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Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers - Week 5
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ARI
STL		 3
 17
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PHI
PIT		 14
 16
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MIA
CIN		 17
 13
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GB
IND		 27
 30
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CLE
NYG		 27
 41
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BAL
KC		 9
 6
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ATL
WAS		 24
 17
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TEN
MIN		 7
 30
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CHI
JAC		 41
 3
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SEA
CAR		 16
 12
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DEN
NE		 21
 31
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BUF
SF		 3
 45
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SD
NO		 24
 31
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HOU
NYJ		 23
 17
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

49ers 24, Bills 13

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 21 Ryan Fitzpatrick Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 22 Fred Jackson Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 29 C.J. Spiller Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 31 Steve Johnson Rec: 7-80, 0 TD
WR 46 Donald Jones Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 15 Scott Chandler Rec: 4-40, 1 TD
K 20 Rian Lindell FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1
DEF 15 Defense / ST  
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San Francisco 49ers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 25 Alex Smith Pass: 200, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 7 Frank Gore Rush: 110, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 34 Kendall Hunter Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 38 Michael Crabtree Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
WR 61 Mario Manningham Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 66 Randy Moss Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 4 Vernon Davis Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
K 12 David Akers FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 2 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bills Club has NFL-high 16 TDs in '12 (12 pass, 4 rush)... QB Ryan Fitzpatrick joined JOE FERGUSON (1st 4 games in '75) & HOFer JIM KELLY (1st 4 games in '92) as only players in team history to throw multiple TDs in each of 1st 4 games of season... RB Fred Jackson aims for 5th consecutive game with 100+ rush yards (111, 121, 120, 114) vs. NFC. Jackson (178) needs 3 rec. to surpass JOE CRIBBS (180) for 2nd-most career rec. among Buf. RBs (THURMAN THOMAS, 456). RB C.J. Spiller averages 8.31 yards per carry in '12, trailing only HOFer JIM BROWN in '63 (8.51 avg., 78 att. 664 yards) & CHARLIE GARNER in '02 (8.35 avg., 40 att., 334 yards) for highest yards-per-carry avg. through team's 1st 4 games of season since '60 (min. 40 att.)... WR Donald Jones had career-long 68-yard TD catch last week... TE Scott Chandler is tied among TEs with NFL-best 4 TD rec... DT KYLE WILLIAMS (Kyle Williams, Kyle Williams) (Kyle Williams, Kyle Williams) has 3.5 sacks in past 3... S Jairus Byrd had 2 FFs & FR last week.

49ers In career, SF is 12-0 when QB Alex Smith starts & has 100+ rating. Has won 17 of past 21 starts. QB Colin Kaepernick rushed for 50 yards & 1st career TD last week... 49ers had 3 rushing TDs vs. Jets: Kaepernick & RBs Frank Gore & Kendall Hunter. 49ers rushed for 245 yards in Week 4. Since 2006, Gore has 7,343 rush yards, 2nd most in NFL... Incl. playoffs, TE Vernon Davis has 8 TDs in past 6. Since Jan. 1 (incl. playoffs), Davis ties for lead among all NFL players with 8 rec. TDs. Since 2009 (incl. playoffs), leads NFL TEs with 34 TDs. WR Randy Moss has 12 TDs in 10 career meetings. In 11/18/07 game vs. Buf. (with NE), Moss had career-high 4 rec. TDs (10 catches for 128 yards). WR Michael Crabtree aims for 12th in row with 2+ catches. WR Mario Manningham had 5 catches for 56 yards in last game vs. Buf. (10/16/11 with NYG)... DT Justin Smith had sack in last game vs. Buf. Has started 175 games in row, 3rd longest active streak by defensive player. LB Aldon Smith has 18.5 sacks in past 17. LB Patrick Willis had INT last week. Since 2007, is 1 of 5 players with 15+ sacks (17) & 5+ INTs (6). CB Carlos Rogers had 51-yard FR-TD last week.


