Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘“It’s indescribable,” said Williams, who at this point was in just his second NFL season. “That’s all I can say, indescribable. Unless you’ve played this game and had something taken away from you like that, you can’t put it into words.’’’

‘Those intangibles are the kinds of things McDermott loves. Oh, and did I mention he once blocked four kicks in a season?’

‘He’s not someone who’s going to rush the passer, nor is he a player who will make tackles behind the line of scrimmage. However, he was adept at tying up blockers to help others like linebackers Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano flow more freely to the ball.’

‘Then again, should we have been surprised? This was a game that featured six future Hall of Famers on offense – Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed and James Lofton for the Bills, Steve Young and Jerry Rice for the 49ers.’

‘However, the team could practice all together if the roster was 81 or less, and that apparently is the route Sean McDermott is taking.’

‘It’s not yet put up or shut up time for the No. 7 overall choice in the 2018 draft, but year three is the point when players need to make a definitive statement regarding which way their careers are headed. Obviously, given the importance of the position and the future monetary investment that is involved, the stakes are exponentially higher for quarterbacks.’

‘“We are deferring all season ticket memberships for the 2020 season. All season ticket members will maintain their season ticket location and account seniority for the 2021 season. Season ticket members will have the option to apply any money paid towards their 2020 season tickets as an account credit or be refunded.”‘

‘“I said it at the end-of-season press conference (in January following the playoff loss to Houston), I blamed myself as much as anybody,” Beane said. “It’s my job and my personnel staff’s job to add weapons to help run Brian Daboll’s offense, help our quarterback, help Sean (McDermott). And so one of the things that I thought we still needed was finding somebody opposite John Brown to pair with Cole Beasley.”’

‘“When you have a duo like me and Andre who played together for so long, you’re going to have your times when you have good days and bad days,” Kelly recalled years later. “The thing about Andre is he just wanted to be the best, the top guy all the time. I knew he was my go-to guy, I knew where my bread was buttered, but there were times when he knew he wasn’t going to get the ball and he’d take a play or two off. And I was one who didn’t want anybody taking a play off.’’’

‘This was a request the NFLPA had made to the NFL owners which they were steadfast on getting pushed through, arguing that it made no sense to take the risk for games that do not count. The NFL originally wanted to cut the schedule from four games to two, and then to one, but the union wouldn’t budge.’

‘Those are both misdemeanors under Texas law. However, while there was a handgun in Oliver’s car, it is legal to carry a permitted firearm in Texas. It is only illegal if a person is in possession of the gun while committing a crime. When the DWI charge was dropped, the gun charge was no longer valid.’

‘Knox became the starter by default and while he showed some impressive flashes, he also led all NFL tight ends with nine dropped passes (Dallas’ Jason Witten was second with six) and finished with only 28 catches for 388 yards and two touchdowns.’

‘“When you have a group like we had last year that for the most part had not played a snap, or many snaps, together as we headed into the season, I thought that they really did some good things and took some significant strides as a group,” said McDermott. “And now to be able to have that group back and then to add a piece or two in there is valuable to us.”’

‘“They definitely have skill sets,” Daboll said of Singletary and Moss. “They might differ a little bit in some of it, and some of it may be the same, but they’re two young, eager players that I have a lot of confidence in and they’ll be ready to go when training camp comes.”’

‘There was a clear line in the sand: You were either a Flutie fan or a Johnson fan, and when the team convened 20 years ago this month for the first time at Fisher – with Johnson listed No. 1 on the depth chart – the quarterback controversy which had been building for two years was now at a boiling point.’