Archives for September 17, 2002

‘Bledsoe has been able to find his groove quickly in part by meeting on his own with receivers and running backs during the week. He invites them to come an hour early to the team’s facility to study the gameplan.’

‘"They were doubling me a lot, so I told the coaches to forget about me and keep feeding Peerless and Josh because they were the hot guys," Moulds said.’

‘I thought this was a significant step for the Bills. Last year, this team would have found a way to lose this game. Even last week, they would have found a way to lose. But all week in the aftermath of the Jets game, some of the veteran players said that the Bills were getting closer and it was just a matter of someone stepping up and making plays. If that happened, the wins would start coming. Well, it happened.’

‘Denver limited the 49ers to 261 yards on Sunday, 67 of which came on a meaningless end-of-the-game drive when the Broncos had a 24-7 lead. Against the high-powered Rams, Denver allowed just 15 first downs and though Marshall Faulk caught 14 passes for 91 yards, he managed only 19 yards on 10 rushing attempts.’

‘At least one Patriot, Troy Brown, is thrilled to see his former teammate playing so well. ”He’s definitely improved their football team,” said Brown. ”I’m happy that Drew has been able to go someplace and refresh his career. We had a situation here where we had two good quarterbacks and it would have been unfair to both of them if they were both still here.”‘

‘Granted, Minnesota is one flawed team, lacking a consistent running game or much of a defense, two elements the Bills also sorely lacked for most of the afternoon. But, thanks to Bledsoe’s amazing day, not a soul was heard complaining.’

‘”We’ve been around him a little bit and we realize that nothing he does at this stage is surprising,” tight end Jay Riemersma said. “He’s a tremendous talent and a great leader. And any time that we’ve got the ball in his hands at the end of the game, we’ve got a chance to win.”‘