‘The Bills waived defensive tackle Adolphus Washington Monday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Washington had just started his third season with the Bills and was serving as a backup behind starters Kyle Williams and Star Lotulelei. Washington was on the field for 40 percent of snaps for the defense against the Ravens.’
Archives for September 11, 2018
Sean McDermott and Bills coordinators explain what happened in blowout loss to Ravens
‘”I thought that there were some plays, in particular pass protection at times it was good enough, and there were some other areas that weren’t good enough. Overall for our football team, I felt effort. I didn’t question the effort, I didn’t question the intensity. They were playing hard right up until the end, which I appreciate. It doesn’t happen everywhere, and it speaks really about the men in that locker room and on the football team, and their character.”‘
6 up, 6 down: Highest and lowest Buffalo Bills Week 1 grades from Pro Football Focus
‘Lorenzo Alexander may be among the oldest players on the team, but no other Bills player came close to his grade of 86.5. In Buffalo’s loss to the Ravens, Alexander led the team with eight tackles and one pass defensed. Heading into Monday Night Football, Alexander has the eighth highest grade among all linebackers.’
McDermott not yet picking a QB
‘The big thing with McDermott, and this was obvious during his press conference, there was enough blame to go around for everyone, not just the QB spots.’
Buffalo Bills Monday: Blowout loss to Ravens sign of things to come in 2018
‘Long term, the Bills can be successful. The pieces are there. But this year? It’s going to be a slog. I predicted the Bills would finish 4-12 this season, with most of those wins coming late in the season. After seeing the loss to the Ravens, 4-12 was a generous prediction. If things don’t change, this team could lose every game.’
The Bills’ Nathan Peterman Experiment Goes Down in Flames. Again.
‘Next up for the Bills is a home game against the Chargers. The Bills are 7½-point underdogs, the biggest margin for any home team next week. It could be a long season.’
Bills QB Nathan Peterman has put himself in some truly terrible historical territory
‘According to Pro Football Reference, in NFL history, only 17 other quarterbacks have thrown at least 15 passes for fewer than 30 yards in a game while earning a 0.0 passer rating. None had done it since Joey Harrington in 2006. Only 10 passers have thrown at least 60 passes with a career passer rating under 30.0, and none has suited up this century. Peterman’s 0.9 QBR for Sunday’s game tied for the 12th-worst since ESPN started tracking the data in 2006.’
Bills hope to learn from embarrassing loss; no QB change yet
‘”This is a quarterback-driven league and I thought there were times where we did some things that were on target, and some times where we weren’t on target,” McDermott said. “We have to get better in every area at what we are doing, not just the quarterback position.”‘
Bills sign Nate Orchard, release Adolphus Washington
‘Washington started 21 games over his first two seasons but became the odd-man out as part of an offseason overhaul. Buffalo signed veteran defensive tackle Star Lotulelei in free agency and selected Stanford’s Harrison Phillips in this year’s draft.’
Bills not ready to make QB change yet
‘It may not matter who plays quarterback for the Bills, though, given their struggles along the offensive line and in the receiving corps.’
Buffalo Bills yet to decide if Nathan Peterman or Josh Allen will start vs. Chargers
‘”There’s a lot of things that will go into that decision. To get into all of the things I have to look at and consider, it’s not just as simple as some might think. There’s a lot of hands in that jar and I got to look at the overall team in all three phases, and Josh’s development being one of them.”‘
Sean McDermott ‘needs to look at the tape’ before deciding whether Nathan Peterman should be benched
‘Peterman remained on the shelf for the rest of 2017 but the Bills traded Tyrod Taylor in the offseason, did the same just before the regular season with free-agent acquisition AJ McCarron, and with rookie first-rounder Josh Allen apparently not ready to see the field, Peterman won the starting gig by default. The results, as you might expect, were disastrous.’
NFL free agency news: Bills sign ‘Hard Knocks’ star Nate Orchard
‘Orchard was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2015 draft. He recorded five sacks and 40 solo tackles in 34 games.’
Bills release Washington, add Orchard
‘Adolphus Washington was a third round pick of the Bills in 2016 out of Ohio State. He started 21 games out of 30 in two seasons, recording 3.5 sacks and 36 tackles in that time. Washington was downgraded to fourth on the depth chart below Star Lotulelei, Kyle Williams, and 2018 third round pick Harrison Phillips.’
McDermott: “You cannot give up those points and win a football game”
‘”Overall, you cannot give up those points and win a football game. Tremaine [Edmunds] early in the game could have done a better job, but as the game went on he showed glimpses of serious promise. He started to look comfortable, and eventually forced that fumble.”‘