‘A Reserve/Future contract guarantees a player can’t be signed by another team.’
Archives for January 2021
Bills fan spreads her late father’s ashes at Arrowhead
‘Wearing a necklace with a tiny capsule of her dad’s ashes, Kimmick opened it during the game and spread some of Ronald’s ashes in the stands at Arrowhead.’
Bills players reflect on special 2020 season
‘“We have a lot to be proud of. To come in, do the things we were able to accomplish, to do it without an offseason, to do it with a lot of new guys, a lot of new pieces, not having those OTA’s to be able to gel and get the reps and continuity going,” Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White said. “What we did is an amazing thing. It’s something to be proud of.’
Josh Allen’s growth in year three was the Bills’ biggest win this season
‘“I believe that it’s certainly a benchmark or or a landmark to where we’ve gotten beyond now and I think that speaks well for the future of this organization moving forward. There’s not a lot of teams that can answer that question and say yes we have our quarterback. I can tell you Josh Allen is a very good quarterback and one we can win with for years to come,” Bills head coach Sean McDermott said on Tuesday.’
4 Notable Quotes: Sean McDermott
‘“The one before half I really felt like morale was a big piece to that they had momentum they were getting the ball after half as well and I felt like we needed to come away with points at that one. Even though sometimes analytics may say one thing, whether it said it or not on our chart, I think there’s a human element to the game at the end of the day and I felt like we needed to come away with points.”‘
From the Producer’s Desk: Bills Offseason
‘Today we will start on the offensive side of the ball. The first is a no-brainer and one which I believe Brandon Beane will take care of sooner than later, signing quarterback Josh Allen to a mega contract to keep him here for the foreseeable future. This is a must do and most people would agree, but this will take up a good portion of the Bills cap space and some big decisions will need to be made, especially on the defensive side of the ball. (I will get to the defense tomorrow).’
McDermott ponders third quarter field goal decision against Chiefs: ‘I’m kicking myself a little bit’
‘”If we get to fourth and one [or] fourth and two, I know for sure we would have went for it, McDermott said. “Maybe, third down, sticking a run in there and getting that one or two years, we felt a bit more comfortable going for it there.”‘
Sean McDermott supports Josh Allen’s statement: ‘I proved now that they didn’t make a mistake by drafting me’
‘I’ve been so focused on trying to do my job for the Bills, and whatever happens happens. Obviously, I’m not stressing about it. I’m just… trying to be the best, best quarterback for this team, and we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”‘
A touching moment: Bills fan scatters dad’s ashes during the AFC Championship game
‘”I knelt down and opened up a necklace that I had around my neck for the last year that had about half a capsule of some of my dad’s ashes, so I let him out into the seat next to me so that he was physically there, but I also wanted to make sure before I left that stadium that I did that so he can be a season-ticket holder for eternity,” Kimmick said.’
McDermott says deep run won’t provide shortcut for 2021
‘“There is still a gap from where we are to where they are,” Sean McDermott said. “There’s not just one answer to solve that problem.”’
Sean McDermott on the Bills offseason changes ahead
‘McDermott has used the phrase ‘growth mindset’ plenty of times over his four years in Western New York.’
Report: Jon Bon Jovi says world would be ‘better off’ if Trump bought the Buffalo Bills
‘“I was really shocked at the depths [Trump] went to. He wasn’t even qualified to buy the team, because you have to submit your tax returns, and he never filed the paperwork. Instead, he did this dark shadow assassination thing, hoping to buy the team at a bargain basement price. But I just couldn’t understand how this misinformation was being put out there. It was seriously scarring,” Bon Jovi told The Guardian.’
McDermott reflects on 2020 season
‘”Here’s what I know from experience,” McDermott said. “If you sit here and say, ‘All we need to do is this much more to make it to the Super Bowl,’ you’re wrong. You gotta start over. Yes, you carry a lot of things over, but every year you gotta start over. You gotta rebuild the football team. You gotta grow as an individual. You gotta take it upon yourself just because we had success to ask yourself the hard questions. You gotta take the growth mindset approach. That’s what you do when you’re a winner. That’s what you do when you’re hungry to be the best, and that’s what we’re gonna continue to do as long as I’m the head coach here. You gotta do that.”‘
Bills find franchise quarterback in Josh Allen
‘”Josh Allen is a very good quarterback and one we can win with in years to come,” Head Coach Sean McDermott said. “Josh’s development this season was a huge step in our growth as a team, was a huge step in his growth as a player on and off the field. I bet if you pulled anyone inside this building, in particular, you’d get a unanimous vote that Josh Allen certainly proved himself and what he can do. Does that mean he’s perfect? No. Does that mean he has work to do? Yes. Just like all of us.”‘
10 things we learned from Sean McDermott’s final press conference of the 2020 season
‘”We accomplished a lot,” McDermott said. “We won a division, won 13 games, hosted and won two playoff games. There’s one game after the game that we just played. Do we make it a goal to make it to the AFC Championship Game? No. The goal is to win the World Championship. So we came up short, disappointed in that but extremely grateful for what we were able to accomplish this season. Believe me, we’re going back to work. We’re already back at work to assess where we are and how we can move our team forward. I feel good about what we’ve done, not satisfied.”‘