Archives for December 2006

‘Travis Henry vs. London Fletcher – Obviously it takes more than one defender to take down Henry most of the time, but these were the two hardest hitting players on Buffalo’s roster from 2002-2004. To see a pair of low-to-the-ground players meeting in the hole will make for some very entertaining collisions. Henry is averaging 4.3 per carry this season.’

‘Titans 28, Bills 17.’

‘The Bills have been making good use of their four-receiver formation the past five weeks, and it is causing defenses problems.’

‘The Bills beat Tennessee, Miami beats the Jets, Denver beats Cincinnati and New England beats Jacksonville. If all four of those things happen, then the Bills need only to beat Baltimore in the finale to get a wild-card berth.’

‘Doug Flutie always hated the system because it did not factor in winning, leadership, sack avoidance, scrambling, play-calling – the many other factors that go into making a successful quarterback. But it’s very hard to measure those things, outside of the win-loss column.’

‘”We really thought he was a terrific free agent signing for us in every way – athletically, football-wise, in the locker room, on the field, leadership, everything,” Jauron said. “We chased him real early in free agency and he’s proving to be better than we thought, certainly as good a player as we thought, and then all the other things he brings to us have really been valuable and hopefully will continue to be.”‘

‘Buffalo 24, Tennesse 16.’

‘The team announced Thursday that about 18,400 tickets remain for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, meaning the Bills didn’t come close to lifting the blackout by meeting the NFL’s sellout deadline of 1 p.m. Thursday.’

‘You’ve got the hype, Vince. Right now, Losman’s a better all-around player. That will be found out by 4 p.m. on Sunday.’

‘The Bills hold the tiebreaker in the four-team pack at 7-7, but need help to climb past three of the four teams currently with eight wins.’

Refs are big part of X’s and O’s (Nashville Tennessean)

WR Jones gets team honor (Nashville Tennessean)

Five questions with… Kerry Collins (Nashville Tennessean)

Cornerback Hill leaves practice with injury (Nashville City Paper)

Titans’ Hill sits out practice with ankle; Henry returns (AP)

Titans simplify playoff math to just win and hope (AP)

Brandon Jones named Titans’ Ed Block Courage Award winner (TitansOnline.com)

Coach Fisher’s Thursday practice report (TitansOnline.com)

‘Says defensive tackle Larry Tripllett, “They’re playing real good football right now. Vince Young is really coming of age and playing real well. It’s going to be a big challenge for us.”‘

‘Bills win 24-16.’

‘Coach Dick Jauron gave Shelton “an outside chance” of playing after he missed his second straight practice because of a concussion sustained in a 21-0 win over Miami last Sunday. If Shelton can’t play, the Bills would use reserve tight end Brad Cieslak as their primary fullback.’

‘Bills 27 Titans 14.’