Archives for October 2012

‘”These games, people make a big thing about these games and I was part of one when I first got here,” said Williams’ former teammate and close friend, Antonio Smith. “The one thing you don’t account for is the control of all the different emotions you get in the game like this, coming back, playing against the team you used to be with, playing against guys that you’re friends with.’

‘”I’m still working, knowing that one day it’s going to come, sooner or later. I feel like whenever I get that chance, I’ll be ready to go,” Roosevelt said this week between heavy breaths at the end of a workout.’

‘Indeed, Phillips’ defences as Buffalo’s coach ranked sixth, first and third in the NFL, whereas since then only two Bills defences have been ranked higher than 14th (the 2003 and 2004 units both were ranked second).’

‘”When he was here in Houston he had flashes that he was going to be a fantastic player, a great player” Ware said. “His numbers here at one point, they were really off the charts. Then you would have a lot of the moments that you’re going through in Buffalo where there’s always an injury here or there and he would actually just disappear in games sometimes and you’d wonder what the future was going to hold.”‘

‘”Oh yeah, I’m playing on Sunday no matter what,” Urbik said. “If you’re in the training room you want to get back out there and on the field. It’s no fun being in the training room hurt, so you want to get back out there as soon as possible.”‘

‘”By doing it, it’s just going to get me in a position to be able to work out and use my other hand more adequately,” he said. “I think that was the biggest thing as far as me feeling comfortable and just being able to get better. We’re kind of at a dead point, kind of at a standstill, so there really was no other choice.”‘

”’Nobody wants me to do better than me. So definitely, with this procedure, it’s definitely given me a lot of hope and a different mindset,” he said. ”I feel like I was stagnant. That’s why I’m very excited to have been able to go clean it out and being optimistic about things.”’

‘Of the 73 defensive ends studied, 43 (61 percent) saw a decline in sacks per game, 28 (39 percent) had a gain and two of them sacked the quarterback at the same rate. The pass rushers together averaged 0.58 per game between their rookie year and age 26 season. Between age 27 and 32, the averaged 0.53 sacks per game.’

‘LT Cordy Glenn did take reps during the individual period, but it was with the second team. Chris Hairston went with the first team. Hairston has played both tackles and he’s ready to contribute any way he can moving forward, “I’m feeling good, coming off the break, refreshed, ready to attack the last half of the season full force and hopefully get this team into the playoffs.”‘

‘”It doesn’t look like there’s any residual, but you know things pop up, but I think it’ll be fine come Wednesday, I hope,” said head coach Chan Gailey. “We’ll get him back at practice and, you know, hopefully he doesn’t miss a beat. I mean, hopefully he’s better. I mean, that’s why we did it.”‘

‘”It’s feeling way better, even after the procedure it’s definitely feeling better than it was before.”‘

‘Regardless, things aren’t going so well. The Bills still have a horrible defense with very little pass rush. Hockey doesn’t seem ready to show up to save the day anytime soon.’

‘For whatever the reason, something that we are really stressing and focusing on this week is just getting everybody to the football. A lot of the plays that have hit us, if we are flying around, playing fast and getting everybody to the football as fast as we can, we will be able to make up for some of those times we might be out of the gaps. It is going to happen throughout the course of a game. That is something that we are going to have to really focus in on and hone in on. Just take a different approach and mentality it takes to play consistent football.’

‘I just had it cleaned out. From whenever it got injured early on in the year, there was a bunch of junk and stuff that was in there. That is the reason why I could not have motion and could not really use it.’

‘Anytime somebody is more confident, they play better. That is true with all of us. If we have more confidence, then we do better whatever our job is.’