Archives for December 2008

‘Edwards completed 17-of-25 passes and Fred Jackson had 113 all-purpose yards with a touchdown run after Marshawn Lynch left with a shoulder injury. Lynch finished with 34 yards on the ground with a score. Buffalo (7-8) snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory.’

‘The back and forth game continues. The Bills strike quickly when Fred Jackson rumbled in to the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown run to take their third lead of the game. The scoring drive was just four plays long, for 45 yard in just 2:05. 30-23 Buffalo, 9:00, 4th quarter.’

‘Buffalo’s defense put an end to the ping-pong scoring when they got the big stop they needed. On Denver’s ensuing drive facing a 3rd-and-15 at the Bills 15-yard line Cutler’s attempt over the middle for Brandon Marshall was picked off by Kawika Mitchell at the Bills two-yard line.’

‘Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler threw for 359 yards and he broke Jake Plummer’s franchise record with 4,210 yards for the season, but Kawika Mitchell’s interception at the goal line when the Broncos were going in for the tying touchdown with less than six minutes left is what Cutler will surely remember most about this game.’

‘The Bills replaced left tackle Jason Peters (knee) with Kirk Chambers.’

‘Currently the man acting as the Bills’ general manager is Russ Brandon, a highly skilled marketer and, like Bob Lustig, a nice fellow. So far in the first decade of the new millennium, the team has enjoyed one winning season, no playoff appearances and has beaten its archrival, the Patriots, just once. The moral? It pays to hire knowledgeable football people to run your football operation!’

‘Broncos, 34-23.’

‘A lot of Bills fans can barely stand to watch right now. But they should take a peek at the Broncos punter. Brett Kern is a nice story, a kid who dreamed of playing for the Bills and got into the NFL the hard way.’

‘"He has a lot of talent, and this will be typical for him in the future, I believe," Shanahan said of Cutler hitting 4,000 yards. "We can do things with Jay that we obviously couldn’t do before. And the better he gets, the more we can do, with the screens and the play-action passes and drop-back passes."’

‘”I sent a text message to him earlier in the week that said that I’ve never respected a person more,” quarterback Trent Edwards revealed the other day. “I love him to death, I love coming to work for him every day, and I’m just happy that these two years in the league, I’ve been able to have a boss like that.”‘

‘And, the reality is, in Buffalo’s six wins, his passer rating is an impressive 102.5 while in the five losses he’s QB’d – excluding Arizona when he took only three snaps – it’s a less-than pedestrian 65.0.’

‘”It’s stressful in the NFL. You’re constantly being tested, and being watched,” Kern said. “You have to perform on Sundays, but the GMs, the scouts, the coaches, they watch me kick Wednesdays and Thursdays, and I’m constantly being evaluated.”‘

‘Buffalo 30, Denver 24.’

Broncos’ Dumervil will matchup with Pro Bowler Peters (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

Broncos growing up before our sighs (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

On pins and needles (Denver Post)

Broncos’ Stokley a master of deception (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Bell making a name for himself (Longmont Times Call)

In the cold, Broncos will have to throw the ball to win (Grand Junction Sentinel)