Archives for December 2017

‘I think the easiest answer to that is, really, if we don’t win it’s not going to matter. Focus on the task at hand and what’s in front of us and that means, through all the scenarios that are out there, the one common theme is [the] Bills have to win so we’ve got to do that first.’

‘“One of the great lessons I learned from the Super Bowl year coming out of Carolina and going into the next season is culture from one year to another year and teams from one year to another year are almost separate entities. Even though you’d like to be able to say there’s carry over and you want there to be carry over, it’s not guaranteed that there’s carry over from a culture standpoint or a performance standpoint. That’s why what we do in that offseason, the roster moves we make or don’t make are so important to our future success in building upon what we’ve done in this first year. That’s kind of a science in and of itself right there,” McDermott said.’

‘“At that point in the game, it was a back-and-forth game. I felt like they had a little bit of momentum and I felt in order to stop their momentum, going with the field goal, it would have got us within four in a tight game. And I honestly thought it was potentially going to come down to maybe who had the ball last,” McDermott added. “But you learn and grow from all situations and it’s something I’ll use moving forward to benefit us in the right way.”’

‘“Make no mistake about it so there’s not a lot of talk about it during the week: We’re going to play to win and we’re going to do everything possible to win this game, period,” Marrone said during a conference call according to Jags beat reporter Ryan O’Halloran for Jacksonville.com. “I’m not even thinking about what happens beyond that. That’s the way we’re going to go about our business this week.”’