Archives for September 2016

'Running back LeSean McCoy expects the amount of plays available per game to be cut in half to about 40. Lynn will also call plays from the coach's box as opposed to Roman, who worked on the sideline.'

' In two games, Buffalo has 27 first downs, converted 6 of 23 third-down chances and had fewer than 48 minutes in time of possession.'

'"If we allowed opinions, or if it's media or if it's other people that talk bad about us to get into the mindset of our team, it would be a very, very bad thing," Williams said on the John Murphy Show on Thursday afternoon. "We have to be stone-walled, we have to be strong minded to say, 'You know what, this is a long season.' Every week is a different challenge. Last week, everybody wanted to talk about Rex's record against [Ryan Fitzpatrick" target="_blank"> and all that kind of stuff. What happened? They out executed us with what they were doing. One week is not the same as the next. We're heading into this week, stone wall mentality, we're going to put our work in and we're not gonna let anything affect us."'

'“I think there’s a little more concern because of the fact of another day he didn’t practice,” Ryan said. “So there’s probably a little heightened concern there a little bit.”'

'Arizona also forced five Buccaneers’ turnovers in that contest (four interceptions of Winston and a fumble recovery). Their defense is loaded with talented players across the board, but especially in the secondary, where they play a lot of man-to-man defense and suffocate their opponents’ wideouts.'

'This is a fairly brutal stretch of games over the next three weeks, at home against Arizona, on the road against New England, and then traveling all the way out west to take on the Los Angeles Rams. The Bills, at best, can only get to 2-3 on the year through this stretch, but a 1-4 or even an 0-5 start seems more logical based on the opponents, and the location of those opponents. It’s not quite panic time at One Bills Drive, but unless they put out the early flames, this could turn into an all-out five alarm fire.'

'“I just know that when you’re playing at a faster pace you put more pressure on a defense over four quarters and that’s what we’re going to do,” Lynn said.'

'Buffalo will be looking to take advantage of an Arizona team that has looked shaky on special teams through the first two games of the season. The Cardinals rank 31st in kick return average, 21st in punt return average. They’re in the lower half of the league on punt and kick coverage as well.'

'“Any team that’s 0-2 you’re going to get their best shot … especially at home,” he said. “I have all the respect in the world for Rex and the job he’s done."'

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'"Of course, when you're 0-2, you're not going to feel like your best self," defensive lineman Corbin Bryant said. "But, obviously, he feels a lot of pressure. I'm sure people in this locker room feel a lot of pressure to perform. At the end of the day, we have to perform. It's a performance-based business.'

'“I think the gameplan we have this week is pretty good. Not as much thinking,” McCoy said. “It’s more about just going out there to play.”'

'“We’ll just see what happens. If you want, you think you could take care of that for me?” McCoy joked to a reporter. “We’ll see what the cost is.”'

'Bradley is the only other coach with such a line offered. His line is "Yes" +150 and "No" -200.'

'“I think by the end of the season, every team will be doing it,” said Bills defensive tackle Corbin Bryant. “There has to be a point man we can talk to and get the conversation started, because the injustice is just ridiculous.”'