Archives for October 19, 2006

‘The Time Warner Cable Family Corner is located in sections 224, 225, 226 and 227 of Ralph Wilson Stadium and holds a total of 1,369 seats. The Time Warner Cable Family Corner is an alcohol-free zone. Individual game tickets in the Time Warner Cable Family Corner are $36, the lowest individual game ticket price in the stadium.’

‘Patriots 23 Bills 14.’

‘"Whenever you have a receiver of Lee’s caliber you have to find ways to get him the ball," said Bills receivers coach Tyke Tolbert. "Obviously everybody knows he’s a fast guy and so they’re going to try to take away the deep stuff. So we’ve got to find other ways to get him involved in the offense and as a staff that’s what we try to do. So we look to put him in a position to be successful and catch the ball."’

‘”I do believe J.P. is progressing,” Jauron said, with the Bills preparing to host AFC East-leading New England on Sunday. “He’s not the quarterback he wants to be or the quarterback that we need him to be. But he’s building on it.”‘

‘To hear him talk, Reed scoring a meaningless fourth-quarter touchdown in New England’s 35-7 win last season has kept Belichick up at night; and the Patriots are still reeling from a 31-0 loss to Buffalo, even though it was three years ago.’

‘In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Bills created a line of pink “Billieve” t-shirts and hats.’

‘Wilson will meet with the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, on November 2 to discuss the problems Wilson has with the March 2006 agreement. Wilson feels the new CBA is too costly and player-friendly. Wilson fears the Bills might not survive financially under its terms – despite the league’s salary cap – without an increase in league-generated revenue sharing. Goodell recently sent a memo to all 32 owners outlining his view of a revenuesharing formula. The owners will review the Goodell plan and then pass it along to an eight-member committee of owners, which includes Wilson.’

‘"We’d like to get him anywhere from 20 to 30 touches a game, run and pass, that’s what our goal is," Bills coach Dick Jauron said of his workhorse weapon. "Willis is right up near the top of the league in carries per game. . . . We think a lot of him, and he’s responded really well to us."’

‘”What I got out of this is it’s a business and you’ve got to put yourself first,” Hargrove said. “You can’t get caught up in situations like this when you get traded to a new city. You’ve got to leave your house, your two dogs, your car and your fiancee at home and just come to a new city. But it makes me more of a man, to come more into my adulthood and it’s just a learning experience. Nothing is given to you. You just have to take your punches and just roll.”‘

‘”Yeah, it’s frustrating when you think ‘we’re going to stop them right here’ and then you see the mistake and you think ‘Jeez, why did he do that?'” Fewell said Wednesday afternoon.’

‘Bills coach Dick Jauron said he checked out the incident thoroughly and is satisfied that Hargrove doesn’t have character issues. Because Hargrove is in game shape and knows Buffalo’s defensive terminology, having played in the same system in St. Louis, he’s got a good chance of playing Sunday against New England, Jauron said.’

‘”I remember running off the field and saying, ‘That’s a hell of a way to start the season,’ ” Brady said. “I knew what went wrong the second I felt the guy hit me in the back. It was just a poor decision by me in terms of our protection. I wasn’t as aware on the first play of the season as I would have liked, and I paid the price for it.”‘

‘Jauron said his young team needs to learn how to handle adversity like the veteran Patriots, who are generally considered the standard-bearers. “What we’re looking for is the consistency that the top programs have,” he said. “The Patriots have shown over the years that they can win consistently week in and week out and stay playing at that level. That’s what we’re trying to achieve.”‘

‘The Bills have floundered pretty much since that failed play, finding ways to lose close, defensive struggles more times than not.’

‘The Bills haven’t had it easy this year. They have a lot of new players, and their inconsistency is something most coaches in the NFL have to live with. But Jauron won’t use it as an excuse. “I guess I’d like to not lean on that,” he said. “You have to find ways to win (games) and we just haven’t. We haven’t done that. Clearly, he said, “we’ve got to get it started, but this will be a very tough week for us because we all know how good the Patriots are.”‘