Archives for December 11, 2020

‘Combined, the two moves give the Bills the type of stability that every NFL team craves – but doesn’t always find.’

‘Why it didn’t happen sooner with Beane, at or around the same time as McDermott’s extension, is a bit of a head-scratcher. The negotiating parameters seemed reasonably obvious. Whatever the market is for a top-flight GM, you pay it, just as the Pegulas did when it came to putting McDermott among the higher-paid coaches.’

‘“I think last week we did a better job, and I think we can build off of it,” Feliciano said of the win against San Francisco. “We have a tough front coming up. This time next week, we’ll know more about ourselves.”’

‘“Very unselfish in his approach,” coach Sean McDermott said of Phillips. “Loves God, loves people. I think to make life simple, that’s great. . . . When you poll people of some of the most respected players in our locker room, I think you’d find Harry at the top of the list.”’

‘In the last 20 years, the Steelers have had nine different homegrown edge rushers make the Pro Bowl a combined 17 times.’

‘The Bills are surging, they’re at home and need to keep winning, with Miami a game back of the AFC East lead entering the weekend. With the pressure on and the nation watching, Buffalo continues to roll, securing its biggest victory of the season against a legitimate Super Bowl contender and taking another step toward winning its first division title since 1995. Bills, 31-27.’

‘With that, we hand it off to the clincher: Pittsburgh is 18-3-2 against the spread since 2011 when taking points from a foe coming off consecutive wins. While the line opened with the Steelers as the favorite, before either team played Monday night, it quickly shifted to the Bills.’

‘The local rating for the upcoming game with Pittsburgh on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” carried by WGRZ-TV (Channel 2) could be depressed because Channel 2 is off DirecTV in a retransmission dispute. However, DirecTV subscribers can stream the game on the Bills app.’