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Alaina Getzenberg
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Alaina Getzenberg
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- Alaina Getzenberg is a personnel author who covers the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. She signedupwith ESPN in2021 Alaina was formerly a beat pressreporter for the Charlotte Observer and has likewise worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. You can follow her bymeansof Twitter @agetzenberg.
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Rich Cimini
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- Rich Cimini is a personnel author who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich hasactually covered the Jets for over 30 years, signingupwith ESPN in2010 Rich likewise hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He formerly was a beat author for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him through Twitter @RichCimini.
Oct 14, 2024, 11: 50 PM ET
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — All videogame long, the Buffalo Bills offered up uncharacteristic huge plays versus the New York Jets. None more significant than enabling the Jets to rating on a Hail Mary at the end of the veryfirst half to make it a three-point videogame, inspiteof the Bills’ offense scoring a goal on 3 of its veryfirst 4 drives.
But it was on another toss when nickel corner Taron Johnson revealed his return to the beginning lineup in the loudest method possible, selecting off an Aaron Rodgers pass with simply under 2 minutes staying to protect a 23-20 win.
Johnson, a 2023 second-team All-Pro, was playing in his veryfirst videogame consideringthat Week 1 when he suffered a lowerarm injury.
The Bills’ defense provided up 8 plays of 20 or more lawns to the Jets. In the veryfirst 3 videogames of the year, the Bills enabled 7 such plays. That number is now at 15 from Weeks 4 to 6. Buffalo likewise permitted a Jets offense that came into the videogame averaging 80.4 hurrying lawns per videogame to get 121 backyards on the ground.
The system was conserved by 2 missedouton field objectives by Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein in the 2nd half, in addition to a strong red zone defense that enabled the Jets to transform on one of 4 red zone journeys.
Though the Bills missedouton chances (notably where charges were included), they came away with the win by requiring required turnovers and preventing essential errors. Quarterback Josh Allen has now gone 6 straight videogames without tossing an interception, the longest stretch of his profession.
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Describe the videogame in 2 words: Bouncing back. It wasn’t quite, however the Bills prevented their veryfirst three-game losing streak giventhat 2018 and preserved a considerable lead in the AFC East.
Eye-popping stat: Josh Allen was takingatrip 16.26 milesperhour when he let go of the ball on his 42-yard conclusion to RB Ray Davis in the 2nd quarter, the fastest speed by a quarterback on a deep conclusion (20-plus air lawns) over the past two-plus seasons (since Week 1, 2022), per NFL Next Gen Stats.
Most unexpected efficiency: Davis. Ty Johnson hasactually been the group’s 2nd back behind James Cook in terms of snaps, and while Davis has flashed his possible, this was a substantial efficiency on a night when Cook (toe) was non-active. Davis’ 116 skirmish lawns in the veryfirst half were the most by a Bills novice in a half because1980 He completed with 20 hurries for 97 lawns and 3 captures for 55 more. This offense is at its finest when the running videogame gets going, and this kind of depth behind Cook is a excellent indication.
Troubling pattern: Tyler Bass’ kicking. Bass’ troubles haveactually been a issue consideringthat training camp, and Monday night was a tip. While it was a blustery night — 17 milesperhour continual winds and gusts in the 30-35 milesperhour variety — the concerns aren’t brand-new. Bass missedouton a PAT that went extremely large left, and he missedouton a 47-yard field objective too. He made a 22-yard field objective in the 4th quarter however is now 2-of-5 from 40-49 lawns this season (tied for the 31st-worst portion from that range). — Alaina Getzenberg
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