better part of the last decade have [...]
Chung, Haynesworth out for Pats
On Saturday the Patriots downgraded a couple of key defensive players in their lineup. Starting safety Patrick Chung (thumb surgery) and DT Albert Haynesworth (back) were both downgraded to out for Sunday’s game with the Bills. WR Taylor Price (hamstring) was downgraded to out as well. DE Mike Wright (concussion) is also out, leaving New [...]
Pats swap young LBs
The Patriots swap reserve linebackers between their practice squad and active roster Saturday signing S Ross Ventrone from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. New England subsequently announced the signing of LB A.J. Edds to the practice squad. Ventrone, 5-8, 190 pounds, was originally signed by the Patriots as a rookie free agent out of Villanova last year. [...]
Fitz on the way up
Here’s a collection of photos from Ryan Fitzpatrick’s playing career from his time at Harvard right up until last week’s comeback victory over the Raiders. USA Today put the photo gallery together.
30 is the magic number
There are a lot of statistics that will be spewed on Sunday morning on all the pre-game radio shows leading up to the 1 pm kickoff between the Bills and Patriots, and I’ll be one of the many doing that spewing. But if there’s one magic figure for the Bills defense it’s 30. That’s the [...]
Pats running game not forgotten
The New England passing game gets all the headlines and why wouldn’t it? Tom Brady had his highest two-game passing yardage total ever, which was also a franchise best with 940 yards through the air the first two games. But Bills fans should not forget what the Patriots running game did against Buffalo last season. [...]
Kelsay says Bills expecting win
Chris Kelsay is one of just four players on Buffalo’s roster that was here when the Bills beat the Patriots 31-0 in the 2003 opener. It was the club’s last victory over New England. This week they’re doing more than just hoping to end the 15-game losing streak to their AFC East rival. “We’re expecting to win [...]
Freddy wins Player of the Week
The NFL announced that Fred Jackson is the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week for games played on September 18-19. Jackson had two touchdowns and 117 yards on just 15 carries to help the Bills overcome the Oakland Raiders, 38-35. His 7.8 yards per carry average was the highest among backs with more than [...]
Chung questionable for Pats
Patriots starting safety Patrick Chung had thumb surgery a few days ago and didn’t practice until Friday this week. Chung practiced on a limited basis Friday otherwise he probably would be listed as doubtful. Seven other Patriots players are questionable including DT Albert Haynes worth, who hasn’t practiced the last two days due to a [...]
Hernandez, Vollmer out for Pats
The Patriots will not only be down a tight end in Aaron Hernandez, but they will also be down a starting right tackle in Sebastian Vollmer. Hernandez was expected to miss Sunday’s game due to an MCL injury sustained last week. Vollmer has a back injury, which puts rookie first-round pick Nate Solder in the [...]
No play count for Merriman
Earlier this week Bills head coach Chan Gailey indicated that it’s unlikely that Shawne Merriman would play 65 or 70 snaps a game on defense. Being two years removed from regular season football, the team is still easing him into a heavier workload. However, Gailey made it clear that they don’t have him assigned to [...]
LB Morrison out for Sunday
It looks like Terrence McGee (hamstring) and Kraig Urbik (knee) won’t be the only players out for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. LB Kirk Morrison, who sustained a hamstring injury last week did not practice on Wednesday and Thursday this week and has been declared out for Sunday’s game. Morrison did practice sparingly Friday during [...]
Stevie, Troup probable for Sunday
Bills top wideout Stevie Johnson is probable for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Johnson is still dealing with a nagging groin injury, but practiced fully for a second straight day after sitting out Wednesday’s practice. From the beginning of the week, Johnson insisted that he will be on the field on Sunday, and it appears [...]
Cowher on Bills-Pats
Appearing on the Tim Brando radio show this week, CBS analyst Bill Cowher believes the Patriots aren’t going to have an easy go of it at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday. Here was Cowher’s assessment of Sunday’s AFC East showdown. “When you look at New England it’s always hard to beat them,” Cowher said. ”One of their [...]
