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49ers rip Bills, gain franchise-record 621 yards

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Alex Smith threw for a season-high 303 yards and three touchdowns, Frank Gore ran for 106 yards and a score, and the San Francisco 49ers amassed a franchise-record 621 yards in blowing by the Buffalo Bills 45-3 on Sunday.

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Sunday’s performance wasn’t just devastating for the Bills players, it was humiliating. That’s why players like Bryan Scott and Fred Jackson were upset and ticked off. “I thought we came out and I thought we played well in the first half,” said …

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Every week NFL defenses give up a handful of big plays. Buffalo unfortunately took it to an extreme Sunday against San Francisco. The Bills gave up 16 plays of 15 yards or more. Here were the Buffalo killers in terms of number of big plays. WR Michael C…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

The list of injuries unfortunately grew after Buffalo’s latest loss to San Francisco, and it took place exactly where they can ill afford to have them, on their offensive line. Just two series into Sunday’s game, Colin Brown, the right guard filling i…

CNNSI.com

Smith tosses 3 TDs to help 49ers destroy Bills by 42

ESPN.com

Here are some thoughts on the San Francisco 49ers' 45-3 victory over the Buffalo Bills. What it means: It means the Bills lost their second game in a row in blowout fashion. Buffalo, which is 2-3, has been outscored 97-31 the past two games. The Bills h…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers might want to think about petitioning the NFL for a move to the AFC East. They took on their second AFC East opponent in a row on Sunday and laid just as convincing a beatdown on the Bills as they did on the Jets a week ago. The only differenc…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The biggest play on the stat sheet in the first half of the Bills-49ers game in San Francisco is Alex Smith’s 43-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Williams. If not for penalties, there would be several others. There was a 21-yard pass to Vernon Davis wiped ou…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Bills DE Mario Williams is not wearing the brace on his left wrist in warmups right now. Williams shed the brace for Fridays practice this week and it appears he’ll go without it today. In fact late in warmups he had one of the athletic trainers remove …

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

RB Brandon Jacobs said he was 100% recovered from a preseason knee injury but he’s not dressed for the 49ers today. Jacobs was questionable for today’s game. Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter will be the two primary ball carriers for the Niners against th…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Here are the Bills inactives for today’s game against the 49ers. QB Tarvaris Jackson RB Johnny White S Delano Howell LB Kirk Morrison OL Kraig Urbik OT Cordy Glenn DL Spencer Johnson

Adam Schefter, ESPN.com

The NFL is investigating why Mario Williams, who landed $50 million in guaranteed money this offseason, has publicly complained about his wrist as recently as this week, yet he still is not on Buffalo's injury report.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

It’s a homecoming day for Bills WR Stevie Johnson. Turnovers have been the biggest negative about Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill’s performance in his first four weeks. Patriots WR Brandon Lloyd is looking forward to his matchup with Champ Bailey. The Jets…