Archives for September 28, 2017

'What’s certain is, the disagreement continues with no sign of going away.'

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'"Like I texted him, he said some things to the media that he probably could have said to me, but it doesn't really matter to me," McCoy told reporters. "I like Jim Kelly. He texted me and I just told him, 'Hey, you're human. People have their own opinions. And what you said? You don't have to apologize for it. I don't think you're wrong. That's how you felt, I understand. You're human.''

'"It's something I can teach my kids someday," Hyde said Wednesday after practice with the Bills. "It's about feeding your family. I'm not going to say I'm an expert at gardening, but I have the basic fundamentals of how to start. No matter how much money you have, no matter how poor you are, you can always feed your family."'

'“We’ve touched the subject a little bit, a little bit of common ground,” McDermott said Wednesday. “Two years ago I was in a similar position, the game was slightly different, albeit like all games are. Last year, with his experience, there’s a lot we can learn from those experiences, of being in big games and what we learn from those situations. We’ve touched the subject, with respect to that as well, ‘hey, what would you have done differently, in terms of as a team, what was said.’'

'"Dan was one of those coaches that just had it," McDermott said. "He had a great way with players. Having that great way with players, he still had a tough-minded approach to the game, which being a defensive player and then defensive coach, and head coach now, I really appreciated.'

'Injury wise, injury updates, the following players will not practice starting with Cordy Glenn still with the foot and ankle. Kyle Williams will not practice, as well as Lorenzo Alexander due to scheduled rest days. Marcell Dareus will be limited in practice, and Jerel Worthy is out of the concussion protocol at this time. Finally, congratulations to Stephen Hauschka, the AFC special teams player of the week, for a tremendous effort in last week’s game against Denver.'

'The Falcons announced that single-game tickets and standing room-only tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday on a first-come, first-served basis at the guest services desk inside Game 2 of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.'

'"There are a lot of issues that are really important to talk about, and we’ll spend some time and we have as a team talking through some of those.”'

'"Man-to-man against the league’s top receiver is super aggressive and not highly advised."'

'The escape was a big one. It came on a third and 6 in the fourth quarter with 9:29 to play. Taylor couldn't find anyone open, and after he drifted to his left he made a move back to his right toward the middle of the pocket. He slipped, and Denver pass-rusher Shaq Barrett was next to him but was unable to corral the quarterback. Taylor put his hand on the ground for balance, reversed his field back to the left, then outran safety Justin Simmons to get the first down.'

'Trevor Siemian threw at him eight times, and completed four of those passes for 65 yards. White defended three passes and added an interception. The Denver quarterback had a passer rating of 38.0 when targeting White, the 10th-lowest figure of 108 qualifying cornerbacks in Week Three.'

'Vance Walker, free agent: Walker spent 2016 on the Broncos' IR list after he suffered an injury that August. In 2015 in Denver, the former Georgia Tech standout had a +11.8 run-stopping grade that featured 25 run-game stops on just 447 snaps. The 30-year-old, 6-foot-2, 304-pound defensive tackle wouldn't provide a ton of pass-rush but could help clog the middle.'

'White looked to have made a good play on the football to break up the pass thrown to Demaryius Thomas, but there was a good amount of contact, and he was flagged. It continued the drive for the Broncos, and they gained 20 more yards before being forced to kick a 38-yard field goal.'

'When McDermott was a safety for the College of William and Mary, one of the graduate assistant coaches in 1994 was Quinn, who worked with the defensive line. Quinn, four years older than McDermott, went on to work for VMI and Hofstra before entering the NFL with the 49ers in 2001. He became head coach of the Falcons in 2015 after a successful two-year stint as defensive coordinator for the Seahawks when Seattle made back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, winning the game following the 2013 season.'