Archives for October 24, 2006

‘No player on the Bills needs a bye week more than cornerback Terrence McGee.’

‘Dick Jauron went 0-2 against the team he’s got to learn to beat if he plans on staying on the job longer than predecessors Gregg Williams and Mike Mularkey. The shovel pass to McGahee was a nice call, and the Bills defense got pressure on Brady, but not enough moves were made to make a difference.’

‘The Bills committed 16 penalties to New England’s four in this season’s two-game series.’

‘In sum, the amount of penalties Jauron’s Bills are taking may have declined from the era of Mularkey – but the number of nonsensical miscues is at an all-time high.’

‘The New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills for the second time in 2006, but on this occasion the tone was all different. So what’s the difference between Week 1 and Week 7?’

‘Are the Bills really THIS bad? Yes and no is the right answer, as I see it. It is pretty obvious their confidence is all but shot, and the only fix for that is winning. But it’s tough to win when you don’t play with confidence.’

‘”We can’t beat ourselves by not playing smart football, not lining up right, not executing on defence like we’re supposed to, not holding onto the football and not making good decisions with the football. Until we start playing smarter, it’s going to continue to be the same results week after week after week.”‘

‘”I believe in this guy, but I believe we’re going to struggle,” he said. “And we’re struggling lately and so has he. But I think he’s going to be a good quarterback. We’re certainly going to push through and stay with him and he’s going to make plays and I believe our football team is going to come out on the other end.”‘

‘"You can’t wallow in your sorrow, wallow in your pity because there’s still football games left to be played," Fletcher said Monday. "And nobody’s going to feel sorry for us, so we have to get out of this funk."’