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Archives for October 27, 2017

What They Said: Raiders OC Todd Downing, DC Ken Norton, Jr.

‘“Very, very well coached. They don’t make a lot of mistakes and they’re very opportunistic. I think they’re plus-10 in the turnover ratio this year so far. It’s because they are where they’re supposed to be when they’re supposed to be there. We know that we need to protect the football. We need to be on point with our field landmarks that we were talking about earlier and timing in the passing game. They’re a good team up front. A couple of those guys are still there from when I was there. I know they’re hard workers and they’re going to be rallying to the football and finishing plays. We need to protect the ball and we need to be assignment sound to be able to put on a good showing against them.”’

Did the Buffalo Bills find a fifth-round gem in linebacker Matt Milano?

‘“Man, Matt has really done a heck of a job,” said defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. “There are obviously some things that he needs to clean up as he goes forward, but for a rookie to come in and step in and play the way he has, it’s really been encouraging for us.”’

Buffalo Bills give retired WR Anquan Boldin permission to find a trade

‘While the Bills have a need of their own at wide receiver, Boldin walked away from the team before its 4-2 start. Throwing him back into the wide receiver mix could be tricky. When he retired, Boldin said he was doing so to focus his attention on efforts outside football.’

Buffalo Bills coaches seeing huge improvement from rookie LB Matt Milano

‘”I saw a huge jump from week one, or his first week of playing defense, to last week and that’s what, honestly, I expected, knowing Matt and then knowing coach (Bob) Babich and how well he prepares the players,” Sean McDermott said. “Now, I’m waiting to see what happens another jump this week. Just continue to grow, continue to get better and that was an impressive jump. He played faster, wasn’t thinking as much.”‘

Is Marcell Dareus really turning a corner with Buffalo Bills’ coaches?

‘”I am,” McDermott said. “I felt like I said, and you mentioned with his week of practice last week, I thought that, when you develop habits during the week, more times than not you give yourself a chance to have that show up in the game and I thought I saw that as well. We’re moving in the right direction as far as that goes and I’m anxious to see how we do this week in that regard as well. I thought he played his best football last week.”‘

LeSean McCoy, other Buffalo Bills took exception to ‘tanking’ talk

‘”We feel it, we hear it,” McCoy said. “It makes us more together, I think. I guess because of the moves maybe, like, ‘oh, they’re trying to tank and get more picks.’ I mean, it’s how you look at it. As players, you know, we come here every day for hours trying to win. Hearing the ‘tanking’ word, it can rub you the wrong way if you let it, because you know how much hard work you put into it, training, offseason working out. During the season, the hits, all the maintenance you do on your body. The tanking word, you can take it a negative way.”‘