Results and Schedule
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NYJ A L 28-48 -20
2 2012-09-16 KC H W 35-17 +18
3 2012-09-23 CLE A W 24-14 +10
4 2012-09-30 NE H L 28-52 -24
5 2012-10-07 SF A L 3-45 -42
6 2012-10-14 ARI A    
7 2012-10-21 TEN H    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 HOU A    
10 2012-11-11 NE A    
11 2012-11-15 MIA H    
12 2012-11-25 IND A    
13 2012-12-02 JAC H    
14 2012-12-09 STL H    
15 2012-12-16 SEA H    
16 2012-12-23 MIA A    
17 2012-12-30 NYJ H    
   
San Francisco 49ers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 GB A W 30-22 +8
2 2012-09-16 DET H W 27-19 +8
3 2012-09-23 MIN A L 13-24 -11
4 2012-09-30 NYJ A W 34-0 +34
5 2012-10-07 BUF H W 45-3 +42
6 2012-10-14 NYG H    
7 2012-10-18 SEA H    
8 2012-10-29 ARI A    
9   Bye      
10 2012-11-11 STL H    
11 2012-11-19 CHI H    
12 2012-11-25 NO A    
13 2012-12-02 STL A    
14 2012-12-09 MIA H    
15 2012-12-16 NE A    
16 2012-12-23 SEA A    
17 2012-12-30 ARI H    

Injury Report
Buffalo Bills
Out  DE Spencer Johnson (ankle)
Questionable  FS Jairus Byrd (hip)
Probable  TE Scott Chandler (head)
 WR Donald Jones (head)
IR  CB Ron Brooks (foot, 9/4)
 WR David Nelson (knee, 9/11)
   
San Francisco 49ers
Questionable  RB Brandon Jacobs (knee)
 CB Carlos Rogers (ankle)
 NT Isaac Sopoaga (knee)
Probable  ILB Navorro Bowman (shoulder)
IR  OLB Parys Haralson (undisclosed, 9/3)
PUP  OLB Darius Fleming (knee)

Offense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Offense 		 SF
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 28.8 26.0 23.7 BUF
Rushing yards 158.0 167.0 109.9 SF
Rushing yards per attempt 5.14 5.43 4.09 SF
Completion % 57.6% 66.7% 62.2% SF
Passing yards 229.8 179.3 243.5 BUF
Passing yards per completion 12.76 9.43 11.06 BUF
Passing yards per attempt 7.35 6.29 6.88 BUF
Interceptions 1.8 0.3 0.9 SF
Fumbles lost 1.0 0.8 0.7 SF
Sacks allowed 1.0 3.0 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 46.0% 33.3% 37.9% BUF
4th down conversions 100.0% 100.0% 60.9% -
Time of possession 30:03 31:31 30:18 SF
  Defense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Defense 		 SF
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 32.8 16.3 23.7 SF
Rushing yards 137.0 79.5 109.9 SF
Rushing yards per attempt 4.85 3.24 4.09 SF
Completion % 61.5% 59.6% 62.2% SF
Passing yards 269.5 197.8 243.5 SF
Passing yards per completion 11.85 9.42 11.06 SF
Passing yards per attempt 7.28 5.61 6.88 SF
INT return 1.0 0.8 0.9 BUF
Fumble recoveries 1.0 1.3 0.7 SF
Sacks 2.5 2.0 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 44.0% 38.2% 37.9% SF
4th down conversions 0.0% 66.7% 60.9% BUF
Time of possession 29:57 28:30 30:18 SF

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   BUF   SF  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 29.7 11.5 10.6 BUF
Yards per kick return 22.7 30.4 24.7 SF
Yards allowed per punt return 20.7 22.5 10.6 BUF
Yards allowed per kick return 24.1 28.4 24.7 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   BUF   SF  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.0 6.8 6.5 BUF
Penalty yards 44.0 63.8 57.5 BUF

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Buffalo Bills vs. San Francisco 49ers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 12 2001-12-02 BUF SF 0-35 SF
2004 16 2004-12-26 BUF SF 41-7 BUF
2008 13 2008-11-30 SF BUF 10-3 SF

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.