Week 8 PreGame: Bills @ Dolphins
The Buffalo Bills will face their division rival, the Miami Dolphins today at Dolphin Stadium.
Broadcast Info:
Game: Buffalo Bills (5-1) @ Miami Dolphins (2-4).
TV: CBS (Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon)
Radio: 97 Rock (Buffalo), 103.3 The EDGE (Buffalo), WHAM 1180 AM (Rochester), WNSS 1260 AM (Syracuse), FAN 590 AM (Toronto). All done by John Murphy, Mark Kelso and Paul Peck on the Bills radio network.
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
FOR BILLS FANS WATCHING THE GAME IN THE BUFFALO AREA:
Remember you will need to bust out the rabbit ears for this one if you have Time Warner Cable. With the local CBS channel being pulled off the air for the time being you will have to unplug your cable from the back of your TV and then plug in the antenna. The quality for this game won’t be too great though seeing as it is coming over the air. Try to find a friends house with satellite, as they will not be affected by this.
Game Notes:
· The Bills have won the initial meeting in their season series with the Dolphins each of the last four years and five of the last six.
· The Bills have beaten the Dolphins seven of the last eight times, yet Miami still leads the overall series, 49-34-1.
· Trent Edwards proved last week that he is fully recovered from a concussion in Week 5, completing a club-record 83 percent of his passes in Bills’ win over the Chargers. Edwards was 6-of-7 for 66 yards on Buffalo’s two TD drives, outplaying Rivers. Edwards has a 98.8 passer rating on the season and is 8-1 when posting a rating of 80 or more.
· The Bills have beaten the Dolphins four consecutive times in October.
· Bills WR Lee Evans has eight TDs vs. Miami, the most he has vs. any opponent. Evans is averaging 21.7 yards per catch this season.
· Miami aims for its fifth straight game with at least 350 yards of offense.
· Lee Evans needs one touchdown to tie his career best four-game touchdown streak.
· Rian Lindell (167) needs six extra points to surpass the longest PATs made streak in team history.
· The Bills are the last team in the NFL that has yet to play a division game.
· Need any more reason to like Mike Dikta? On ESPN’s pregame show, Dikta called the Bills the team to beat in the AFC East by saying they have a better team position by position.
Injury Report:
Bills – Out of Game: G Brad Butler (knee), DE Aaron Schobel (foot), and LB John DiGiorgio (knee). Questionable: CB Ashton Youboty (foot), C Melvin Fowler (elbow), and CB Terrence McGee (knee). Probable: TE Derek Fine (hand).
Dolphins – Out of Game: RB Casey Cramer (ankle), and CB Michael Lehan (hamstring). Questionable: DT Jason Ferguson (oblique).
Quote of the Week:
“If they want to pressure your quarterback, then some way, some how, there’s a void. I think that’s what we have to be able to find. When they try to put pressure on us, as a team, hold them off of the quarterback and let Trent (Edwards) find the open guy. There are opportunities there if we can execute well.”
-WR Lee Evans on Miami’s tendency to give up big plays
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