Archives for October 2016

'"Absolutely [I had sources], as far as you guys know," a smiling Ryan said Monday. "That's just great. Because, man, I stirred the pot. Because you know they're sitting back and going, 'Who is it? Who is it?' I was B.S.-ing the whole time.'

'Bills coach Rex Ryan gave the Buffalo Bills a day off Monday after their shutout win over the New England Patriots. Bills guard Richie Incognito decided to spend part of that downtime tweaking Patriots coach Bill Belichick via social media.'

'The Bills responded with a tweet of their own, poking fun at Affleck and his favorite football team.'

'Ryan would not comment on the status of Dareus’ treatment, but confirmed he will be on the practice field this week. “I am not going to get into specifics…what he is doing off the field or anything like that,” he said. “My understanding is he is in good spirits and looking forward to getting back out there with his teammates…..I think everybody, all his teammates, are looking forward to having Marcell back out there.”'

'"At 0-2, you realize we have 14 games left, we have a long time to make the run, but in the back of your mind you are thinking 'Ok, we need a win this week, and we probably need to win next week too.' We don't want to be sitting at 0-3, and we don't want to be sitting at 1-3 or 0-4."'

'Having been away for a total of six weeks, the defensive lineman staying off the roster with the one-week exemption rule was at least a mild consideration. However, that's not in the plans — as far as the Bills are concerned, that is.'

'Heading into Sunday’s game against the Patriots, Taylor had a new method in determining where he was going with the football. Offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn encouraged Taylor to focus more on the matchups he was surveying pre-snap, rather than the progression he’d have to go through with his reads on the play. The results were noticeably better in Week 4.'

'“I expect him to play (Sunday). He’s already been delayed four games. So he’ll play,” said head coach Rex Ryan Monday. “In what capacity? How much he really plays I’m not sure, but he’s definitely going to play.”'

'Most of the day the Patriots looked like the Bills usually do when they play New England.'

'Imagine shutting out Bill Belichick, the NFL’s acknowledged coaching guru, in his own house.'

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'But he rid himself of a thorny talking point when the question comes up — and it really has never gone away — about whether he truly is a franchise quarterback.'

'"So we left it right there," Williams said. "I grabbed everybody together after it happened and said, 'Hey, we are not going to allow these guys to get in our heads.' That might be part of their game plan, but we can't let it affect us."'

'“It was very big to get Robert going,” Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor said. “A lot of what Robert does goes unnoticed in our running game as far as blocking. We definitely could get him the ball more – he definitely stepped up to the plate today as we knew he would.”'

'“I mean, 3-1 is not a bad start at all,” Gronkowski said. “But when you lose, you’ve got to see what you did wrong, correct it, go back to the practice field and get back on the right track.”'