Archives for January 21, 2007

‘”I’m just taking it all in,” Brown said. “I’m enjoying it. I’m not trying to downplay it because it’s been so many years trying to get here. I’m happy for the simple fact that we have some good guys, the type of guys we had my early years in Buffalo. We have the same type of family atmosphere here, too, and it feels good.”‘

‘Aside from his over-inflated ego, refusal to leave Miami to work out with his teammates in their offseason conditioning program and his inability to distinguish third down from fourth down, there is a more important reason to replace McGahee. The Bills need someone to convert on third-and-1 in order to keep drives alive. He doesn’t do it often enough.’

‘Based on the cumulative 2006 records of opponents, Buffalo and Oakland will play the most difficult schedules in the NFL. That hardly seems fair. The 2007 opponents for the Bills and Raiders were 138-118 (.539) in 2006. Buffalo also will have by far the NFL’s toughest home schedule (opponents were a combined 75-53 this season; the next-toughest home schedule is 70-58 and belongs to the Raiders).’

‘An assistant coach of the Houston Oilers reported that the Bills stole the Oilers defensive signals in the Bills’ 41-38 come-from-behind overtime victory in the AFC Wild Card game on Jan. 3, 1993.’

‘Tasker, a CBS sports reporter, will work the pregame show, following one of the teams as it leaves its hotel. He’ll also be on the sidelines before the game, according to published reports.’