Archives for September 27, 2008

‘"Attitude can carry over to some degree," Jauron told reporters. "Almost everything changes. Circumstances change. Your luck changes sometimes. I don’t know how little or how much what happened a year ago affected us."’

‘But in the snap of Tom Brady’s knee, they have suddenly become the team to beat in the American Football Conference East and among the best in the entire conference. Their game Sunday against the winless St. Louis Rams – and the fifth-easiest schedule in the N.F.L. – has Bills fans thinking bigger than they have since Marv Levy roamed the sideline as the coach.’

‘The last eight drafts of the once-mighty Rams have produced just one Pro Bowler. From 2000 through 2004, they picked 42 players but just three still are on the team. They got just three quality starters out of the five drafts from 2002 through 2006.’

‘Buffalo Bills fans lucky enough to get The NFL Network on satellite television – Time Warner Cable doesn’t carry it – get a treat at 10 p. m. Thursday.’

‘Buffalo is now 8-4 in games he’s started. Three of those victories – including wins the past two weeks – occurred after Edwards engineered late-game comebacks.’

‘Single-game tickets to see the Bills play the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 7 are scheduled to go on sale on Wednesday. After tickets originally were sold in three-game and eight-game packages, this will be the first chance to buy single-game tickets for the Bills.’

‘”I’m not a big statistics guy,” Bills head coach Dick Jauron said. “We all know that anybody in this league can beat anybody else. They’re certainly capable of beating us and we’re certainly capable of beating them. We know they’ll try to change some things, they know we’ll change up a few things and then we’ll go play.”‘

‘That hussy is of course the Buffalo Bills of the NFL, who they are desperate to bring to Toronto.’

‘No fewer than eight Bills starters came from those 2006-2007 drafts: quarterback Trent Edwards, running back Marshawn Lynch, guard Brad Butler, defensive tackle Kyle Williams, outside linebacker Keith Ellison, middle linebacker Paul Posluszny, strong safety Donte Whitner and free safety Ko Simpson. The Rams, however, show only two starters from the 2006 and 2007 drafts: defensive lineman Adam Carriker, and cornerback Tye Hill. And they’ve made little impact so far.’

Bulger fallout continues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

Bills have used drafts to construct a winner (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

Rams defense will see a few changes (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

Holt says Rams need to escape ‘this madness’ (Belleville News Democrat)

Local breast cancer survivors to be honored at Rams game Sunday (Belleville News Democrat)

Holt tries to put distractions aside (AP)

‘"When you look at free agency and the market, there’s certainly possibilities to go somewhere else and see large pay days, but it’s also about trying to establish something and trying to win," Evans said Thursday evening during The Lee Evans Show on WGR, with Jeremy White. "A lot of times, that gets lost in free agency. I think what we have here and what we’re growing here is special, and I think a lot of people are excited about it. I’m excited about it, so we want to try and keep it going as long as we can."’

‘Buffalo Bills players scheduled to show their support at the kickoff event are quarterback Trent Edwards, safety George Wilson, linebacker John DiGiorgio, linebacker Keith Ellison and other Bills players.’

‘The Jills kicked-off the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game with an official let’s play ball announcement, posed for photos with Ace (Blue Jays mascot), took part in a t-shirt toss with the J Force and took to the field to lead the fans in the 7th inning stretch.’