Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills News, 11/9

Bills offer ticket deal for final 3 home games - BuffaloBills.com
"The Buffalo Bills are offering a package of discounted tickets in a bid to fill a combined 57,000 unsold seats available for their final three home games. Calling the promotion a 'December Charge,' CEO Russ Brandon announced the deal on Tuesday, saying the team is offering a 12.5 percent discount when fans buy tickets for all three games."

Season over for DT Williams - BuffaloBills.com
"You never breathe easy when you lose an All-Pro player," Gailey told Buffalobills.com. "That is a huge loss for our football team when he’s not in the game. Not only by his play, but by his leadership and the energy he brings to the game."

Bills sign K Rayner - BuffaloBills.com
"Rayner is all too familiar with serving as an injury replacement in the NFL. Last season he appeared in eight games with Detroit as he filled in for long time Lions kicker Jason Hanson after he was placed on injured reserve with a sprained MCL."

Inside The Bills | RB Jones back for Cowboys?
"Dallas RB Felix Jones, who has missed the last three games with a high ankle sprain might be ready to return to the Cowboys lineup on Sunday against the Bills."

Inside The Bills | Stevie vs. Revis stat note
"According to the stat crunches at ProFootballFocus, Stevie’s three-catch 84-yard day against Revis represents the most yardage he’s surrendered to an opponent in three years."

Inside The Bills | Nelson: "We took a step back"
"The Giants game we felt like we were in and should have won and the Cincinnati game we felt like we should have won," said Nelson in referring to Buffalo’s pair of three-point losses this season. "Those were tough losses, but at the same time you can grow from that. Against the Jets we took a step back. So guys are not very happy about how we played."

Inside The Bills | Moorman unlikely to kick off
"I would rather not go that direction because what I have found and what other people have found is that when you ask a guy to do two things it sort of messes up the one thing he does best," Gailey said.

Inside The Bills | Midseason All-Pro for Fred & Wood
"Bills RB Fred Jackson and C Eric Wood have both been selected for the Pro Football Weekly Midseason All-Pro team. Here is the team they’ve chosen."

Inside The Bills | Ed Wang waived
"Bills former fifth-round pick Ed Wang was released by the club on Tuesday."

Inside The Bills | Rayner by distance
"Bills newly signed kicker Dave Rayner is a career 77.3% FG kicker. Here’s how the 29-year old has fared from the five different distances in his career."

Mad Math on Fourth-and-1 and How Numbers Don't Lie | THE BEST OF NICK MENDOLA
"So what did I do? I went through literally every play of the 2011 season leading up about 5:35 p.m. today. Sixty-two times this year, a team has "gone for it" on 4th-and-1 or 4th-and-inches." Success rates and more fun statistical analysis!

History not on their side as Bills hit the road - The Buffalo News
"From 1990 through the 2010 season in the NFL, there have been 106 road swings. Only nine teams went 3-0. Just 29 had a winning record at 2-1. Fifty-one of those trips ended with the teams going 1-2, and another 17 teams dropped all three games."

Williams placed on I.R.; Rayner signed - The Buffalo News
"He traveled to North Carolina to meet with a foot specialist in a last-gasp effort to save his season, but it was determined the injury – which is believed to be bone spurs affecting his Achilles tendon – was too much to overcome this year."

Bills offering discounted December ticket package - The Buffalo News
"Our whole focus as an organization is to fill the building and provide the home-field advantage that we have enjoyed through the first four [home] games of the year," Bills Chief Executive Officer Russ Brandon said.

Kyle Williams put on IR; Buffalo Bills sign K Dave Rayner | Democrat and Chronicle
"Coming off his first Pro Bowl appearance last season, Williams has been the defense's most consistent player. He was rewarded for that in August, when he signed a six-year contract extension potentially worth $39 million."

Power Rankings: Pats, Bills freefall - AFC East Blog - ESPN
"Like the Patriots, the Bills also dropped seven spots from No. 7 to No. 14 after getting drilled by the Jets, 27-11. I dropped the Bills from No. 6 to No. 15. It's dramatic. But when I was ranking teams, I thought 14 teams were better right now than the Bills."

AFC East Stock Watch - AFC East Blog - ESPN
Ryan Fitzpatrick's stock is falling after his worst game of the year. At least he's in good company, as Tom Brady joins him on the list.

Sanchez-Fitz-Moore Watch - AFC East Blog - ESPN
Any system in which Mark Sanchez is tied with Ryan Fitzpatrick in a conversation about who is having the better season is ridiculous.

Bills Sign K Rayner - WGR 550
"Rayner played in just one game for the Raiders and did not attempt a field goal or extra point. He was 13-of-16 on field goals for the Lions in 2010."