Archives for December 5, 2015

'Twice, he’s had 20½ in a season and through 11 games this year, the three-time Pro Bowler has 13½. By comparison, the Bills have 16 TOTAL … 10 of them by their quarter-billion-dollar defensive line.'

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'“I don’t like standing for the entire game,” he said in a phone interview. “It’s like the whole section stands. I can see standing for big plays, or when it’s third (down) and short, or it’s in the red zone. But now it seems like it’s for almost the whole game. For the New England game, we stood for the entire game.”'

'“It makes us switch up certain things that we do,” Williams said. “Now, we might have to do this, we might have to go that way and might not be in the same, as comfortable a position as we’ve been in previous years. But other than that, I don’t think it makes it difficult. It’s just a different look. It’s a different feel for us.”'

'The key in the last game, as in the previous two, is that the Bills made a concerted effort to feed him the ball. They should not hesitate to do that again Sunday, and will probably do their fair share of running right at Watt – which often is the best way to deal with a dominant front-seven player. Don’t be surprised if McCoy is able to tear off a couple of long gains as the Texans sell out to crowd the line in an effort to force Taylor to win the game with his arm.'

'Additionally, the Bills will probably have Kraig Urbik at right guard, in place of injured rookie John Miller. Two backups starting on the right side of the line? Not a really good time for that, to say the least.'

'"I'm not frustrated," Woods said recently of his complementary status, "but I definitely want the ball as a receiver and to make plays and be a weapon on this team."'

'Mills has played only 14 offensive snaps for Buffalo since joining the team on Oct. 20 and flying directly to London to join the Bills because Henderson had been injured the day before against Cincinnati.'

'"You can't be in the building without feeling it," Brown said. "It's something that we all feel, it's something that we all want to get erased. It's gone on way too long. It's only my second year, but we definitely take on the burden of all those years and we have to get it accomplished.'

'"I'm not worried about that," Williams said. "I'll bring it. When I'm on the edge you'll see that. That's no difference. Like I said, whenever you're doing what you've been doing, you're not teaching new tricks to an old dog per se. I'm not worried about that at all."'

'If you were hoping to catch the Week 13 game between the New York Jets and New York Giants this weekend, you might be out of luck.'

'Watt is a special player, and I don’t think television does justice to just how much of a disruptive force he is. You really have to see him play in person. As far as being a game-changer, I would refer again to the numbers I noted in the previous question about what has changed for the Texans during their winning streak. When Watt is on his game, the whole defense becomes pretty impressive.'

'Burgess has previously spoken of a liking for the NFL, saying earlier this year: “I have shown interest in NFL for a while and I’d spoken to a few of my friends about how I’d love to go there (but) somehow it’s been turned into I’ve got a contract out there.”'

'"Well, that's going to be a challenge, there's no doubt," Bills coach Rex Ryan said. "Our scout team's doing the best J.J. Watt they can do, but obviously it might be a little upgrade on the game. But this is all you can do, so we'll see. Obviously, we recognize the fact that he's a great player."'

'"I'm not admitting defeat by any stretch of the imagination. We have some opportunity," Ryan said. "And clearly right now, in my opinion, we can win the rest of them. But we're also a team that could lose them all."'