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'“I’m confident in Dion. He’s only going to continue to get better, just like the rest of our team. That’s what we’re focused on, continuous improvement, whether it’s Dion, or anyone else for that matter, myself included,” McDermott said. “We’re just going to continue to grow and get better, and learn from our mistakes. The good part about it is you have a young guy here who has already got a significant number of snaps under his belt at left tackle, he has played some right tackle obviously.”'

'Lee, 6-3, 260 is a first-year player out of South Florida. Originally an undrafted signing of the Houston Texans in 2016, Lee was released in final cuts in early September. He was promptly signed to Buffalo’s practice squad on Sept. 5th.'

'Atlanta hasn’t had a problem scoring points, but Buffalo’s defense makes you earn everything you get on every single play. It’s why their red zone defense ranks second in the NFL allowing touchdowns less than 30 percent of the time (28.6%). The Falcons rank an average 14th in the league in red zone touchdown percentage (60%).'

'Bills pass rusher Shaq Lawson was limited in practice on Thursday after a groin injury cropped up during practice. Head coach Sean McDermott said Lawson will not practice here on Friday, and his status for playing against the Falcons Sunday will go right up until the time when inactive players are declared 90 minutes before the game.'

'“We’ve touched the subject a little bit, a little bit of common ground. Two years ago I was in a similar position… last year, with his experience, there’s a lot we can learn from those experiences,” McDermott said. “We’ve touched the subject, with respect to that as well, ‘Hey, what would you have done differently, in terms of as a team, what was said.’ Those are things we can use for our team moving forward… because the best way is to learn from other people’s situations. That’s what we try and do here.”'

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'"So nobody tripped when the receiver went for 300 yards and three touchdowns in their first season, nobody batted an eye," Matthews said. "Now after that year, everybody expects it to be like in Week 4, I need two touchdowns. I drafted you on my fantasy team. Fantasy has killed the game."'

'“I think after a couple of weeks of dealing with headaches, it makes you think twice a little bit,” he said. “It was a different thing for me. I’ve never really dealt with anything that's lasted as long as it did.”'

'"I remember the days where I grew up wanting to be an Atlanta Falcon,” said Tolbert, who was born in Douglasville, Ga., about 20 miles west of Atlanta. “Now that I can play against them, it’s kind of bittersweet.”'

'“When they told me, I thought I was going to get a trophy,” White joked Thursday. “I'm like, man, it's just for the internet basically. Seriously, though, it's a tremendous honor. It's something I set as one of my goals. When I came to the NFL, I said I wanted to be defensive rookie of the year, so I'm off to a great start. It's a testament to my coaching staff and teammates putting me in a position to make plays.'

'Freeman arguably is the best pure, outside zone runner in the league. He's not as good all-around as LeSean McCoy or Ezekiel Elliott. But he has the most rushing yards of any NFL back the past two-plus seasons. And nobody hits the outside zone runs better. At 5-foot-8, 206 pounds, he has a compact body similar to that of Frank Gore. He has a knack for pressing the edge of the defense on wide runs, planting his foot and slashing upfield.'

'Through four games, he's amassed a passer rating of 103.2 when "kept clean." When pressured, Ryan's passer rating is 88.1. That's not a huge gap. It's still early, but there was bound to be a regression from Ryan's MVP season of a year ago when his passer rating was 128.9 when kept clean, the best figure in the league.'

'Despite his struggles through his last two games, with just 30 yards rushing on 26 carries, LeSean McCoy ranks 13th in total yards from scrimmage with 271 yards. He is one of just four players with at least 125 yards rushing and 125 yards receiving this season. His 18 receptions rank 12th overall, and second among running backs, behind only Tarik Cohen, who has 20.'

'But while the losses were noticeable, they were minor: The Bills were down about 2,200 likes in the days after Sunday's game (a 26-16 win), which was a decrease of only about 0.25 percent of their overall Facebook following. No team lost more than half a percentage point of its total Facebook likes, according to data from The Advocate.'

'The answer is no. Jones is world-class, very nearly in a class of his own in today’s NFL. There are other greats, no doubt, and two names that come immediately to mind are Cincinnati’s A.J. Green and Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown. But Jones is simply a cut above when you combine his size (6-foot-3, 220 pounds), his speed, his remarkable efficiency in how he runs his routes, and his sticky hands. It’s the complete package, and the Bills’ defense knows it has the ultimate challenge Sunday in Atlanta.'