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Dolphins offense still stagnant in loss to Bills

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

It might be time to put the Miami Dolphins offense on the side of a milk carton because it continues to be missing in action. Their playoff hopes may have disappeared as well. Buffalo Bills safety Jairus Byrd and linebacker Bryan Scott each intercepted …

Erik Malinowski, deadspin.com

Bills 19, Dolphins 14: Oh, this game. From the get-go, it didn't look very promising that these AFC East foes would light up the scoreboard, although a nifty special teams moment early on gave up all some brief flicker of hope. More »

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Leodis McKelvin scored on a 79-yard punt return, and the Buffalo Bills' defense finally flexed its muscles in a 19-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.

nydailynews.com

Woody Johnson showed up at practice and said he wasn’t happy with his 3-6 team. That said, he still has every reason to smile over the media’s obsession with Tim Tebow.

ESPN.com

Here are some thoughts on the Buffalo Bills’ 19-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins: What it means: It means the already slim chances of the Dolphins making the playoff are over. Miami lost its third straight game, dropping to 4-6. The Dolphins have a br…

CNNSI.com

The Dolphins have trailed all night, but a Ryan Tannehill touchdown pass in the fourth quarter has brought them within striking distance of the Bills. Follow the rest of the game here.

Rich Cimini, ESPN.com

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson declined Thursday to give a vote of confidence to coach Rex Ryan and general manager Mike Tannenbaum, saying it's not his policy to give evaluations during the season, but he left no doubt that he's bitterly disappointe…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Earlier this week, Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn said he’d been cleared to play after suffering a concussion against the Raiders last month.  The next day, Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said otherwise. Now, the player and the team apparently are on the s…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Buffalo’s Leodis McKelvin was already leading the league in punt returns even before Thursday night. And then he did something special the first time he got his hands on the ball against Miami. After the Dolphins went three-and-out on their opening poss…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Miami receiver Jabar Gaffney is sitting out the Dolphins' game against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night because of a knee injury.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Maybe at this point, we should just call the roll. First, Jets linebacker Bart Scott said he wasn’t the unnamed teammate who said Tim Tebow was “terrible,” refuting a suggestion by former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson. Now, the other suspect Tomlinso…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Cornerback Aqib Talib met the media on Thursday for the first time since the Patriots traded a fourth-round pick to the Buccaneers to acquire him just before the trade deadline. Talib said all the expected things about being excited to join the team and…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Here’s the piece that aired on tonight’s NFL Network pre-game show for tonight’s Bills-Dolphins Thursday night game on C.J. Spiller, and how he’s followed in the footsteps of his late uncle. Spiller’s uncle was slain at age 19 and was a high sch…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Last week the Bills faced a New England defense that had given up more 20-plus yard pass play than any other team in the league. Buffalo had five pass plays of 20 yards or more against the Patriots in last week’s 37-31 loss. Miami’s defense isn’t mu…

ESPN.com

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Before leaving the room at the end of his weekly news conference, Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine remained at the podium and, unprompted, weighed in on the Tim Tebow controversy. "As a defense, we fully support Tim,&qu…

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

Here is the Sun-Sentinel's Chris Perkins on tonight's Dolphins-Bills game: More »

ESPN.com

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts as they break down the AFC East match up between the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Bills-Dolphins

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Colts and Patriots seem to play every year, but this will be the first time they’ve clashed since Andrew Luck hit the scene. Erik Kuselias will ask Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney about that change when Freeney stops by Pro Football Talk on NBC S…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

After rushing for over 100 yards in two of their first three games this season, the Dolphins haven’t done it since. Miami hasn’t hit the century mark rushing as a team in six games. Bills head coach Chan Gailey is naturally hoping that continues, kno…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

As expected, Jets running back Shonn Greene took a step back from his “Something’s got to change,” remarks made to Yahoo’s Mike Silver when he addressed the rest of the assembled media Thursday. Via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Greene …

ESPN.com

We're baaaaaack! After another solid week -- we only missed the Dolphins -- the AFC East blog returns for another round of stellar predictions. We are 23-7 overall picking division games. Week 11 starts early with a Thursday night game. So let's get to …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

For many teams, the reports about player participation in practice serve as a pretty good guideline about their chances of playing on Sunday. The Patriots are not one of those teams. Tight end Aaron Hernandez has been a perfect example of that this seas…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Jets owner Woody Johnson is not pleased with the talk that he cares more about how much money he can make from personal seating licenses than he cares about the team’s win-loss record. Johnson addressed the media today and said that he doesn’t appreci…

ESPN.com

I remember sitting in Lucas Oil Stadium two weeks ago watching Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck carve up the Miami Dolphins for 433 yards. Andrew Luck #12 QBIndianapolis Colts 2012 STATS Att362 Comp208 Yds2631 TD10 Int9 Rat79.1 Luck was…

Bills Daily Charge, buffalobills.com

DAILY REPORT –The Buffalo Bills will host their first prime time game at Ralph Wilson Stadium since 2008 in front of a sold-out crowd tonight against Miami at 8:20 PM. Tonight’s game will be the 93rd regular season meeting between Buffalo and Miami a…

ESPN.com

When you have Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, you always have a shot. No contender has this level of elite quarterbacking and elite coaching on the same team as the New England Patriots. New England can get to the Super Bowl because Brady and Belichick ha…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Between the injuries suffered by four starting quarterbacks last weekend and the conflagration with the Jets over the last couple of days, there’s plenty going on with the league’s signal callers right now. It’s a good time to get the impressions of…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

In a week when much of the talk around the NFL has centered on the criticism that Tim Tebow took from an anonymous source in the Jets’ locker room, another one of the most polarizing players in the NFL has also taken some heat from an unnamed source. In…

ESPN.com

The Buffalo Bills have arguably the best tailgating in the NFL. I’ve walked through the Bills Mafia many times the past two seasons on my way to Ralph Wilson Stadium. You can smell the good food and hear the sounds of optimism coming from Bills fans. Bu…

CNNSI.com

The Chargers are playing for more than their last playoff hopes this week, they're playing for jobs. Can San Diego beat Denver to stay alive in the AFC West? Peter King makes his picks.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

From a thousand miles away, former Jets tackle Wayne Hunter knew exactly what was happening in his old locker room. He didn’t like it then, and he doesn’t like it now. Now with the Rams, Hunter said the culture that creates anonymous rip jobs like yes…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Bills are an awful 2-13 in AFC East games under Chan Gailey. For the Dolphins, tonight brings a test of whether they’re legitimate playoff contenders or not. The Patriots’ league-best turnover margin could get a boost against a Colts team near the…

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

The Jets are a bad football team, but there are a lot of bad teams in the A.F.C., and Tim Tebow has overcome odds greater than this.