Archives for October 11, 2010

‘Except to say, “It’s bad,” Wilson is lost for words in describing the Bills, who at 0-5 are off to their worst start in 25 years. He spoke Monday as Buffalo enters its bye week.’

‘Ellis was the odd man out after failing to make the transition from defensive end to linebacker in the Bills’ new 3-4 defense. The third-year player started the first two games this season, but was inactive in two of the past three.’

‘Ellis started the first game of the season in place of the injured Reggie Torbor at the Bills’ ‘Jack’ linebacker position and posted five tackles and his first career sack. He appeared in each of the last four games, but his time on the defensive side of the ball has noticeably decreased of late.’

‘”Everything is bad right now,” said Davis. “There is no magic wand that you can weave.”‘

‘Maybe it was the weather. Or the disappointing, and usual, string of losses. After a decade of failing to make the playoffs, Steger can’t help but think of giving up on her home game parties and the Bills. She longs for the golden years of the 1990s. Back then, with more wins, more Mondays felt good. People talked football more, ate out more and bought more cars from the dealer she once worked for. Now, on some of the home game mornings each season, Steger wakes up and thinks, "I don’t want to do this."’

‘State police reported that they made one warrant arrest and two arrests for driving while intoxicated while on patrol for drunken drivers Sunday after the Buffalo Bills game. In addition, they issued 37 tickets, including 16 for speeding and eight for seat belt violations.’

‘”Scoring a touchdown is great,” Johnson said, “but it doesn’t mean too much when you’re scoring and you’re losing.”‘

‘Buffalo exhibited all of the traits on Sunday that have made one of the NFL’s worst franchises the last 11 years.’

‘The Bills defense was again terrible as it yielded more than 200 yards rushing for the third week in a row, and more than 30 points for the fourth straight game.’

‘Not counting the game-ending kneeldowns, the Jags scored on eight of their last nine possessions. Really, they did, even though they came into the game ranked 24th in yards gained and 22nd in points.’

‘It’s the goal of every football team to have its punter not take the field, and it’s a rare occurrence when it happens. Podlesh, in fact, made history by never extending his leg. Only once before in Bills history had a visiting opponent not punted (1962 Houston), and it never had occurred at The Ralph (formerly Rich Stadium).’

‘How big of an impact will Fred Jackson have as he returns to the starting lineup? He had a huge impact, early in the game. And then the Bills stopped giving him the ball. He averaged 6.1 yards per carry, but he carried only four times in the second half. Absolutely perplexing play calling. He could have run against that Jacksonville defense all day.’

‘"I don’t really have any answers," defensive end Marcus Stroud said. "We go out there and we work hard in practice. We get after it. We’re just not executing throughout the whole game. We have spots where we’re playing really well. We’re having spots where we’re playing really bad. The really bad stuff is hurting us."’

‘"It’s disheartening when they don’t have a single different wrinkle and they still beat you in the fashion that they did."’

‘"Now, I’m not here in the locker room and in the meetings and all the stuff. But if we lost like that, I didn’t have to say anything. I had four or five other guys that would say something. ‘Marv [Levy], all you [coaches] need to get out.’ If something was going wrong, we had guys who would step up to the plate and handle it."’