Archives for December 2008

‘”I’m at a loss for words for what we are offensively,” said receiver Lee Evans, hunched over in a corner of the locker room. “The best words I can come up with to describe it is just in disarray. We have no type of rhythm. And plays just aren’t being made. Offensively we just have no rhythm.”‘

‘”When you’ve got a home game and the crowd is supposed to cheer, they were cheering more for the Dolphins,” he said. “I wasn’t here in the preseason, so I don’t know how it was then. But that stunned me. They’re not even cheering on third down. They’re not cheering when we do get a first down. They’re just sitting there like they don’t know what’s going on. I hate the idea of us playing here. It’s crazy.”‘

‘When the Bills’ players were introduced at the start of the game, there was scarcely a peep from the crowd. They might as well have been introducing members of the grounds crew.’

‘”There’s no reason for us to tell you exactly why we defer,” Jauron said. But there’s reason to ask.’

‘”We had an opportunity to score a touchdown and just underthrew it,” Losman said. “That happens. But still we didn’t play well enough to win the football game even if we did complete that pass. There are still a lot of things going wrong other than just that.”‘

‘Coaching: F: No touchdowns in two games. What did you expect? Jauron’s infatuation with deferring is getting old. At least they didn’t waste timeouts.’

‘They have no one to blame but themselves for what has become their typical predicament in 21st century Decembers.’

‘You want more proof that this strategy lacks common sense? Before Sunday, the Buffalo defense had surrendered points on the opening drive in six consecutive games.’

‘Will Allen’s end zone interception in the third quarter for Miami. The Bills were trailing 13-3 at that point but had a first-and-goal at the 3 and a touchdown would have gotten them back into the game and stolen the momentum. Instead, J.P. Losman was instructed to throw a fade pass into the right corner to Lee Evans, under threw the ball, and Allen made the pick to kill Buffalo’s scoring chance, and its hope.’

‘The Bills won the opening coin toss for the third week in a row, deferred to the second half for the third week in a row, and fell behind 7-0 in the first quarter for the third week in a row. Nice strategy. Schonert didn’t get Fred Jackson a touch, and called a pass on first-and-goal at the 3 which was picked off. His offense produced 163 yards. Perry Fewell’s guys played hard, but they forced no turnovers and gave up some third-and-long conversions that were inexcusable. This team gets out-coached worse and worse as the weeks go by.’

‘”We tried selling the tickets, but there wasn’t much of a market, so here we are,” he said.’

‘The first-ever regular season NFL game in Canada was an unmitigated disaster if you’re a Bills fan. A worst-case scenario.’

‘The bad: How many times have you heard this one? Third and 12 just before the end of the quarter and the Dolphins send one guy out to the right. He runs 15 yards turns in between four Bills defenders, and hauls in a demoralizing 18-yarder for a first down. Ouch.’

‘And at least you would have booed the (bleep) out of them after the final gun for another pathetic offensive performance, one that netted just three points and 163 net yards.’

‘This had a corporate Super Bowl feel to it. A lot of people paid a lot of money to be here and then weren’t sure what to do.’