Archives for October 2003

”’Every day is exciting for me because I get a chance to do what I love, play football,” Pennington said.’

‘With a week to prepare, expect the Jets to finally mean it when they say that they will stick with the running game. The Bills give up an average of 122 yards per game on the ground.’

‘Q: What are you goals for after professional football?

AB: I see myself in some type of charity event raising money for the innocent kids in Miami.’

‘Monday Night, October 12, 1981 – Bills 31, Dolphins 21…The Bills beat Miami for the second year in a row at home, taking a 31-7 halftime lead on Monday Night Football.’

‘It may take a minor miracle for Moulds to play. He didn’t practice Wednesday and appeared to walk stiffly around the field. He went directly into the training room for treatment after practice and did not comment.’

‘”When our doctors say he’s cleared, I’m anxious to watch him practice,” coach Gregg Williams said Wednesday. “But he’s got to be cleared first.”‘

‘The Bills tried to run no-huddle on the first series versus the Bengals but were chased off the field too fast to keep it up. Bledsoe likes it. Expect them to do it again on a limited basis.’

‘No, Moulds did not practice, yes, he is feeling a little better, and yes, he’s going to take it day by day and see what happens. It made for great comedy, but when the laughing stopped, the cold reality remained that it is not likely that Moulds will play Sunday in New York against the Jets.’

‘”It was good to get a turnover and we scored on it, so that was good, but I’d trade it in for a sack/forced fumble,” said Schobel, who picked off Jon Kitna’s deflected pass because the Bills were in a zone blitz with Schobel in pass coverage.’

‘Buffalo Bills running back and top draft pick Willis McGahee has received medical clearance from his personal surgeon to start practicing next week. The Buffalo Bills said hold everything.’

‘Abraham will not lose his salary if he is benched. Edwards’s options are limited by N.F.L. rules that allow only the league to suspend or fine a player for an incident involving alcohol or drugs.’

‘Doctors originally estimated that Pennington would be out 10 to 12 weeks, which at the earliest would have made him available for the game on Nov. 2 against the Giants.’

‘The Jets can circumvent the suspension by deactivating Abraham, the likely scenario. (He still would get his weekly game check, $95,000.) Bryan Thomas, the disappointing No. 1 pick from 2002, would replace Abraham as the starting right end.’

‘”You saw him practice; I can’t hide it anymore,” Edwards joked. “I can’t keep him in the (practice) bubble forever. Poor guy needs a tan anyway.”‘

‘”I wanted to see everybody in their face when we talked and I apologized,” said Abraham, who crashed his 2003 Hummer Sept. 30 in Baldwin and pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of driving while impaired. “Instead of doing it as a team thing, that doesn’t seem as personal to me. I had different things to say to different people so I talked to everybody one-on-one.”‘