Archives for October 14, 2010

‘”Apart from the terminology, everything is basically the same,” Wrotto said. “This is the same system I did in college; it’s basically the same technique we did in Seattle. It won’t take me as long as someone who’s never been in the system (before) to learn it, so I can jump right in. If they need me, I’ll step up to play.”‘

‘”You have to have a plan,” Thomas said. “In the last 10 years, the Bills have not had a plan. I think (owner) Mr. (Ralph) Wilson said that a couple of days ago in an interview that he did. They were just hiring guys and signing guys, and you didn’t really know if they were football players.”‘

‘"We’ve been able to protect a little better, we’ve been able to throw and catch a little bit better," coach Chan Gailey said Wednesday. "I think he has a great understanding of what we’re trying to get done. Obviously, some of the receivers are making some plays. All that ties together to increase your passing game, which you have to have to be successful in this league."’

‘"It’s stuff he’s been dealing with," Gailey said. "It got a little worse, and we let it go. He probably pushed it too far last week and it’s cost him a few games."’

‘”It’s one thing to listen to the coaches talk, but to listen to some of your peers talk and really from the heart, guys that have been around it for while, kind of pouring out their feelings and what they think it’s going to take to turn this thing around, (I think was important).”‘

‘Most veteran team observers believe that since it hasn’t happened by now for Maybin, it won’t ever happen. Cutting him would be another black mark on college scouting director Tom Modrak’s record, to go with OT Mike Williams (2002), QB J.P. Losman (2004), DT John McCargo (2006) and RB Marshawn Lynch (2007), other first-round picks that didn’t pan out.’

‘”I don’t care whether you want to admit it or not, but losing gets to be a habit. It gets to be something you accept and we’re not going to do that. We’re going to demand that we get the proper attention and that kind of thing to getting it done. Really, to be honest, it’s the hardest thing you have to do.” — GM Buddy Nix on changing the culture of losing in Buffalo, where the Bills haven’t made the playoffs since 1999.’