Archives for October 2004

‘The CIA should use tapes of the Bills’ pass offense in order to torture information out of suspected terrorists.’

‘This Buffalo Bills team is in dire need of a new leader, a new swagger and a new style of play. So, please, pass the torch to this young buck in J.P. Losman. I know you can see that Losman, Willis McGahee and Lee Evans are the future of this offense. Please do not interfere any longer. Step aside, my friend, please step aside. The removal of Losman’s cast will be your cue to hand the offense over. I was cheering for you Drew, but after compiling a 15-23 record over nearly two and a half seasons in Buffalo, it is clear that the team is in dire need of a change.’

‘The Bills penetrated the Baltimore Ravens’ 20-yard line four times and gained eight yards on 11 plays.’

‘The Buffalo defense limited the Baltimore Ravens to 160 total yards Sunday yet the Bills lost by two touchdowns, 20-6. It was the lowest yardage yield by a Bills defense since Nov. 14, 1999 when Miami managed just 101 yards, an effort that was not wasted as Buffalo won 23-3. Further, the 160 yards were the fewest allowed in a game the Bills lost since 1977, and it was the fourth-lowest yardage yield in a loss in team history.’

‘Baltimore, which plays a ball-control style designed to complement its stalwart defense, is 4-2 under Boller. Buffalo, which plays a ball-control style designed to complement its stalwart defense, is 1-5 under Bledsoe.’

‘B.J. Sams’ 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter made the score 17-3 and – given the state of the Bills’ offense -pretty much put the game out of reach for Buffalo.’

‘The numbers speak for themselves. Four interceptions, four sacks and a QB rating of 32.3. Baltimore QB Kyle Boller played a terrible game, yet his QB rating was double that of Bledsoe’s. This was a game that was there for the taking, and all Bledsoe did was throw it away.’

‘Bledsoe said his game plan was "to do whatever we can against a very fast-pursuing defense, to give them some misdirection and create some plays for ourselves." The Ravens’ pressure, Bledsoe said, forced the Bills into a quick passing game in which he sometimes had to "guess" on how a play would develop.’

Ravens play take-away (Baltimore Sun)

Fourth-quarter call adds to Bledsoe’s pain (Baltimore Sun)

In spotlight, C. Taylor hides from ‘D’ (Baltimore Sun)

As schedule gets tougher, Boller out of free passes (Baltimore Sun)

Surprisingly, Sanders needed in prime role (Baltimore Sun)

Deion Sanders’ interception, TD (Baltimore Sun)

Hamstrung Ogden shakes head (Baltimore Sun)

Report card (Baltimore Sun)

Photo gallery (Baltimore Sun)

Ravens punish Buffalo (Carroll County Times)

Ogden pulls hamstring in win (Carroll County Times)

Ravens’ win costly (York Daily Record)

‘Prime Time’ dancin’ again (York Daily Record)

Ravens’ Defense Shows Offense How It’s Done (Washington Post)

Ravens pick on Bills’ Bledsoe (Washington Times)

Improving defense has Ravens cooking (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star)

Ravens remain tale of two teams (Philadelphia Inquirer)

San-tastic (BaltimoreRavens.com)

Transcript of Bills-Ravens post-game quotes (BaltimoreRavens.com)

‘”They talked about me before I came, ‘He’s too old, he should be doing this, he should be doing that,'” said Sanders. “Every time I give up a pass they’re going to talk about me. That was the key thing that Michael Jordan warned me of, he said you have to handle the criticism, because there will be criticism.”‘

‘Bledsoe finished the game going 20/36 for 203 yards, four interceptions and a fumble. He was not helped at all by the offensive line. Bledsoe was sacked four times, and after the game was defensive with the media when asked about the stability of his starting spot under center.’

‘Buffalo has scored six touchdowns this season, zero on the ground.’

‘”It’s good to be back,” said Milloy. “I was a little tired being back in a game situation for the first time, as far as my endurance, but I got my wind back in the second half.”‘

(Drew Bledsoe on the no-call on the 94-yard interception return)

“That was an unbelievably poor call. Ray Lewis just grabbed ahold of Lee Evans, grabbed him right around the waist, basically tackled him. I saw him grab him and I though ‘ok, I just throw the ball at Lee, we’ll get the call, first and goal.’ And instead, they don’t throw the flag, the ball gets tipped and it goes back the other direction. That was as blatant as it gets. Holding, pass interference, we don’t get the call.”‘

‘Bledsoe was credited with all five turnovers, throwing four picks and fumbling once. It was a game that has been all too familiar to Bills fans — mistakes at crucial times in the game led to a hole that was too big to get out of in four quarters. Buffalo made it look as though they were going to come back on several occasions, but the inability to get the ball across the goal line was their demise.’