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‘Safeties Hyde (groin) and Bush (shoulder) both missed last week’s win over the Tennessee Titans. Dean Marlowe started next to Jordan Poyer. Both played every defensive snap. On Monday Marlowe was released, then brought back to the practice squad on Wednesday after clearing waivers. That could be a good indication that McDermott feels either Hyde, Bush, or both will be available for Sunday’s game at the Houston Texans.’

‘”I think it is going to be a game-time decision. The shot that he took, I mean you guys saw on television; I saw it from yards away. I saw his helmet go up by his mouth, his eyes rolled back and I went, ‘oh, man, he’s taking a pounding’. I just don’t know that they can even take the chance after what happened last year [torn ACL in practice] and put him out there against your defense that is potentially faster and more physical than what we saw against Dallas. He says he’s ready to go. If he does, he hasn’t practiced much at all this week so there’s going to be a bit of rust that he’ll encounter early in this game.”‘

‘When asked if incoming calls become more frequent as the trade deadline gets close, McDermott said, “Yeah, it does. I’m not the one fielding most of those calls. That falls under Brandon’s job description, if you will. So I would just imagine they do, it’s just kind of logical sense.”’

‘”The plan should be to get him up to speed as quick as possible, and in maybe a week or two put him in as the starting quarterback. [Buffalo would] be better served to have another QB in there. That guy cannot be Nathan Peterman.”‘

‘What about for the Bills? How much sense does it make to ship away your most accomplished and dynamic offense weapon, in an offense that is severely lacking players that can make someone miss in the open field. How much sense does it make to trade your starting running back on a team that is trying to protect their rookie starting quarterback from being thrust into the fire. One Eagles radio host believes the Bills at least are entertaining the idea, because they have a price in mind.’

‘“I think [Anderson> provides that [veteran presence>, or would provide it if it gets that far. It’s important that we try to do that in every room – that you have a veteran player that offers a great example not only on the field, but off the field, as well, to what it should look like. We’re not there from a roster standpoint yet to be able to do that in every room potentially, but that’s the vision for the roster and in this case, for the quarterback room.”’

‘”Most of the rule changes over the last decade, 5 years, however far back you want to go, they are slighted towards offensive production. You can’t touch a receiver past 5 yards. You can’t put your body weight on a quarterback.”‘

‘Mortensen also tweeted that the Bills had been looking at several quarterbacks, including former Pittsburgh Steelers signal-caller Landry Jones and former Denvers Broncos quarterback Paxton Lynch, but that “the experience and familiarity with coach and GM has tilted in favor of Anderson.” McDermott and Bills general manager Brandon Beane were in Carolina for several years while Anderson served as the Panthers’ backup quarterback.’

‘While the Titans added two more field goals by Succop to finally take the lead, 12-10, the Bills got one more drive to come back to win the game. With a large dose of LeSean McCoy and Chris Ivory, the Bills ate the last 4:43 off the clock to set up Stephen Hauschka for the 46 yard game winning field goal.’

‘It is so tiring watching amateur hour called the Buffalo Bills receivers. Andre Holmes is a great special teams player, but a horrendous wide receiver. Leading 10-9, Allen threw to Holmes who let the ball hit him right in the hands and then be intercepted.’

‘But hey, the Bills won and I’m very thankful for that. I don’t hold out any hope for the 2018 Bills to surprise me as last season’s team did but a loss to the Titans would have dropped them to 1-4 and left me where I was after the Chargers game when I figured the Bills were headed for the worst record in the league. I have no desire to declare the season over and go heavy into draft talk before we even experience Halloween.’

‘But so was brutal quarterback play by both Josh Allen and Marcus Mariota. Errant throws and sloppy ball handling were the order of the day. In the end though it was all enough for the Bills to get their second win of the 2018 season and keep fans hopes of at least a playoff chase alive into the middle of October.’

‘The entire unit did exactly what’s needed for this team to have to win football games. The formula right now is play really good (maybe even extraordinary) defense, get turnovers, and give the offense opportunities to capitalize. That’s exactly what the defense did against the Titans. They took the ball away three times and never allowed them into their end zone, only giving up four field goals on the day. There isn’t much more you can ask an NFL defense to do on any given Sunday than what the Bills did against Tennessee.’

‘Anderson was last with the Carolina Panthers, backing up Cam Newton. Anderson, 35, has been with the Panthers, Cardinals and Browns in his twelve year NFL career, making 47 starts. Allen also worked with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll during their time with the Browns.’

‘The Bills signed Marlowe to the roster due to the fact that safeties Micah Hyde and Rafael Bush are questionable for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans.’