Archives for October 2012

‘The focus is this game in front of us. Going out and the biggest thing for us or any team is that it is all about where you go right now. Those games are behind us. There is nothing we can do about it. We can sit here and talk about it all day amongst the team, but that is not going to change a loss to a victory. I think the biggest thing for us we are focusing on right now is doing what we can do right now in the present.’

‘”Well he’s going to miss significant time,” Bills GM Buddy Nix told Buffalobills.com. “We don’t know exactly how long it’ll be yet. We should know by tonight or first thing in the morning how long it’ll be, but we do know that he’s out right now.”‘

‘In Draft Day, which would be directed by Ivan Reitman, Costner would play a fictional general manager of the Buffalo Bills, perennially outgunned (and outspent) by downstate metropolitan behemoths like the New York Giants and Jets. Set over the course of a single day, it follows the GM as he parlays the first NFL draft pick (granted to the previous season’s worst team) into a series of trades that burnishes the team’s lackluster roster.’

‘”We’re banged up,” said Ryan Fitzpatrick. “That’s something that I don’t want to say we have to overcome, but guys have to step in. The good thing is the guys that are still healthy and in there, they’ve played together for a while, so if we have to plug one guy or two guys in there that haven’t played as much, they’re in there with guys that know what they’re doing. I think there are a lot of unknowns there right now. That’s just something we’ll have to deal with.”‘

‘”But to play defense, you’ve gotta play fast, and you gotta play reckless, and you gotta play aggressive. For some reason, especially in the second half of both games, we didn’t do that. We were a step slow reacting. We missed tackles. We didn’t get off blocks. When you miss tackles, usually it’s one of two things, it’s talent or lack of effort. We’ve seen these guys do it before so I think they can. We gotta get that urgency back somehow.”‘

‘Even without the 80 yards Sunday, McKelvin’s punt return average of 29.4 leads the league by a wide margin. Cincinnati’s Adam “Pacman” Jones is next a 17.6 average.’

‘The Bills placed Colin Brown on injured reserve and signed free agent Reggie Wells to make sure they have enough O-linemen for Sunday’s game with the Arizona Cardinals.’

‘It should be mentioned that the state gets an enormous amount of income tax revenue from the Bills and their players, in addition to sales tax revenue on merchandise sales. That revenue, projected over the expected 10-year life of a new lease, should more or less cover the $200 million cost of renovating Ralph Wilson Stadium.’

‘”To be honest, coming into this (49ers) game I wouldn’t have imagined this in a million years,” Barnett said after the Bills gave up 45 points and 621 yards to San Francisco, on the heels of a 52-point, 580-yard yield to New England. “The way they were running the ball on us, I’ve never been a part of two weeks like that ever.”‘

‘On the conference call, Nix expressed his displeasure with the progress of the team; explained how everyone on the club, from him on down, shares in the blame; defended star free-agent signee Mario Williams while also saying Williams can “play better”; said his faith in head coach Chan Gailey is unshaken; and said he is concerned about the inconsistency in Ryan Fitzpatrick’s quarterback play.’

‘With these horrible contracts on the books for years to come, the light at the end of the tunnel for Bills fans may still be a long wait away.’

‘”This is a production business, and I think everybody knows that,” Fitzpatrick said. “(But) I don’t think I need to sit and put that on my shoulders every week and every play. I don’t think about, ‘I’ve got to make this play or else … We’ve got to win this game or else …’ I think if you do that and you start pressing, then you’re not going to be effective.”‘

‘”Well, obviously, we’re not pleased with it. There’s really no excuse for losing the way we did,” Nix said Tuesday during a telephone conference call with reporters. “We’re all to blame. Let’s do better. Hell, let’s get it going.”‘

‘Wells is a 10-year NFL veteran, who appeared in five games last season with Carolina. He spent his first seven seasons with Arizona, and one year with Philadelphia. He has 91 starts in 117 career games.’

‘The line of quarterbacks who would like to play the Bills starts on the right.’