Archives for September 12, 2006

‘”It’s about us; it wasn’t about them,” Fewell said after Maroney gouged the Bills defense for 86 yards in his NFL debut and Dillon chipped in 73. “They were able to rush for 183 yards, so we have to scrutinize that as far as the tape is concerned. Were we in the right gaps? Were we missing tackles? We didn’t respond when it was time to respond.”‘

‘You’re right; watching the film would’ve been a lot better had the Bills actually won, but let’s be honest. You and I and probably 90 percent of Bills Nation figured this was going to be a loss. This was one tough assignment the NFL gave Buffalo for Opening Day. The Bills gave New England all it could handle, and I feel that’s good enough for now, and there are things the Bills can build on.’

‘Current players Melvin Fowler, Josh Stamer, Larry Tripplett and Troy Vincent will participate.’

‘New England was able to run on Buffalo to the tune of 41 carries for 183 yards, controlling the clock for 12:01 of the fourth quarter thanks to converting two fourth downs. But it wasn’t for lack of effort on the Bills’ part.’

‘Report card vs. Patriots…’

‘Buffalo was never the same after its failed fourth-down try. The rest of the game, they were out-gained 204-5 in yardage and out-scored 12-0. New England marched 93 yards in 12 plays to a TD, converting two long third downs, after the turnover on downs. “If you look at the momentum shift, it was pretty much like a red zone turnover,” LB London Fletcher-Baker said. “We don’t get points and they do. A team will feed off of that. We didn’t play good third-down defense on that particular drive. Regardless of what happened with our offense, we didn’t stop them on third down and that’s where we have to improve if we want to get better as a team.”‘

‘This young Bills team showed it has great speed on defense, and while the run defense needs to improve for sure, it did respond in the second half, but finally got tired when the offense simply couldn’t sustain anything.’

‘"Oh man, I think it was a bad spot. I clearly reached across," McGahee said following a brief practice as the Bills prepare to play at Miami on Sunday. "I reached. I did an extended reach at that. But things happen, we’re at their home. It was just going to go their way."’