Archives for December 3, 2012

‘The Bills play NFC opponents the next two weeks, hosting St. Louis on Sunday and then meeting Seattle in Toronto the next week. They play the Dolphins and Jets the final two weeks, and likely will need to win all four games to have any shot at ending their 12-year playoff drought.’

‘”For me to get back out there and get established, it’s a long time coming,” said Jackson, who surpassed 100 yards for the first time since Week 9 last season.’

‘If Wood misses significant time, the Bills could be forced to re-shuffle their line, as they don’t carry a true backup center. The first option probably would be rookie David Snow.’

‘The announced attendance was 53,971, but thousands of the soaked did not return after halftime. At least the temperature wasn’t what you’d expect for early December on Lake Erie — 11 C at kickoff (52 F).’

Jaguars take another step back with loss to Bills (Florida Times Union)

Jason Babin mostly a non-factor in debut with Jaguars (Florida Times Union)

Jaguars hurting at running back (Florida Times Union)

Javon Belcher’s death ‘hard to shake,’ says Montell Owens, his former college teammate (Florida Times Union)

Jaguars’ sorry show has four episodes left (Florida Times Union)

Poor throws, drops plague Chad Henne (Florida Times Union)

Run game, Chad Henne go nowhere (Florida Times Union)

MMQB: Readers react to the Jaguars’ loss to Buffalo (Florida Times Union)

Jaguars lose to Bills (Jaguars.com)

All-too familiar (Jaguars.com)

Final game notes: Jaguars vs. Bills (Jaguars.com)

Bills 34, Jaguars 18 (Jaguars.com)

Photo gallery (Jaguars.com)

Photo gallery 1 (BuffaloBills.com)

Photo gallery 2 (BuffaloBills.com)

Photo gallery (Buffalo News)

Photo gallery (Rochester D&C)

Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

Photo gallery (WIVB-TV)

‘Fitzpatrick threw two touchdown passes and scored on a 1-yard plunge in providing a spark to an injury-depleted offense that finished the game minus its top two receivers. Starter Stevie Johnson did not return after hurting his left hamstring in the third quarter, while Donald Jones was out due to a calf injury.’

‘The list of injuries is growing for the Bills (5-7) after they finished the game without three offensive regulars.’

‘Jones missed Friday’s practice because of a calf injury that limited him in practice on Wednesday and Thursday. He’s the Bills second-leading receiver with 38 catches for 410 yards and four touchdowns.’

‘The Buffalo tandem of Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller combined to run for 186 yards. Jackson finished with 109 yards on 25 carries, while Spiller totaled 77 yards — 44 of which came on a fourth-quarter touchdown — for the Bills (5-7).’

‘What happens to me during games like this one in December after I’ve given up the yearly playoff pipe dream is that any win that inches the Bills back towards the “In The Hunt” graphics on CBS tends to make me full of regret about the games that already got away.’

‘Hey! How about that? Rian Lindell hit a 50-yard field goal! And outdoors! To think, in the face of all those percentages.’

‘Chan Gailey can stay and coach for as long as he’d like if he wants to construct a game plan and run a game like that.’

‘As far as the season high 46 rushes for the Bills(previous high was 36 against Kansas City), I think that was a product of the weather and not some awakening by Gailey. The weather was not conducive to passing the football and Gailey had the NFL’s 7th best rushing attack in his arsenal going up against a defense ranked 29th against the run.’

‘”Once we found out that was the way to attack these guys and that we could, we stuck with it,” said Head Coach Chan Gailey. “The conditions made it more so. We had the lead, which helps.”‘

‘The ground game was a big part of what turned out to be a well rounded team win for the Bills. Offense , Defense and Special Teams all played a role on Sunday.’