Archives for September 2013

‘”He’s working extremely hard to get back, really working hard on the game plan,” Marrone said last Wednesday. “I feel very comfortable with his knowledge and he’s out there doing things with us and it’s just a matter of one day I think he’s going to wake up and say ‘Hey, I feel great let’s go.”

‘I don’t know, I’m just waiting on my feet honestly. Whenever they get ready and get right, that’s when I’ll be able to go out there.’

‘As far as every play, every play isn’t going to be perfect. The game could go either way and I feel like we’ve been to this point with this team too many times. It is what it is, they came in and took one from us. We’ll be ready for them next time.’

‘We’ve got to work, build on the things that we did well and obviously work on the things that we need to improve on which we’re always trying to do each and every week.’

‘Brooks will also require surgery for his broken foot. “He’s going to be out for some time, but he’s going to have foot surgery (Tuesday) and then we’ll know the exact amount of time,” said Marrone. “But it’s still not a season-ending injury, but he will be out for some time.”‘

‘The Bills had the bounces, the home crowd and a one-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Patriots had Tom Brady and a track record of knowing how to win. Many reasons to be optimistic, but that’s 23 losses for Buffalo in its last 26 games against New England.

‘Dressed in orange jumpsuits painted with the surname “Hernandez” and the No. 81 on the backs, 10 Canadian men who identified themselves as corrections and police officers stood in Section 102 of Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday.’

‘It instead turned into an all-too-familiar outcome for the Bills against their AFC East rivals. They dropped to 1-19 in their past 20 meetings. They are 3-24 in 27 games since Bill Belichick took over as Patriots coach in 2000.’

‘For a player who was supposed to take a backseat to Spiller this year, Jackson outgained him from scrimmage, 108-55.’

‘”We knew we had a tough task ahead of us,” Searcy said of replacing Byrd. “We knew we had to go out there and trust each other and make sure we communicate right away. We felt like we made plays, but we still left a few out there.’

‘”We just gave them one,” safety Aaron Williams said.’

‘But on the decisive drive, Brady made no mistakes as he went 7 for 7. Two of the throws were crucial third-down conversions to Danny Amendola, the free agent signee who did his best Welker impression by clutching short balls in traffic exactly when his team needed them.’

‘Just keep in mind that there’s a larger objective here, one that goes beyond a single game or even a season. Manuel played pretty well. It’s only one game, but it was the kid’s first game. The franchise quarterback looked the part. For 50 minutes, he outplayed Brady.’

‘The Bills were zapped with 13 penalties. Ten of them were accepted for losses of 75 yards. But the Bills sacrificed more than that. Three of their penalties wiped out 42 yards of first-down plays: a 19-yard Robert Woods reception, an 8-yard C.J. Spiller pass play and a 15-yard Jackson catch-and-run.’