‘Colleague Mark Gaughan summarized Josh Allen’s second season neatly when he wrote: “The bottom line on Allen’s season: He got better in almost every measurable way over his rookie season.” Better, but still not good enough.’
Archives for January 12, 2020
Bills Mailbag: What was the biggest talent wasted during the drought years?
‘If we’re talking longtime service to the Bills coupled with talent, the choices are running back Fred Jackson and punter Brian Moorman. I’m not including defensive tackle Kyle Williams or wide receiver Eric Moulds, since they made the postseason.’
She went to a Bills game and left without 53 years of memories
‘“Imagine sitting in your seat at a Bills game, with thousands of other people, and suddenly, with no warning, this happens to you. Someone falls on you, you get struck in the head, and all your memories from before that day are gone,” O’Brien told The Buffalo News. “It’s horrific.”’
Report card: Meltdown in Houston aside, the Bills’ defense had an outstanding season
‘Yet, here we are, picking up the pieces from a 22-19 overtime defeat that, by all rights, should not have happened, especially if the defense did what it had been doing all year.’
Bills’ Beane: ‘We’re not one player away…’
‘But he also admitted, “I don’t think we’re looking at an overhaul. Last year, offensively, was an overhaul. We’re going to look under every rock to find competition and upgrades where we can. But my philosophy hasn’t changed, we’ve got to draft, develop and sign our guys. Now we’re getting into the area where guys who have been here for three years are up for contracts. All those discussions will commence real soon — the guys who are potential free agents — whether we want them back and can we work it out with them?”’
Bills Mafia starts GoFundMe to pay blindside block fine for Buffalo Bills OT Cody Ford
‘Ford caught wind of the fundraiser and told the fan base that their actions were not going unnoticed. He added that the proceeds from the GoFundMe would go to a local Buffalo charity.’
Browns tab Bills OC Brian Daboll as finalist for head coach; Asst. GM Joe Schoen on radar (report)
‘Daboll was not considered to be a favorite for the job, but a strong interview has put him in consideration for the job.’
Bills’ Cody Ford fined for illegal blindside block that knocked Buffalo out of field goal range in playoffs
‘Ford was penalized 15 yards for an illegal blindside block on Houston Texans linebacker Jacob Martin as Bills quarterback Josh Allen was scrambling to his right on a third-and-9 from the Texans’ 42-yard line. Allen scrambled for four yards that would have put the Bills in position to kick a 56-yard field goal for the win, but Ford’s penalty backed them into their own territory and took Buffalo out of field goal range.’
Bills Mafia creates GoFundMe to pay for Cody Ford’s fine, Ford says proceeds will go to charity
‘The original penalty called on Ford was already the talk of social media following the team’s loss, as some fans thought it was a questionable call and it also knocked the Bills out of range of kicking a possible game-winning field goal.’
Bills fans create go-fund-me after Cody Ford fined for a playoff penalty
‘Some Bills fans want to pick up the tab.’
5 things we learned about the Bills 2019 rookie class
‘“You look at our team that’s out there in the playoff game and you’ve got Dawson out there, first year player, you have Devin out there, first year player, and you have some other first year players and second year players making big time contributions,” McDermott said. “I think this rookie class overall, probably progressed quicker than the class the year before, and that’s a credit to them. It’s a credit to Brandon [Beane] and his staff, and then also our development team and the way that they got these young guys in a short amount of time to understand what habits need to look like in the NFL if you want to play and want to perform at a high level. Then, the players I think took the rest of it upon themselves to contribute at a high level, which bodes well again for the future.”’