The Buffalo Bills earned a 21-0 shutout win over the New York Giants on Saturday at the newly re-named New Era Field, picking up their first win of the preseason.
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Since Ryan’s celebratory June announcement, the Bills have been dealt blow after blow. Williams, who enjoyed a successful rookie season with the Bills in 2015, is now subject to waivers and can be claimed by any team. “We had given up 37 yards at halftime and I said, ‘I don’t know if we can get better than that, but that’s the challenge for you.’ The guys stepped up”.
“I’m frustrated and disappointed, as is everybody in this organization, every teammate from top to bottom, and I’m sure our fans are feeling the same way”, Ryan said.
Dareus ‘ history suggests he does need help, according to a source outside the team, and this is the flawless time to seek that assistance since he can’t be with the team starting September 5. The offensive line allowed many pressures on Eli Manning, who played the Giants’ first four drives.
Regardless, Williams is just 23 years old, showed great potential with the Bills last season and should get another opportunity with a team either before the 2016 National Football League season or early on in the year. Four-game suspensions aren’t issued for failing the first test, and he actually drew the penalty for missing his most recent one which still counts as a positive.
He was one of two players in National Football League history to score a touchdown in each of his first six games in his career.
It’s clearly not because of marijuana as both were busted twice and Dareus’ resume includes seven vehicular violations after crashing his Jaguar while drag-racing a teammate on a Hamburg Parkway two years ago.
Williams attributed his weight gain to his pregnant fianc?e’s food cravings.
He finished with 517 yards rushing and scored nine touchdowns, including two receiving.
This is still a guy who tied for the team lead past year in touchdowns, finding the end zone nine times.
“Hopefully, what happened today may be a wakeup call for him”, Williams said.
The argument in favor of Williams is that he’s an exceptionally talented player, but that argument loses some of its effectiveness with the Bills’ General Manager coming out and saying that the release was entirely due to performance. Our thoughts are with him.
“It’s just all on the field”. If he’s not out there being able to perform at the level we expect him to, then that’s on him. “We want to make sure he’s fine as far as health-wise and he’s doing those steps, so I’m very happy for him”.
Coach Rex Ryan was nearly dismissive of Williams’ being waived.
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“It’s always good to get live game action”.
