New England Loyalists gamble just three passes dominate on the ground in palm over Buffalo Bills

 New England Loyalists gamble just three passes, dominate on the ground in palm over Buffalo Bills

 

 
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Taking the ball out of novitiate quarterback Mac Jones' hands in wind gusts over 40 country miles per hour and counting on their handling game, the New England Loyalists defeated the Buffalo Bills 14-10 at Highmark Stadium on Monday night to enter their bye week as theNo. 1 seed in the AFC.
Overall, Jones was just 2-of-3 for 19 yards, while the Loyalists ran for 222 yards on 46 carries.

The three passing attempts are the smallest ever in Loyalists history, while the two completions match their smallest, according to ESPN Stats & Information exploration. The three pass attempts were the smallest by any platoon since the Bills tried just two in Week 3 of the 1974 season (vs. the New York Spurts).
The Loyalists' smallest pass attempts in a game was preliminarily five, which came in the 1982"Snow Plow" game against the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough, Massachusetts-- a game played in a driving snowstorm that was scoreless in the fourth quarter when colosseum worker Mark Henderson drove a tractor on to the field to clear a spot for the only field thing of the game.
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The Loyalists ameliorate to 9-4, with the Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Elephants and Kansas City Chiefs all 8-4. The Bills, meanwhile, drop to 7-5 and their periphery for error to win the AFC East has been weakened.

Jones threw just one pass in the first half-- when the Loyalists led 11-7 at the break-- and completed it for 12 yards. The pass sailed high in the wind and tight end Jonnu Smith pulled it down.

That was the smallest first- half pass attempts by a platoon since at least 1978, which is as far back as data is available, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The former record was two, which happed three times, most lately by the Indianapolis Fledglings in Week 14 of 2017-- also in Buffalo, in snowy conditions.

Overall, Jones' only other completion was a screen pass in the fourth quarter.

The only other games in Loyalists history in which they completed just two passes came in December of 1982, and November of 1969-- both against the Miami Dolphins.

Their one end first down tied for the alternate smallest in ballot history, and was their smallest sinceDec. 4, 1983. The Pittsburgh Steelers were the last platoon in the NFL that won a game with one or smaller passing first campo, doing so in 2010 with Dennis Dixon as their quarterback.

OWINGS Manufactories,Md.-- Pro Bowl cornerback Marlon Humphrey was diagnosed with a season- ending right pectoral muscle gash on Monday, maybe the biggest loss in a season filled with injuries for the Baltimore Ravens.

Humphrey, 25, came the seventh starter (and third in the secondary) to get sidelined for the season for the Ravens (8-4), who cleave to first place in the AFC North by one game. He was injured in Sunday's 20-19 loss in Pittsburgh to the Steelers when he tried to attack Diontae Johnson before the wide receiver scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

Ravens trainer John Harbaugh said Humphrey will suffer surgery to repair the torn pectoral muscle.

"We will go on with the guys we have got,"Harbaugh said Monday."We've really good players who can step by and play and be ready to go."

Ravens trainer John Harbaugh said Humphrey will suffer surgery to repair the torn pectoral muscle.

"We will go on with the guys we have got,"Harbaugh said Monday."We've really good players who can step by and play and be ready to go."

njuries have depleted a Baltimore platoon that has reached the playoffs the once three seasons. After Humphrey is placed on injured reserve, the Ravens will have$44.3 million of their payment cap on IR-- which accounts for 25 of their cap.

Three of Baltimore's players with the five biggest cap successes-- descent attack Ronnie Stanley ($10.042 million), cornerback Marcus Peters ($9.968 million) and Humphrey ($8.44 million)-- have suffered season- ending injuries. Overall, the Ravens have lost 11 players who'll make further than$ this season.

Baltimore has placed at least one player on injured reserve in four of the once five weeks. The Ravens' total number of players on injured reserve will increase to 17 when Humphrey is added.

"I mean, we have got a lot of injuries, so we have been dealing with stress all season, and we have still been suitable to overcome it,"Ravens nose attack Brandon Williams said after Sunday's game." So, that is what we plan on doing. It's a' coming man up' intelligence, so the show must go on. We supplicate that Marlon (Humphrey) makes it back. We supplicate that everybody who's down right now gets healed up, but we still have games to play. Coming week, we've the (Cleveland) Browns, so we've to concentrate on that."

With Humphrey out, the Ravens are anticipated to start Chris Westry in his spot, if he is healthy. Harbaugh said he anticipates Westry ( ham) and fellow cornerback Kevon Seymour ( reserve/ COVID-19 list) to return for Sunday's game at the Cleveland Browns after missing last game. Last week, all five cornerbacks on the 53- man canon missed at least one practice because of an injury or illness.

Through 11 games, the Ravens have lost three starters to season- ending injuries in the secondary Humphrey, Peters ( torn ACL) and safety DeShon Elliott ( torn biceps). Strong safety Chuck Clark is the only remaining starter in the secondary from the morning of the season.

Baltimore is allowing272.4 yards passing (second-worst in the NFL). The Ravens finish the season against three top-10 rated quarterbacks in Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow.