Archives for December 23, 2017

‘”It’s a lot better than last year,” said linebacker Preston Brown. “There’s no pointing fingers, all that nonsense that was going on. I think a lot of that has to do with the safeties we’ve got. They’re two very intelligent safeties. Micah and Jordan do a great job on the back end. All our guys on the back end do a great job communicating. And we are very simple in the red zone. We have a plan and that plan doesn’t change.”‘

‘”It’s a different organization,” Gilmore said. “I’m thankful for my time in Buffalo. I played five years there. This is a new team, different players, different philosophies, different calls. It’s definitely a different team.”‘

‘”That’s where the building part comes in, also, and the vision of that growth mindset of how we’ve got to continue to improve every week. That’s what makes it fun and exciting, to see how players really embrace that every week, where we’re going and how we’re trying to get there.”‘

‘The Bills actually did a whole lot right defensively in the previous meeting with the Patriots. Coach Sean McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier put together a sound game plan that included coverage disguises that caused Tom Brady to hold the ball too long at times and allowed pressure to get to him.’

‘How about Rams tackle Aaron Donald? With apologies to Todd Gurley, Donald is the best player on a team that made an amazing one-year turnaround. Donald, who is virtually unblockable, has a case for defensive player of the year, which usually goes to an outside rusher. “I was thinking more like most valuable player in the league,” said Wade Phillips, LA’s defensive coordinator.’

‘Keleher recalled that the late Msgr. William Stanton, pastor of St. Ambrose Church in South Buffalo, was a die-hard Bills fan. When a game was going on, he would refer to it after the final dismissal, usually in Latin. If the Bills were tanking, he might say, “Requiesce in pace,” meaning rest in peace.’