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Siran Neal.

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The Bills are cleaning house

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Siran Neal

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2018 Draft Prospects: Sleeper Edition 2018 Draft Prospects: Sleeper Edition Draft Season is around the corner. For geeks like me that nerd out on college football, it's almost like Christmas.

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2021 NFL AFC All-Names Team

Quarterbacks

#1 Tua Tagovailoa (Miami)

#5 Axel Hoyer (New England)

#7 Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh)

Running Backs

#22 La’Mical Perine (New York)

#23 Tevin Coleman (New York)

#25 Taiwan Jones (Buffalo)

#28 Latavius Murray (Baltimore)

#47 Jakob Johnson (New England)

Wide Receivers

#11 Donovan Peoples-Jones (Cleveland)

#15 N’Keal Harry (New England)

#16 Stanley Morgan; Jr. (Cincinnati)

#17 Jaylen Waddle (Miami)

#84 Ja’Marcus Bradley (Cleveland)

#85 Tamaurice Higgins (Cincinnati)

Tight Ends

#81 Jonnu Smith (New England)

#82 Cethan Carter (Miami)

#86 Pharaoh Brown (Houston)

#89 Drew Sample (Cincinnati)

Offensive Linemen

#67 Quinton Spain (Cincinnati)

#70 Chuma Edoga (New York)

#71 Jedrick Wills; Jr. (Cleveland)

#72 Hjalte Froholdt (Cleveland)

#74 Geron Christian (Houston)

#76 Chukwuma Okorafor (Pittsburgh)

#77 John Leglue (Pittsburgh)

Defensive Linemen

#90 Jadaveon Clowney (Cleveland)

#92 Calais Campbell (Baltimore)

#93 Efe Obada (Buffalo)

#94 Foly Fatukasi (New York)

#95 Cameron Sample (Cincinnati)

#96 Broderick Washington; Jr. (Baltimore)

#98 Star Lotulelei; Jr. (Buffalo)

#99 Raekwon Davis (Miami)

Linebackers

#8 Ja’Whuan Bentley (New England)

#9 Javin White (New York)

#28 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (Cleveland)

#43 Del’Shawn Phillips (New York)

#45 Duke Riley (Miami)

#49 Chris Board (Baltimore)

#53 Tyus Bowser (Baltimore)

#54 Qualin Hightower (New England)

Defensive Backs

#4 Chidobe Awuzie (Cincinnati)

#6 Atrilleon Williams (Miami)

#20 Sheldrick Redwine (Miami)

#21 Tre Flowers (Cincinnati)

#24 Eli Apple (Cincinnati)

#29 Rachad Wildgoose (New York)

#33 Siran Neal (Buffalo)

#36 Tavon Young (Baltimore)

#40 Javelin Guidry (New York)

#46 Jaquan Johnson (Buffalo)

#51 Joejuan Williams (New England)

Special Teams

#2 Rigoberto Sanchez (Indianapolis)

#3 Rodrigo Blankenship (Indianapolis)

#31 Jacob Bobenmoyer (Denver)

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Bills sign special teams ace Siran Neal to three-year contract extension ahead of 2022 NFL free agency - ZellaNews

Bills sign special teams ace Siran Neal to three-year contract extension ahead of 2022 NFL free agency – ZellaNews

Getty Images The Bills have locked up one of their key free agents ahead of the official start of the 2022 offseason, announcing Wednesday a three-year extension for cornerback Siran Neal. A fifth-round pick of the team in 2018, Neal has missed just one game in four years for Buffalo, emerging as a special teams standout in recent seasons. His new deal is worth up to $10.9 million, according to…

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106 TUPA = Matt Haack of the Bills punts 61 yards (61) downed by Siran Neal (5) at the 2-yard line (40).

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Siran Neal.

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Siran Neal

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Bills not living in regret despite trading Patrick Mahomes pick to Chiefs - Buffalo Bills Blog

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Bills not living in regret despite trading Patrick Mahomes pick to Chiefs - Buffalo Bills Blog

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The NFL draft produces never-ending “what-ifs” and hindsight. No team is immune to the rehashing of selections and trades, and this month the Buffalo Bills were again reminded of one of the bigger draft moments in team history.

