Archives for December 2012

‘”One of the problems with this Bills in Toronto series, aside from all the other obvious problems, is that it features the Bills,” Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons once wrote. “The trouble is, we already have enough lousy teams in Toronto.”‘

‘Jackson won’t require surgery after being diagnosed with a Grade 2 sprain to his MCL this week, but with the Bills at 5-8 and looking toward next season, the move became an obvious one.’

‘If you draw up a game plan to lose you probably have C.J. Spiller touch the ball no more than eight times. Unbelievable.’

‘The 31-year-old Jackson suffered a knee injury in the opener and missed the next two games, then sat out a Week 11 contest against Miami because of a concussion. His latest injury occurred during Sunday’s game against St. Louis.’

‘The Bills also announced that the team has signed RB Zach Brown to the Practice Squad.’

‘As many times as it’s happened before, we’re 13 years into Nowheresville and they’re somehow, amazingly, still inadequate at coach and quarterback and I suppose also GM. It must seem to fans of other teams that changing coaches and quarterbacks is all the Bills ever do. Yet here we are, most of us hoping they do all that again.’

‘DT Jay Ross has been promoted to the 53-man roster to take Jackson’s vacant roster sport.’

‘Spiller got two yards on the ground on the first play from scrimmage. Fred Jackson got two yards on the ground on the next possession with the same personnel. It was a day-long struggle to open up holes for the two backs with the Rams consistently putting eight men in the box when the Bills lined up in their “heavy” formation.’

‘”He’ll be on the field today. I don’t know how long he can go, conditioning is part of it, we’ve got to let him get some reps and get his feet back under him but he’ll be on the field which is great. There’s a slight chance he’ll play this week, there is. It depends on how he feels and how he goes through practice.”‘

‘”We were trying to run the football and when it was Fred’s turn, it was Fred’s turn to be in there,” said Gailey. “Trying to keep them both fresh.” What exactly are they keeping them fresh for? The Bills will soon be sitting at home in January for the 13th straight season, so Jackson and Spiller will be plenty fresh for watching the playoffs on television.’

‘The game ended. Yes, the Bills lost. I lived. You can’t have it all.’

‘How does he sell this team – with an increasingly unpopular coach and a totally debunked quarterback – to a disenchanted public which has seen and heard enough from both?’

‘For defensive end Moore, who’s never played here before but “can’t tell how many times” he’s visited Toronto, the trip north of the border also brings the opportunity to do some shopping, and enjoy some great food. “I’ve been up here for the barbecue festivals, and some basketball games,” said Moore as a DJ played hip-hop from the loft above the main entrance of the store. “I think of it as a mini New York City.”‘

‘”He’s my coach. I’ve got his back. Those people who want him fired, they must not understand football,” Spiller said. “I mean, he’s been in this business for a long time. He understands what it takes to win. …. For people to say he needs to be fired and all that stuff, that’s bogus, and I’m going to leave it at that.”‘