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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Corey Graham was in the midst of discussing why its unfair to pin all the blame on the Bills secondary for giving up big plays, when the safety was informed how many completions of 50 yards or longer Buffalo has given up this season.Graham was stunned to learn its already happened seven times in nine games.Really? Thats terrible, the 10th-year player said, sitting at his locker in wide-eyed disbelief on Wednesday. Thats crazy.Its also unacceptable, Graham said, because defending deep passes shouldnt be difficult.This league is pretty simple as a defensive back: Keep the ball in front of you, he said. Its just guys have to focus on their technique, and when the balls in the air, youve got to make the play.The Bills havent made nearly enough plays, which is why coach Rex Ryan is seriously considering making changes at cornerback as Buffalo (4-5) comes out of its bye week off to play at Cincinnati (3-5-1) on Sunday.Offseason free-agent addition Corey White is competing with Ronald Darby to take over the starting spot opposite Stephon Gilmore. And rookie sixth-round draft pick Kevon Seymour is in line to replace Nickell Robey-Coleman for the No. 3 spot.Im tired of mistakes, Ryan said, foregoing what has traditionally been his player-friendly approach. Im not here to make friends. Im here to win.The seven completions of over 50 yards matches the number the Bills gave up in their two previous seasons combined. This years total already surpasses any season total Buffalos had during its 16-season playoff drought.Weve got to start making plays and making teams pay for throwing jump balls up, Ryan said. Im tired of seeing it. And Im sure our fans are as well. Were playing pretty good defense, but thats killing us.Its a concern that began in Buffalos season-opening 13-7 loss at Baltimore, when Joe Flacco hit Mike Wallace for a 66-yard touchdown pass. And the trend resurfaced over the past four games during which the Bills have given up five 50-plus-yard catches while failing to manage an interception.The final straw came in a 31-25 loss at Seattle on Nov. 7, when Ryan benched Darby shortly after the second-year starter gave up a 50-yard pass to Doug Baldwin on the Seahawks fifth play from scrimmage.Ryan said hes not particularly singling out Darby because theres plenty of blame to go around. And yet, he placed the onus on Darby to regain the teams confidence in him.Its just not his confidence, its about our confidence, Ryan said. We need Darby to play the way hes capable of playing. And if theres a reason hes not ... weve got to ask ourselves why its happening.Gilmores play has been inconsistent , too. He was burned several times in a 37-31 loss to the Jets in Week 2. And a miscommunication led to Chris Hogan beating Gilmore for a 53-yard TD catch in New Englands 41-25 win last month.The secondary has played without a key component since hard-hitting safety Aaron Williams sustained a season-ending neck injury at Miami on Oct. 23 -- a 28-25 loss, which prompted Buffalos three-game skid.And yet, this is not what Ryan was expecting from a position group that was the defenses strength a year ago, when Buffalos front seven had difficulty generating pass rush.This year, the struggles have been reversed. Buffalo has an NFL-leading 30 sacks, but ranks tied for 18th with just six interceptions -- four coming against Arizona.Tackle Kyle Williams pins the blame on the entire defense.Were all in this together, Williams said. We need to do better. Point blank.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLAir Max Plus Near Me . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side. Scarpe Paul George Scontate . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. http://www.airmaxshoponlineitalia.it/scontate-vapormax-outlet.html . LOUIS -- St. Kd Scarpe Basket Scontate . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Air Max 720 Italia . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose.Five years ago, Usman Khawaja made his debut at a grim moment for Australian cricket.His first Test innings was at the SCG against England in the New Years Test of 2011. The Barmy Army dominated the atmosphere, Englands cricketers dominated the scoreboard, and in the stands James Sutherland, Cricket Australias chief executive, was making his first gestures towards constituting the Argus Review in the wake of what would be the third innings defeat of that Ashes series.In that prevailing mood of gloom, Khawajas handy first-up innings of 37 was praised in the manner a desert wanderer might welcome an oasis. Yes, Khawaja played well, most notably firing off a ripping pull shot from his very first ball, but over time he was bogged down and ultimately fell sweeping Graeme Swann just before rain arrived. Even