Back in 2017, Buffalo traded the No. 10 overall pick to the Kansas City Chiefs, who in turn selected star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. When Mahomes and the Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 19, sending them to the Super Bowl in Mahomes’ third season, some Bills fans dove headfirst into a hypothetical world in which the Bills selected the former Texas Tech quarterback.

At least one Bills player — the crown jewel of the team’s return for the Mahomes pick — took notice by commenting on social media.

I see a lot of ungratefulness 🤔… okay bet , I know what I have to do !!

— Tre’Davious White (@TreWhite16) January 19, 2020

Cornerback Tre’Davious White was just part of Buffalo’s take from the trade. In addition to the No. 27 pick used to select White, the Bills received a third-round pick (No. 91) in 2017 and the Chiefs’ first-round pick in 2018 (No. 22). After selecting White, the Bills kept wheeling and dealing. They packaged the No. 91 pick in a deal to move up in the second round for since-departed receiver Zay Jones (No. 37 overall), then packaged a pick acquired in that deal to move up again, selecting left tackle Dion Dawkins at No. 63.

In 2018, the Bills packaged the No. 22 pick in a deal to move up to No. 16 for linebacker Tremaine Edmunds. Buffalo also landed pick No. 154 in that trade and selected defensive back Siran Neal, completing the haul from the Mahomes trade.

Despite Mahomes’ success — the past two seasons he’s been in the MVP conversation, passing for 9,128 yards and 76 TDs against 17 interceptions — the Bills aren’t living in regret. White made his first Pro Bowl and first All-Pro team this season and has established himself as one of the league’s better cornerbacks. Edmunds made his first Pro Bowl as well, becoming the first player in NFL history with two 100-tackle seasons by the age of 21. Dawkins has spent three seasons as the Bills’ starting left tackle and looks like a cornerstone player.

At the time of the trade, Buffalo’s front office was in limbo. Coach Sean McDermott was hired in January 2017, but current general manager Brandon Beane didn’t arrive until that May — after the draft. McDermott, working the draft with outgoing GM Doug Whaley, opted against a potentially career-defining decision to take a quarterback high in the first round. The Bills instead stuck with Tyrod Taylor as their starter and used a fifth-round pick on the University of Pittsburgh quarterback Nathan Peterman, who threw three touchdown passes and 12 interceptions in eight games with the Bills.

The team’s stance on the trade doesn’t seem to have changed much since McDermott expressed a pragmatic view of the deal on draft night in 2017.

“Does it worry me? Look, you look at things and you say ‘what’s in the best interests of this organization?'” he said then. “That’s what I have to do. [Chiefs coach] Andy [Reid has] got his own situation. We’ve got our own situation here. That’s the nature of the draft. You stick by what’s important and what’s right for us, and that’s what we did.”

Buffalo drafted quarterback Josh Allen the following year, when McDermott and Beane had a full year together to scout the position.

Though he had no part in the deal, Beane sees all the speculation and simply refuses to dwell on hypotheticals — it distracts from the present.

“I don’t really operate in the ‘what-ifs’ world, I really don’t,” he said. “I look at what the Buffalo Bills — when I got there in May [2017] — what that opportunity was. That’s for the fans and other people to do, that’s not really for me to do. My thing is, when I walk in the door, this is what we have, these are the holes on our roster, this is where we’re good. That’s my approach.”

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Deshaun Watson is getting sacked too many times again

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The Texans allowed a season-high seven sacks in the Wild Card Round, with plenty of blame to go around.

Last season, the Texans allowed Deshaun Watson to be sacked a league-high 62 times. Though they lowered that number this year with the addition of left tackle Laremy Tunsil, Watson was still sacked 44 times during the regular season.

Watson was sacked six times in three different games, including in Week 1. That’s when we first broke down who was most at fault for them. The findings from that early game showed the blame should be spread around — it didn’t rest solely on what was considered a poor offensive line.

