Archives for December 2004

‘The Bills held Taylor without a tackle or sack during their 20-13 victory in Ralph Wilson Stadium. But Jennings expects Taylor to try to redeem himself at home Sunday. "He’ll be ready to play, but that’s no different than any other time we’ve faced him," Jennings said. "We’ll just have to go out there, play with focus and work as a team."’

‘OK, so every other team in the AFC East has won at least one Super Bowl. But they haven’t surpassed the Bills for churning out fantasy football standouts.’

‘Johnson benefited from the windfall of picks from the Herschel Walker trade. But he was a master at stockpiling draft choices and had a great eye for talent. He was a great motivator and picked great coaching staffs.’

‘"I’m optimistic," said Vincent, the Buffalo Bills’ 13-year veteran cornerback, when asked if he’ll be suiting up against his original NFL team at Pro Player Stadium on Sunday. "I’m just tired of holding hats and cheerleading. It’s been a long eight weeks."’

‘Levy, who turns 80 next August, was asked by Rome if he wants to coach in the NFL again. "I’ll give a straight-forward, honest answer: Yes,” said Levy, who was interested in the Bills opening that went to Mike Mularkey last year. "It would have to be a head coaching job, none of this consultant stuff, but if it (an offer came), I would certainly listen very keenly.”’

Ricky Williams reversing field again (Miami Herald)

Bills return tickets, but game sold out (Miami Herald)

Williams rejects proposal to return (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

McMichael angles to outdo top contracts (Palm Beach Post)

On-again, off-again Williams: Off again (Palm Beach Post)

Williams to remain retired (Florida Today)

Williams’ NFL career appears over (AP)

Ricky Williams will remain retired (The Sports Network)

Dolphins Head Coach Jim Bates Press Conference Transcript (MiamiDolphins.com)

Dolphins-Bills Game Declared A Sellout; Tickets Available For Final Home Game Versus Browns (MiamiDolphins.com)

‘”I’m a robot. I’m just following them,” McGahee said of the big men who block for him. “It’s a lot of them and Daimon Shelton, they’re the ones doing all the dirty work. I’m just making it look easy. I really got to give the credit to Daimon and the o-line."’

‘Bills 24 Dolphins 13.’

‘He was with the first team as practice opened.’

‘Bills 24, Dolphins 13.’

‘We had planned to use the onside kick earlier against the Seahawks but we scored with very little time to go in the half so there was no sense kicking the ball onside then because we would have only had time for one offensive play. While in the locker room we discussed the option even more and made the decision at that time that we were going to use the onside kick to start the second half. When we came out of the locker room the play was on.’

”’Lee has progressed,” quarterback Drew Bledsoe said. ”I think to a certain extent he was a victim of circumstance early on where plays just weren’t going his way.”’

‘"We can’t go in there thinking we’re going to roll over these guys just because of their record," tight end Mark Campbell said. "They have a tough defense that can still make plays and we’re going to have to play well to come out of there with a victory."’

‘"We had like 82 people at our first meeting," VanHall said. "I said, "Oh my gosh, this is unreal! Where did all of these people come from?’"’

‘”The main thing is winning. When you’re 1-9, a win just upbeats everybody in the organization,” Bates said. “There have been many struggles, the turmoil that we’ve gone through. It seems like ever since January, there’s been a lot of issues, a lot of things have happened to this football team. It was just good to get that good feeling and take the long flight back and give the guys a couple of days off.”‘