Archives for December 2011

‘He is remembered for his warm and welcoming personality and his willingness to help in addition to his excellence as a journalist.’

‘Spiller started his second straight game in place of Fred Jackson who will miss the remainder of the season with a broken leg and ran for a career high 83 yards on 14 carries. “It felt natural, it felt, I’m not going to say like my Clemson days but it just felt normal,” said Spiller. “That’s what they drafted me for to try to make big plays.”‘

‘They just don’t have enough good players.’

‘A late game attempt to win the game came up short on four straight Ryan Fitzpatrick incomplete passes.’

‘Those of you who didn’t see the game because it was blacked out – only 56,463 tickets were sold – consider yourself fortunate, because for the most part this was more of the same.’

‘It’s odd how organizations work, because Mike Munchak is in a good spot thanks to Jeff Fisher’s system. Once the Titans take lessons from what Denver’s done with Tim Tebow and apply it to Jake Locker… oooo-weeee!’

‘The Bills got a big defensive stop to start the 2nd half and seemed to have the momentum when on the 1st offensive play of the half Scott Chandler made a 22 yard completion. He was fighting for extra yards when the ball was pulled out of his hands. The Titans got the ball back and the momentum. They kicked a field goal to regain a two score lead and never looked back.’

‘George Edwards made some nice adjustments after halftime but his defense looked totally unprepared to play in the first half.’

‘After the defense again got a stop with 1:45 to play down six, the offense had to try to go 85 yards with less than a minute to play with no timeouts. A 25-yard pass from Fitzpatrick to Naaman Roosevelt got them out to midfield, but Fitzpatrick threw three straight incompletions after spiking the ball on first down to stop the clock ending Buffalo’s last ditch effort.’

‘Prior to the kickoff of Sunday’s game against Tennessee the Bills had a moment of silence in the press box for Allen Wilson, which was preceded by a statement by Bills Vice President of Communication Scott Berchtold.’

‘Does that mean Johnson is gone? Not necessarily. The Bills still have the franchise tag in their pocket. They could use it on Johnson if no extension can be worked out between now and February. The franchise tag would guarantee Johnson about $9.5 million in 2012 on a one-year deal.’

‘Tennessee 30, Bills 24.’

‘The next task for Gailey will be to keep Johnson off the talk-show circuit if he wanders off the reservation again.’

‘Wilson worked for The News for the past 20 years and was a Buffalo Bills beat reporter since 1999.’