Against the Bills in the opening round of the playoffs, Watson was sacked seven times, the most in a game yet. The narrow overtime victory included a big sack on the final drive that was only erased by serious Watson heroics in which he escaped from a near-certain eighth sack.

The Texans will play the Chiefs and their 11th-ranked pass rush in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, and they can’t have a repeat performance this week.

So, why are the Texans still allowing Watson to be brought down so much? Are the same people at fault this time around?

Below, we’ll break down each sack against the Bills and assign some blame.

For reference, the starting Houston offensive line for this game was, from left to right: No. 78 Laremy Tunsil, No. 74 Max Scharping, No. 66 Nick Martin, No. 73 Zach Fulton, and No. 77 Chris Clark, who was replaced by swing tackle and occasional extra blocker No. 63 Roderick Johnson.

Sack 1: -3 yards (Jerry Hughes)

Time: 10:02 in the first quarter Situation: second-and-6, Buffalo 47-yard line

It didn’t take long for Watson to get sacked in this game. The Texans ran a play-action fake to their left side, but it went nowhere because Trent Murphy came across unblocked on the right side.

This play was doomed from the start. Though Murphy didn’t get the actual sack, he gave Jerry Hughes time to do so.

What I don’t get is how the Texans didn’t account for Murphy, who was too far to the right to be a factor in the running play that they’re faking. The issue with assigning blame for a play like this is you have to wonder what Watson’s options were before the snap. He should have been able to identify that Murphy was a problem, but then again, the coaches should have seen it, too.

Who was at fault: Playcall

Sack 2: -6 yards (Trent Murphy)

Time: 1:26 in the first quarter Situation: third-and-3, Buffalo 40-yard line

Later in the first quarter and inside Buffalo territory, the Texans saw a promising drive end due to a third-down sack. The Bills only rushed four, but once again, Watson was under pressure almost immediately.

There’s something wrong with a running back blocking a pass rusher by himself while four offensive linemen block two guys, yet that’s what happened. Duke Johnson did his best to block Matt Milano, but he got the pressure on Watson, who escaped and was sacked by Clark’s man (Murphy).

Clark did his job on the play, and Watson had no options available downfield. So why was Johnson stranded against a pass rusher who was obviously coming? To me that’s a failure on the interior line — Fulton in particular.

Who was at fault: Fulton

Sack 3: 0 yards (Murphy)

Time: 10:09 in the second quarter Situation: second-and-6, Houston 29-yard line

While this next play didn’t lose any yardage, it was still pretty dang ugly. It was a good decision by Watson to not throw the pass, but after the fake it all went bad.

Watson stepped into this not-throw so hard that when he reset his feet, he turned all the way around — right into Murphy. That said, the right tackle didn’t do a terrible job on this play. If Watson were stepping around the pocket like any other play, it would have been a successful block.

There’s a tendency to blame Watson when he dances around in the backfield — and you should sometimes. This, however, feels like a coverage sack.

Who was at fault: N/A (coverage sack)

Sack 4:-1 yards (Hughes)

Time: 8:23 in the second quarter Situation: first-and-15, Houston 34-yard line

On this play, just about everything went wrong from the onset, and there’s plenty of blame to be thrown around.

Tight end Darren Fells was the one who got beat, but I really don’t like anything about this play. Bill O’Brien brought in Roderick Johnson, the swing tackle, as an extra blocker on the left side and stacked Fells next to him. However, Johnson looked like he was in slow motion here. The play action didn’t work and Watson’s dropback was too deep for any of the good blocking to matter.

There’s no reason the Texans should have looked so thoroughly overwhelmed on the play. Blame goes to a committee on this one.

Who was at fault: Playcall, Fells, and Johnson

Sack 5: -7 yards (Tremaine Edmunds)

Time: 14:23 in the third quarter Situation: third-and-9, Houston 26-yard line

This is an excellent example of Watson taking more sacks than he should, despite initial pressure coming his way.

