Buffalo Bills News - November 19, 2008

Bills vs. Chiefs Preview [10:09 PM]
BillsDaily.com reports: 'Chiefs 16, Bills 13.'

Buffalo (5-5) at Kansas City (1-9) [10:09 PM]
AP reports: '“You start seeing things that you’re not really seeing, and you’re doing things that you’re not normally used to doing,” Edwards said. “Right now, I don’t really have any good answers.”'

Losses taking their toll on Bills’ Edwards [9:47 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'Edwards’ body language said, “How did something that started so well go so bad?”'

Bills WR Evans questions offensive play-calling [9:44 PM]
AP reports: '"It doesn't matter what they do. You have to come out there and play," Evans said. "If it's running the football, it's running the football. If it's throwing, it's throwing. You've got to be able to just make it work."'

Injuries mounting for reeling Bills [5:14 PM]
AP reports: 'Starting safety Donte Whitner, his backup Bryan Scott, and starting cornerback Jabari Greer missed practice Wednesday, leaving their status uncertain for the Bills game at Kansas City on Sunday.'

Football book makes Bills fans want to shout [2:00 PM]
Niagara Gazette reports: 'Whether a newbie Bills fan or a die-hard devotee, this book — which comes with an audio CD of additional interviews — offers a pleasant trip down memory lane while likely educating readers on at least a couple facets of the team’s history. Bills fans won’t want to miss it.'

Wednesday's Kansas City Coverage [8:27 AM]
TwoBillsDrive.com reports:
Ending Chiefs’ losing streak is in players’ hands (Kansas City Star)
Gailey, system deserve more credit than Thigpen (Kansas City Star)
Herm’s terms (Kansas City Star)
Herm Edwards Press Conference - 11/18 (KCChiefs.com)
Tickets Available for Sunday's Game vs Buffalo (KCChiefs.com)
Chiefs vs Bills - Game 11 (KCChiefs.com)
Leaking everywhere (KCChiefs.com)

Few steals, few sacks, fewer wins for Bills [7:35 AM]
RealFootball365.com reports: 'Take their last game. While Buffalo’s offense notably lost the ball four times against the Browns, almost as alarming is the fact that the turnover margin for the game was minus-4: The defense couldn’t manage a takeaway on the evening.'

How Good is This Guy? Vol. II [7:34 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'Again, he's been miserable with a capital M. So, Miserable. Edwards looked scared on Monday Night, and had Lee Evans open all night, and passed to him once. I'm not heaping his issues on the coaching staff at all, either. Edwards has been bad. All I'm saying, after four weeks of complaining myself, is that if you're selling your 100 shares of Edwards, I might just be buying 20-30 of them.'

Lee Evans Speaks [7:34 AM]
WGR-AM reports: '"Even with the soft zones and trying to throw, there were still opportunities to make some plays. It's not that you can't throw against a soft zone but you have to be able to run it a little bit and be able to mix in the pass a little bit to really be effective."'

Patience a needed virtue for young Browns, Bills [7:33 AM]
The Sporting News reports: 'It has been a long time, but it's important for both franchises and their fans to be patient. Each team can build around a core of talented skill players. That means the franchises' front offices should avoid drastic measures and stick with Romeo Crennel and Dick Jauron as their respective coaches.'

A cavalcade of big plays in prime time [6:52 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Bills rediscovered a running game and both of their touchdown-scoring drives were led by the legs of Lynch and Fred Jackson. They also got a huge game from McKelvin on kickoff returns. But the Browns made their share of plays, from the three interceptions of quarterback Edwards to impressive touchdown runs by Josh Cribbs and Harrison.'

No catch: get the ball to Evans [6:51 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Evans had more in common with the fans in the stands than his teammates in the huddle Monday, which is to say he had no catches and spent the game waving his arms and wondering why he wasn’t getting the ball. It snapped a streak of 67 games with at least one reception and marked just the second time in his career that he was shut out.'

Stadium arrests fewer than feared [6:50 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Orchard Park police, Erie County sheriff’s deputies and stadium security logged a total of 60 arrests. Seven of those were for underage drinking.'

Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards isn't giving the team much chance to win [6:49 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'Naturally all the blame cannot be laid at his suddenly happy feet, but he has not been efficient, nor has he been very good, and the Bills are suffering because of it.'

