to the tight end room"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections NewsNotesOpinionAnalysisDiscussionPodcastNFL DraftSalary CapNFL Free Agency2019 Buffalo Bills free agencyFormer Buffalo Bills tight end Lee Smith visiting team for possible reunion New Vladimir Ducasse Jerseys 2019 ,50commentsThe eight-year veteran would add some wisdom to the tight end roomEDTShareTweetShareShareFormer Buffalo Bills tight end Lee Smith visiting team for possible reunion The Buffalo Bills have been doing their homework on veteran tight ends to add to the roster.Early Thursday morning, it was reported the Bills were interested in Ben Watson, who ended up signing a one-year deal with the New England Patriots. On One Bills Live, Bills’ linebacker Lorenzo Alexander announced that the Bills would be hosting Lee Smith after spending the last four seasons with the Oakland Raiders. “Most rooms have a guy that’s at least been in the league six or seven years... Maybe the only position that doesn’t have that is probably tight end. That’s why you have a guy like Lee Smith coming in on a visit,” said Alexander. Smith was the second tight end for the Bills for four years from 2011-2014. During that time, he appeared in 56 games with the Bills including 34 starts. Smith hauled in just 20 catches and 144 yards for three touchdowns during that time. His production with the Raiders increased mildly while his main role as a blocker stayed the same. Smith has 56 receptions for 392 yards and seven touchdowns over his eight-year career. He has also been a contributor on special teams, having played 203 snaps for the Raiders in the 2018 season. Smith would be a veteran presence in the locker room for a group of young and inexperienced tight ends. His abilities as a pass-catcher may be slim, but as a run-blocker and a guy who has a lot of professional experience over his eight NFL seasons he would provide a tremendous amount of value. It will be interesting to see if the Bills add Smith to a relatively crowded tight end room that includes Tyler Kroft, Jason Croom, and rookies Dawson Knox (third round pick) and Tommy Sweeney (seventh round pick). Check back with Buffalo Rumblings for all of the latest on the potential signing of tight end Lee Smith. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills had more turnovers than points while scuffling through much of the first three quarters against the New York Jets.None of those early struggles mattered in the end.Article continues below ...Allen threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to John Brown with 3 minutes left, and the Bills overcame four early turnovers to rally from a 16-point second-half deficit and stun Le’Veon Bell and the Jets 17-16 in the season opener Sunday.“We continued to fight White Jason Croom Jerseys ,” Brown said. “We didn’t point any fingers. We just kept fighting until the time was up.”After struggling to get much going on offense, the Bills finally were able to move the ball after Jets middle linebacker C.J. Mosley, who had two takeaways including an interception for a touchdown, left with a groin injury late in the third quarter.“When he went out, it was kind of a game changer,” Allen said, “as far as they didn’t have somebody that vocal in the middle of the field that was able to make all their calls and all their checks.”Buffalo also took advantage of kicking woes by the Jets as Kaare Vedvik, claimed last week off waivers from Minnesota, missed an extra point and a 45-yard attempt.“We’ve just got to get better,” said Adam Gase, coaching his first game for the Jets. “We have to make extra points. We have to make field goals. We can’t be losing out on points in those areas of the field.”Bell caught a touchdown pass and had a 2-point conversion in his Jets debut, and Jamison Crowder had 14 catches for 99 yards in his first game with his new team — but Gase’s offense otherwise sputtered behind a line that gave Sam Darnold little time to throw.“We were inept on offense Jason Croom Jerseys 2019 ,” Gase said flatly.Allen finished 24 of 37 for 254 yards and a touchdown, and had one of his two interceptions returned 17 yards for a touchdown by Mosley. Brown caught seven passes for 123 yards. The Bills’ defense limited the Jets to 223 total yards.“I don’t think many teams can turn the ball over four times in the first half and only be down 6-0,” Allen said. “It speaks volumes about who they are, the character they have and how they’re coached.”Darnold was 28 of 41 for 175 yards and the TD to Bell, who ran for 60 yards on 17 carries. The running back, who sat out all last season in a contract dispute with Pittsburgh, also caught six passes for 32 yards.Leading 8-0 in the third quarter, it appeared the Jets scored on a 5-yard throw from Darnold to Ryan Griffin, but the play was overturned as Quincy Enunwa was called for offensive pass interference.Two plays later, New York got into the end zone again — and it counted — as Bell reached down for a low throw and stepped into the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown.Gase then opted for the 2-point conversion and Bell leaped in the back of the end zone and came down with Darnold’s desperate heave to put New York up 16-0 with 7:01 left in the third quarter.Buffalo got onto the scoreboard on its next possession on Stephen Hauschka’s 43-yard field goal. The drive was kept alive when Henry Anderson was called for roughing the passer on third-and-10 from the Jets 49. A diving Marcus Maye also dropped an interception on the play right before Hauschka’s field goal.Mosley injured his groin during the drive while breaking up a pass into the end zone. Rookie Blake Cashman replaced him, but the loss of New York’s middle linebacker made a difference on Buffalo’s next drive.Rookie Devin Singletary gouged the defense on runs of 23, 12 and 15 yards White Rafael Bush Jerseys , and Allen capped the impressive drive by pump faking, taking off to his right and stepping inside the right-front pylon to make it 16-10 with 10:21 remaining.“I felt like our energy died, man,” Jets safety Jamal Adams said. “We weren’t playing team ball. Any time you do that, a team’s going to take advantage of it.”FIRST IMPRESSIONSMosley, making his Jets debut after five years with Baltimore, snatched a tipped pass from Allen and took it 17 yards into the end zone for a touchdown less than five minutes into the game.But Vedvik clanked the extra point off the left upright.Vedvik is the third kicker with the team since training camp began, with Chandler Catanzaro retiring after struggling in the preseason opener and Taylor Bertolet missing three field goals in the preseason finale.SAFETY DANCEBrian Poole and Jordan Jenkins combined to stuff Frank Gore before he could get out of the end zone for a safety, giving the Jets an 8-0 lead 3:08 into the second half.MAKING HISTORYBell became the fastest player in NFL history to get 8,000 yards from scrimmage for his career. He reached the milestone with a 5-yard run, his first carry for New York in the first quarter of his 63rd career game. The 27-year-old Bell entered the game with 7,996 yards from scrimmage.The previous fastest was Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson Rafael Bush Jerseys 2019 , who accomplished the feat in 64 games.“It’s definitely overshadowed by losing,” Bell said. “Obviously, it’s a nice accolade, I guess, but right now it don’t really matter. I’m just trying to get a ‘W.'”INJURIESBills: S Taron Johnson left with a hamstring injury.Jets: Rookie DL Quinnen Williams, the No. 3 overall pick, left in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury and was seen leaving the stadium in a walking boot.UP NEXTBills: Play at MetLife Stadium for the second straight week when they face the New York Giants next Sunday.Jets: At home against Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns next Monday night.