Archives for November 13, 2018

‘Peterman first made national headlines when he threw five interceptions in a half at the Los Angeles Chargers last year after McDermott started him in favor of Tyrod Taylor.’

‘Sean McDermott did what? I couldn’t believe it when I heard it. The Bills were benching Tyrod Taylor for a 5th round rookie in the middle of a legit playoff race. I had accepted what Tyrod was, and was okay with that. Turning to a 5th round rookie in that spot seemed insane. That’s not a move a 5-4 team makes, that’s something a 1-8 team does. Nobody, not even I could have predicted how epically awful Peterman’s first NFL start would go.’

‘”He has had no setbacks. It has just been a natural progression of a young player coming back from an injury, and we knew we had the bye week coming up… I thought he was playing his best game of the year [at the time of the injury] and made his best throw of the season on the play he was injured.”‘

‘“Josh is our starter when healthy and his development is important for him and for us as we move forward, getting experience,” McDermott told reporters. “It’s important that he gets as many reps as he can get in live game action,” McDermott said, adding “I thought Matt [Barkley] performed extremely well yesterday. There were certainly some plays he’d like to have back, but to come in and do what he did on a short run-up basically to it was very impressive.”’

‘All-in-all, it was an enjoyable day of Bills football. What does it mean in terms of where this season will go? Probably nothing. It sure looked like the Jets had given up on their season, perhaps knowing their head coach will soon be out of a job. I doubt the Bills will get themselves back into the wild card race, despite the fact the schedule looks very favorable for the final six games. But, hey, it was fun to watch the Bills and it was great to see points, lots of points from an offense that was on pace for the lowest points per-game average in franchise history.’