Archives for October 2005

‘…falling apart at the seams.’

‘You just have to keep pushing through. If you want to play bad enough you are willing to push the injury and do the extra rehab and the extra work. It’s frustrating at times, Bobby April talks about the mental battle always going on and you just can’t let the bad guy win. You got to stay and be tough and keep going after it.’

‘In only his second career NFL start last weekend against Atlanta, Jerman helped pave the way for a game-high and career-high 140 yards by running back Willis McGahee.’

"Hopefully, it’s going to be 65,000," he said of the turnout at the Alamodome. "I just know they probably won’t be cheering for Buffalo, so at lease we won’t have to deal with the crowd noise we’ve dealt with the last three weeks."

‘Still, it appears San Antonio would be a tough sell to NFL owners. The region is loyal to the Cowboys. The local Fox affiliate plans to show the Cowboys games instead of the Saints games when both teams are on the road at the same time later this season.’

‘Saints 23, Bills 17.’

‘Now the reality is setting in. This was only an average team at best.’

‘”The misses are definitely in bolder ink on the stat sheet. That’s how it is, but that’s the job I signed up for,” Lindell said. “What anybody says or thinks isn’t going to make the goal posts any wider, and it’s not going to give me a better ball for kickoffs.”‘

‘Spikes, a two-time Pro Bowler with the Bills, had successful surgery in Alabama this past week to repair the Achilles’ tendon in his right leg. But it’s a long recovery from the injury, a full 10 months to a year.’

‘But as grateful as the Saints are for the support, coach Jim Haslett says its time to put the sympathy angle behind them. “We need to get this football team on track,” Haslett said following Friday’s practice. “We haven’t played as well as we would like … we’re going to try to fix this (today).”‘

‘”It’s too early to panic,” Donahoe said last week. “You can see in just one weekend a lot of things happened in our division (with injuries). Things can change quickly in football, but we’ve got to play better as a team.”‘

‘Veteran wide receiver Joe Horn, the team’s lead spokesman during these trying weeks, said it’d be easy to use Katrina as an excuse. But he won’t go there. “Collectively, we’re mad, angry and (ticked) off,” he said.’

‘”We’re part of New Orleans, so they’re attached to us wherever we go,” said Saints receiver Joe Horn, who has led a campaign that has raised nearly $500,000 for the Bayou’s evacuees. “We have to pick up the pieces and keep on moving. You have to keep on stepping because if you don’t you’re going to be flat on your back the rest of your life.”‘

‘You’re in your fourth year and you still haven’t made a big mark in the NFL. Are you disappointed with the way your career has gone so far?

“Disappointed is such a bad word. I could definitely perform better than the way I have, but I have to stay positive about it and keep myself grounded.”‘

‘Both teams opened with impressive wins, Buffalo handling Houston and New Orleans beating the Panthers in Charlotte on a last-play field goal. Since then, though, each club has struggled. The Bills were manhandled at Tampa Bay and stampeded at home against the Falcons while the Saints imploded in a “home” game against the Giants at the Meadowlands and a week later in Minnesota. However, New Orleans has an excuse.’