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Dion Dawkins Jerseys Stitched , Fla. (AP) — Jordan Phillips‘ eagerness to get the last word backfired on the Buffalo Bills.The animated defensive tackle drew a costly
penalty for taunting his former team, setting up a touchdown with nine minutes
left that helped the Miami Dolphins rally past Buffalo 21-17 on Sunday.Miami
turned away two Bills drives down the stretch, and Charles Clay made a diving
try but failed to catch Josh Allen's desperation fourth-down pass at the goal
line in the final minute. "This one hurts a lot," Allen said.The rookie
quarterback threw for 231 yards and ran for 135 to set a franchise record for
rushing yards by a quarterback for the second week in a row. Miami won despite
being outgained 415-175."It beats the heck out of the alternative," said Miami's
Ryan Tannehill, who threw three touchdown passes .The Dolphins (6-6) snapped a
two-game losing streak and won for only the third time since Week 3, helping
their slim playoff chances. The Bills (4-8) will play their customary role of
spoilers in the final weeks, assured of finishing at .500 or worse for the 16th
time in the past 19 years.Phillips had said he was eager to settle old scores
with the Dolphins after they released him in Week 5, and Miami was trying to
rally from a three-point deficit when he tackled Kenyan Drake for a 4-yard loss
deep in Bills territory.Phillips rose, pushed Drake's leg away and drew a
15-yard penalty for taunting.When asked to describe the call, Phillips said,
"Borderline is very generous. … I hit someone's foot
Matt Milano Jersey , and that's an unsportsmanlike conduct? OK."Bills coach Sean McDermott tempered his critique of Phillips' penalty."He's playing
emotional football," McDermott said. "He made a great play in the backfield, but
at the same time, you can't beat yourself. If that's how they're going to call
it, that's how they're going to call it, and we have to play smarter than
that."On the play after the infraction, the Bills stopped Miami for another
loss, and Phillips directed showy applause toward the Miami bench. Bills coaches
then took him out of the game, and he watched from the sideline as Tannehill hit
Kenny Stills with a 13-yard scoring pass for a 21-17 lead.Allen then drove the
Bills to the Miami 23 before he was sacked on consecutive plays, and Stephen
Hauschka missed a 55-yard field goal attempt.The Bills drove 65 yards in the
final 2 1/2 minutes but again came up short — literally. A completion to Zay
Jones at the 6 was overturned by a replay review. Allen's final pass was
off-balance, wobbly and underthrown, but Clay said he should have made the
grab."I just didn't come down with it
Jim Kelly Jersey ," Clay said. "You've just got to catch it. I feel like I let everybody down."Allen threw touchdown passes of 15 and 25 yards to Jones,
and the duo also connected on a 2-point conversion. But Allen was intercepted
twice by Xavien Howard and twice missed open receivers for potential scores.A
muffed punt by the Bills' Isaiah McKenzie led to the Dolphins' second touchdown,
which put them ahead 14-6.FIERY BILLSAfter the game, Phillips walked toward the
Miami sideline and traded hugs with many of his former teammates.Meanwhile,
Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes confronted an official in the tunnel near the
locker room. Hughes accused the official of calling him a vulgar name."I'll
catch you. I'll catch you, guaranteed," Hughes shouted, waving his index finger,
as he was pulled away by Bills officials.Hughes later declined to elaborate on
the reason for his anger."I was angry?" he said. "I lost the game, so I am
supposed to be angry."INJURY REPORTBills C Russell Bodine left in the first
quarter with a left leg injury and did not return.Dolphins reserve CB Cornell
Armstrong left with a knee injury.UP NEXTThe Dolphins play host to AFC East New
England on Sunday. The Patriots won the earlier meeting 38-7 in Week 4.The Bills
play at home Sunday against the New York Jets, who lost an earlier meeting 41-10
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Taormina-USA TODAY SportsFor the past 20 years, the Buffalo Bills haven't made
the playoffs more than once. The stretch of losing and not making the playoffs
for 17 years straight made Buffalo and the Bills seem like a laughingstock.
Despite the recent culture change that a lot of us closely connected to the team
can see on a daily basis, others don't have that same feeling. Antonio Brown not
wanting to play for the Bills sparked conversation among fans about who had the
better city and team. Robert Klemko of Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning
Quarterback asked 15 NFL agents to poll the top-five most and least desirable
free-agency destinations. One of the agents told Klemko that each player’s
desires are going to be different but there are generally a few factors they
look for right off the bat.“There are so many factors to consider and every
player is different,” one agent told Klemko, “but typically we look at winning
culture/tradition, opportunity [for playing time], income tax laws, market, area
of the country, and sometimes weather.”The top five featured all of those
things: The Dallas Cowboys received votes from 11 of the 15 agents. After that,
the Seattle Seahawks (8 votes)
http://www.thebillslockerroom.com/authentic-bruce-smith-jersey , Miami Dolphins (8), Los Angeles Rams (7), and Atlanta Falcons (5) rounded out
the top five.The bottom five were topped by teams that had fallen on hard times.
The Bills were worst with 12 of 15 votes followed closely by the Oakland Raiders
with 11. Further down, the Cincinnati Bengals (8), Detorit Lions (7), and
Cleveland Browns (6) finished off the worst five. Only three of the agents
interviewed didn't have the Bills in their bottom five and for at least one it’s
because of the new brass. “I think they’re turning things around in Buffalo,”
the agent said. “That regime is doing things the right way.”Over the past few
days we have seen that Buffalo isn't in the bottom five for the multiple free
agents the Bills have come to terms with thus far. For fans, the narrative is
only really used to argue with other fan bases on Twitter, but if the Bills want
to change that narrative throughout league circles, they have to win.
