‘”It’s ridiculous,” McCoy said. “I love my son. Anybody that knows me or ever sees me around with my boy, they know the type of relationship we have. I can’t really speak on it. It’s ridiculous. We’re in court and everything and we’ll see what happens.’
Archives for September 2018
4 Notable Quotes: Sean McDermott (Sept. 19)
‘Well, look, we could all play better. That’s part of the reason I did what I did. You give up 28 points in the first half and I’m going to step in a do what I feel like is necessary. In this case, that meant taking over the play calling for that game in the second half. Look, there’s not magical calls. We all have to do our job, whether it’s the player level, the coach level and so on and so forth. I’d like to say there are magical calls, [but] there are no magical calls. You’ve just got to do your job.’
4 Notable Quotes: LeSean McCoy
‘In this world with social media, you can say what you want. The cameras and everybody will take it and run with it. I can’t control that. All I can control is being a great dad and being the person that, potentially, you’ll grow up to be. That’s all I can do.’
Coach McDermott talks before Sunday’s matchup with the Vikings
‘Another topic of discussion was who would be calling the defense against Minnesota on Sunday. McDermott took over the defensive play calling in the second half of Sunday’s loss to the Chargers, a half where the defense played much better. “Leslie and I are going to work on that together, and just like we do everything we’ve done to this point, it will be a team effort, that’s why we got a staff and I believe a good staff”, McDermott said.’
Bills secondary reaches out to Vontae Davis
‘”In the moment you are kind of like ‘Dang, that’s kind of messed up,'” said Bills safety Jordan Poyer. “But you look back and you’re like ‘All right, that’s the decision you made, man. I respect you as a human, I respect you as a person. You’re going to have to live with that forever. I’m always here for you.”‘
McDermott on McCoy accusations: ‘Nothing has really changed’
‘Recent accusations by the mother of LeSean McCoy’s son against the Bills running back took center stage during the press conference, here is what McDermott had to say about it: “LeSean reached out to me yesterday and informed me of the situation, which I appreciate, he’s done everything that I’ve asked him to do, and other than that, nothing has really changed in terms of where we were at training camp. I’ve been pleased with how he has handled himself since the start of training camp, all the way through, and I look forward to having him on the field this week.”‘
LeSean McCoy responds to child abuse accusations: ‘I love my son’
‘”I love my son. Anyone that knows me knows the type of relationship we have. It’s ridiculous,” McCoy said. “If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t keep fighting for custody of my son.”‘
Quick Hits: Kelvin Benjamin new to Bills injury list
‘“He’s got a little bit of a hip (ailment),” said head coach Sean McDermott.’
What they’re saying: Bills address the defensive play-caller and the challenges of playing in Minnesota
‘Linebacker Lorenzo Alexander does not feel as though the team’s increase in energy can be attributed solely to the fact that there was a new play-caller. The veteran said that the team simply started to play as a unit in the second half.’
Top 7 storylines for the Bills-Vikings this week
‘The Bills have injury questions at cornerback also. Phillip Gaines dislocated his elbow in last Sunday’s game, and rookie Taron Johnson sat out with a shoulder injury. Defensive end Shaq Lawson missed the Chargers game with a hamstring injury. The daily practice participation reports will be closely monitored this week, as Buffalo tries to cope with several injuries.’
Bills-Vikings injury report
‘McCoy wore a red non-contact jersey at practice. The Bills feature back has a respectable tolerance for pain, but would prefer to deal with the pain only when he’s getting hit, not when he’s bobbing and weaving away from defenders.’
Bills Today: Bills’ young leaders working on discipline, comfort
‘“We have some young players out there,” McDermott said. “A young quarterback, a young middle linebacker that their best days of football are ahead of them, and they’re going to continue to get better and continue to grow, continue to learn. Nobody said that this was going to be easy, and that’s what we’re going through right now. Sometimes there’s a lag in the terms of results, and we’re going to continue to work at it. Like I said last week, nobody’s going to work harder than we are at it, and we just have to continue to grind.”’
Dungy ‘little surprised’ McDermott took over play-calling in Bills-Chargers game
‘”I’ve always seen coaches that I worked for kind of lay it out,” Dungy, an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America, told The Buffalo News by phone. “Some guys want to call the plays or the defenses, and they do it from the beginning of the year. Some guys don’t. I’ve never been involved with seeing (that move made), in the course of the year, either (by) me or any staff that I’ve been on.”‘
Bills Position Grades: No A-gap blitzes is a second-guess for defense
‘It’s no surprise the Buffalo Bills’ defense isn’t gambling much this season, given the team’s chaotic situation at cornerback. The Bills have endured injuries to both of their slot cornerbacks – Taron Johnson and Phillip Gaines – through two weeks.’
Mother of LeSean McCoy’s 6-year-old son adds voice to ongoing court case
‘In an affidavit filed Tuesday with the State Court of Fulton County, Ga., Stephanie Maisonet, the mother of McCoy’s son, claimed that she had previously filed a report with child services in Atlanta alleging that, after visits with McCoy, their son “would often come home with bruises in which I would consistently receive outlandish excuses as to where the bruises would come from.”‘