so, Khawaja was called upon to speak to the press afterwards, and remarked I had so much fun out there.Three coaches, three captains and 20 Khawaja Tests later, Australian cricket was again at a difficult juncture, this time in Adelaide. Khawaja was no longer the starry-eyed youth, but an established player needing to do better. Before play on day two, Sutherland told ABC Radio that he and the board had encouraged the selectors to push for youth even before former chairman Rod Marsh chose to resign.That made Khawaja one of three experienced members in the top six, alongside David Warner and Steven Smith. He was thus commissioned with the task of minding three young debutants - Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson. The passage of time turns debutants into older salts, pupils into teachers and foot soldiers into officers. While most eyes were on Renshaw, Handscomb and Maddinson, it was Khawaja who grew noticeably in their presence.For too many of the intervening years, Khawaja has been given to moments that betrayed his obvious talent with lapses in concentration or work ethic - a slight as much perceived as real. He appeared to have made a quantum leap last summer with a quartet of Test hundreds, but a dire tour of Sri Lanka followed by a costly dropping of the guard in Hobart raised those old questions once more.When the final morning began at Bellerive, a former teammate could tell from the boundary that Khawaja seemed in an absent-minded mood, his feet not moving in concert with his bat. Duly, a flat-footed swish and edge behind ushered a violent end to the match. Afterwards, coach Darren Lehmann pointedly omitted Khawaja from his list of players guaranteed their places.What followed was a sequence of impressive maturity. First, Khawaja led Queensland to victory over South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match while making a crisp first-innings hundred. Second, he accepted a move into the slips cordon by snaffling a sharp chance from Dean Elgar.But third, and most memorably, he adapted to the impromptu commission of opener - via David Waarners tardiness and Faf du Plessis opportunism - to survive till stumps when the ball hooped around in the evening on day one.dddddddddddd. He shepherded Renshaw expertly, even as the 20-year-old showed his own excellent judgment around the off stump. Renshaw did a decent job to blunt the new ball before edging a good one from Kyle Abbott on the second afternoon, but he had a willing ally in Khawaja.A notion discussed by numerous former Australian players over the past few weeks - of batting disasters - has been that of earning the right to play the way you want to play. A batsmans natural game is only useful when allied to methods less so, geared at surviving tough periods to prosper later. Khawaja did not divert from what his instincts told him to do in Hobart, to the teams cost. But in Adelaide he showed mighty forbearance, playing an innings for others to build around. Consecutive stands of 137 with Steven Smith and 99 with Handscomb brought a level of solidity to Australia that had not been witnessed since the Sri Lanka Tests began. If he played some part in the run out that wrecked Smiths innings, he then atoned by making sure that Handscomb was able to get going in Tests. Like Khawaja, Handscomb has a method far from textbook, but the self-knowledge to make it work.While they motored along together, it was possible to glimpse a brighter future for Australian batting. For the first time since David Warners partnership with Shaun Marsh early in the first Test, it was also possible to see furrowed South African brows. It was during this time that Khawaja went to three figures, raising his bat and head skywards to mark the moment. Five Test hundreds have now flowed form his bat, none better than this.One more episode remained for Khawaja to negotiate when Abbott burst the second new ball through Handscomb. Neither Maddinson nor Matthew Wade could make much of the movement on offer under floodlights, the former showing a defensive porousness that will need significant tightening if he is to prosper at this level. At Wades dismissal, edging a seamer, Khawaja reeled away in frustration, for he could see another collapse in the offing.But he was able to find support from Mitchell Starc, the man who had hobbled through for the winning runs against New Zealand in the corresponding match last year, and who like Khawaja has graduated near enough to senior player status due to the recent raft of team changes. Together they forged through to stumps, putting Australia ahead of the game with the chance to prosper further.Like his debut, Khawaja has found himself batting for a team in tribulation. Unlike his debut, he has responded with something of genuine substance. He has earned the right to respect.He is now a senior player. ' ' '