Archives for December 2004

‘As part of the ticket buyout McDonald’s and the Buffalo Bills will be donating tickets to active duty military personnel and the families of those soldiers who are serving abroad. Base officials at Niagara Falls Air Force Base will oversee the actual ticket distribution.’

‘The remaining tickets for the Bills’ home game against the Browns this weekend have been purchased by local McDonald’s franchise owners.’

‘Bills, 44-16.’

‘"My wife knows my Sunday’s are Bills’ Sunday’s."’

‘The Buffalo Bills are pleased to announce the following as the ten finalists that will be recognized prior to the Bills/Steelers game on January 2, 2005…’

‘The knock on Clements is his low-key personality, lack of head coaching experience and limited background as assistant.’

‘So if you’ve been itching to put your Bills into your fantasy lineup, it figures this is the week to pull the trigger.’

‘The Bills are on pace to set their single-season record for both punt return average and kickoff return average – an amazing accomplishment in one season.’

‘The players wouldn’t mind if Robiskie sticks around. He is a locker room favorite and has gotten the players to buy into the notion that the past 12 games were nothing more than a preseason warm-up for the four-game regular season that begins Sunday.’

‘Neither the Bills nor Notre Dame would confirm if university officials met with Bills offensive coordinator Tom Clements about the Irish’s head coaching vacancy. The Chicago Tribune reported that Athletics Director Kevin White, incoming school President Rev. John I. Jenkins and a prominent former Irish football player met with Clements in Buffalo late Thursday night.’

‘It’ll be a little closer than the fans or Vegas wants, but I still believe Buffalo will gain a comfortable 24-14 win.’

”’It means a lot,” Evans said in a teleconference from Buffalo. ”Probably everybody back at home will be watching. It will be extra motivation for this game. I get up for every game, but you get up a little bit more when you know the people back at home are watching you.”’

‘The Bills will have to decide if Fletcher is worth a premium wage as he gets older. His 2004 salary is $2.5 million. He is scheduled to make $3 million in 2005, when he will be 30 years old. His contract runs through 2006, when he is scheduled to make $4 million.’

Lost season leaves Garcia frustrated (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Did Butch’s eyes become double spies? (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Youth movement is in store for Browns (Lorain Morning Journal)

Evans fired up to face hometown Browns (Lorain Morning Journal)

`Chud’ shows staying power (Akron Beacon Journal)

Two former Hurricanes could play lesser roles (Akron Beacon Journal)

Browns in his blood (Canton Repository)

Lerner to Robiskie: Get team on ‘same page’ (Canton Repository)

Browns notes (Canton Repository)

Robiskie still making changes (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Dawson bracing for Buffalo (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

BrownsTown 24/7 (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Cleveland connection spurs on Bills (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Rookies will see action Sunday (ClevelandBrowns.com)

‘With Garcia, who signed a four-year, $25 million contract to play for the Browns, apparently uninterested in playing a leadership role for the team, rookie quarterback Luke McCown rose to accept the challenge.’