Archives for September 29, 2016

'Yeah, well, I don't know. I guess that's the way it is. You guys would know better than me.'

'"Well," every week you prepare for guys coming in there," Ryan said Wednesday. "There are a lot of direct snaps in the league and there's different things like that, so you can treat it that way. And he was a college quarterback, so it's not that unusual. He did play college quarterback. You're going to prepare, but you're not going to spend your whole practice time on a 'What if?' But each week you have to be prepared for that."'

'"It was definitely tough to lose him," Ryan said. "We didn't want to. The thing about Chris — he is a tough guy, he is a good receiver and things. But the thing that also impressed me was this guy — he did everything that was asked of him from being a special teams player and obviously being a wide out, being in the slot, being outside.'

'Ryan's "Walt Patulski" alias comes from the former NFL defensive end who played at Notre Dame and went to the Bills at the No. 1 overall pick in 1972. He played four seasons in Buffalo before ending his career with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1977.'

'"I'm just focused on getting ready for the Bills," Belichick said. "I hadn't really — I'm not really in tune to all of that. I'm sure it's important to you guys, but it's not really anything I spend much time with."'

'As it turns out, Ryan also told the Buffalo media he plans to ask Belichick who will play quarterback when the Patriots meet the Bills this Sunday.'

'"It's a huge confidence boost," guard Richie Incognito said. "That's our brand of football. That's what we're built for. That's all what we've all been brought in to do."'

'It's unclear whether Edelman was aware it was Ryan.'

'Listed at 6-foot-5 and 312 pounds, Ola has 19 starts in 23 career NFL games split between Chicago, Detroit and San Diego over the past two seasons. He was cut by the Lions before the start of this season and signed by the Giants last week.'

'And asked on a conference call with the Buffalo media what he thinks of Ryan's antics regarding him, Belichick said, "We're really focused on Buffalo's football team and their coaching staff and what we're going to have to play against and prepare for on Sunday."'

'"You've got the best quarterback in history, and these guys are good, but I don't know if they'll rank quite up there with Tom Brady," coach Rex Ryan said Wednesday of Brady, who is the final week of his four-game suspension stemming from the Deflategate scandal.'

'Patriots, 23-21.'

'"I'm gonna do whatever the coaches ask me to do," Edelman said, "so if they ask me to go out and get a glass a water to someone on the sideline, I'm gonna do that with a smile on my face if it helps our team win. So you can ask Coach that one."'

'Whether it’s saying he doesn’t “fear them” or that the Patriots had to “fear” the Jets, Ryan never minces his words when it comes to getting into the Patriots’ heads.'

'Watkins and rookie LB Shaq Lawson were seen on a stair climber and Clay riding and exercise bike in the fieldhouse as the media was walking through the way to the practice field, where the team did some rare hitting.'