Archives for September 8, 2018

‘“We in this building never lost faith in who Nate is,” General Manager Brandon Beane said this week on One Bills Live. “And I know outside just people wrote him off even in this town and obviously nationally and I know when we said it would be a quarterback competition, most people were saying that it’s a quarterback competition between AJ and Josh and they kept leaving Nate out of there”.’

‘With Ray-Ray McCloud not expected to play on Sunday, the primary kick returner is Taiwan Jones. The primary punt returner is Marcus Murphy. Murphy proved himself as a return man in the preseason averaging better than 11 yards a return on punts. Jones made the roster largely due to his return game exploits. With Justin Tucker kicking off for the Ravens however, I’m not certain Jones will get many opportunities.’

‘Questionable for Sunday’s game is LB Julian Stanford. He’s trying to return from a nose injury suffered in the Cincinnati preseason game when a shoulder pad from an opposing player got past his face mask on a play, which led to the injury.’

‘“Just running around, cleats on, helmet on, that’s what I love to do,” Murphy said. “[I’m] happy to be out there.”‘