At first, it looks like Watson got swarmed here. On closer inspection, it shows that when he stepped up following Fulton getting Jordan Phillips turned around, there was enough time to set his feet and look downfield.

Instead, he rolled out to his left and looked like he was trying to run for it. Edmunds closed fast and sacked him for a big loss. Watson absolutely could have avoided this sack.

Who was at fault: Watson

Sack 6: -2 yards (Hughes)

Time: 11:43 in the fourth quarter Situation: third-and-3, Buffalo 21-yard line

Once again I am puzzled by how the Texans continued to let unblocked defensive ends through the line. It’s understandable if there’s a stunt or a delayed blitz from a linebacker, but a defensive end who is clearly not going anywhere else? Yeesh.

Though it wasn’t Murphy who wound up getting the sack, he was the guy who forced this play to go off the rails. Tunsil had his issues with Hughes, but if Murphy had been blocked initially, then Watson could have stepped up and through the rush from Hughes.

Clark and Fulton were both engaged with one guy when Murphy came around unblocked. Clark turned around slowly and saw Watson about to get crushed but could do nothing about it. On plays like these, you have to blame the outside lineman for being clueless and the coach for not recognizing it.

Who was at fault: Playcall and Clark

Sack 7: -9 yards (Siran Neal)

Time: 7:43 in overtime Situation: second-and-9, Houston 28-yard line

Finally, we’ve come to the first sack where I felt like the Bills actually did something worthy of tripping up a good coach, line, or quarterback. Until now, these were all very basic pass rushes the Texans failed to handle for one reason or another. This one was a defensive back blitz that Watson reacted to poorly.

Blaming the quarterback when somebody comes in unblocked is tough, but if the coach is calling a passing play with an empty backfield and zero extra blockers, then the quarterback has to be able to get the ball out quickly. As soon as Watson finished his dropback, that pass should have been coming out. He had one receiver on either side of him who had a shot at catching a pass, or he could have chosen to throw it out of bounds. Instead, he acted very un-Watson-like in his escape and took the sack.

I don’t like calling this play in overtime and on second down. After allowing six sacks, going into an empty backfield for anything other than a timing route in this situation is just ... bad. Why O’Brien called this play will forever mystify me. Fortunately for Houston, Watson converted a pass on third-and-18 to extend the drive. The Texans later kicked the game-winning field goal.

Who was at fault: Playcall

So what does that mean for their upcoming game against the Chiefs?

Despite all of this, the Texans and Watson came from down 16-0 on the scoreboard to beat the Bills. One sack and one near-sack on the game-winning drive in overtime is not ideal, but given that most of these sacks came before they started mounting their comeback, everyone involved deserves credit for making adjustments.

Still, more than anything, the Texans were let down by their coaching. That’s probably not news to anyone who consistently saw O’Brien and the Texans outcoached this season, including in the Bills game.

Their next game poses another big challenge. If they can’t keep Watson upright, they’ll lose, and it probably won’t be close. Only four teams scored more points than Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs this year, and the Texans won’t be able to keep up if a bunch of drives are being killed by sacks.

The Texans already beat the Chiefs once this season, and Watson wasn’t sacked once in that Week 6 meeting. However, the circumstances will be different this time.

Kansas City was without Chris Jones, while Frank Clark was playing through a pinched nerve. Jones ended the season with a team-high nine sacks, followed by Clark with eight. Plus, the Chiefs now have veteran Terrell Suggs, and their pass rush produced 13 of its 45 sacks in their final month of the season.

Either way, it’s clear there’s far more at play here for the Texans than a shoddy offensive line or a quarterback who holds onto the football for too long. The Chiefs can win pass rush battles and Andy Reid can win the coaching battle. For the Texans, it will be an uphill climb.

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105 TUPA

= Matt Haack of the Bills punts 60 yards (60) downed by Siran Neal (5) at the 2-yard line (40). 

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Siran Neal.

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Barnburner NFL playoff games between Houston and Buffalo are apparently the rule.

In a roller-coaster AFC wild-card game, the Texans outlasted the Bills 22-19 on Saturday afternoon at NRG Stadium.

