Archives for September 10, 2020

‘“I think it’s been an added emphasis on what we’re trying to accomplish. We want to go out and we want to score every single drive,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said to reporters on Zoom on Wednesday. “Is that expected? No. But we want to go out there, it’s our job as an offense to go out there and score. Whatever we have to do to go out and put up 7 early, put up 3 early, it’s what we’re going to try to do.”’

‘“I was drafted in the fifth-round, came from not a small school but a school that people counted out then so it aligns itself I guess. You know this is a good situation for me and the guys around me play with a chip on their shoulder, a lot of guys, late round guys, not too many first round guys, a lot of guys have something to prove each and every day so I think it’s gelling well,” Diggs explained.’

‘“I was told early in the morning and I didn’t really get to reflect on it until my ride home,” Poyer told reporters on Wednesday. “Extremely blessed and extremely honored to be in this situation and be named a team captain. With that comes responsibility and at this point in my career I believe I’m ready for that responsibility,” Poyer said.’

‘Another reason is because of the pandemic. This season it’s advantageous for teams to have multiple quarterbacks and maybe more than they normally would in case a starter or even back up quarterback tests positive for COVID-19. There is also the scenario of false positives coming up as well.’

‘This is the first time Hughes, Poyer and Roberts have been named captains with the Bills.’

‘“As a team we talked about one thing that was on our minds we noticed that the kids here especially in the city of Buffalo do not have internet and the school year is getting ready to start soon so we decided week one to pull together some of our funds as long as our owner decided to contribute as well and we were gonna go out and get those I think it as 4,500 teachers and students who don’t have internet. I think it was something where we were able to get on to the zoom with Mayor Brown and he expressed some of his interest in the city of Buffalo because I think for us as a team we’re looking anyway that we can to help out,” Hughes said on a zoom call with reporters.’

‘This win hits different for Bills fans after a controversy surrounding the title last year.’

‘As for the Miami game next weekend, Nick Giammusso of VIP Tix, a third party ticketing service, says there are about 300 tickets available floating around right now. The Dolphins will allow 13,000 fans in the stadium in total. Giammusso has already brokered a few seats for Bills fans living in South Florida, however he doesn’t expect to see much red, white, and blue for the game, which usually draws a respectable contingent of Buffalo fans.’

‘Private commercial lot owners who hold any kind of gathering or private residential lot owners who either accept money or host more than 50 people could face consequences. The county executive says health inspectors and the sheriff’s office may be going around to shut down any of these tailgating events and lot owners could even be fined if they’re violating the county’s guidelines.’