Archives for September 2011

‘”I think as you watch the film, it looks different in practice,” Williams remarked. “Our fits look different. The control of the line of scrimmage looks different, and it’s looked a lot like that in the preseason games. So no reason to believe it won’t be tons better.”‘

‘Before Gailey was the head coach of the Bills, he was the offensive coordinator of the Chiefs. Before being let go, he had his play calling duties taken away. Gailey said yes, there are hard feelings, “I want to win them all. When you’ve been somewhere and they’ve fired yah, if you said it didn’t mean a little bit more you’d be lying.”‘

‘”If you don’t expect it, something’s wrong with you. If you say, “Well I hope we’re a little bit better than last year,” you ought to get out. That’s wrong. I expect to win every one of them. I expect to be undefeated. That’s the way I’ve always been and that’s the way I’ll always be.”‘

‘”I expect it. I think our players expect it. If you don’t expect it, something’s wrong with you. If you say, “Well I hope we’re a little bit better than last year,” you ought to get out. That’s wrong. I expect to win every one of them. I expect to be undefeated. That’s the way I’ve always been and that’s the way I’ll always be. I want to be 1-0 after this one and who ever we play second I want to be 2-0.”‘

‘I think you have to play to figure that out. Exactly how far any player has come last year to this year, I think you have to get in games to figure it out. My feeling is that we’re much more advanced as an offense. We know more of what we’re doing overall offensively. Hopefully that will in turn produce a better offense and more points.’

‘I think it will be a little different. I think special teams will probably be one of the areas because you’ll have a lot of rookies that have made the team league-wide maybe on potential more than production because you drafted them or you liked what you saw. But they haven’t had much time in your offense or defense but they’re going to be on the 46, so they’re going to be on the field on special teams. It will be interesting to see how the special teams aspect of it plays out. Then otherwise it will depend on how many young players will play on offense and defense. How many do you actually have on the field that weren’t on your team last year, and how that works out. That goes for veteran players that weren’t with you last year as well because they haven’t had that much work.’

‘The Bills say they don’t care if people aren’t giving them a shot. Fitzpatrick said, “We know we need to go out there and earn the respect of the league. None of that is given to you. Those guys in the room understand that. We’re looking forward to it because I think we have a great group, to be honest I’m a lot more confident going into he year than I was last year than I was last year with the guys we have out there.”‘

‘Gailey’s goals are certainly lofty and if they are to be met, the Bills must get a big year from Ryan Fitzpatrick. The former seventh round draft pick from Harvard is entering his first season as a starting QB since his college days and knows the expectations of him outside of Buffalo aren’t that high.’

‘Chiefs 17, Bills 13.’

‘”That’ll be our challenge going in,” said Gailey. “We have to stop the run. We have to be effective. It depends on how many times they run it. To me the yards per carry is more important than the total yards at the end of the game. We’ve got to try to limit their running game.”‘

‘"You have to get where you’re supposed to be and you have to get there fast for this guy," nose tackle Kyle Williams said. "If you don’t, he can cut it anywhere and he can run it anywhere. If he gets a step, nobody’s going to catch him. It’s really important to be where you’re supposed to be and you have to be there fast."’

‘Ruvell Martin went from the excitement of making the Buffalo Bills’ 53-player, regular-season roster on Saturday to the disappointment of being released on Tuesday.’

‘Young is listed at 6-foot-8 and 322 pounds, and provides Buffalo a second backup tackle. He was claimed Tuesday, a day after being cut by the Dallas Cowboys. The 2010 sixth-round draft pick out of Notre Dame appeared in two games with the Cowboys last season.’

‘”I was always fascinated by writing. I wanted to write,” said Levy, who was both an English and history major at college. “I knew all during my coaching career that I wanted to write some fiction. … And now, when I finally retired, I said, ‘OK, the time has come.'”‘

‘The Bills also released wide receiver Ruvell Martin and signed cornerback Doyle Miller to the practice squad.’