Archives for December 3, 2020

‘Through 11 games last year, Bills opponents had a combined record of 31-79, counting the Miami Dolphins once, even though the two teams had played twice by that point. This season, their opponents have a combined record of 60-50, counting the New York Jets once.’

‘Linebacker Matt Milano returned to practice after spending three weeks on the injured reserve list. His potential return could be especially good timing for the Bills’ upcoming game against the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco uses power formations – two running backs or two tight ends – a lot, which forces many defenses to put three linebackers on the field.’

‘Norman also is asking local business leaders, philanthropists, teammates, Bills Mafia and city residents to donate to the program during the month of December through Norman’s nonprofit foundation Starz24.’

‘“John Mazur, our backfield coach, told me, ‘Don’t be offended by what I am going to say, but they’re going to think you playing quarterback is kind of a joke. So they’ll use three or four basic defenses.’ So Mazur devised four plays for each of the defenses I would see and told me to call a lot of audibles. I had a notebook with each of the plays and I took it everywhere with me. I read it when I was eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. I even took it with me when I went to the bathroom.”’