‘“Gaines will be out for the game,” said McDermott. “Then it’s still day to day with Jordan (Poyer) at this point.”Gaines suffered a hamstring injury last Sunday that has kept him off the practice field all week.’
Archives for October 2017
Bills Today: Bills looking to extend NFL-best home scoring streak
‘Buffalo’s offense has been on a roll in the past 12 games at New Era Field. The Bills have scored 20 points or more in a dozen consecutive home games. That’s the longest active streak in the NFL and in team history.’
Taiwan Jones’ journey to the NFL included overcoming educational hurdles
‘“He was prepared and he took advantage of the opportunity,” coach Sean McDermott said. “That’s what we expect from all our players, that they prepare, they respect the process, and when their number is called, they perform no different than Taiwan.”’
BFFs Incognito, Wood eager to make playoff run, cement legacies in Buffalo
‘“We have those conversations all the time,” Incognito said. “Me and him are constantly talking about winning and playoffs and legacy and leadership and how we want this thing to look and how we want it to feel.’
Bills Notebook: Anquan Boldin reconsidering retirement, injury report remains unchanged
‘ESPN’s Adam Schefter obtained a letter sent Thursday from Bills General Brandon Beane to Boldin’s agent, Tom Condon, granting him permission to seek out a trade partner.’
Mark Gaughan’s X’s and O’s: Derek Carr will be hard to hit, pick for Bills
‘Carr was the least-sacked quarterback in the NFL last season, even though the Raiders attempted the ninth most passes in the league. Carr’s career sack rate is sixth lowest in NFL history. He gets taken down just 3.99 percent of his pass attempts.’
Khalil Mack’s return to Buffalo featured on ‘The NFL Today’ Sunday
‘CBS sent out a release today noting that its Sunday pregame show, “The NFL Today,” plans to preview Oakland’s game with the Bills “with a feature on the Raiders All-Pro linebacker “as he returns to Buffalo to take on the Bills.”‘
NaVorro Bowman adding much-needed presence to Raiders defense
‘The 29-year-old Bowman may not be the outstanding coverage linebacker he was during his prime with the 49ers, yet he does have value diagnosing and stopping run plays.’
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.”’
Bills rookies get ‘legit scared’ at Rookie Club event at Frightworld
‘“I was real legit scared,” White said. “I don’t like the suddenness of it, how they just pop out and do it. … I don’t like the dark too much. I sleep with a lamp on.”’
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’ John Miller calls Kiko Alonso a scrub following dirty hit on TNF
‘Alonso isn’t very popular in Buffalo’s locker room. The running back Buffalo acquired for Alonso, LeSean McCoy, called Alonso a ‘bum’ in April and later went on to say, “His dad probably wishes I’m his son.”
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.”‘