"The Buffalo Bills got back to doing what they do best on Sunday, focusing primarily on the running game.

They ran the ball 32 times, 15 more than in the season opener last week, for 124 yards. But another inept passing performance undermined what the Bills were able to do on the ground in a 34-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Surprisingly, Marshawn Lynch was the starter and primary ball carrier for the Bills, running for 64 yards on 17 carries. It was his first start since Week 10 at Jacksonville last year and the most rushing attempts he has had in 11 games dating to last year's Oct. 25 contest at Carolina. He had only three carries for 13 yards in the season-opening loss to Miami.

Fred Jackson's touches increased, too, from four rushes last week to nine on Sunday. He finished with 39 yards and the Bills' only touchdown.

Conspicuous by his absence in the backfield was rookie C.J. Spiller, who got just one fourth-quarter carry. He did lead the team with four catches, but most of his time was spent returning kickoffs. He had a good day in that area, averaging 29 yards on six returns, with a long of 41 yards.

"We got Marshawn and Fred more involved today," Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "We didn't put C.J. in there as much. We were going to use him on third down and continue to work him back in slowly as time goes on. We just felt like that was the best way to try to attack [the Packers], with the way their offense was, to run the football and try to keep our third downs in manageable distance and convert those and get the ball down the field. That was our thought process. It worked on one drive and it didn't work the rest of the time."

The Bills' lone scoring drive was ignited by the running game as Lynch and Jackson accounted for 49 yards on seven carries in an eight-play, 80-yard drive (24 came on a pass interference penalty) capped by Jackson's 3-yard run.

But after gaining 82 yards in the first half, the Bills' run game ground to a halt. Lynch had just 12 yards on seven carries and Jackson was three for 13 in the second half."