Archives for October 15, 2005

‘Vilma said he heard McGahee was talking trash on the radio this week and just smiled. "We’re cool, we’re close, and it’ll be a great matchup," Vilma said. "It’s going to be fun … I’m going to see him for 60 minutes (tomorrow), so I like that."’

‘"We don’t want people showing up at 9 o’clock, thinking they’re going to get in the parking lots," said Scott Berchtold, the Bills vice president for communications. "We’re not going to allow them in."’

‘An impossible situation, right? Not for Vinny. "I wouldn’t say that I was unprepared for anything that they threw at me," he said. "A guy that’s been on the couch basically for eight or nine months, I don’t think you’re going to try and change too much with the success that you’ve had. Fortunate for us, and fortunate for me, I was able to pick up the speed of the game pretty quick – it wasn’t moving too fast – and I was able to make the right throws to the right guys."’

‘"He’s not a finesse runner, but he has a lot of speed," said Vilma, who worked out with McGahee and several other former Hurricanes during the off-season. "I don’t know what you’d call that, really. You can’t call him just a power back because he can break away from you. He has good vision. He can cut well. He’s explosive. He’s the whole package."’

‘”It was nice to get positive yards, take what they were giving us, not being too greedy and just picking away,” said Campbell, who matched his season total with three catches for 15 yards after not catching any passes in the previous two games. “That’s hard for an offense to do. We’re always trying for big chunks but to have ball control, keep our defense off the field, it was nice to see. Sometimes experience (at quarterback) can do that for you.”‘

‘Then, three Sundays ago, Vinny was on the coach in his Elmont home watching in stunned silence as first Pennington, then Fiedler went down with shoulder injuries in a span of seven plays against Jacksonville. It occurred to Testaverde, who lives only a few miles from the Jets’ training facility in Hempstead, that he might be contacted.’

‘”He’s back to being as good as he ever was,” Vilma said.’

Miami Buddies Expect to Bump Into Each Other Again (New York Times)

Jet ‘D’ talkin’ about Willis (New York Daily News)

Rookie runs to rescue (New York Post)

Doug jolly about Vinny (New York Post)

GM Bradway: ‘This is crazy’ (Newsday)

One for the books (White Plains Journal News)

Vilma is eager to pop his pal (Newark Star Ledger)

Martin sub Houston eyes action (Newark Star Ledger)

Vilma knows Bills’ McGahee is tough (Bergen Record)

Around the Gridiron: Week 6 (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Have Good Shot in Buffalo (NewYorkJets.com)

10 Questions Unitl Sunday (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Name Steve Carroll Coach of the Week (NewYorkJets.com)