DANTE LASTING
Sports Editor
The Philadelphia Eagles came into Buffalo Sunday and left with a win. The Buffalo Bills lost a 31-13 game in an uninspiring performance for a second straight week.
Buffalo squandered the opportunity to start the season with a 6-1 record for the first time since 1993. The now 5-2 Bills team has to regroup after poor performances on offense, defense and special teams.
The Bills had an okay first half, only down 11-7, but the defense let up after halftime. On the first Eagles drive of the third quarter, rookie running back Miles Sanders torched every Bills defender in 65 yard touchdown run. After that, the game had a different feel to it and would be one of the three rushing touchdowns that the Eagles running backs scored on Sunday.
The Bills had some good drives on offense, but were too inconsistent to put enough points on the board. Allen finished the game with 169 yards passing with two touchdowns and one lost fumble.
On a windy day in Buffalo, the team should have put a bigger emphasis on the run game and taken some pressure off of Josh Allen’s shoulders.
That is not what they did and is a reason that the team ended up losing. The Bills did not commit to the run game, only having 53 rushing yards on 12 attempts by their running backs. The team also could not stop the run, as they let up 218 yards on the ground and three rushing touchdowns.
It is another wakeup call for the Buffalo Bills as they have only beaten teams with a losing record so far this season. If this team believes they are one of the best, they have to show up in bigger games and play a full 60 minutes of football.
Hopefully the team can fix some of these issues against a struggling Washington Redskins team that only has one win this season. That game will be Sunday at 1 p.m. on FOX.