‘”Matt is a very good player. What a great job he’s done since he came in here to improve from 2017 to now,” Beane said during his season-ending news conference Wednesday. “You know, his biggest thing is just being able to play 16 games. That will be the first thing he’ll tell you is he had some nicks here and there. So it’s just finding that balance, but you know, we’d love to be able to get Matt back. He knows that. I’ve shared that with him, I’m sure (head coach) Sean (McDermott) has as well.”‘
Archives for January 28, 2021
Vic Carucci: Bills must be realistic in approach to offseason
‘They also know it would be a mistake to believe, after finishing with a 13-3 regular-season record, winning the AFC East for the first time in 25 years and winning a pair of playoff games, that the needs are any smaller than any other offseason since their arrival in 2017.’
Leslie Frazier staying with Bills as Texans set to hire David Culley as head coach
‘With Frazier back, the Bills will have the same coordinator in place on defense since McDermott arrived for the 2017 season. Additionally, offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who interviewed for multiple head coaching jobs this offseason, will also be back for his fourth season, which coincides with quarterback Josh Allen’s time in the NFL.’
Erik Brady: Once-lost football card collection ties longtime Bills fan to ‘my team’
‘“When you are a Bills fan, you get used to waiting for the other shoe to drop,” he says. “But this time they built my confidence up so much that I thought, ‘Maybe this is the year.’ I knew Kansas City was a hot team, but going in I was feeling really good about the game.”’
Brandon Beane: 2020 was fun, but it’s over and big challenges lay ahead for Bills
‘“I still think we have to be very honest with where we’re at – we’re still not a Super Bowl team,” he said candidly during an hour-long season-ending Zoom call with reporters. “There’s one team happy at the end of the year. We made a great step last year in ’19 from ’18 and another step this year. We still have to go further. The goal here is to win that thing. Until we get in that game to compete for it, we can’t win it. So it wasn’t good enough this year.”’
Bills’ Brandon Beane on ‘tough decisions’ looming in offseason, Matt Milano’s future in Buffalo
‘“Maybe we wouldn’t have made every move we did. Maybe we wouldn’t have been as aggressive in some areas,” Beane said. “But I think most teams were planning on the cap to be around $210 to $215 from talking to some of my peers in the league. Now you’re talking about instead of it going from $198 to $210 now you’re talking about going back possibly as far as $175.”’
30 years ago today: An unforgettable moment in Buffalo Bills history
‘And Norwood was far from the only reason the Bills lost the game; he made a field goal in the first quarter and successfully kicked two extra points after touchdowns by Thurman Thomas and Don Smith. Hall of Famers Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith and head coach Marv Levy struggled against the Giants, who were coached by Bill Parcells and then-assistant Bill Belichick. Buffalo relied on a no-huddle offense as New York controlled the clock, maintaining possession for a Super Bowl record 40 minutes and 33 seconds.’
Having won battle of AFC East, war for conference supremacy has just begun for McDermott, Bills
‘“The thing that creeps in that you really have to watch is the ‘Disease of Me’ as (longtime NBA coach and executive) Pat Riley calls it in his book,” said McDermott. “Where people think that it’s because of them that we had success. No – it’s because of all of us. And that’s the mindset that we have to continue to have around here.”’
The Bills’ Josh Allen has grown tremendously in NFL, but that next step is a big one
‘What they did was challenge Allen to really be accurate and precise and that’s the hardest thing to do when you have such a strong arm and so much ability with your legs and to make plays.’
Buffalo Bills’ Christian Wade takes big step towards NFL dream
‘This means the 29-year-old will be returning for the Bills next season. Most probably this will be on the practice squad, but he will no longer have the special ‘exempt’ spot afforded to IPP players but would have more of a chance of being called up to play.’
Bills Have Offseason Needs To Address With Little To Spend
‘Beane said the Bills already have close to $175 million committed to salaries next season, which is near the lowest projection of where the cap could be set once the league’s new business year begins in March.’
Beane: Goal is to host AFC Championship Game
‘”Next year is a new year,” Beane said. “Nothing we did will matter when we start this offseason or start [training] camp. Every team is built up of new players, so we’ll have to hit the reset button. We’ve got a lot of work to do to try and get this thing going and build a team that can earn its way back to where we were, and hopefully further.”‘
5 takeaways from Brandon Beane as Bills shift focus towards future
‘”Nothing we did will matter when we start this offseason and when we start camp,” Beane said. “Every team is built up of new players and we’ll have to hit the reset button. We have a lot of work to do just to try and get this thing going and build a team that can earn its way back to where we were and hopefully further.”‘
Bills face ‘tough decisions’ with free agents especially LB Matt Milano
‘The league has not announced what the salary cap will be for 2021 but $175 million is a number that’s been thrown around. If that is around what it ends up being, the Bills won’t have much room to work with.’
4 Notable Quotes: Brandon Beane
‘Your last game…generally will tell you where you’re short if you don’t want it all. I think may be a little bit more balance of the run game. When I say balanced I’m not saying run it 20 times and throw it 20 times. I’m saying the ability to run it when you have to. Maybe they’ve got great pass rushers, the team you’re playing, and you want to slow them down so you run it. You’re not always going to be able to track meet everybody up and down the field. Weather can play an element. Heading into that Baltimore game the weather was looking a little bit iffy. Obviously it was the wind but if you add snow and rain to that it would not be conducive to passing so we’ve got to make sure that we can handle any of the elements if we want to host games here in January.’