‘How the Bills spend their money in free agency will have an impact on the direction they take here at nine. At this spot, most draft prognosticators believe Buffalo can land one of the best offensive tackles in the class, a quality pass rusher or defensive tackle.’
Archives for January 2019
Bills Today: Micah Hyde not satisfied with No. 2 ranked defense
‘“Little disappointed,” Hyde said. “I’m disappointed about that, about number two. Nineteen yards, 19 yards, that could’ve been, I don’t remember a pass off the top of my head, if I gave up more than 19 yards, but it’s just unfortunate. We definitely wanted to be number one. We take pride in that. Number two is good, but we wanted to finish number one.”’
Josh Allen reflects on a promising rookie year
‘“It was my goal to learn and grow as much as possible,” Allen said Monday, as the Bills cleaned out their lockers and headed for home. “I thought I did a pretty good job with that, being on the field with this team, learning from the coaches that I’ve learned from and the guys that have been in the quarterback room with me. I think I’ve grown a tremendous amount.”’
Vic Carucci: Bills players somber about locker room cleanout day
‘“Now that this day’s here, it’s reality,” right guard John Miller said, staring at the brown box next to him overstuffed with his belongings. “And so you’ve got to pack up. That’s just the nature of the beast. That’s just the business.”’
Bills sign quarterback Derek Anderson to one-year contract
‘”I think knowing the job of the quarterback I kind of respected and appreciated at more watching a guy like Derek [Anderson] and a guy like Matt [Barkley] to come in and be a professional and come in and really kind of transform this team,” Allen said in mid-December. “I definitely think that we were a different team before Derek got here and the presence that he’s had in our locker room and on our offense has been tremendous. Then, Matt comes in, he’s kind of the same way. They just know how to be professional quarterbacks and for me to see that, that was huge.”‘
Bills’ 2019 opponents set
‘They will play five games against 2018 playoff teams.’
DT Jordan Phillips says he’s in contract talks, hopes to stay with Bills
‘“We’ve already been in negotiations,” Phillips said Monday. “We’ve been keeping it under wraps. The word on the street is the Bills are looking for a new 3-technique, and I think I’m the best candidate. So we’ll see.”’
Odds and ends from the Bills’ season-ending press conferences
‘The Buffalo Bills’ front office and coaching staff has been consistent – LeSean McCoy is part of the plan for 2019. General Manager Brandon Beane confirmed that again Monday.’
Video Review: Josh Allen led NFL starters in percentage of deep passes
‘Allen ranked 22nd in yards on deep passes at 533, however, he had the second-fewest pass attempts of any starting QB who played at least nine games, ahead of only Miami’s Ryan Tannehill.’
Jim Kubiak: Josh Allen looks better and better as Year 1 comes to an end
‘The most impressive aspect of Allen’s performance was the variety of plays that he made, his game-breaking running ability, and his impressively strong arm. He is now getting comfortable reading defensive technique on fade routes and throwing his wide receivers open. He is beginning to consistently read coverage.’
Excitable Murphy, headache-inducing Kelso go a little crazy calling Bills finale
‘I’m only slightly exaggerating in guessing that Kelso said more words during Sunday’s games than all the analysts who worked the previous 15 games combined.’
Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane believe the Bills’ future is bright
‘“In the context of where we’re trying to go, yes,” McDermott admitted. “I’m not a good loser in terms of 6-10. That keeps me up at night and wakes me up awful early. But where we’re trying to go, and what I’ve been around in this process, once in Philadelphia and once in Carolina, and what it takes to get the organization where we’re trying to go, I feel like there’s been some small wins — albeit not on the scoreboard enough — that has us going in the right direction.”’
Lorenzo Alexander wants to return to Bills for 2019 season
‘“It’s all about coming up with something that makes sense and is fair, and it’s hard to do because I’ll be 36 next year,” said Alexander. “If I was 26 or 27, it’s a clear-cut multimillion-dollar deal. But what do you do for a 36-year-old? From their perspective, they’re trying to guard themselves. Is he going to get hurt, when will he slow down? From my perspective I haven’t shown any signs, so there’s a natural collision there where we have opposing views of something. That’s natural anytime you’re negotiating. So we’ll try to find something fair and if we both agree upon it, it’ll happen.”’
Buffalo Bills re-sign quarterback Derek Anderson
‘“Obviously very excited about it,” Anderson said as he and his teammates cleaned out their lockers and bid farewell for the offseason. “Been talking with them over the last few weeks, but the decision is one I’m very happy with. I enjoy it here, my family got to come out, and that was a huge part of it. So, the kids will enjoy a little bit of snow next year.”’
Pollock: Bills still have holes, but 6-10 wasn’t disaster
‘Thus my conclusion was that an 8-8 prediction was overly optimistic and 7-9 or 6-10 were more appropriate. And since, at that point, the Bills had traded veteran QB A.J. McCarron to Oakland and were uncertain whether second-year pro Nathan Peterman or Allen would start at quarterback, I opted for the latter.’