Game on against Titans, if testing allows
Buffalo is 4-0, Tennessee 3-0 entering Tuesday night clash
The NFL’S ranks of undefeated teams should thin by one Tuesday night when the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans finally meet in a rescheduled game. If testing and COVID -19 allows. The Bills (4-0) have only had their schedule disrupted as they try to continue their best start in years. The Titans (3-0) have become pariahs while dealing with the NFL’S first COVID -19 outbreak that kept them out of their own building much of the past two weeks with 24 players and personnel testing positive.
Titans safety Kevin Byard said it’s been tough watching teammates test positive and worrying about them and their families while not knowing when they would play again. The NFL first postponed, then rescheduled their Oct. 4 game with Pittsburgh to Oct. 25, and their game with the Bills pushed back two days.
“At the end of the day, we’re not going to make any excuses, man,” Byard said. “We’re going to come in here and focus
on what we need to focus on, and that’s winning the ballgame.”
The Bills beat the Raiders 30-23 last week. This franchise hasn’t won five straight since 2004, and another win would give Buffalo its best start since 1991 when that team went to a Super Bowl.
“As a team that’s off to a good start, we feel like we’ve got a good thing rolling here and we want to play,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said. “That’s our mindset.”
Buffalo has won three straight in this series, including a 14-7 win in Nashville a year ago as the Titans went 2-4 before making it to the AFC championship game in January.
These Titans last played Sept. 27, beating Minnesota 31-30.
Buffalo will be the first team to play the Titans since the NFL shut Tennessee’s facility Sept. 29.
“They’re aware of certainly the situation down there, but they’re also confident in the processes that are in place, both
at the league level, and and what we’re doing here,” Mcdermott said of his Bills.
Stormin’ Norman
It didn’t take long for veteran cornerback Josh Norman to make his presence known in Buffalo. After missing the first three games with a left hamstring injury, the offseason freeagent addition forced and recovered a fumble and was in on four tackles in his Bills’ debut against the Raiders.
Norman earned additional playing time after starter Levi Wallace hurt his left ankle in the first quarter and has since been placed on injured reserve. Norman is attempting to kick-start his career following four sub-par seasons in Washington, which led him to being cut with one year left on his contract.