Archives for November 18, 2019

‘”Oh, it’s huge,” defensive end Jerry Hughes said. “Sometimes, hearing it from your superiors, hearing it from coaches, it doesn’t hold as much weight. But hearing it from your peers, hearing it from somebody you look up to, someone you hang out with every day in the locker room, it’s like, ‘OK, we do have to bring it.’ In order for us to be a championship team, a playoff team, a team who wants to go past the first round, we have to bring it.”‘

‘“Obviously, putting 37 points up is great,” Allen said. “Still a few things I’ve got to clean up, a few easy misses here and there.”’

‘“We wanted to try to feed him the ball,” Allen said. “And it didn’t really matter who was out there (covering him). We didn’t really care about that. We just wanted to find ways to get our playmakers the ball. We did a good job of that today.”’

‘“All little things help here and there, so I’ll talk to Brian and see if he liked being up there, in terms of what he’s able to see,” McDermott said. “I used to call the defense from up there, and you can see a lot. … It’s hard to see from the sideline. It shouldn’t be, but it is. But the results were what they were.”’

‘The Dolphins simply could not get any heat on the Bills’ quarterback using a four-man rush in the 37-20 Buffalo victory. So Miami had to blitz as the game wore on. Either way, they gave up big plays to the Buffalo attack.’

‘The Bills continued to run out of a no-huddle pace, which prevented the Dolphins from a lot of situational substitutions.’

‘“I’m just waiting for when they let me off the leash,” he said. “I’ve just got to work. I’m not complaining about anything. Whenever they need me, that’s when I’m going to be available. I’m going to stay ready so I don’t have to get ready.”’

‘Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll moving upstairs to the booth looks like a stroke of genius after one game.’