Archives for December 2016

'It’s easy to make fun of these simpletons, but can you blame them? They live in an area where the average snowfall is measured in feet, and the great love of their life is an abusive spouse that has done nothing but disappoint for the greater part of two decades.'

'One player still not dressed, however, was Kyle Williams. But the defensive tackle was on the ADPRO Sports Training Center turf talking with coaches, which is an encouraging sign..'.

'According to WXYZ in Detroit, Robert Eddins, 28, and his friend, Ricky McFarlin, 31, were out having a good time Monday night when sources tell them the two men were followed home, robbed and killed.'

'“He’s the reason we’re leading the league in sacks (percentage),” said head coach Rex Ryan. “He’s a coach on the field. He only played five games last year. This guy is phenomenal. We give him a ton of responsibility and the guy is outstanding. He is unusual.”'

'The only silver lining for the Bills when they get eliminated from the playoffs is being able to shut Sammy Watkins down. He’s obviously not fully healthy and they don’t want him suffering an injury that ruins his offseason.'

'“We have to go back and look at how much success they had against us,” Ryan says. “It was a huge day. They had like 450 yards on us. Obviously they controlled that game. We’ll spend a lot of time looking at that, but also looking at their recent games as well.”'

'“There’s definitely a lot to learn from the first game matchup-wise,” said Taylor. “They had a couple of shake ups in the secondary, but definitely getting Charles Clay going and our other guys going and winning those individual matchups, comes down to us putting a plan together.'

'"One game is too many when you're giving up 200 rushing yards," defensive lineman Leger Douzable said. "But we know what we have to do. In both of those games, it was the same determining factor — it was missed tackles. Versus Ajayi, we had three or four guys missing tackles on one play. And you can't do that, because the next thing you know he's in the secondary and he's off to the races."'

'"I always felt that coaches, when you sign coaches, unless they do something crazy like trade their best player, other than that …" McCoy trailed off, to a chorus of laughter. "No serious, I think that coaches, they deserve some years to kind of get their culture, get their players and kind of change things. I think it takes time. It’s hard, the next year or the year after that to flip it. I’m not a coach. I can only imagine how hard it is to control a group of guys to do what you want them to do. It’s a tough job. I think it takes time."'

'“Hmm. I can’t really say,” Williams said. “I’m gone to Miami. And gone to what we’re doing down here.”'

'"I don't think I should keep my head on a swivel," he said. "I definitely think it should be vice versa. As a true professional, you shouldn't do those things. We got families. We got kids. We got a livelihood. the last thing you want to do is target somebody and take them out."'

'Whaley has been predictably absent in all this. The Bills tell us that Whaley and Ryan have a strong working relationship, that they're joined at the hip, but in Rex's time of crisis, the general manager hasn't uttered one word.'

'McCoy has rushed for 1,129 yards and 12 touchdowns this season while ranking second in the league in yards per attempt (5.5 average). Alexander's 11.5 sacks are tied for third in the league.'

'It was real tough to watch, but you’ve got to give that kid credit. I mean, he took it to us. [Their] whole team did. It’s not like it was a Timmy Smith thing – a once in a lifetime deal. The guy did it the previous week, so the guy’s a quality back. There’s no question about it. Very physical, downhill-type runner with good vision.'

'They are considered CBS’ third team, behind the No. 1 team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms and the No. 2 team of Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts. Bills fans will have seen all three of the teams in the last four weeks of the season.'