Edwards must work through funk [6:48 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'But this much seems real — Edwards will be the next guy growing a beard and shuffling his feet around One Bills Drive if the coaches don't start helping this kid. Oh, wait. He already has the beard. And he is shuffling his feet in the pocket.'

Lynch, running game finally get going [6:47 AM]
Niagara Gazette reports: '“We talk every week about getting the run game going,” tackle Langston Walker said. “Sometimes situations don’t allow us to run the ball as much as we’d like to, but (Monday) was that day when we were doing well. I don’t know the stats, but it looked like Marshawn was getting out there.”'

Another one down the drain [6:46 AM]
Tonawanda News reports: 'I turn into a child throwing a temper-tantrum. I stomp, curse, pace, yell at a television set. When things get really bad on the field things within easy reach tend to go airborne. Remote controls, pillows — those are potential projectiles when the Bills are losing.'

Bills, Edwards hit slump together [6:45 AM]
Erie Times News reports: 'Even with adequate protection and an effective running game -- Lynch surpassed the 100-yard mark for the first time this season with 119 yards and Fred Jackson added 60 yards -- Edwards struggled.'

Inside slant [6:44 AM]
The Sports Xchange reports: 'Teams have found success lately in playing coverage against the Bills, and Edwards has been unable to figure out how to beat it. Because the offensive line has been struggling in every aspect, pass protection included, teams have been able to rush just four and cover with seven, sometimes eight. This has made it tough for Buffalo's receivers to get open, and Edwards has nowhere to go with the ball.'

Strategy and personnel [6:43 AM]
The Sports Xchange reports: 'It was a brutal night on the national stage for Trent Edwards.'

Notes, quotes [6:42 AM]
The Sports Xchange reports: 'SS Donte Whitner tried his best, but in the end, it could end up costing him more lost playing time.'

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November 18, 2008

Monday Night Meltdown [7:24 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'Does anybody really believe the Bills will win out and snatch a wild-card berth?'

Wide Right — Again [5:48 PM]
Wellsville Daily Reporter reports: '“I will remember this for 70 years probably,” a very somber Lindell said. “You just have to know what to do with them a little bit more. I missed my line really,” explained the usually accurate Bills’ kicker. “I hit the ball, had a good approach, form, snap and hold ... I just got to make that, it’s ridiculous.”'

Fear did the Bills in again [5:47 PM]
Wellsville Daily Reporter reports: 'A lot of us fell for it. We thought this team was different.'

QB Edwards' latest meltdown has Bills reeling [5:45 PM]
AP reports: '"You start seeing things that you're not really seeing, and you're doing things that you're not normally used to doing," Edwards said after the game. "Right now, I don't really have any good answers."'

Defense Covered Up For Offense Early [5:17 PM]
BillsDaily.com reports: 'Dick Jauron showed no faith in Edwards but settling for a 47 yard field goal attempt at the end instead of trying to get closer. Perry Fewell had his unit defending the short pass better by using some good blitz schemes but they still struggled to get to the quarterback. Turk Schonert is in love with the passing game. Why spread the field and pass it on 3rd and 1 in the first quarter with the QB struggling. The result another interception and another field goal for Cleveland. Grade F: They need to have some guts to mix it up.'

Bills Lose Another Heartbreaker [4:13 PM]
BillsDaily.com reports: 'The coaching staff won't change quarterbacks since they are committed to Edwards and knows Losman is leaving at the end of the year anyway. Now that the playoffs are an unrealistic dream they might as well give Edwards the year to see if he can develop or if they have to start all over again like so many times before.'

Johnson gradually emerging [2:11 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“He’s got good size, he’s really strong, he runs good routes,” said an AFC scout. “He’s got strong hands and can pluck the ball and he’s strong after the catch. He’s an interesting player.”'

Second down – Week 11 [2:10 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'In addition to his personal best receiving night, Lynch also cracked the century mark for the first time this season with a game-high 119 yards. It was his fourth career 100-yard rushing game. With 58 receiving yards Lynch also set a career-high 177 total yards from scrimmage. Lynch also posted the first receiving touchdown of his career with his 18-yard catch and run to the end zone.'

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