Archives for November 28, 2008

‘Bills win 30-18.’

‘"We realize that we’re not out of the woods yet," guard Langston Walker said. "But at the same time, that win, I guess to use a good analogy, it’s the little pebble that starts the snowball."’

‘”With John it’s been kind of gradually bothering him more and the more we talked about it with him we just thought it was aggravating him enough that we needed to get him out,” said head coach Dick Jauron.’

‘”With John it’s been kind of gradually bothering him more and the more we talked about it with him we just thought it was aggravating him enough that we needed to get him out,” said head coach Dick Jauron.’

‘Royal hurt his hamstring in the Bills’ win at Kansas City on Sunday and didn’t practice all week. Greer’s right knee was injured against Cleveland two weeks ago and he’ll miss his second straight game.’

‘The 9th Annual Hunter’s Hope Candlelight Ball held November 21st, raised $165,000 to date, and will help Hunter’s Hope to continue the Universal Newborn Screening Education and Awareness Campaign. The lives of thousands of infants will be saved through this initiative and a capacity crowd of nearly 600 people attended the black tie event at Samuel’s Grande Manor in Clarence.’

‘”We’ve been blessed to have Duke Preston do extra things for us,” said Tony Williams, NW Buffalo Community Center program director. “He epitomizes what families do for families.”‘

‘The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation will emphasize the importance of health and fitness by presenting The President’s Volunteer Service Award to a player from each team who contributes to his community by encouraging kids to stay active and healthy. Bills safety George Wilson is the teams’ recipient of this prestigious award from the White House. This “lifetime call to service” recognition is the highest service honor one can receive from the White House. In addition, beginning on Thanksgiving and continuing throughout the weekend, Ralph Wilson Stadium (RWS) and all NFL stadiums will feature NFL PLAY 60 banners and on-field stencils.’

‘”I don’t really believe in that either,” said Bills defensive tackle Marcus Stroud. “You just have to go out and play.”‘

‘Is having a child at home going to make the holiday season more special? “Oh yeah. We’ll probably go crazy buying him any and everything you can possibly wrap up. Certainly this big holiday season is something we’ll cherish more than ever because it’s our first one together as a family."’

‘So here are four basic reasons: 1. Success with a limited number of high-round picks. 2. Coaching. 3. Continuity. 4. The ability of scouts and coaches to find rush linebackers for the 3-4 scheme.’

‘”Looking forward to it,” Spikes said this week during a conference call with the Buffalo media. “Just so much history. I think it was really the first place that I really could call home even since [leaving] just because I had so many good times and still talk to a lot of people there as well.”‘

‘The Bills have slipped to 16th in yards allowed, 19th in points, 20th in rush defense, 16th in pass defense and are 24th in sacks per pass attempt. Outside of the sack number, which has been lousy all year, the Bills were much higher in the rankings until the past three games, in which they gave up 13 big runs and 10 big passes in addition to 80 points against New England, Cleveland and Kansas City.’

‘It is not going to happen, of course. The stadium is not designed for open-air events when the thermometers plunge.’

‘”I don’t have any idea what we’ll get because it can change in a matter of minutes,” Bills coach Dick Jauron said. “We’ve played games where literally from the start of the game to 10 minutes later it’s totally different. It just changes. It’s past Thanksgiving, so you can get about anything.”‘