Archives for December 2016

'Playing for their playoff lives, if not also Rex Ryan's job, the Bills got outclassed in just about every way imaginable. How bad a day was it? They even made a mess of trying to clear snow from the field at halftime, making mounds of rubber pellets around the boundaries and delaying the start of the third quarter.'

'"Right now, I’m rolling with Ty. That’s our guy. At the end of the day, it can be speculations and people talking crazy… that position is one of the hardest positions. I can sit there and say well it’s this coverage it’s that coverage, really, he’s got bullets flying. So we can’t sit there and point a finger at anybody. He’s our guy."'

'“He's a good coach that gets a lot of flak,” said Nick Bannister. “If we fire him right now, it would be too soon. Make that decision at the end of the season."'

'“Tyrod Taylor,” said Bills head coach Rex Ryan flatly. “The reason he’s our starting quarterback is because in my opinion he gives us the best opportunity to win and that’s what we signed up for. That’s my opinion.”'

'He cashed in for a three-yard touchdown to bring the Bills within a touchdown with under two minutes to play. It was McCoy’s fourth touchdown in his last four games, which brought him to 10 on the season. He became the first Bill with 10 rushing touchdowns in a season since Willis McGahee had 13 in 2004.'

'The real Tyrod Taylor showed himself in the first three periods against a quality opponent and he came up profoundly small.'

'But that was merely the peripheral line of questioning, even more than the discouraging performance of Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who might just have convinced Buffalo’s management team that he’s not the franchise’s future.'

'“I think over the course of time, just me growing up there would be times where it was snowing outside and we would go outside and play on Christmas Day in the snow,” Bell said. “It’s something that never bothered me, being cold or if there’s snow or things like that. It never fazed me.'

'The start of the second half was delayed by referee Pete Morelli after one of two tractors with rotary sweepers dislodged a large amount of the turf’s rubber base. The cushioning, supposedly made from pulverized tires, left a collection of rubber pellets extensive enough that it had to be shoveled from the end zones. Then, a tractor was brought back out to sweep the Buffalo sideline clear.'

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'“They just outplayed us on every level,” middle linebacker Preston Brown said. “That’s something you never want to have happened, but it has happened. We definitely need to adjust. They keep finding holes, finding seams. It looks bad. You never want to see anybody get 200 yards. Now two (players have), that looks horrible for us as a defense.”'

'"I'm very upset that we didn't make the playoffs, but those are things we have to get over," Watkins said. "Until we learn from it, we won't be in the playoffs. We gotta be a smarter team, a well-coached team, and we have to be prepared every week, week-in and week-out, no matter."'

'“I don’t have any idea, guys,” Ryan said after the 27-20 loss at New Era Field. “I just got through putting everything into a game that we just got beat. We’ll put in everything we have moving forward, but to answer questions about anything else, about rumors or anything else, I think is ridiculous."'

'“The brush on one of the tractors used for snow removal on the field was too firm which caused a build-up of the rubber pellets on the sidelines,” the Bills said in a team statement. “Our field crew worked in conjunction with NFL officials to clear the sidelines to their specifications, which caused a brief delay in the start of the second half.”'

'According to NFL sources, coach Rex Ryan and General Manager Doug Whaley are at odds over the future of quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Ryan wants Taylor to remain the Bills' starter for the balance of this season and beyond, the sources said, while Whaley would like to see rookie Cardale Jones start the final three games after Sunday's clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers.'