Last yr in Cincy was 1st big comeback
Tags: Bills-Bengals, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Stevie Johnson
In the moments after the dramatic comeback win over New England last Sunday several Bills were referencing their comeback win against Cincinnati in Week 11 last year when they came from 17 down at halftime to win 49-31. Ryan Fitzpatrick and Stevie Johnson recalled their conversation at halftime of that game.
“I remember Stevie asking me if I had ever come back from a deficit that big and I was just kind of talking to him about my first NFL game, the first one I got into, I said, ‘Yeah,’” said Fitzpatrick. ”I told him about it at halftime and he said, ‘OK, let’s go do it.’ And that’s what we did.”
“Just in the huddle I was asking Fitz if he’s ever had a comeback,” said Johnson. ”He told me he was a part of one. And I was like, ‘Let’s do it.’ And he said, ‘Let’s go.’”
Marvin Lewis planning to win
Every NFL coach expects to win every week and Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis apparently is pretty confident his team is going to even their record at 2-2 when they host the Bills on Sunday.
“We just have to continue to work at the things we’re not doing as well,” said Lewis of his young team. ”There’s really not a big change. We’re early in the year. We’ve got a lot of season ahead of us. And you know, at the end of this week when we’re 2-2, there’s going to be probably the other third of the league that’s going to be in the same situation. So I think we have to understand that.”
Lewis made these comments pretty early in the week, and while a coach has to lead confidently I don’t know if you want to make those feelings public for a Bills team that is rolling. Buffalo’s players will have plenty of time to read and digest Lewis’ belief that his team is going to post a victory and prepare accordingly.
Longest streak now Buffalo’s
Tags: Bills-Bengals
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 was broken Sunday in Buffalo’s 34-31 win over New England. The longest one is now Buffalo’s current win streak over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buffalo has won 10 in a row against Cincinnati dating back to the AFC Championship game on Jan. 8th, 1989. Buffalo has won 10 straight since then, and ironically face the Bengals in Cincinnati this coming Sunday.
