Archives for December 7, 2004

‘Mularkey and Co., can’t wait to take apart Cleveland. Playoffs? When a team’s on a 6-2 role, don’t laugh.’

‘At one point during Sunday’s game, the Bills had lost a half-dozen players to various injuries.’

‘Regardless of what happens the rest of the way the Bills have shown incredible improvement. Much has been made of Willis McGahee’s emergence, but rookie Lee Evans growth has been equally spectacular. His second touchdown catch on Sunday showed breakaway speed only a few receivers in football have. Evans could be a special player for a long time.’

‘The Bills have won two straight on the road and are suddenly back in the playoff hunt. With games at Cincinnati and at San Francisco on tap, they can’t afford a letdown this week as they need to finish 9-7 to have even an outside shot of making the playoffs. They close the regular season at home against Pittsburgh on Jan. 2.’

‘Forget all that for a moment, though. Bledsoe still capitalized on all those circumstances, demonstrating that he can still make every throw required of a starting quarterback in the National Football League. And that, despite more than half a season’s worth of evidence to the contrary, he might just be able to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.’

‘It’s believed Clements is a long shot because the Irish want an experienced coach.’

”’We’re living day by day around here, week by week,” linebacker Takeo Spikes said. ”If we can just focus on going 1-0 instead of worrying about going 4-5 or 6-0, everything else will take care of itself.”’