Archives for September 2008

‘How long has that been? Well, not since former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly was completing the final season of his Hall of Fame career, or when current Bills safety Donte Whitner was 11.’

‘It’s not just that Buffalo is 3-0 – one of only five NFL teams with that record – it’s the way the Bills got there. The last two weeks they’ve come from behind to win in the fourth quarter and shown poise and maturity doing it.’

‘But afterwards it was hard not to sympathize with Oakland head coach Lane Kiffin, whose job has been on the line following a season-opening 41-14 loss to Denver.’

‘And the proof continues to be forthcoming.’

‘Cornerback Terrence McGee nursing a tender back, abdicated his kickoff return chores to rookie first-round draft choice Leodis McKelvin. He responded with a 55-yarder, the Bills’ longest of the season by double.’

‘He’s also a Bills’ season ticket holder, does a number of alumni functions and helps players with investments. “I know I can help these guys,” he said. “They have big targets on them. I played with these guys; it’s a natural transition for me to try to take care of them.”‘

‘Coach Dick Jauron didn’t discuss the nature of the injury, except to say Barnes will have tests later in the day.’

‘”So thank you to the offense, thank you to the defense for their part. It’s nice that they picked me up like that. It was huge. I can sleep now.”‘

‘The Bills second-year signal caller has now posted wins in eight of his 12 career starts for a .750 winning percentage, making him one of just three active NFL quarterbacks with a winning percentage of .750 or better.’

‘”Thank you to the offense, thank you to the defense for doing their part,” Lindell said. “It’s nice they picked me up like that, it was huge. I can sleep tonight now.”‘

‘”Offensively, you know, when we had to make plays, we made the plays,” said head coach Dick Jauron. “Trent (Edwards) certainly played a really good game again and you know that the path of a young quarterback isn’t all real pretty. He made some terrific plays today.”‘

‘He calls Bills fans “loud, loyal and always prepared for the worst to happen.” Are we really that transparent?’

‘Oakland is a somewhat talented but dysfunctional team that outplayed the Bills for big stretches of the game in Orchard Park. That can not happen if the Bills really want to take the next step as a team. But give the Bills credit. They got it done when it counted the most.’

‘The Bills have positioned themselves so they’ll get at least the chance to keep running with teams not simply in the division but also in the entire AFC, and they did so in Week 3 by maintaining the attitude that a few minutes or even seconds is plenty of time as long as it’s used well.’

[Rough English Translation from Quebec Newspaper]:

‘There will still be arduous afternoon attack, the coach is more boring than the parc de La Verendrye and the team relies on its special teams to win … But for the first time in over a decade, it points to the top among Bills.’