Archives for October 4, 2016

'Where are the Bills at the quarter pole? "We’re definitely finding ourselves,” Ryan maintained. “We know we need to improve as a team but we know how to do it. We know it’s through hard work and it’s through preparation. That’s how this team’s going to get better.”'

'“You hit on it. It is a big thing for us,” coach Rex Ryan said Monday. “It’s a team stat, time of possession a lot of times is a team statistic, and we needed to improve drastically from the previous year offensively. I think we are headed in the right direction.'

'"I was like, 'well, look, they're just going to throw a vertical shot up to this guy.' Well, they did for a touchdown," Ryan said. "We knew it was coming up, yet we couldn't defend it, because he does have that kind of length and height and he'll go up and compete for the football. Those are the little things I know about him. The other part, we'll find out."'

'"That's just great. Because, man, I stirred the pot," Ryan said. "Because you know they're sitting back going, 'Who is it? Who is it?' I was BSing the whole time. But, heck, if people are worried about it, that's awesome. That's good. Let them think they got somebody (leaking info)."'

'"I think he's going to be ready to roll … when his time's up," Ryan said. "He's doing a really good job in the weight room and things.'

'“I didn’t even realize it until our Wednesday meeting and Rex made mention that the entire team came in and watched film and lifted and kind of did their normal Monday routine as if we had lost,” Wood said on WGR 550. “Which is a great commitment level from everybody.”'

'But Whaley found a couple of gems on the free-agent market, and the D has been better for it. Zach Brown, who signed a one-year, $1.25 million deal to be Ragland’s backup, has been a revelation, leading the NFL in tackles through four games. The fifth-year inside ’backer is making Ragland’s injury seem like a stroke of good fortune.'

'Smith also claimed the Bills defense "hasn't really given us a reason to be enthusiastic about them" despite being third in the league in points allowed per game and second in sacks.'[

'Q: Zach Brown’s game was impressive, what was it like watching it on again on tape? A: Tell you the most impressive play, the 18 tackles that is pretty impressive, two forced fumbles, sack, so I will be shocked if he doesn’t win national awards for his performance. But the one that was most impressive is the one that doesn’t count and thank goodness it didn’t, is when he chased (Julian) Edelman down at the one yard line. I don’t think there are many linebackers if any linebackers in the league that are going to make that play other than him.'

'Get a grip people. Here’s a reality check: Try being a fan of the Bills and Sabres.'

'Some perspective: The Bills are 2-2 for a fifth consecutive season; they were 2-2 in eight of the 16 consecutive seasons they’ve missed the playoffs.'

'"No. I mean, my take on it, I wasn't in the middle of it or whatever I was on the other side," Ryan said. "When I walked over there is was already gone. Sometimes those things happen but I don't think it escalated."'

'"He deserves a lot," Wilbon said. "I mean you gotta go out there and win the game in New England which is a very, very difficult thing. I mean, but he and his defensive staff devised a system in which they said, 'We're not gonna let this kid, this nobody kid out of North Carolina State (beat us). We're gonna make him a passer. You gotta stay in the pocket and throw the ball.' And he's not very adept at that and a big turnover hurt him and New England couldn't score. He deserves credit."'

'"The people in this locker room are never going to give up on Rex, and Rex is never going to give up on us," Bills safety Aaron Williams said. "As long as we believe it in this locker room and pull through and hold each other accountable we're going to be confident each and every week."'

'The team has allowed only 18 points in the last two weeks while recording seven sacks, four interceptions, 15 tackles for loss, seven passes defensed and 12 quarterback hits.'