Archives for September 16, 2009

‘If you sell yourself as a man of the people, someone with a public forum, you ought to be consistent.’

‘Messages boards, Facebook and Twitter accounts and the comment sections of news sites are filled today with the lamenting of Buffalo sports fans.’

‘”We had 10 days to prepare for these guys. We put all our eggs in the basket and to come up one point short is pretty disappointing. The feeling stinks.”‘

‘This is why bad teams like the Bills stay bad and lose in inexplicable ways.’

‘Evans was the target six times Monday night and Owens was the target three times. New England’s two top wide receivers – Randy Moss and Wes Welker – each were targets 16 times. T.O. couldn’t have liked that, but Mount Owens hasn’t erupted yet.’

‘Aside from Leodis McKelvin’s untimely fumble in the waning moments – and the one he dropped earlier that Nic Harris recovered – the Bills special teams units were woeful in the team’s regular-season opener, just like they were through the preseason.’

‘”Its not funny at all,” Mitchell wrote. “We have [family] at our homes to protect. If [you] show [your] face on my [property, I’ll] make sure I do [everything] to keep my [family] safe. So don’t come around thinking, oh we’ll just leave a message on his lawn or wall, [because I’m going] to take it as a threat.”‘

‘Hamburg police on Tuesday confirmed the home of a Bills player was vandalized, but declined to release details of their investigation after an obscenity and the score of Monday night’s game-a 25-24 loss to the Patriots- were painted in white on the player’s lawn in suburban Buffalo.’

‘A person familiar with the injury told The Associated Press on Tuesday that tests revealed Kelsay sustained only a deep bruise and no ligament damage in Buffalo’s 25-24 loss at New England on Monday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because coach Dick Jauron has not released details of the player’s injury.’