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‘Nathan Peterman is not going to replace that. Peterman showed an ability to scramble in the preseason, but does not have near the athletic ability that Taylor has. What Peterman should provide the Bills, is more timely throws, and Bills fans would hope is less dump offs to the likes of Mike Tolbert and Pat DiMarco on 3rd and long. In reality, Peterman may be a very comparable passer to Taylor. Efficient. Not a gun slinger. Efficient.’

‘Peterman’s experience in a pro-style passing attack gives him a head start headed into the league. His physical attributes are just average, but his accuracy, composure and anticipation are what sets him apart from some of the more physically gifted quarterbacks in this year’s draft. Peterman’s tape is sure to catch the eye of at least a few teams in need of a quarterback and he should come off the board by day two with a chance to become a solid starting quarterback in the future.’

‘”[I’m] very confident in my abilities. I think I’ve grown as a player over the past three years, and I’m going to continue to keep growing whether I’m playing on Sundays or when I’m learning [like] right now. I’m going to continue to keep growing, and I have full confidence that I can be a franchise quarterback when the opportunity presents itself. I’ll continue to keep doing the things that I know how to do.”‘

‘The majority of the evidence suggests that all along here, Taylor has been viewed as nothing more than a placeholder by McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane. Taylor was allowed to look for a better opportunity last offseason, and I’m still stunned he couldn’t find one. Maybe the Bills were too because while Taylor was shopping, they were reportedly talking with Mike Glennon and Brian Hoyer. Eventually, a pay cut was accepted and Taylor was back.’

‘Coleman, who measures up at 6’5″ and 341 lbs., has been on and off of the Bills roster since the 2016 season, originally as a member of the practice squad. Coleman was released by Buffalo after the preseason, however, he was brought back to the main roster in Week 3 and released again. He has zero tackles on the season after that one game against the Broncos.’

‘The fact that the Bills have allowed 81 points their last two games is disturbing. Is it a sign of things to come? Maybe, which is different than yes.’

‘From the very beginning, I questioned the fit in this offense. Taylor simply doesn’t have the trigger to play in a tempo-based passing attack built on timing and ball placement. Just the basic principles of this scheme suggest there isn’t a fit. Yet, I look back at the 2016 season and see how vital Taylor was to the league’s best-running attack and look at this offense through 10 weeks and just don’t see the same willingness or effectiveness.’

‘McDermott acknowledged that he understands why some fans would be calling for Taylor’s benching and for the team to play rookie Nathan Peterman, but added “I know what Tyrod’s done and I also know what Nate’s done, and Tyrod’s our starter.”’

‘”You don’t want to kill the patient. You want to attack the problem. Until we show we’re better than that, like we did in the 5 wins, we have some work to do. Biggest thing is we need to play better fundamentally.”‘

‘”It’s frustrating. I have confidence in our guys, that hasn’t changed. We can’t go in the tank at this point, a lot of football ahead of us. Still 5-4. Focus needs to be on getting back to fundamentals, and beating the Chargers.”‘

‘As Buffalo fans know, the crowds at Bills games are totally different than the crowd that goes to a Sabres game. Antipin noticed the difference, “The atmosphere was interesting and I liked the passes. The fans were a little bit different, fans of the Bills are more noisy.”’

‘The rushing attack was the story for New Orleans. They finished with 301 yards and 6 touchdowns, just on the ground.’

‘The offense was absolutely putrid. I don’t know how they managed to pull this one off, but they got Charles Clay back, added Kelvin Benjamin and got worse! Tyrod Taylor was flat out awful. He played like a quarterback who lived in fear of turning the ball over. It didn’t start out badly thought. The Bills actually moved the ball on their very first drive, going 57-yards in nine plays before settling for a field goal. Who knew that would be the high-point of the afternoon.’

‘This is the first time Sean McDermott and his staff has faced adversity. As I said after the last two wins, McDermott had convinced his team to play above their talent level. The last two weeks, it’s been more of what I expected when the season started, although I didn’t expect them to be as bad as they were against the Saints.’

‘Concerned that everything so many people worried and talked about is coming to fruition. That this team was living on borrowed time at 5-2, doing it mostly with a turnover formula that couldn’t be sustained. Or that it was only a matter of time before a roster made up of mostly non-big-name players who came from somewhere else after other teams didn’t want them would finally start to catch up to them.’