Archives for August 14, 2016

'By game’s end, the crowd was pretty much down to friends and family for Jones’ late-game heroics that mercifully brought the 3-hour and 13-minute snoozathon to an end.'

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'"The mistakes that we made, as I pointed out to our team, it's like we've got to turn the page on that," Ryan said. "That was last year's team, and we can't have that."'

'The Colts’ 19-18 victory over the Bills in Orchard Park was dismal even by preseason standards.'

'My, how times have changed for Taylor. He showed up last summer as a free-agent backup and is now viewed as a precious commodity. Considering how much the risks outweighed the rewards, it’s a mystery why he was on the field at all Saturday for the preseason opener against the Colts.'

'“I don't like to grade myself until I watch the film,” Jones said afterward. “A couple plays I'm disappointed in myself for not getting it done. You guys can look at it however you want, but we still lost the game. It's kind of hard to enjoy my first NFL game and have fun when we didn't get it done. That kind of falls on my shoulders, being the quarterback on the last drive.”'

'The Bills and Colts combined for 12 punts in the first half alone. Hey, it's the preseason. Bills punter Colton Schmidt averaged a booming 53 yards on his six attempts.'

'For the most part, we had I think the one or two plays obviously with the difference on defense, giving up a screen pass. And the terminology on some of the calls we made, we had a player in there that quite honestly we just got so that was on me. He never understood that he had the back, simple as that. There’ s no two ways around it, that’ s on me. I should have known and that’ s my responsibility as a head coach. I have to make sure that’ s not (happening).'

'It started making baseball caps in 1934 and has grown to become the official cap of Major League Baseball, the NFL and the NBA. The company employs more than 500 people in Western New York between its Delaware Avenue headquarters and Derby manufacturing plant.'

'"I wanted to make a sign but couldn't think of anything clever enough to say," Meghan said. "That's when I thought we'd just bring the flag. I used to have season tickets in the Rockpile and I'd run back and forth across the top row after every Bills score. This flag has gone a lot of places."'

'Preseason football returned in all its ugliness as the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Buffalo Bills 19-18 in a game that made the sweaty fans in attendance – announced at 65,159 but it was more like 35,159 – at the venerable stadium that will now carry the New Era Cap Company name wince and shake their heads.'

'It is unknown what the new name will be, though a press conference will be held this week to reveal the details. It’s possible that Ralph Wilson’s name remains part of the marquee. For instance, the name could be something like New Era Field at Ralph Wilson Stadium, or Ralph Wilson Field at New Era Stadium.'

'Colts owner Jim Irsay tweeted before the game that Luck wouldn't play and insinuated that it was because he didn't trust Rex Ryan to not send heavy blitzes at his quarterback.'

'Before getting injured, Enemkpali had two quarterback pressures in the game. He had been taking most of the first-team reps at outside linebacker opposite Jerry Hughes during training camp.'

'We've seen it on the practice field. He's got more poise and I get it because that is what we said about him when the young man was drafted. However, almost immediately, we saw a guy that has poise. One thing that you don't see if the work ethic that he has and he's a sharp young man, really smart. Is he maybe improving faster than we thought? Maybe so.'