Archives for December 27, 2010

‘The Bills (4-11) will have to add another receiver to a group that’s already down veteran starters Lee Evans and Roscoe Parrish.’

‘”Any receiver would love to have 1,000,” he said. “But that’s all individual. We all know this is a team game (and) we couldn’t do it without (everybody) else; without the line, the running backs, without the defense getting the ball.”‘

‘The Bills gave the Patriots a tussle, for all of about half a quarter this afternoon. And then reality set in…’.

‘That was the difference in this game. New England had flawless Brady, and Buffalo had Santa Claus as Fitzpatrick was still in a giving spirit a day after Christmas.’

‘After Sunday, I’m more convinced than ever that the Bills should do whatever is necessary to obtain the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft to select Stanford QB Andrew Luck. Buffalo needs a lot of things – a run stuffer is near the top of the list – but nothing more than a QB capable of beating the NFL’s best teams. Maybe Luck is the only QB in the draft who could fit the bill.’

‘It looked good for about five minutes, and then reality set in, harshly. The Patriots are so superior to the Bills in every way, it’s hard to even fathom this winning streak – now at 15 games – ever coming to an end.’

‘Let’s face it, Paul Posluszny couldn’t cover a saucepan.’

‘The Patriots bused to Rochester and were in the midst of making further travel arrangements to get home. There were no hotel rooms in Buffalo due to the World Junior Hockey Tournament.’

‘”The first series we were out there they played nickel defense against our nickel offense,” Bills coach Chan Gailey said. “And then when we went out there the second series with the same offense, they put all their big people out there. They basically were saying we’re going to stop the run by putting those seven guys up in there. You’ve got to throw it to move the football. We couldn’t throw it well enough, consistently, to move the football.”‘

‘”I think they’ve got good vision,” Bills nose tackle Kyle Williams said. “They’re good at finding the lane. When they get you up and running, they’re good at finding the cutback lane or staying outside and running it out. With Woodhead, he can sneak back in there. He’s tough to find.”‘

‘”He’s made drastic improvement and works exceptionally hard every day,” said Crumpler, who is serving as a mentor to Gronkowski and fellow rookie tight end Aaron Hernandez. “The young fella? I can’t say enough good things about him. He can run block, he can catch, he can do it all. He’s a good tight end.”‘

‘The Bills walked up to the schoolyard bully, raised their fists, then thought better of it and ran home crying. They played scared. They tossed the football away like crumpled Christmas wrapping.’

‘”That was probably my worst game that I ever played,” he said. “Putting the ball on the ground three times, losing two of them and putting the team in bad situations. Tough day out there today.”‘

‘The Bills rammed the ball down the Pats’ throats on the first series, then stuck with the offensive script and spread them out on the second drive. It didn’t work.’