Archives for July 4, 2017

'It's hard to expect immediate improvement with a cornerback pairing of Ronald Darby — who did not play as well last season as he did in his rookie year in 2015 and his transitioning to a new defense — and a rookie, first-round draft pick Tre'Davious White. It's also hard to expect immediate improvement with two new safeties — free-agent acquisitions Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer — who have yet to be starters for a full NFL season and who are also learning a new scheme.'

'"I think it hinders it a little bit, but until you go out there and make a couple mistakes, you got to learn," Kelly said. "Right now, I'm kind of just visualizing everything, pretending like you're calling out the MIKE even in your hotel room every day. You got to pretend like you're out there doing exactly what those other quarterbacks are doing so when you're out there, you can't miss a beat."'

'"Sammy Watkins can't stay healthy, Robert Woods is gone, Zay Jones is a rookie, and Andre Holmes is the definition of meh," said Wagner-McGough. "For as loud as critics of Tyrod Taylor are, critics of the Bills' receiver group should be even louder. The Bills are depending on someone who's appeared in 21 games the past two years and someone who's never played a down of football in the NFL.'

'“I still feel young and the guys here will tell you it’s been hard to cover me and catch me in the practices we’ve had,” McCoy said. “We’ll see that’s something the coaches will have to figure out. With technology today man they’ve got to find a way to make the workloads work.”'