Archives for December 22, 2003

‘Best Sign: “All I want for Christmas is some offense.”‘

‘Williams’ tenure at home comes to a sorry end. Ditto for Gilbride. Season finale in N.E. may be even worse.’

‘It was jailbreak city for Jason Taylor & D-linemen. Buckley took gift interception to the house.’

‘It might be comforting to know that the man commanding the Navy’s premier nuclear-powered attack submarine is a Buffalo Bills fan.’

‘A simple pink slip placed on Gregg Williams’ desk could earn Donahoe the adoration of countless Bills fans, but he doesn’t care. He’s not making that decision today, or tomorrow. Donahoe is going to wait until the season is finished because that’s what he believes is right. Period.’

‘The only people smiling in Buffalo were area merchants who probably saw a surge in business sometime around 3 o’clock when it became obvious Christmas shopping was a far more attractive option than watching this debacle.’

‘Despite an eighth sellout crowd for emotional support, the Bills would lose to a Dolphins team that committed 12 penalties, turned the ball over twice, received just 46 yards passing from Jay Fiedler, and whose own coach, Dave Wannstedt, will be fired even though he beat Williams four out of six times.’

‘The Bills may have missed the NFL playoffs for a fourth consecutive season, their longest drought since the mid-1980s, but they were certainly a winner at the box office.’

‘The coin flip was one of those breaks of the game that you can’t do anything about. The real problem was that the Bills didn’t fight through that adversity, and then exacerbated their troubles by dropping the ball more often than the 1962 Mets.’

‘New England has allowed 6, 3, 0, 0 and 13 points in the last five home games and will be eager to avenge a 31-0 season-opening road loss to the Bills.’

‘There really wasn’t a turning point in this game after the opening coin flip…’.

‘That wasn’t “Drewwww” the fans were saying, it was “booooo.” And it registered loud and clear.’

‘”All we can control is what we can control,” Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt said when asked about a 10-win team missing the playoffs. With some generous assistance from the Bills, the Dolphins certainly did that yesterday.’

‘With just 20 passing yards going forward and four sacks for a combined 36 yards going backward, a statuesque Bledsoe had arguably his worst game in two seasons as a Bill.’

‘The Dolphins have regressed every season under Wannstedt. They won the AFC East in 2000, finished second in 2001, were eliminated from playoff contention in the final week in 2002 and were eliminated from playoff contention with one week to play this season.’