Buffalo Rumblings Podcast: Recapping inept offensive showing

in Green Bay One week after pulling off a shocking upset of the Minnesota Vikings http://www.billsfootballauthentics.com/star-lotulelei-jersey-authentic , the Buffalo Bills reverted back to their inconsistent ways on offense, being shutout for the first time in a decade when they fell to the Green Bay Packers, 22-0 Sunday. In the latest edition of the Billieve: a Buffalo Rumblings podcast, host John Boccacino is joined by co-host Anthony Marino to dissect the loss, which featured an erratic performance from rookie quarterback Josh Allen, a disappearing act from Buffalo’s mediocre corps of wide receivers, and a stunning lack of LeSean McCoy. Needless to say, there wasn’t much of a positive spin that our podcasters could put on the offense’s dismal showing at Lambeau. Check out our Buffalo Rumblings podcast for our thoughts on what went wrong in Green Bay, and what needs to happen for the Bills to get their season back on track.Our podcasting duo discusses how Allen took two steps backward following his strong Week 3 showing in Minnesota. Allen finished 16-for-33 for 151 yards and two inexcusable interceptions. At one point, Allen completed only 3 of 13 passes for 19 yards, failing to move the chains as the offense mustered only 37 total yards through its first 20 plays. Buffalo went three-and-out on four of its first five drives. Allen’s numbers improved thanks to a garbage-time drive in the fourth quarter, but he squandered Buffalo’s first (only?) scoring opportunity late in the first half. After completing a pass to Kelvin Benjamin (you read that right, Benjamin actually caught a pass) that brought Buffalo into the red zone, Allen rolled out of the pocket and tried to make a play, forcing a throw across his body that was picked off, taking three points off the board and sending the Bills into halftime trailing 16-0 instead of 13-3. While Allen regressed, it isn’t all on him. We knew all week that McCoy was battling ailing ribs, but his usage was confounding. Buffalo’s Pro Bowl running back, the bread and butter of the offense http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/lorenzo-alexander-jersey , carried the ball five times for 24 yards and caught three passes for 13 yards. Eight total touches is not enough to get Shady going and to revive this flailing Buffalo offense. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Bills possess a historically bad group of wide receivers—headlined by Benjamin. Once again, how general manager Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott could feel comfortable trotting out the likes of Benjamin, Zay Jones, Andre Holmes, plus undrafted rookie free agent Robert Foster is beyond me. Cutting Jeremy Kerley, himself not a terrific wide receiver, is even more confusing given how Kerley could very well be the best receiver of the bunch. There were many, many other negatives to emerge from this game (what happened to weakside linebacker Matt Milano’s playing time) as Buffalo suffered its first shutout since being blanked by the New England Patriots on Dec. 28, 2008. But lost in the defeat were some positives. The defense managed to get after Aaron Rodgers and hold him to a pedestrian (by Rodgers’s lofty standards) game: 22 of 40 passing for 298 yards with one touchdown and one interception (after rookie middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds tipped a Rodgers pass into the arms of of Jordan Poyer, snapping Rodgers’s streak of 150 consecutive passes without an INT. Rookie Taron Johnson had himself quite a day in a losing effort, coming on a blitz for a strip sack of Rodgers and finishing with five tackles. Tre’Davious White held his own against Green Bay’s dangerous wide receiver, Davante Adams. Adams did catch eight passes for 81 yards, but White broke up three passes while keeping Adams out of the end zone. And rookie punter Corey Bojorquez continued his steady play, averaging 41.0 net yards on eight punts, with four punts downed inside the Packers’ 20-yard line. It’s rough when your punter is your offensive MVP for the day as Bojorquez did his best Brian Moorman impersonation. Hear about all of the negatives (and one or two positives) from this game in our latest episode of Billieve: a Buffalo Rumblings Podcast!SoundCloud | iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Podbay | Podfanatic |Subscribe, rate, and review our Buffalo Rumblings podcast now and leave your comments below. You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast by signing up for a free account at SoundCloud. We’re looking for feedback and want to hear from you! It’s too early to call a mid-October game must-win, but if the Buffalo Bills (2-3) want to entertain hopes of making the playoffs for a second straight year http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jeremy-kerley-jersey , picking up a victory in Sunday’s showdown with the Houston Texans (2-3) certainly would help. The winner of this game will be 3-3 overall and would improve to 2-2 in the AFC. The loser would fall to 1-3 in the conference and would find itself at the rear of the pack in the pursuit of a playoff spot, especially in terms of tie-breaker scenarios come December.This is a matchup of two teams struggling to find consistency on offense. Buffalo’s offense has scored 3, 20, 27, 0, and 13 points through five weeks, while Houston has fared better, scoring 20, 17, 22, 37, and 19 points through its first five games. Among the questions facing the Bills: How will Buffalo slow down Houston’s dynamic quarterback, Deshaun Watson, who is questionable with a chest injury? Can Buffalo’s ground and pound approach on offense work for a second straight week? Will either of these offenses surpass 20 points this week?Despite Watson’s uncertain status, and despite a Bills defense that has tightened up and is allowing only 13.3 points per game over the last three weeks,Buffalo opened up as a 10-point underdog vs. the Texans.This will be the ninth meeting all-time, with the teams having split the first eight contests. The last time the Bills traveled to Houston, Buffalo squandered an early 10-0 lead as J.J. Watt picked off E.J. Manuel and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown in a 23-17 win by Houston. Manuel actually tossed a pair of TDs, but he also threw two INTs http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jerry-hughes-jersey , and the Bills lost despite limiting the Texans to only 37 net rushing yards.Here’s how to watch the game from home:TV ScheduleDate: Sunday, October 14, 2018Time: 1 p.m. EasternChannel: The game will be carried locally on CBS on WIVB 4 in Buffalo, WROC 8 in Rochester, WTVH 5 in Syracuse and Utica, WRGB 6 in Utica and Albany, WCWN3 in Albany, WENY 36-2 in Elmira, and WBNG 12 in Binghamton and Elmira. View the broadcast map.Announcers: Andrew Catalon (play-by-play) and former Bills receiver James Lofton (analyst) Location: NRG Stadium | Houston, TexasRadio: WGR 550AM (Buffalo), WCMF 96.5 FM and WROC 950 AM (Rochester), Fan 590 AM (Toronto), WTKW 99.5 FM and WKTV 105.5 FM (Syracuse), and the rest of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network.Radio Play-by-Play: John Murphy and Mark Kelso in the booth with sideline reporter Sal Capaccio.Online: NFL Game Pass, NFL.com Game CenterFriday Injury Report: Buffalo Bills: Full participant: S Rafael Bush (shoulder), S Micah Hyde (groin), G John Miller (ankle), CB Tre’Davious White (ankle). Game day status: Bush, Hyde Womens Matt Milano Jersey , Miller, and White are expected to play. Houston Texans: Full participant: DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney (illness), WR Sammie Coates Jr. (hamstring), S Kareem Jackson (finger), RB Lamar Miller (chest), OLB Brennan Scarlett (groin), CB Shareece Wright (shoulder/hand). Limited participant: WR Keke Coutee (hamstring), WR Will Fuller V (hamstring), TE Ryan Griffin (toe), WR DeAndre Hopkins (foot), CB Johnathan Joseph (hip), QB Deshaun Watson (chest). Did not practice: CB Aaron Colvin (ankle), ILB Brian Peters (ankle). Game day status: Questionable: Watson. Out: Colvin, Peters.