Archives for October 13, 2016

'“My personal opinion, I think the national anthem is an opportunity for us, as a football team, to show respect to the men and women that serve our country. (But) this is a free country and you can do what you want. I just think – the platform of the national anthem – there might be a better platform for you to get your point across.”'

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'"His legs are his biggest threat," outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said. "His ability to extend drives. Obviously, you can see what Tyrod is able to do for us. You have him in a third-and-long situation and get after him, everybody's covered, and he finds a way out of it and extends a drive and they end up scoring.'

'Dareus said the injury occurred last Friday when he "tried to crank it up and turn it on big time" while chasing backup quarterback EJ Manuel.'

'According to Rapoport, Watkins visited Dr. Robert Anderson, a highly regarded orthopedic surgeon in Charlotte, N.C., and his recommendation for the receiver was rest and rehabilitation.'

'"No, the message is we were impressed with this young man as a kicker," Ryan said. "He'll also punt during the week because Colton [Schmidt" target="_blank"> won't be able to punt. So that's kind of the message we're sending."'

'You know, I don’t know what you want me to say. Like do you want me to be critical of Gabbert? You’re always ready for each guy I think but both those guys can run with the football, but I think obviously Kaepernick’s more talented as a runner. We’re just going to defense whoever’s out there.'

'“My thing is, I’m under a rock,’’ he said. “I’m focused on whoever we’re playing and that’s it. So I don’t … know a whole lot about politics or anything else. Right now, I’m strictly a football coach.’’'

'“This has nothing to do with Kap or San Fran,” McCoy said. “We’ve been in talks; it might be this week or next home game. We’re kind of getting it sorted out right now. Not finalized yet, but we’ve been talking, having conversations about it. Just trying to find the right day for us. They’re trying to protect us, so they’re busy.”'

'With his touchdown against the Rams, and his fumble return touchdown against the Jets in Week, 2, Robey-Coleman became the 10th defensive player in Bills’ history to score twice in the same season.'

'"I think there's going to be a lot of people rooting for me as well," Kaepernick said in a conference call with Buffalo media. "I think a lot of the people that are rooting against me because of what my stance is and what I believe in and the people and injustice I'm fighting for, you know, it's sad to see that they don't feel the empathy or compassion that other people should have the same rights, the same justices and be treated the same way as them."'

'"With our fans?" Bills coach Rex Ryan said. "I think they're going to treat Kaepernick and every 49er the same way, that our fan-base supports the Buffalo Bills. They could care less about who we're playing, and that's what it is. Hey, are they going to boo the opponent? Yeah, absolutely. I want them to."'

'According to Pro Football Focus, Robey-Coleman was targeted three times on Sunday by Case Keenum and the cornerback did not allow a single reception.'

'"Everybody has their own opinion about it," McCoy said. "The good thing about being an American is that's his freedom. If he wants to speak about it and take a knee, that's what he wants to do. There's no law against that. As players, we're just trying to win football games. There's different platforms you can choose to talk about it or make a stand for something like that. He chose to do it on the field. That's really up to him."'

'"You got to live on, move on," Jackson said. "It's unfortunate that things broke up the way it did, but I think everybody's still happy and doing what they need to do."'