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Two struggling teams in the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will face off tomorrow afternoon in a must win game for Buffalo.

Broadcast Info:

Game: Buffalo Bills (5-5) @ Kansas City Chiefs (1-9)
TV: CBS (Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots)

Radio: 97 Rock (Buffalo), 103.3 The EDGE (Buffalo), WHAM 1180 AM (Rochester), WNSS 1260 AM (Syracuse), FAN 590 AM (Toronto). Broadcasts are all done by John Murphy, Mark Kelso and Paul Peck on the Bills radio network.
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Game Notes:

• The Chiefs have won two of the past three meetings, but Buffalo leads the all-time series, 19-16-1.
• Lynch recorded his first 100-yard rushing game of the season against the Browns last week. Lynch aims for his second consecutive 100-yard performance as the Chiefs are next to last in rushing defense, allowing 165 rushing yards per game.
• Tyler Thigpen started the season third on the depth chart behind Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard. But he has thrown eight touchdown passes and only one interception in his past four games for a passer rating of 96.9.
• The Bills started the season with such promise, racing out to a 4-0 record. But Buffalo has lost four consecutive games to drop to 5-5 and are now playing for its playoff lives.
• Linebacker Kawika Mitchell spent four seasons with Kansas City (2003-06)
• Chiefs running back Larry Johnson averages 93 rushing yards per game at home.
• Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe posted a career-high two touchdown receptions last week.
• The home team has won 10 of the last 11 games between the Bills and the Chiefs.
• Roscoe Parrish needs one punt return for a touchdown to take sole possession of first place in franchise history with four in a career.
• Josh Reed needs 25 receiving yards to reach 3,000 in his career.
• Leodis McKelvin needs 133 kick return yards to pass Eric Moulds (1,205) for most kick return yards by a rookie in a season.
• Under Dick Jauron, Buffalo is 11-5 (.688) with a positive turnover margin and 2-15 (.118) with a negative turnover mark.

Injury Report:

Bills- Out of Game: CB Jabari Greer (Knee), DE Aaron Schobel (Foot), S Donte Whitner (Shoulder), and LB Marcus Buggs (Ankle). Questionable: WR Josh Reed (Ankle) and S Bryan Scott (Knee).

Chiefs- Out of Game: LB Donnie Edwards (Hamstring), G Adrian Jones (Ankle), CB Patrick Surtain (Quad), and LB Patrick Thomas (Thigh). Probable: WR Mark Bradley (Calf), CB Brandon Flowers (Thigh), LB Derrick Johnson (Thigh), S Jarrad Page (Groin) and DT Glenn Dorsey (Knee).

Quote of the Week:

“I can speak for everybody in that locker room, we don’t like the slide we are on, so we definitely are going to have to get that confidence and swagger back and believe we can pull a close game out.”

-DT Marcus Stroud

Open Thread:

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Hello Bills fans.  Im not going to lie.  It feels great to be 5-1.  What a great team victory it was this past Sunday in Orchard Park.  I wanted to talk a little bit about one of the defensive captains and team leaders Donte Whitner.  This past weekend, the Bills used Whitner as a free safety, strong safety and corner.  Whitner has been asked to play so many roles in Perry Fewell’s defense.  Bryan Scott has played strong safety and George Wilson plays free when Whitner is called upon to cover the slot receiver.  With Terrence McGee and Ashton Youboty bothered by injuries, Whitner has taken control of the secondary.  He is playing more of a “hybrid” safety role similar to what he did at Ohio State.  Its amazing that after the Bills selected Whitner 8th overall back in the 2006 draft, many experts called it a reach without realizing what type of player he was.  Whitner has been on the field since his rookie year and is becoming one of the best safeties in the game.  I give credit to Marv Levy because without his eye for talent, the Bills would be without a great leader.  Check out the article on timesunion.com.  Go Bills. 

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The Buffalo Bills are back at pratice and some a whole bunch of news came out today, including information on CB Terrence McGee.  Let’s take a look at WGR550.com’s Paul Hamilton to get all of the updates:

Terrence McGee was back on the field taking all reps with the corners in individual drills. He said he didn’t practice the whole time, but that was the plan. The CB says he felt very good and was a bit surprised. He says he has a good chance to play Sunday. Aaron Schobel was sitting next to the goal post in the fieldhouse with the supportive boot still on his foot. Dick Jauron says he won’t practice tomorrow and he’s not overly optimistic that the DE will play, but he wouldn’t totally rule him out. Melvin Fowler was working with a little limp while Ashton Youboty was watching and Brad Butler was not there. Dick Jauron says he’s hoping Butler might be able to practice tomorrow or Friday. He’s nursing a sprained knee.

The Bills put back-up linebacker John DiGiorgio on IR as he faces knee surgery. Rookie Marcus Buggs gets promoted from the practice squad.

The Bills defense has its hands full this week as it prepares for the Dolphins “Wildcat” offense that features RB Ronnie Brown takng a direct snap. It had worked well until Miami ran into Baltimore last week.

I will get more indepth on todays updates and the entire Bills team as we start to break down the match up between the Bills and the Dolphins.

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Hello Bills fans.  Yesterdays game did not start out the way I thought it would.  Im sure most would agree with that statement.  Although I didnt think we would blow out the Raiders, I did think we would win by at least 10 points.  I wanted to comment on how Trent Edwards is developing.  I know it has only been three games this season but Trent is turning into Captain Cool when the game is on the line.  He had such great poise and leadership in the 4th quarter yesterday.  He reminded me of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.  You could see the look in his eye that he knew we would win the game.  Trent had a tough time in the first three quarters.  The Raiders were constantly blitzing and the Bills o-line could not protect Trent long enough.  There were also a lot of dropped passes and dumb penalties that killed drives.  Once the 4th quarter came, the switch went on and we started to move the ball at will.  Marshawn Lynch also had a monster 4th quarter getting first downs when it looked like he was going to be stopped for a loss.  Josh Reed, Roscoe Parrish and Lee Evans stepped up and ran great routes.  Reed probably had the best game because most of his catches went for first downs and big moments of the game.  If this team continues to play with heart and have the never say die attitude, this will be a special season.  Go Trent.  Go Bills. 

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