Archives for August 2019

‘“It was kind of neat first-hand to watch him. We ran a screen against them. It looked like it was going to pick up some pretty good yardage, and he was able to break through and run it down and keep it about four yards. I think the young man is on his way to being one of those types of players that can be with a team for 10-12 years and be an impact guy for a long time.”’

‘Wallace doesn’t just listen to the coaches. He said his mentors on the team are Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer. Even though Munnerlyn has only had three practice, Wallace said he’s already learning from him, “Adding Captain had definitely helped us a lot with his experience and I’ve already told him I took a play out of his rule book, just his technique is really good, so having guys like him to learn from is really good.’

‘Right next to that was Josh Allen making similar types of throws and plays to get the Bills offense down the field. I was impressed with Allen‘s ability to see and diagnose the defense, then get rid of the ball quickly and on target. He took what the defense gave him and recognized what that was before the snap.’

‘”This is like a little bit more of an up-tempo [practice]. We try to practice with good tempo. That’s our standard, what we like to do. Obviously when you get in against another team, it kind of ramps up a little bit more. [We want to see] continual improvement, make good decisions, throw the ball where it needs to be thrown, and get us out of bad plays. It’s things that he needs to do every day.”‘

‘“The one thing I would say under Sean McDermott is that they play better than the sum of the parts, meaning they really play as a team,” Baldinger said with Jeremy White on WGR. “That’s the coach’s dream. I think they can be a top-10 defense at the end of the year. I think they do a lot of things really, really well.”’

‘”I’m absolutely supportive of the Bills staying here [in Western New York],” Heastie said. “Beyond that, I spoke to the Bills ownership and there’s still an open question as to what they want to be done. Until that point comes, I don’t know how to answer [specific] questions other than to say I’m supportive of the Bills being here.”‘