Archives for September 23, 2016

'“I like to build my success on top of another man's success, or woman, but unfortunately it's the NFL. Didn't work out that way,” he said. “Now I'm in charge and I have to get this offense going in the right direction."'

'"Look, man, it's a challenge. I accept the challenge," Lynn said. "Think I'm the right guy for the challenge and I'm not going to make any excuses. It's my responsibility to get us going, and we'll figure it out."'

'Running back LeSean McCoy expects the amount of plays available per game to be cut in half to about 40. Lynn will also call plays from the coach's box as opposed to Roman, who worked on the sideline.'

' In two games, Buffalo has 27 first downs, converted 6 of 23 third-down chances and had fewer than 48 minutes in time of possession.'

'"If we allowed opinions, or if it's media or if it's other people that talk bad about us to get into the mindset of our team, it would be a very, very bad thing," Williams said on the John Murphy Show on Thursday afternoon. "We have to be stone-walled, we have to be strong minded to say, 'You know what, this is a long season.' Every week is a different challenge. Last week, everybody wanted to talk about Rex's record against [Ryan Fitzpatrick" target="_blank"> and all that kind of stuff. What happened? They out executed us with what they were doing. One week is not the same as the next. We're heading into this week, stone wall mentality, we're going to put our work in and we're not gonna let anything affect us."'

'“I think there’s a little more concern because of the fact of another day he didn’t practice,” Ryan said. “So there’s probably a little heightened concern there a little bit.”'

'Arizona also forced five Buccaneers’ turnovers in that contest (four interceptions of Winston and a fumble recovery). Their defense is loaded with talented players across the board, but especially in the secondary, where they play a lot of man-to-man defense and suffocate their opponents’ wideouts.'

'This is a fairly brutal stretch of games over the next three weeks, at home against Arizona, on the road against New England, and then traveling all the way out west to take on the Los Angeles Rams. The Bills, at best, can only get to 2-3 on the year through this stretch, but a 1-4 or even an 0-5 start seems more logical based on the opponents, and the location of those opponents. It’s not quite panic time at One Bills Drive, but unless they put out the early flames, this could turn into an all-out five alarm fire.'

'“I just know that when you’re playing at a faster pace you put more pressure on a defense over four quarters and that’s what we’re going to do,” Lynn said.'

'Buffalo will be looking to take advantage of an Arizona team that has looked shaky on special teams through the first two games of the season. The Cardinals rank 31st in kick return average, 21st in punt return average. They’re in the lower half of the league on punt and kick coverage as well.'