Archives for December 23, 2017

‘“I know they brought me in to play a role on the team,” Benjamin said after Friday’s practice. “I’m just trying to do that and fulfill my role and be a great teammate. Just getting more comfortable with the organization and have the organization get more comfortable with me. Just let them know that I’m not a quitter. I’m going to fight. I’m going to push.”’

‘So far this season New England has been the better red zone defense ranking ninth in the league while Buffalo ranks 12th. The Patriots also lead the league in red zone takeaways with six this season. The Bills have to be the more effective defense when protecting the red zone to have a shot at winning at Gillette Stadium.’

‘“He’s doing okay. He’s going to work through it,” said head coach Sean McDermott. “He’ll be limited (in practice) and questionable for the game like a number of other guys at this point. He had a pretty good day (Thursday) so we’ll see.”’

‘Who to root for: Bills fans want Miami to win this one. If the Chiefs lose their last two games, the door is open for the Chargers to win the AFC West, and Buffalo owns a tiebreaker versus Kansas City.’

‘“I think it was we had done it so well on tape for two years, and then we got out there the first part of the season, and I had expected some growing pains going into the zone scheme, but we just weren’t hitting on all cylinders the first few games,” said Incognito. “The collective feeling on offense was, ‘Hey, we’ve been there, we’ve done this, it’s the same people, let’s go.’ It was right around the bye week when the coaches made the change and that’s when players have to take ownership of it.”‘