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Brian Flores – November 13, 2019 (Conference Call) Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Head Coach Brian Flores Conference Call with Buffalo Media

(I know that you coached CB Stephon Gilmore in your career and several corners. What is it that strikes you maybe in looking at Bills CB Tre’Davious White on film – not necessarily to compare him to Gilmore, but he and Stephon are up at the top of the league in terms of opponent passer rating when targeted. I’m curious your thoughts on him knowing all the defensive guys you’ve coached over the years?) – “I would say, ‘Tre’ (Tre’Davious White) – this is a good corner. Tre White is a very, very, very good corner. He tackles. He’s tough. He’s physical. He’s very good in coverage. I would say he’s physical at the line of scrimmage. He mixes press coverage and off coverage, so it is hard to get a beat on him. He’s got good instincts, good ball skills. He’s got a knack for even in man coverage, he plays with a little bit of zone vision. That’s why he gets his hands on so many balls. This is just – he’s one of the top corners in the league. There’s a lot to like, but the thing I like the most about him is just his overall toughness. A lot of corners don’t want to tackle, don’t want to – they just see themselves as cover guys. This guy’s a complete corner. (He) tackles – obviously you see I put a major emphasis on tackling. He tackles, he’s tough, he’s physical and he can cover, so there’s a lot to like about him.”

(QB Ryan Fitzpatrick – just what about Fitz’s personality has helped your team?) – “I think he’s just got a way about – there’s a way about him with his teammates, with the coaches, with everybody in the building. He’s just a real likable person and he’s got great leadership. He loves to play the game and it’s infectious – the way he practices, the way he creates relationships, and that’s been very, very helpful to our young team.”

(With all his experience, obviously QB Ryan Fitzpatrick is really good at anticipation, throws, throwing guys open; when you look at young quarterbacks, do you think that’s a hard to thing to learn or that guys generally get better with experience, or do you think, is that particular innate talent that somebody like ‘Fitz’ has?) – “I think that’s a little bit of all those things. I think there’s – some guys have an innate ability to anticipate and like you said, throw guys open. I think going through this, anytime you get an experience or you – every play is an experience. That’s what I tell a lot of the young guys. ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) – he’s got a lot of experience in this league and has seen a lot of different coverages, seen a lot of different players, how they play; coincide that with the guys he’s played with – big receivers, small receiver, fast receiver, good at the top of the route, better on crossing – there’s a litany of things there that come into play. Pass protection-wise, ‘I’ve got to step up quickly, I’ve got to get the ball out quickly’ (or) ‘I’ve got time to hold.’ There’s 100 different things that go on at the quarterback position, and they really happen all at once. I do think it takes time to be able to handle all those things and manage the offense, manage the game, manage the situation, know the down-and-distance; there’s, again, 100 things that are going on mentally, physically and to handle all those things, it takes a unique person. He has all those traits. I would say Josh Allen has a lot of those traits as well, so it’ll be a tough test for us defensively.”

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