Archives for September 18, 2010

‘”They gave me the hard-press,” Johnson said, of the conversation he had with Christopher Clark, the Bills director of security. Johnson said he received the call Friday, as he was driving to Green Bay for the Bills’ game against the Packers on Sunday. “It was a good conversation, and very professional.”‘

‘”You never relish anybody getting hurt,” said Ayodele. “This is a game of brotherhood and we understand how hard we work, but this is an opportunity to get on the field and make some plays.”‘

‘One way Buffalo can have success against Green Bay is to put pressure on quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has spent plenty of time the last two seasons running for his life behind a suspect offensive line. Rodgers was sacked 50 times last year. He is already on a similar pace for this season after getting sacked three times against the Eagles.’

‘"I’m a football junkie and I’ve been to some NFL games and I know how the NFL atmosphere can be," Nelson said. "I played in front of some hostile crowds in college, and in some really big games, but just not at this level of playing. To be able to play against this caliber of players and also have the fans going crazy, it was an unbelievable experience."’

‘"From my first meeting with Coach DeHaven, he’s come in telling us he’s not going to try to be Bobby, he’s not going to come in [and] try to coach like him and do some of the things that he did," said safety George Wilson, who co-captains special teams with punter Brian Moorman. "He let us know that he was knowledgeable of what we accomplished here in the special team phase. But we have to put that behind us and start a new chapter under him."’

‘”He is an excellent pass rusher,” Bills coach Chan Gailey said of Matthews, who made the Pro Bowl as a rookie last season. “He’s not just an excellent pass rusher, he’s an excellent football player. You’ve got to have a plan for him because he’s good enough to warrant that. We’ll try to make sure that we either have people sliding to him or people around him or something to help us a little bit from time to time.”‘

‘”Carl Paladino will be a governor for all New Yorkers,” the Hall of Fame Buffalo Bills running back said in a YouTube video the Paladino campaign posted Friday.’

‘That the Bills fell to such a low is a bit unusual in and of itself. Of the nearly one thousand teams that have taken to the field since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978, only 32 have finished with a third-down conversion rate below 30 percent.’

Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Nick McDonald left tough adolescence behind to win spot on roster (Green Bay Press Gazette)

‘The Woodson move’ becomes common turnover weapon for Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Green Bay Packers defensive coordiantor Dom Capers shows what he’s been working on (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Green Bay Packers no longer considered youngest team in NFL (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Buffalo Bills’ futility on third down contributes to losing ways (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Coaches not worried about Burnett’s tentativeness (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Packers pay Giacomini to stay on (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

With Grant out, Packers likely to pass more (Wisconsin State Journal)

Packers defense strugging with injury bug (AP)

Week 2 Scenario All Too Familiar (Packers.com)

Two Players Added To Injury Report (Packers.com)

Mike McCarthy Press Conf. Transcript – Sept. 17 (Packers.com)

‘Packers 31, Bills 13.’

‘Only two players missed practice because of health reasons at Ralph Wilson Stadium Friday.’

‘With due respect to the man, this is the kind of thing the Bills did not do when hiring Chan Gailey. Hiring him is like hiring your bench coach. It’s not the kind of move that will snap players to attention. The feeling around the Bills, like with the Orioles, is that losing is inevitable. The only way to change that is to bring in someone that players think will overcome the losing feeling in the air. Hiring Georgia Tech’s former coach doesn’t accomplish that.’

‘Packers 35, Bills 13.’

‘”I think Jairus will be back and I think he’ll be able to play the whole game,” head coach Chan Gailey told Buffalobills.com Friday. “Hopefully we won’t be on the field as many snaps this week and we can control the ball offensively and get off on third down and he won’t have to play as many snaps.”‘

‘Former Buffalo Bills star Thurman Thomas is trying to do an end run around those trying to paint the Republican candidate for New York governor as a racist who doesn’t care for the poor.’