Archives for September 12, 2019

‘“I think that’s one of those deals when you’re in the pilot seat you have to do what’s right for the situation and reading the angles,” said McDermott. “I would say to tell him to go out there and tell him to lower his shoulder 100 percent of the time is wrong, and I would say to tell him to slide all the time is wrong. He’s in the driver’s seat and there are so many situations, but he understands the importance of protecting himself and he has good awareness and instincts as far as that goes too.”’

‘DT Jordan Phillips did not practice Wednesday due to illness.’

‘“This is Buffalo man, we don’t get no credit,” Hyde said. “We have no reason to think we’re going to win the Super Bowl because we don’t get any credit outside of here anyways. We’re going to continue to work just like Sean preaches every day. We’re not complacent, we understand that it’s going to be a day by day thing. We made mistakes in practice and learn from those before we even get out there on Sunday. So let’s continue to work. No complacency here, we have faith that the guys in this locker room will continue to do that, put their hard hat on and go to work every day.”’

‘With the big plays came big mistakes last Sunday — four turnovers by the Buffalo offense in the first half. The Bills shut down the giveaways in the second half, but they’ll need to protect the ball much better as the season moves along.’

‘Through the first half, C.J. Mosley made it known he was worth the money the Jets spent on him in the offseason. Mosley was a complete ball hawk when he was on the field.’

‘“His mental awareness,” Micah Hyde said. “I’ve played against him in the past and he’s a very smart quarterback. He knows what you’re going to do on every play and is going to be dangerous. We have to continue to work on out craft and disguise our coverages.”’