The Bills got a revealing update from Spencer Brown, who said he pushed through back pain by taking what he described as a copious amount of drugs, with the NFL signing off on it. Brown said the issue started after the LA game, where he got nicked up, and that he used the treatment to get through the Vegas game before the bye week made things flare up again.
“Just lingering stuff from what’s happened to me the last couple weeks here. And what happened in that LA game just kind of got nicked up and then I took enough drugs to sedate a small elephant when I was in LA,” Brown said, via NBC Sports.
“Everybody’s laughing. It’s protocol.
NFL signed off on it, so it’s OK,” Brown continued. “But yeah, just took care of the body the best way I knew how and got through the Vegas game and played pretty well and got on the bye week and kind of bit me in the butt a little bit.
So, just taking it easy and smart. I do pride myself on being ready every single day.
When I’m out there, I’m out there. There’s not going to be any, ‘He’s nicked up, he’s got this going on, that’s why he’s not playing very well.’
That’s not me at all. If I’m out there in between the lines, I’m good enough to go.”
In Miami, Jeff Hafley said the Dolphins are still moving forward even after letting a lead slip away in their loss to the Patriots last week. He pointed to the game as a lesson in finishing off opponents, especially against experienced teams that know how to hang around.
“Those are the opportunities where you’ve got to learn to put people away,” Hafley said, via ESPN. “When you let really good teams that have experience and have been through big games, when you let them hang around, that’s what happens.
And it’s the first time we’ve been in that situation. So I need to do a really good job of using this as a teaching moment.
As hard as it feels, and as much as it hurts, you’ve got to learn from wins and you’ve got to learn from losses, and we have to grow from that.”
Aaron Glenn, meanwhile, kept the focus on the Jets’ weekly improvement while brushing aside questions about his job security. He said his attention stays on getting the team better, especially in the passing game, and noted that there are still nine games left.
“There’s so much that I think about when it comes to us improving each week that it really doesn’t come across my mind, to be honest with you,” Glenn said, via ESPN. “I understand how this league is, I understand what this business is about, but my first job is each week improving this team and that’s the only thing that I think about.”
“Absolutely. I mean, that’s what this is,” Glenn continued. “It’s a bottom-line business and we have to win, but we still have nine games left, so we still have an opportunity to win nine games.”
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