Archives for September 6, 2000

‘Let’s talk sexy defense. No, not the Bills’ defense. While they’re very good, probably a top-five unit – possibly No. 1 again – they’re not sexy. They’re into fundamentals. They play sound, they play great, they rarely take risks. They stuff the run, they stop the pass.’

"You Make the Call" is a presentation of both real and imagined NFL scenarios, where we invite you to "make the call" based upon the Official Rules for the NFL for 1999. Good luck, because you’ll need it.

Game day photo gallery from Sunday where the Bills avenged their dramatic playoff defeat against the Titans.

‘Gabe Who? That’s what a lot of Buffalo Bills fans are saying after outside linebacker Keith Newman’s performance during Sunday night’s thrilling 16-13 win over the Tennessee Titans. The second-year pro had a tremendous night with the first two sacks of his career and was solid against the run. Although his first tackle was wiped out by a Tennessee penalty, Newman’s hit on running back Eddie George on the game’s first snap set the tone for a dominating night for the Bills’ defense.’

‘It was no fluke that cornerback Antoine Winfield led Ohio State, a school famous for linebackers and hard-hitting safeties, in tackling his senior year. For the Bills, it’s like having an extra linebacker on the field.’

‘Now that Gilbert Brown’s career has eclipsed you might not find a better pure run-stopping nose tackle than Ted Washington and Pat Williams. The problem for the Packers is they both play for Buffalo. "Those two big fat guys they play inside are really good athletes," an executive in personnel for another team said Tuesday. "If you go in there and just try to run the ball, you’re going to be in trouble. The run defense of their front seven is probably the best in the National Football League."’

‘[Paul] Godfrey [the new president and CEO of the Blue Jays] and his Rogers friends [of Rogers Communications] have identified four NFL teams as being vulnerable to franchise moves — the most logical of the four being the geographically correct Buffalo Bills. With team owner Ralph Wilson turning 82 next month, and Wilson being very aware of his own mortality after a life spent in the insurance business, the Detroit-based owner is very aware his time frame for selling the team and not putting his family in a mess of inheritance tax is short.’