‘Jones showed flashes of promise over the last three years, but he seemed to fall out of favor with Buffalo this season.’
Archives for October 2019
Report: Bills trade Zay Jones to Raiders
‘Chris Mortenson of ESPN is reporting the Bills have traded WR Zay Jones to the Oakland Raiders for a 5th-round pick.’
McDermott on Zay Jones: “He’s still young in his career”
‘”He’s just got to continue to do his job. You saw we made some plays at the wide receiver position. Zay’s a guy that continues to grow. He’s still young in his career. He’ll continue to do a good job as he continues to grow, and focus on what he can control. I appreciate his team first approach yesterday.”‘
Report: Bills trade WR Zay Jones to Oakland for 2021 draft pick
‘Jones had been less than productive for the Bills this season, recording just seven receptions for 69 yards.’
Report: Bills Trade WR Zay Jones to Oakland
‘In his career with the Bills, Jones appeared in 36 games, hauling in 90 receptions for 1,037 yards and 9 touchdowns.’
Tennessee charity benefits from Twitter poll about Buffalo Bills fans
‘“I want to say, it was like an hour before, they mysteriously get like, something like a few thousand votes, 40 thousand or something crazy,” she said. “And I’m like, that’s sketchy, like that’s not real. And, so it did come out that they had cheated. And so, we kind of thought, what better way to prove that we’re a better fan base than to choose a charity in their won city.”’
Quick Hits: Healing up a primary focus during the bye
‘“It’s at a good time,” said head coach Sean McDermott of the bye. “We’ve got some injuries right now. We’ve been able to sustain success early on and withstand some of the injuries we’ve incurred at the beginning of the year. Now we’re a little more banged up. So we’ve got to get healthy, so it’s a good time for us to get some rest and evaluate where we are and where we’re trying to go.”’
Bills veterans feel something special brewing with team’s 4-1 start
‘“It’s just this group of men,” said Smith. “I’ve played football for a lot of years. The most important thing to me is my beautiful wife and my four kids. But if I’m going to keep coming to work and working my a– off and playing this game that I love I’m glad it’s around good men.”’
Eric Wood | 5 observations on the Bills heading into the bye week
‘I definitely think this team can continue to improve. This defense is excellent and they have been building to this level for the past few years. When you look at the fact that this offense has so many new pieces, they should continue to gel and grow. With a second year quarterback, you can assume Josh Allen will get better as the season goes on.’
Bills Today: Micah Hyde sees room for improvement
‘“The guys on the back end we just had to keep the top on the defense. The guys up front were eating,” Hyde said. “I don’t want to say any day is an off day, but we were kind of limited in the plays we could make because the guys up front were doing such a good job stopping the run and getting to the quarterback.”’
Josh Allen’s ‘best overall game’ complements another Bills defensive gem
‘”I think, you take away one throw, that was the best overall game I’ve played so far,” Allen said. “So there’s progress there, trusting the five guys in front of me, trusting the receivers to go get open, I felt comfortable in the pocket. And our defense, again, played outstanding. That’s something we know they’re going to do, week in and week out.”‘
Bills’ Duke Williams supports Zay Jones after game-winning TD in NFL debut
‘“Someone who has came through so much and has worked his tail off to be in this position,” Jones said, “and then have it pay off, and being able to celebrate with his teammates, everyone here is proud of him. It was an awesome thing to see. You can’t say enough about a guy who’s really done everything right. He’s really deserving of it. The guy, he’s a great football player and everyone’s really excited for him.”’
Bills’ defense continues to raise the bar in win over Titans
‘“We’re built for this,” defensive tackle Jordan Phillips said. “Week in, week out, you guys see the same thing every week. It’s just time for the world to see it. We’re finally starting to get the respect we deserve, but we’re going to keep going and try to do what we do.”’
Bills’ Brian Daboll schemed up big play for ‘Joystick’ at right time
‘Daboll saved the first jet-sweep play of the game for a critical moment with 11:23 left.’
Officials were in middle of many key calls as Bills edged Titans
‘The officials blew a key encroachment penalty on Trent Murphy with the Titans at the Bills’ 10. Both Titans tight ends moved first. Bad call. The Titans scored two plays later.’