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Archives for December 20, 2019

For McDermott, touted ‘process’ arrives for Bills

‘Still, heading into Saturday afternoon’s game against the Patriots at Foxboro, McDermott’s regular-season record is a solid 25-21 and, over that span, his team is 13-8 in games decided by a touchdown or less. Equally compelling, he’s the first Buffalo coach to have a pair of winning seasons within three years since Wade Phillips did it back-to-back (1998-99).’

‘I could see Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl,’ says Rich Eisen

‘“I could see the Bills in the Super Bowl… It’s possible they make a run. We can’t sit here and go, ‘You know what? This is a nice story.’ You really have to sit here and think they’ve got one of the top corners in the game, a top five defense, a quarterback that is difficult to predict… Mostly positive than negative as opposed to last year. A running game and a top notch playmaker in Brown.”‘

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser called Sean McDermott ‘muscle-bound bozo’ in 2017; retracts after Bills playoff-clinching win

‘“I’m making a public declaration here,” Kornheiser said on his show Pardon The Interruption this week. “A couple of years ago I looked at this guy Sean McDermott, when he declared his fealty to Nathan Peterman. I said, ‘This guy is a bozo. They’re gonna fire him. They need to fire him.’ I could not have been more wrong. They hadn’t made the (playoffs) in 17 straight years and they’re in two out of the last three. This guy, I thought he was a muscle-bound bozo. He knows what he’s doing.”’

Demos: Bills’ Lawson spreads Christmas cheer for 2 NF student-athletes

‘Lawson calls it “a blessing” to be able to shine light on some local kids who may go through dark days at this time of the year. He said he was the same kid who needed help back in the day and that, at the very least, he’s just happy to see smiles on kids’ faces during the holidays. Lawson knows that everyone goes through tough times, but he knows what’s more important is how we overcome adversity. No matter who it is, he hopes people just walk through it with their heads up and continue to fight with smiles on their faces, because through time he feels that things get easier and easier.’

Bills’ defensive scheme draws praise from Belichick

‘“They do a very good job with their disguise and pre-snap looks,” Belichick said. “They make it hard on the quarterback. “Mostly, as a coach or quarterback, if you look at the safeties, that’ll pretty much tell you 80% of what’s going on defensively based on their depth or rotation or your formation, obviously, and where they go in that formation and how deep they are and what kind of angle they’re taking.”’

Bills more than worthy foe for Patriots

‘Coming into the season, few would have predicted this Week 16 game with the Bills would have such high stakes, and fewer would have expected such a compelling match-up. Yet it’s clear now that the Bills (10-4) are legit, boasting a defense that ranks second in the NFL in points allowed (15.9 points per game) and third in yards allowed (291.9 yards per game).’

Bill Belichick offers rare insight into how Patriots will read Bills’ defense

‘”As a coach or a quarterback, if you look at the safeties, that’ll pretty much tell you 80 percent of what’s going on defensively,” Belichick said in his press conference. “Based on their depth, or their rotation – your formation obviously, and then where they go in that formation, and then how deep they are and what kind of angle they’re taking.”‘