Safety Amani Hooker was catapulted up the standings this week.
Hooker was traded from Tennessee to Buffalo on Tuesday and the move took him from a 1-7 team to a 7-1 club that has designs on making a long postseason run. Acquiring Hooker to shore up the back end of their defense should help their chances and Hooker said on Wednesday that he was thrilled by the change in circumstances.
“It’s amazing,” Hooker said, via Nick Suss of ESPN.com. “That’s literally all I can say. Because I’ve been on a team that hasn’t been winning. So I’m obviously very grateful for the Titans and what they did for me. But in the past, we haven’t been winning. And to be on a team that’s putting up points with a quarterback and offensive guys that are on fire, and a great defense, I’m just excited to be here.”
Hooker said he’s confident he will pick up the Bills defense well enough to play against the Jets on Sunday and the process of getting him up to speed will continue over the next couple of days.