Archives for October 2001

Every week of the 2001 season, the Pro Football Hall of Fame lets you submit questions to Hall of Fame legends as part of our Spotlight Game coverage. Your E-mails will be forwarded to each Hall of Famer as they sit down and discuss their careers, current NFL action, or anything else you want them to talk about. Questions will be collected by Thursday of each week. Then come back on Friday to read what they had to say.

‘The major accomplishment of the victory over Jacksonville was that it made clear Gregg Williams and his staff are not the confederacy of dunces the first four games suggested.’

‘Football fans, if you want to see the world through the eyes of the Buffalo Bills, you can literally do it.’

Johnson finished 23-of-30 passing for 238 yards and a 27-yard third-quarter touchdown to Eric Moulds. More important, he directed an offense that controlled the ball for 35 minutes and 34 second without turning the ball over and converted six third-down opportunities in 14 tries.

‘"A young team has to learn how to win," linebacker Keith Newman said. "The last few weeks have been frustrating, but I think getting this win lets us know that we’re not a bad football team. But this is just a small step. We can’t be satisfied. We still have a lot of work to do."’

‘BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York was named the official healthcare company of the Buffalo Bills.’

‘Johnson’s numbers were solid enough, completing 23 of 30 attempts for 238 yards and one touchdown. But most impressive was the game-winning drive.’

‘People 21 years of age or older who have sexual relations with someone 17 years or younger can be charged with statutory rape regardless of consent.’

‘It was just one win and nobody was warning the rest of the AFC East to take cover.’

‘No one should expect Johnson and the rest of the young Bills to run off a long winning streak at this stage of the team’s development, but they’re capable of beating San Diego with a top effort.’

While Thursday night’s game didn’t have much flash and dash for the Bills, it was a hard fought win filled with efficient play for the offense, and much improved play for the defense that led to the 13-10 win. It did come down to a rather important special teams play for the Bills to win the game.

‘Although it wasn’t altogether pretty, Buffalo found a way to capitalize and not squander its opportunities.’

‘Henry’s agent, Timothy McGee, said his client has fully cooperated with police. "It’s an investigation and we know the facts," McGee said. "Quite honestly, it’s the magnitude of his status that’s causing the commotion. We feel comfortable that nothing will come out of it. There’s nothing wrong with being investigated. Unfortunately, it was made public."’

‘You see this is exactly the kind of game Buffalo would have lost over the first quarter of the campaign.’

Along with Vikings WR Cris Carter, safety Henry Jones were fined $5,000 each by the NFL. Jones had a helmet-to-helmet hit on Lions quarterback Charlie Batch in the second quarter.