Archives for August 21, 2016

'There is no fear in the voice of Henderson, 24, now as he speaks about his condition. After a painful 12-month stretch with two surgeries and months of subsequent complications, he feels he has nearly recovered. He is on Buffalo’s non-football illness list, hoping to soon to resume full training.'

'“He was so far out of reach for his goal that it was going to take a lot of time for him to get to where he needed to be,” Whaley maintained, adding the team wanted to give him a chance to catch on with another team.'

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'"Everybody knows, in these processes, you don't want to put a timetable on it," Whaley said during a hastily arranged press-box gathering with reporters before the game.'

'When the Bills reported to training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford at the end of July, one league source told The Buffalo News Williams weighed in 5 pounds heavier than he was in the spring.'

'The Bills' defense, with most of the starters playing through the first half, consistently shut down the Giants' starting offense, with Eli Manning at quarterback. The unit forced four turnovers, two of which led to a pair of touchdowns, and had three sacks.'

'LeSean McCoy rushed five times for 0 yards – and gained 58 yards on four receptions, including a touchdown.'

'Buffalo fans, desperate for success after 16 years of failure, have become more lenient when it comes to player behavior, as if character doesn’t matter compared to production on the field. I’ll say it again: It matters big time when dubious characters can’t get on the field because they’re smoking pot or causing trouble.'

'“I understand the big parts of the defense,” Biermann said, “and I’ll get the little ones as we go along.”'

'A new stadium is inevitable. But what will a new stadium do for the average fan? Fewer seats? Yep. Better parking? No. Better tailgating downtown? I don’t think so. At least some modest seat licenses? For sure. Higher ticket prices? A hundred percent. There will be wider concourses and more gourmet food. There will be a dome. That’ll be the big selling point. (Maybe we don’t realize what we’re missing, but none of my friends complain about sitting outside.)'

'Obviously really good performance today, especially the defense. The 70 yard run or whatever it was, 100 yard run, that withstanding, I thought the effort was great.'

'I think it’s just all on the field. I mean, if he’s not out there being able to perform and he can’t perform at the level we expect him to, then that’s on him. So it’s not a question. I always say the information makes the decision and the information was he wasn’t ready to play and guys underneath him surpassed him.'

'"There's a lot that went on from the time that we got to the stadium today, until we kicked off," center Eric Wood said. "Yeah, big news. Hope both of them learn from all this and come out as better people."'

'The team has elected to keep Watkins on the sidelines for Saturday's second preseason game against the New York Giants at New Era Field. Watkins has returned to practice as he recovers from a broken foot suffered in the offseason, but the team has had him on a very specific plan to get him ready for the Sept. 11 season opener.'

'“Really good performance today, especially the defense,” said coach Rex Ryan. “I thought the effort was great. We held them to one conversion on third down, and that was the first one of the game when we weren’t on the same page, but the rest of the time we were.”'