Archives for October 4, 2010

‘”We’ve got to keep positive,” center Geoff Hangartner said. “We can’t go around and say, ‘Oh woe is us, we’re 0-4.'”‘

‘”Any time you lose a quality player it hurts,” Gailey said. “I don’t care what position it is or where it might be. You lose a player of that caliber it takes a toll on your football team. We’ll have to just rally everyone else and get everyone else in the mix for the next few games, however many we’re without him and some of our other guys.”‘

‘Coach Chan Gailey said Monday it wasn’t knee surgery, but it was related to McGee’s recent knee soreness.’

‘Wrotto (6’3" 313) is a former fourth round pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2007 and has appeared in 16 NFL games. Two of those appearances came this season with Seattle prior to his release last week.’

‘His is not a thanks for the memories return to the Ralph. Far from it. But what is left to gain from booing him again? For old times sake? Was there an insult left unspoken? An adjective unused? Edwards can’t hurt us anymore. He is no longer to blame. There is little reason to cheer him, but less reason to boo him. He made it over the wall. Besides, there are 52 guys perfectly capable of taking his place.’

‘With LeSean McCoy out indefinitely with a broken rib, the Eagles have contacted the Bills about the availability of veteran running back Marshawn Lynch, a league source said today.’

‘Oh, there were plenty of questions asked of Gailey and many of his players, but there really weren’t any answers. After all, what could the Bills say?’

‘"It’s funny … somebody forgot to tell him he’s whatever age he is," Ryan said. "I just thought he was going to be outstanding. He’s better than that."’

‘New York held the ball for more than 40 minutes in rolling up 444 yards, which, if you were one of the 69,262 fans in attendance on a cold, wet afternoon, wasn’t such a bad thing. It meant the less you had to watch Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Bills offense stumble around.’

‘Say what you want about SS Donte Whitner, that he was a wasted first-round pick or whatever, but the guy cares. The losing kills him, and so does the embarrassment. More Bills should care that much.’

‘Fitzpatrick is the QB by default, because there’s no one else as good as him. Yes, that’s painfully said, but it’s the truth.’

‘The Bills were 0-for-10 on third down and held the ball for a meager 19 minutes, 31 seconds. Fitzpatrick was sacked three times and forced to run on seven occasions when his blocking broke down. Eric Wood had two holding calls. We could go on, but we won’t.’

‘"They didn’t do anything we didn’t expect them to do, and that’s what kind of makes it really disheartening and disappointing. Everything that we planned for, that’s exactly what they showed us, that’s exactly what they did."’

‘"You always want to be out there helping as much as possible, especially when things aren’t going the way you want them to go," he said. "It’s definitely tough. I’m just trying to bide my time right now and hopefully things will shake out where I can get on the field more. I’ve got my fingers crossed."’

‘You’d have thought the defense would be more aroused by the big Chris Kelsay extension, or by Paul Posluszny’s return to action. I’m sure the Jets get chills when they hear Poz is due back. A year ago, he came back from injury at the Jets. They ran for 318 yards that day. Poz had 12 tackles Sunday. Can a contract extension be far behind?’