Archives for December 5, 2008

‘”If this one-game series helps the finances of the Bills and makes them a stronger team to remain in Buffalo, we’ll support that,” Cohon said. “I think anything beyond that is something that our league and most of our fans and most people in this country are not supportive of.”‘

‘”Yeah, you could write all these stories up, and that’s a great word,” Losman said when asked if there was something “poetic” about the opportunity. “I’m not going to repeat it, but it’s a great word to use I guess. The ball bounces funny in this game.”‘

‘Bills 24, Dolphins 20.’

‘Dolphins 20, Bills 19.’

‘Asked what he knew about Canada, Walker continued his schtick. "They separate us from Alaska," he said. "We went to war with them one time."’

‘Questionable for Sunday’s game are Donte Whitner, Robert Royal, Teddy Lehman, Chris Ellis and Copeland Bryan.’

‘Bills defensive tackle Marcus Stroud, and host of Friday’s popular Marcus’ Mailbag on the Bills website, is the player guest on this week’s Thurman Thomas Show sponsored by Northtown Automotive.’

‘(On what went wrong the last 6 weeks after starting off 5-1) – "Turnovers. I think that was one of the biggest parts that really started in the second half of that Miami game. A lot of turnovers that happened that really weren’t really able to come back from and then score a lot of points. We won a lot of games because of the turnovers. Correcting them as of late gives us a chance and that’s really all we can ask for."’

‘”It seemed like everyone was having fun, win, lose, or draw,” Williams said. “For me, it was just a different experience and I really enjoyed that.”‘

‘The Bills sell out regularly and have not asked local leaders to replace The Ralph. The point of building a new stadium these days is more suites and luxury seating, precisely what the Bills have trouble selling more of.’

‘The Bills play in an aging stadium in a smaller market and fear they’re being lapped financially by the Jerry Joneses of the NFL. Sound familiar?’

‘”It should be 100 times better, more comfortable,” he said. “It should be 100 times better all around for everybody, them hearing my voice, cadence, calling the plays, everything. Everything is going to be much, much better, much more fluid if the quarterback is able to prepare himself one week knowing he’s the guy."’

‘”I know that each town that we went to, including the hometown fans, when you go to a game the people there are true fans,” Williams said. “Sometimes, especially in Miami, you get people coming only when you’re winning. Going to places like Hamilton or Regina, Calgary, there are really, really huge football fans there.”‘

‘”I’m a pretty basic guy. Besides movies, I love good books and going out to a restaurant and having a great meal. I’m starting to get into skeet shooting. Chris Kelsay and I just went pheasant hunting with Jim Kelly, so that was a great experience. I didn’t catch anything, but it was impressive watching Chris. That guy’s a natural.”‘

‘As a side note, this formation is not even new to the “modern” NFL. Marv Levy ran a variation of the Wildcat – the Wing-T- with Kansas City as the Chiefs’ primary formation in 1978. It was used out of necessity. The Chiefs’ defense was horrible, and Levy simply wanted to keep it off the field.’