Archives for November 14, 2011

‘”I was going down to make a play and tried to avoid a blocker and I was going to cut to take a better angle,” said Wood. “It was perfect timing where I went to cut he kind of got me in the side of my shoulder and it just put extra force on my knee and it just buckled under me."’

‘”Against the Jets we thought we just came out and just played flat,” said David Nelson. “Obviously, it’s an issue and it’s something we have to look at and compare the two games and get better from. In the past this year we’ve gotten better after a loss and this week we got worse. We have to re-evaluate what we were doing, come together as a team and move on.”‘

‘at was not Dick Jauron on the sidelines in Dallas, but Chan Gailey looked like him.’

‘Oh, where has the Fitzmagic gone? While he couldn’t engineer another comeback and did not have much of a second half, I have a hard time blaming the game on him or his off-kilter offensive line. For example: Bills first four drives: Punt, missed FG, TD, punt. Cowboys first four drives: TD, TD, TD, TD.’

‘”In order to get to the playoffs, you’re going to have to win tough games on the road (and) we’re just not doing it now. We’re a good football team … we just didn’t show it today."’

‘In fact, the offensive skill positions were not consistently miserable considering they had to go heavy pass down 28-7. Fitz was to blame on misfire with Jones for one INT, but Jones tipped another into the hands of a waiting Cowboy. CJ Spiller’s drop on a great throw under fire by Fitz was embarrassing. Wide receiver or not: catch it.’

‘Romo wasn’t sacked once and was barely hurried. Take away their 10-sack game against Washington, and the Bills have managed just five sacks in their other eight outings.’

‘”How do you rebound from a game like this? You go out and take it out on the next team and make plays,” Bills fullback Corey McIntyre said. “That’s how you rebound.”‘

‘OK, they’re 5-4, still technically in the playoff hunt. But by the game’s merciful conclusion, I had the same feeling about the Bills as I had a year ago when they were 1-8: They’re a bad team. There aren’t half a dozen teams I’d pick them to beat with any confidence.’

‘The Bills’ injury report could be quite lengthy this week. Also leaving the game with injuries were wide receiver Stevie Johnson (shoulder), strong safety George Wilson (stinger) and rookie linebacker Chris White (knee). Gailey thought Johnson and Wilson would be OK but that White “looks like the worst of the bunch.”‘

‘s held the first-half edge, 18:09 to 11:51.’

Pass defense: F: Abysmal. Hard to find anyone who played well. About time to write off McKelvin as bust. Weak pass rush allowed Romo to pick them to shreds.’

‘As always, Gailey didn’t sugarcoat it; he cut right to the core of the matter: His team has been completely outclassed in back-to-back weeks by the Jets and Cowboys, and with four losses in the last six games since a 3-0 start the Bills are beginning to resemble the Dick Jauron team of 2008 that jumped out of the gate 5-1 and melted down with eight losses in its last 10 games.’

‘Because Chan Gailey has nothing to do with defense, he needed to hire a defensive coordinator who knows what he’s doing. Clearly, overmatched George Edwards is not that guy. And wasn’t Dave Wannstedt supposed to be helping the defense out? Just as clearly, he’s not.’

‘Jackson rushed for the quietest 114 yards in the history of the franchise. Where and when he gained those yards, it’s hard to figure out.’