Either way, the Bills need to find a way in 2016 to play against every team the way that they have performed when facing the Jets and Dolphins over the past three seasons.
Advertisement
“Any loss stings”, Bowles said. “He had a great year and we want him back”, the coach said. On Monday, Ryan wouldn’t say whether he planned to retain all of his assistants, but a source said two and possibly as many as three changes could be made. “Being that I didn’t play, it’s probably the first time that I haven’t played since I was about 8 years old”. And, of course, it was former coach Rex Ryan who eliminated them, just a year after being fired by the Jets. I understand he’s a free agent and it’s all about business and you want to work things out. “But I use things as my motivation, as fuel to my fire”. “And everything that I went through, everything that’s been said, I listen to, I hear it and I use it”. But it was his most consistent season yet and it was good enough to finish 5th in the league in rushing. Not a leader. Not good at reading defenses. I’m harder on myself first before I look at anybody else. “I believe in my ability”. “I talked about it in the spring how impressed I was with his mental aspect and then going into training camp he impressed throughout and he was the most consistent guy and he earned that spot. I want to compete”. He rarely spoke to reporters during the season but he did on Monday, a day after the team’s crushing 22-17 season-ending fiasco, and maintained that he still sees himself as an National Football League starting quarterback.
“They’re not going to beat the Jets today”. At least, not next season. But the second one came as he was hit by the Bills’ Marcel Dareus while looking for Marshall. “No one can predict the future”. We may be able to free up some room by cutting Antonio Cromartie, who has had far less of a stellar season and is largely seen as a cap casualty.
Few teams entered the season’s final week as healthy as the Jets. The Jets can replace Cromartie-who allowed a whopping 106.9 rating to opposing quarterbacks, according to Stats LLC-with Marcus Williams, who turns 25 in March and allowed a 55.6 opposing passer rating this season. For a guy who has thrown 35 interceptions and 27 touchdown passes and has not led a team to many wins, he appears to be confident in his abilities.
Other concerns is re-signing Muhammad Wilkerson, who is recovering from a broken leg and filling out some of the holes in the lineup, although the coach would not get into specifics. The 176 yards gave him 4,166 for the season pushing him past Jay Schroeder in 1986 for the most passing yards by a Washington player in a season.
Smith was asked if he would prefer to be in a situation where he had a chance to start, and was described as “snippy” in response. “I know they’re excited about 8-8 and we’re excited they got us in”.
“That’s a very hypothetical question, ” he said.
Oh sure, as I wrote earlier in the season, we’ve watched the Bills be “In The Hunt” in November and December plenty of times. “I haven’t done it yet”.
“We lost and we owned it”, Bowles said. I thought he handled everything well.
As our first full season as owners of the Buffalo Bills draws to a close, management, coaches, players and fans all feel that our expectations were not met….
Advertisement
“I’m better right now than I have been in any point of my career, physically, mentally, all of that stuff”, Fitzpatrick said.
