Archives for August 13, 2013

‘The veteran has eyes and he can see what E.J. Manuel and Jeff Tuel are doing ahead of him. Tuel hit another absolute bomb Monday to Marquise Goodwin that the kid caught right in stride for a 70 yard touchdown. Kolb wants to get in on all this, “We’re taking it slowly and carefully, but yes, I’m trying to push the envelope a little bit. I’m trying to get out there and be a little part of this fun.”‘

‘Pettine talked about having the proper mentality, attitude and approach to the game rather than who would be lining up where. Pettine recapped his message to the players during a recent interview on WGR. “That we were going to be aggressive. That we were going to be the toughest defense in the league” Pettine said. “It was more about the attitude, that you need to play with great passion. To me, that’s where it starts from. The playbook is meaningless if you don’t have your guys with that type of mentality, that type of attack mode.’

‘Well, say this for the 23-year-old out of Florida State: He knows how to make an entrance.’

‘”I feel pretty good,” Kolb said. “It’s getting better every day. No setbacks once we’re pushing it so that feels good and hopefully tomorrow is the same way.”‘

‘Today they came out there and they worked extremely hard. So, they’re hungry to get better. We’re hungry to get better just as a team.’

‘You definitely gain a lot of confidence taking that away and going into the half with some positivity. I didn’t necessarily get the drives I wanted early in the game so to finish the half like that, I was very happy.’

‘I was coming off my best practice probably and feeling really comfortable. I had just gone through telling everybody that that was the most comfortable I’ve felt in a while. For something goofy like that to happen was very frustrating. And of course, with the family situation, having to leave the team for a while, it wasn’t a good time. But you fight through those struggles and have to move on.’