Archives for October 2, 2014

‘”He demands what he wants out of us,” added receiver Sammy Watkins, the rookie first-round draft pick. “The way he talks, the way he handles business, the way he looks at plays and breaks down defenses is kind of different than EJ.”‘

‘”I’ve been working hard the last four weeks,” he said. “I got in a lot of throws with the guys, so I don’t think time is too big of an issue. I think we’ve got the full gamut of plays in and I feel comfortable. I’ve felt comfortable for the last two or three weeks. The coaches have done a good job. I feel comfortable with everything in the playbook.”‘

‘”I think we’ve got the full gamut of plays in and I feel comfortable. I’ve felt comfortable for the last two or three weeks,” the new starting quarterback said Wednesday. “The coaches have done a good job, [quarterbacks coach] Todd Downing has done a great job with me over the four, five weeks that I’ve been here. I think I feel comfortable with everything in the playbook.”‘

‘And he wasn’t afraid to call out a reporter, either. Orton was asked, “Kyle, why will you run this offense better than EJ [Manuel]?”‘

‘”We thought he was a good player even in the preseason when he started,” said Brown of Orton. “He went out there and commanded the team on a few drives. We were like, ‘Wow this young quarterback that we got is pretty good.’ We never thought we would end up using him. We just thought it’d be nice to see him develop knowing he had the talent. But we wound up using him sooner than we thought.”‘

‘”I just play my game,” said Orton. “I think first and foremost just let the guys know who you are in the huddle, how I like to run the huddle, what I expect of them. We’ll go from there. We got off to a great start (Wednesday).”‘