‘Defensive End Shaq Lawson, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March said he would like to come back to the Bills, but obviously that will be decided between the team and his agent. He said the team not picking up his fifth-year option last offseason gave him motivation to have a great year and he feels he put his best foot forward and played well.’
Archives for January 2020
Locker room clean out: Themes and thoughts from One Bills Drive
‘Running back Frank Gore discussed the possibility of retirement today. One of his offensive linemen, Quinton Spain, was in a contract year this year. On the other side of the ball, Shaq Lawson’s fifth year option wasn’t picked up coming into this season. All three of them had no guarantees, but a return to Buffalo sounds like an option across the board, at least on their end.’
Bills players: “We appreciate you”, Thanking Bills Mafia after this season
‘”This is the most fun I’ve had playing football in a long time and it definitely has to do with the Bills Madia and how loud and crazy they are. I appreciate them,” said Jon Feliciano, Bills Guard.’
Bills fans say traveling to playoff game was more than watching the team win or lose
‘“They recreated the tailgate down there and we were like ants scattering there. There were Bills fans everywhere, everywhere you went on the plane, everywhere,” Bills fan Joe Balone said.’
Bills leave historic season behind with hope for future
‘“I just got told we’ve got a good basis on where we’re at right now and a lot of guys coming back next year,” said Allen. “We can learn from this and try to use it for the better, and with the guys that we have in this locker room I’ve got no doubt that’s what we’ll do.”’
Why Josh Allen is anxious to get back to work in preparation for the 2020 season
‘“The experience of being in that game, that type of game, feeling the flow (will help),” he said. “Obviously, there are little things about the game. Finding completions and taking care of the football. There’s stuff to learn from and it’s going to be every week. Every year you’re going to find a way to learn something and get better and improve on yourself and that was no different with what happened at Houston.”’
Eric Wood | 4 final observations on the Bills 2019 playoff season
‘Between the penalties and turnovers, that missed sack at the end, there’s just so many plays at the end you could point to — it could have gone differently for the Bills in so many ways, but that’s the way this league works. When it came down to it, they didn’t make enough plays. To have that start they had to get up 16-0 and not be able to finish it off, it is truly gut wrenching for everyone in the organization and Bills fans out there.’
Bills Today | NFL analyst identifies Devin Singletary as a building block for the future
‘“When you need two yards, he’ll get you three and a half,” Baldinger said.’
Bills defense rues missed opportunities after dominant first half vs. Texans
‘“That’s the difference between an elite team and just what happened to us, I guess,” defensive tackle Jordan Phillips said. “We didn’t make the clutch plays that we needed to make to stay in it.”’
Bills find the ‘billsiest’ way to lose in overtime to Texans
‘Once again, the Bills found themselves with a seeming victory in hand, with a chance to continue their most promising season in recent memory. And then … poof! It was gone.’
Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins break Bills’ hearts in Houston
‘“We’ve been in situations like that before. We knew we were playing against a good team today,” Hopkins said after the game. “We knew we came out in the second half and do what we had to do and execute on some things that we didn’t execute on in the first half. We knew we were going to have a shot to come out and win this game and that’s what we did.”’
A haunting last line for a Bills season of high hopes
‘The game joined the ranks of Bills losses all too difficult to forget. Andrews, at his equipment, buried his face in his hands. He had been ready for a last song but he said he was not prepared for a defeat as tumultuous as this, and he knew what all those men and women in Bills colors at the tables spread before him were feeling.’
Bills’ Matt Milano on Texans’ Deshaun Watson’s great escape: ‘We just missed the tackle’
‘“I had him,” Neal said. “When I hit him, I saw somebody hit him from the front and he just spun off. We hit him from the back and hit him from the front and he stayed up. It was a great quarterback play.”’
Bills blow 16-0 third quarter lead to let game slip away
‘The Texans were booed off the field at halftime. Houston has been shut out in the first half at home, three times in the last five postseasons. That’s as many as the rest of the NFL combined.’
Conservative coaching, confusing defensive game plan hurt Bills in loss
‘The Bills’ coverage was way too soft, including on the Texans’ third-and-18 conversion in which Johnson caught the ball well short of the first-down marker, but was able to get the necessary yardage. Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier seemed worried about getting beat over the top. Overly so, because the team gave up too much underneath.’