| T.O. sizzle has fizzled as Bills stumble into bye (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 11:05pm
| It wasn't that long ago, in the springtime of the Buffalo Bills' offseason, when T.O.-mania was in its infancy. A buzz of hope bloomed around town that this franchise might finally be relevant again. Where have all the good times gone? "That's self-explanatory," defensive tackle Marcus Stroud said. |
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| Bills Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
6 Nov 2009 at 6:59pm
The Bills are using their bye week to do "self-analysis," as coach Dick Jauron called it.
And for them it means analyzing two areas of major weakness: third-down conversions on offense and stopping the run on defense.
"We look at ourselves, obviously," said Jauron, whose team is 3-5 at the break and in danger of missing the playoffs for a 10th consecutive season. "We do a self-analysis and then we look at our problem areas and we've got a lot of them."
Buffalo has converted 27 of 104 third-down tries, just 26 percent. If the season ended today, in would be the second-worst percentage in team history.
Meanwhile, the Bills continue to rank last in the NFL in run defense, allowing an average of 174 yards per game. |
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| Banged-up Bills use bye to rest and recuperate (AP) |
3 Nov 2009 at 5:10pm
| Bills coach Dick Jauron wasn't kidding when he wondered whether he'd have enough players available to practice during the team's bye week. The Bills on Tuesday kicked off their first of two scheduled practices this week with 16 players either absent or not participating. Among those not practicing was starting cornerback Terrence McGee who, a day earlier, had arthroscopic surgery on his... |
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| Bills get 2 weeks to address anemic offense (AP) |
2 Nov 2009 at 6:04pm
| Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick isn't sure whether he'll remain the Bills starter once Buffalo comes off its two-week break. A bigger concern for the backup is for the Bills to use the bye week to start fixing their anemic offense. "We're glad that there's a bye week, because we've got a lot of stuff to figure out," Fitzpatrick said Monday, a day after the Bills stumbled... |
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| Bills expect to promote WR Hardy (AP) |
2 Nov 2009 at 4:04pm
| The Buffalo Bills expect to promote James Hardy to their active roster because the second-year receiver has shown he's fully recovered 10 months after having left knee surgery. Barring "something unexpected," coach Dick Jauron said Monday he's leaning toward promoting Hardy, who spent the first six weeks on the physically unable list. |
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| Texans solve turnovers to beat Bills, 31-10 (AP) |
1 Nov 2009 at 4:58pm
If Texans running back Steve Slaton's latest turnover means he's fumbled away his starting job in Houston, Ryan Moats is certainly ready to step in. In a game the Texans lost star tight end Owen Daniels to what's feared to be a severe knee injury, Slaton was sent to the bench after losing his fifth fumble of the season.
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