Archives for September 17, 2013

‘"I give a lot of credit to the coaches and the players here," said Williams. "They’re there for me, I’m there for them. It’s just the atmosphere. Everything’s different and it feels great. The biggest thing for us is just to win. We have to win as a unit."

‘Then he found his father, who expressed his love for and pride in his son, then made this fairly safe prediction: “This is the first of many.”‘

‘In addition, Orchard Park Police cited 62 people for having open containers of alcohol on public roads. Two of them also were cited for being under age.’

‘What was most impressive about Manuel’s performance is that it came after he had turned the ball over twice. First was a fumble while being sacked, then an ugly interception by Kuechly.’

‘You can’t help but like E.J. Manuel. Living where I do, I get a lot of Buffalo Bills coverage. And Manuel comes across as a guy who is happy to be there. No arrogance, no sense of entitlement. Just trying to figure it out in the well-paid, high pressure of NFL football.’

‘Alonso’s 19 tackles through the first two games ranks tied for eighth in the NFL prior to Monday night’s game, and is the most among the league’s rookies.’

‘It’s only one game. I’m the guy who picked them for 3-13. But this does feel different from the teases of the past. It starts with Manuel, of course.’

‘”When you look at those things you create a situation where it’s very difficult to win,” he said. “That’s what we can’t do. We’re not going to win as many games as we should if we keep playing football that way.”‘

‘When I think of Johnson, unfortunately the bad times outweigh the good. His numbers have been pretty impressive the past three years – three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons with Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing him the ball is nothing to sneeze at. But too often, it has been more about the selfish antics than it has the stats – and more importantly, team wins – with Stevie.’

‘Bills coach Doug Marrone said the Bills came out of the Carolina game without any injuries, a nice change of pace for his team which has been hit pretty hard early on.’

‘”No I don’t feel that way. That was our game plan going into it based off what we saw and all the film we studied,” Manuel said. “So that was the game plan Coach Hackett (offensive co-ordinator) installed.”‘

‘Marrone repeated the word ”No” six times when asked if Manuel’s arrived yet, and added there’s much more room for improvement.’

‘It appeared that defensive lineman Marcell Dareus, safety Da’Norris Searcy and wide receiver Stevie Johnson all had felt a little amount of pain at one point throughout the game, but Marrone said everyone checked out with full health.’

‘”Yesterday, I probably thought about a million things within that split second,” Johnson said, thinking about the amount of time he had to wait for the lofted throw to plummet down into his mitts. “It was funny because it happened so fast, but I’m thinking about all this stuff. It was weird, but I’m just happy that I made that.”‘