Archives for October 27, 2008

‘Quarterback Trent Edwards welcomed the opportunity to discuss Jauron’s new contract. "I’m very, very, excited," Edwards said. "That puts a lot of the players in this locker room at ease, knowing that our head coach is going to be here. … It’s nice to have that set aside. It’s very well deserved, I would say, too."’

‘This may be the first time all season that the guys holding the clipboards had more to do with the outcome than the guys on the gridiron. There were bad coaching decisions on both sides of the ball, but the majority of blame has to go to the defense.’

‘Though coach Dick Jauron wouldn’t say Monday how much time Reed might miss, it generally takes players two to three weeks to recuperate from such injuries, depending on their severity. Jauron also didn’t indicate which ankle Reed hurt late in the second quarter of a 25-16 loss at Miami on Sunday.’

‘”I think I’ve been doing okay,” said Peters. “I think I have. The plays I have given up are just hustle plays on their part. If you watch the film, I dominate the guy. We’re either down or we need a big play and Trent is trying to buy time. I’m running him up the field and they’re covering back to the ball. It’s nothing that I’m doing wrong, the play extended and they’re making plays.”‘

‘”They’re getting better, but we won’t really know until we test them a little bit,” said Jauron.’

‘The passing yardage was Pennington’s most since Dec. 16, 2006, when his Jets beat the Vikings, 26-13. McGee knew Miami would go after him, and that the Dolphins were “going to try stuff, fresh off injury.”‘

‘As of yet, there’s no division in this division, as everyone’s still competitive; if the Bills want to reduce the openness, they can start by learning from the recollection that Miami abused them after every mistake.’

‘”We just gave up too many big plays and turned the ball over. You do that in the NFL and your odds of winning are not good.”‘

‘Over the final 15 minutes, the Bills coughed up four turnovers and allowed a safety.’

‘”Yeah, I think it is partially that and partially you have to give a lot of credit to the Miami Dolphins,” Edwards said. “I thought they came out with a great game plan and executed it from the first snap until the last snap. They were just ready to play, and I don’t know if we were ready to play the entire game. We had spurts where we were clicking and then there were times where we were making mistakes.”‘

‘Nevertheless, there has been confidence within the organization that the two sides would come to an agreement. The Bills consider their relationship with Jauron an ideal marriage. Wilson is keen on maintaining continuity and stability in the organization after running through three head coaches between 1998 and 2005.’

‘”I felt a step behind anybody who was out there,” McGee said. “My mama could have been out there and I’d have felt a step behind. I was a step behind, so I wanted to make sure I was on top of everything and at least kept things in front of me so I could make a play.”‘

‘Losing Reed could hurt the Bills’ passing game. He has been a reliable target for quarterback Trent Edwards because he runs good routes and has a feel for finding soft spots in coverage. Reed had two catches for 19 yards before getting hurt. He is the Bills’ second-leading receiver with 26 catches for 288 yards.’

‘The Miami Dolphins made a statement on the first play from scrimmage that they had put their bad showing of a week ago behind them.’