Archives for October 23, 2015

'“We planned on it … that we were gonna go through these tough times,” he said. “Let’s get away from everybody. We’ve got no problem facing the music (but) we’re obviously disappointed. We’re disappointing ourselves, we’re disappointing our fans. But we’re gonna do what we can to right the ship.”'

'“There are so many bars, the logistics would be just too much, I think, for the liquor board to give so many places a permit to open early” he said. “For us, I think it would be very hard to control the football crowd — everyone wants to tailgate and drink, which is a natural thing. But the problem with that is that you can’t tailgate on a licensed premise because of liquor law. Instead, I think it’d just be better to open at noon.”'

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'Harvin, 27, is less than halfway through the first season of a three-year contract he signed with the Bills last March. He’s due to receive $6 million this year, including a $3 million signing bonus. The final two seasons are voidable by the Bills.'

'“Huge, huge, huge adjustments have been made,” Roman said. “And that’s to be expected. But that’s just part of life in the NFL. You adapt or die and we’re adapting and we want to live and prosper. We’ll make whatever adjustments are necessary.”'

'The number of avid NFL followers is surely lower. You have to know whom to look for, that’s all. It’s largely a generational phenomenon. Interest in American football is rising among the younger population, who are heirs to a global, connected society and more open to being exposed to new pastimes.'

'“A hip injury like Percy is going through – and I’m not sure what he’s been diagnosed with – impacts everything you do,” Wohlabaugh, the former Frontier High and Syracuse offensive lineman, said Thursday. “It impacts when you stand up, when you sit down, and when you get on the ground and play with your kids, everything.'

'“I want to win, of course,” Manuel said. “It’s not to necessarily get back at Coach Marrone or anything like that. I don’t hold grudges, man. You know me. He was our coach last year. He’s not our coach anymore.”'

'"We definitely want this ‘W,’" Dixon said. "And we’re going to do whatever it takes to get it. We know Marrone and Hackett are over there. So it’s a competitive sport. He’s not going to say that but we’re all competitors. I know he wants to win badder than anybody affiliated with the Bills. So to stick it to them, yeah, I hope he does. I hope he carves ‘em up.”'

'Bills 24, Jaguars 14.'

'Ryan could have waited until Friday to rule out Taylor, but there was no point in that because, as he said, "I'm sure you guys figured it out. Tyrod did a nice job yesterday, we split the reps, but as he came back in the evening, our doctors were looking at him and he still has some soreness in that knee so that means when you touch it and it's still sore, it hasn't healed. We're not going to force this young man and put him out there when he's really not 100 percent, so he won't play in the game."'

'Harvin missed a good chunk of training camp and all of the preseason dealing with the hip injury, and he has been given rest days every Wednesday of the regular season. After playing in the first five games, Harvin could not go last week against Cincinnati, and even if he doesn't decide to call it quits, it seems like he's going to be sidelined for several weeks, if not the rest of this year.'

'As birthdays go, I guess this qualifies as rather special because none of my previous 52 birthdays were ever spent out of the United States. Of course, given the time of year my birthday falls, I'm always doing something regarding the Bills and today was no different.'

'The hotel, which is just 11 years old, used to be a mansion that the Earl of Clarendon lived in. It has a professional golf course that will host the British Masters in 2016, a five-star spa and numerous tea rooms and upscale restaurants. That's a bit nicer than the Bills' usual stops on the road.'

'How much did Yahoo pay for these exclusive rights? The company, and the league, wouldn't say, but industry analysts estimated the cost to be around $20 million, according to tech news site Re/code.'