Archives for December 4, 2012

‘Albrecht said details such as term and the number of games remain up for discussion.’

‘Sure, Jackson will be 32 in February and has passed that dreaded running back age threshold of 30, but he can still have an impact as the No. 2 running back. Jackson has officially passed the torch to Spiller, but the veteran needs to be a big part of this offense in order for it to be most efficient.’

‘Do they root for a season-ending five-game win streak, a 9-7 finish and that incredibly longshot bid for the playoffs? If that happens, of course, with a three-win improvement, Gailey, for sure, and possibly Fitzpatrick, would be back for a fourth season. Or should they hope Buffalo loses its last four, putting Gailey at risk and virtually assuring Fitzpatrick’s exit.’

‘I survived without the Bills. Just as I hear they did remarkably well without me. We should both get used to this. The Rams game next week won’t sellout and neither will the season finale December 30 against the Jets. So they won’t be televised either.’

‘”It was amazing. He did a great job of getting ready for the season. He continually got stronger. He was getting stronger and stronger and stronger as the year wore on,” Gailey said. “He wasn’t going back, he was going forward, which was great. He was playing probably on one and three-quarters legs to start the season and it was getting better each week it seemed like, so you hate to see it for a guy who fought so hard to get back.”‘

‘Buffalo’s victories this year have come against opponents with a combined 17-43 record. None has a winning record. One was against Arizona, which has lost eight straight. The Bills’ losses are against teams with a combined 54-29-1 record, including a blowout loss to the Jets. Another was at home to Tennessee, which is 4-8. That’s reality.’

‘Troopers based in Boston, Clarence, Warsaw and the State Thruway stopped about 110 vehicles, issuing 34 traffic tickets and investigating seven accidents.’

‘The good news is he doesn’t need surgery, and that was a relief, but still, “It’s just unfortunate. But there’s literally nothing I can do about it.”‘

‘The Bills can’t be taken seriously until they beat a team with a winning record and let’s not forget, they threw away games this year against the Jets and Titans, two other lousy teams. I said that one-point loss against Tennessee would come back to haunt them, and it has.’

‘"From a percentage standpoint, we’re hovering around the 80-90% sold mark right now. There are still great seats to be had at the Rogers Centre. But at the same time, there are going to be a lot of people in that stadium as of today, and that energy is going to be very high. It’s going to be a lot of fun that day."’

‘Instead, Gailey said, the difference has been scheme, or, more precisely, the Bills’ willingness to do their own jobs within coordinator Dave Wannstedt’s 4-3 system and not attempt to freelance and do someone else’s.’

‘Wood said tests showed he tore his MCL, an injury that will not require surgery.’

‘Morrison had been inactive for all 12 games this season. The Bills re-signed the eighth-year player to a two-year, $4 million contract in March to provide them a veteran backup behind Nick Barnett.’

‘”I really think the thing that impacted this thing negatively in the past is price-point on tickets,” Greg Albrecht, the series’ newly appointed executive director, said Monday. “In all of our marketing, that’s what we hammered home was ticket-pricing has been reduced, not because the product on the field is any worse or better, it’s because we were not aligned with the rest of the NFL teams.”‘