Archives for October 15, 2002

Jay Riemersma and Antoine Winfield among the players that will be out in the community on Tuesday.

Buffalobills.com visitors selected Bills wide receiver Travis Henry as the Tops Game Ball of the Week winner for his performance against the Houston Texans.

‘The Bills have lost two straight and seven of their last eight in Miami heading into Sunday’s game against the AFC East Division-leading Dolphins.’

‘What a difference a year makes.’

‘"We going to wait and see if it settles down the next couple of days," said Bills coach Gregg Williams. "We have a few more things we want to take a look at (today), but we’ll know more on Wednesday."’

‘For the Buffalo Bills, the best thing about this year is it isn’t last year.’

‘”It’s a young defense, a new bunch of guys together,” Ahanotu said. “I’ve been on some really good defenses and the missing element here is the sense of urgency on every play.”‘

‘So my point is, why not a Buffalo upset over Miami? Because despite the “On any given Sunday” cliche, this is a bad matchup for the Bills, on both sides of the ball.’

‘This was the first time this season the Bills’ defense allowed fewer than 27 points.’

‘The past three Super Bowl winners have won with a quarterback not starting at the start of training camp.’

”’This team,” he said, “is the most resilient I’ve ever been around.” Resilience, right now, means overcoming an injury to your starting quarterback. Resilience, later, could mean overcoming a QB controversy just as the playoffs begin to come into focus.’

‘ Tickets remain for Sunday’s game against Buffalo. If it does not sell out by 1 p.m. Thursday, the game will be blacked out locally.’

‘Fiedler is 26-11 as a starter since replacing Dan Marino and has missed just one start. No other quarterback has won more games since the start of the 2000 season.’

‘You see, while the Bills’ offense has been rejuvenated under Drew Bledsoe, the defense is horrible. They’re allowing 36 points a game, and their scraping bottom in the NFL in run defense by allowing 130 yards a week. In other words, it wouldn’t matter who is running the offense Sunday. Fiedler, Lucas, Woodley, Jensen. … The Dolphins’ best shot at winning is to keep Ricky on the field and Bledsoe on the sidelines.’

‘Kennedy said he tried to check on Chambers as he lay on the field, but Dolphins tight Randy McMichael stepped in. "Some of his teammates gave me a little shove after that," Kennedy said." I guess they thought I was playing dirty. But I’m a competitor, I was playing hard, and I’m also a friendly guy, so I went over to make sure that he was OK."’