Archives for December 14, 2017

‘“Strong arm, extremely versatile in what he can do,” McDermott said of the QB in that game not named Tom Brady. “Obviously, (he’s) moving with the ball in his hands, (he has good footwork) in the pocket and great vision for the field and pinpoint accuracy. He’s as good as there are out there, and you saw that Monday night.”‘

‘As a California native, Alexander said he doesn’t want to see a repeat of Sunday’s arctic-esque terrain despite the positives he listed. There’s a chance he’ll never see a game like that again in his career, but the Bills will likely face a different weather challenge this week against Miami — freezing rain. The Weather Channel projects temperatures in the mid-30s and a 50 percent chance of precipitation in Orchard Park.’

‘”He’s made some progress,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said before the team took the practice field. “He’ll get most of the work today in practice. Not quite all the work though.”‘

‘Taylor and Cutler aren’t appreciably better than Kaepernick, and neither is likely to be with his team next season. McDermott benched Taylor a few weeks ago and seems ready to move on from him. Cutler had retired and graduated to an announcing job with Fox before signing a one-year deal with Miami when Ryan Tannehill went down for the year in August.’

‘”He pretty much gets everything set for us,” defensive end Jerry Hughes said. “Whenever the game is going on, he’s getting all the information for us. He’s our quarterback up front. He’s our leader (and) he gets us all set up. I know he’s been playing for quite a while now, but just an amazing guy, an amazing teammate. The way he works, his work ethic, how he’s always here looking at film, dissecting things. He takes the game very seriously, and I think that’s great for our room, to have somebody like that to be in there.”‘

‘When healthy, Tyrod [Taylor] will be our starter. He’s made some progress. He’ll get most of the work today in practice, not quite all the work though.’

x’I can probably do more damage than has been done. At this point, [it’s] pain tolerance. Like I said, it’s at a good, feels good today. I expect it to continue to keep getting better. Since this happened, I haven’t had any setbacks with it fortunately, so [I’ve] got to continue to keep doing the things I’m doing in the training room. They have a great program and a great plan for me and [I will] continue to trust them and the Lord that I’ll be out there playing.”‘

‘“I honestly blame the amazing, awesome, true-to-the-core, Buffalo Bills fans for this, starting with my husband,” Sanders, 45, explained. “I have been around the country. I have experienced many a fan. And I will not name names, but I will just say that there are many fan bases that will boo their own team in the middle of the first quarter. And Bills fans will boo, maybe at the end of the game if it’s horrendous, but as soon as it’s over they move on to the next game. Same thing with the end of the season. They move on. They’re always looking ahead.”

‘As we were talking, he noticed my sunglasses and shouted the phrase, “Bills Mafia!” which has become a nickname for Bills fans.’