Archives for December 29, 2016

'The awkward exchange made it clear he hadn’t been prepared for some obvious questions, other than to say it was his decision. But the minute he honestly conceded he “wasn’t in that meeting when that decision was made” it was clear this was a front-office decree.'

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'"He looked at me like I was crazy," Felton recalled Wednesday. "He's like, 'Why are you on a knee? We want you to be into it, looking at what's going on.' He wanted me up and paying attention and into it. That's just a small thing, but he takes that type of stuff seriously."'

'“We had plenty of opportunities to get this thing right,” left guard Richie Incognito said. “We had plenty of opportunities to win. We didn’t play consistent football. When we play consistent football, when we play complimentary football – offense, defense, special teams – we’re a tough team to beat. The problem is we didn’t do it too often.”'

'"It's tough," Bush said in the locker room Wednesday. "I just didn't have a lot of opportunities this year. And so I'm not worried about that, finishing with negative yards or anything like that. If I had more opportunities, it would be a different story. But I didn't have that."'

'Ryan was wearing a Clemson hat, supporting the college team his son, Seth, plays on.'

'Trotter also slammed the Bills for how they handled Wednesday's press conference, in which Lynn contradicted himself over whose decision it was to start EJ Manuel at quarterback. Trotter said it was a "flat-out joke" that the Bills are presenting this week as a one-game audition for Lynn, who has other head-coaching interest, and added that if Lynn is smart, "he will get as far away from Buffalo as he can."'

'In Taylor, who could have a large chunk of his contract guaranteed if he suffered a severe injury Sunday, Lynn said he sees "a young quarterback that has a lot of potential to continue to develop." He reiterated he thinks Taylor could progress under his tutelage during the offseason.'

'The Bills apparently intend to interview candidates to replace Rex Ryan as head coach, but it's hard to imagine them putting forth an exhaustive, no-stone-left-unturned effort into finding his replacement.'

'They let Lynn twist in the wind, same as they'd done to Ryan after leaking out word that Rex would be fired before the Steelers game a few of weeks earlier. And they wonder why they're the laughingstock of the NFL.'

'Taylor is 27 years old. He has been in the NFL for six seasons, so we’re not talking about some raw, wide-eyed newbie like Jones. Taylor has been around long enough to know how the business works. He bet on himself as a free agent to win a quarterback competition involving three mediocre quarterbacks.'

'Trusting Whaley, who per the team’s Twitter account “will officially be leading the organization’s head coaching search,’’ and Brandon to select a third coach in five years after they already whiffed on Doug Marrone and Rex Ryan has left Bills Nation quoting Albert Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.’’'

'The ultimate Teflon man, working on his seventh non-playoff season of employment in Buffalo, did not feel it was necessary for him to answer questions from reporters — who would then pass along the information to the fan base, including corporate sponsors and about 55,000 season ticket buyers — regarding what had transpired at One Bills Drive over the previous 24 hours.'

'Thus, if the Bills have already decided $30.75 million for a healthy Taylor in 2017 is too expensive and he will not be brought back, sitting him was the only choice they had, and Lynn said he understands the logic.'

'“You know, I owe Rex a lot,” Incognito said. “He gave me the opportunity to come here and re-establish myself in the NFL and I shared that with him yesterday. I just thanked him for everything he’s done and giving me the opportunity to come back and play. And yeah, I’m disappointed. Rex is my guy and like I said a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to fight with him as many ways as possible. And we just came up short.”'