Archives for October 13, 2019

‘“It’s good to throw on first down with a young quarterback because I assume they’re going to get run-heavy looks from the defense,” said former NFL quarterback Jim Miller, a SiriusXM NFL analyst. “That means single safety high, where you have an easy one-on-one on the outside, and Josh Allen can get a good completion early. It gives him clean looks.”’

‘I’m not saying the Bills are a Super Bowl team. They have a whole lot more to prove before I’ll go there. I also think it’s important to note that the Bills’ Super Bowl clubs of the 1990s were a fairly divided bunch with key players who disagreed enough in private and public to earn the nickname “Bickering Bills.” Once they figured out how to all get along, their immense talent – led by multiple future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame – took over.’

‘“I call it not just being owners, but taking ownership of our organizations,” said Pegula. “How do we want to build them going forward? I think I’ve grown in accepting that as the role I’m meant to play. You’ve probably seen that because I haven’t really hired anybody as replacements and that’s because I just felt like, ‘You know what? I’ve never taken the time to really understand our organization, our people, because I was doing it from too high up in the clouds.’ ”’