Archives for June 28, 2017

'The backfield did take a hit when the Bills, through some front-office bumbling, allowed standout reserve Mike Gillislee to join the New England Patriots as a restricted free agent. The loss likely would have been avoided had the Bills given him a second-round tender, costing just under $1 million in cap space, rather than the original fifth-round tender that motivated the Patriots to structure a $6.4-million offer sheet that was tough to match.'

'"From what I saw last week, the majority of guys are healthy," he said. "That's what we need. It's not like we have so much depth. The guys that we have that are starting right now, we need to keep them healthy, period. You can't win when you've got your star players in the treatment room, getting rehab all the time."'

'"Exactly. I hate to name-drop, but [Ryan] Fitzpatrick is still playing!? He leads the league in interceptions, and he's still f—— getting paid? I mean, what the f— is going on?"'

'Only four running backs finished with better odds. Among them were Ezekiel Elliott, David Johnson, Le'Veon Bell and Adrian Peterson. Running backs who share the same odds as McCoy include Marshawn Lynch and DeMarco Murray. Other players with 100/1 odds are T.Y. Hilton, Von Miller, Andy Dalton, Carson Wentz, Joe Flacco and Blake Bortles.'

'"I want to turn this thing around," he continued. "Not only for the coaching staff and the fans, but for the Pegulas. All the investment they've put into it, not only with the Bills but the Sabres and how they came — I want to see if for them, too."'

'“Coming out of high school I always wanted to go to Cal because of DeSean Jackson and Jahvid Best because Jahvid was from Vallejo, where I’m from,” said Ross. “But I always looked up to DeSean.”'

'According to Pro Football Focus, Taylor forced the most missed tackles in 2016 with a total of 20. The only other quarterback that was close to the Bills QB was Colin Kaepernick, who forced a total of 16 missed tackles according to their metrics.'