Ka’imi Fairbairn made a 28-yard field goal with 3:20 left to send the Texans to the next round.

The Texans (11-6) won’t know their divisional round opponent until the end of Saturday night’s Titans-Patriots game. If the Titans win, the Texans will play at Kansas City next Sunday. If the Patriots win, the Texans will play at Baltimore next Saturday night.

For Houston’s long-suffering NFL fans, it was particularly sweet payback 27 years and one day after the Oilers blew a 35-3 lead in a 41-38 overtime loss at Buffalo in 1993 that remains the biggest collapse in NFL playoff history.

Turnabout was fair play Saturday, with the Texans overcoming a 16-point deficit during the second half. In eerie fashion, this game played out just like the one from 27 years ago: the visitors took a double-digit lead in the second half, the home team rallied to take the lead only to see the guests force extra time before the hosts prevailed in overtime.

On the fourth possession of overtime, the Texans finally broke the stalemate. On second and 6 from the Bills’ 44, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson bounced off a blitz by Bills safety Siran Neal and also escaped a tackle attempt from linebacker Matt Milano.

Watson then found reserve running back Taiwan Jones for a 34-yard catch and run to the Bills’ 10. Fairbairn booted the winning field goal on the next play to keep the Bills (10-7) searching for their first playoff win since 1995.

Earlier in the drive, Watson converted a third-and-18 situation at the Texans’ 19 to maintain possession.

The Texans had a chance to put the game away, but Buffalo stopped Watson on a fourth-down quarterback sneak at the Bills’ 30 with 1:16 left. Texans coach Bill O’Brien eschewed a 47-yard field goal attempt that, if successful, would’ve forced the Bills to score a touchdown to win.

Given another chance, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen drove his team to the Texans’ 29 in 11 plays. and Stephen Hauschka then made his fourth field goal of the game, a 47-yarder with five seconds left, to force overtime.

Watson gave the Texans their first lead of the game after they got the ball at their own 26-yard line with 9:29 left in the fourth quarter trailing 16-11.

On the second play of the drive, Watson found DeAndre Hopkins for 41 yards up the left sideline to put the Texans at the Bills’ 28.

Six plays later, Watson hit Carlos Hyde coming out of the backfield for a 6-yard touchdown pass to give the Texans their first lead. Watson then found Hopkins for the 2-point conversion and a 19-16 advantage with 4:42 remaining.

Trailing 16-0 late in the third quarter, the Texans finally put together a scoring drive. They went 75 yards in nine plays, with Watson scoring on a 20-yard designed run in which he carried Bills defenders into the end zone the final few yards with 1:33 left in the third.

Watson then ran in the ensuing 2-point conversion to draw the Texans within 16-8.

On the Bills’ next possession, Whitney Mercilus forced an Allen fumble at midfield that Jacob Martin recovered. The Texans were able to turn that into a 41-yard field goal by Fairbairn to get within 16-11 with 10:59 left in the fourth quarter.

The Bills seized the early momentum, scoring on their first drive with some bold play-calling.

That included a 42-yard run by Allen to the Houston 20 on a play in which Texans linebacker Brennan Scarlett inexplicably had his back turned to the line of scrimmage at the snap.

Two plays later, wide receiver John Brown threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to an uncovered Allen leaking out of the left side of the formation for a 7-0 lead with 11:41 to go.

The Texans drove into Buffalo territory on each of their first two drives only to punt.

The first possession saw O’Brien challenge a non-call on third down for pass interference only to lose. He then eschewed a 55-yard field goal attempt on fourth down to punt.

The Bills then tacked on two 40-yard field goals by Hauschka during the second quarter, with the second coming with nine seconds left in the half.

As they left the field, the Texans were booed off the field, as they were during home playoff losses in 2015 and 2018.

After Tre’Davious White forced and Tremaine Edmunds recovered a Hopkins fumble at the Texans’ 38 early in the third quarter, the Bills turned it into another Hauschka field goal, this one from 38 yards with 6:08 left, to up their lead to 16-0.