Archives for October 14, 2013

‘In the extra frame, Bengals begin overtime with the ball. The Bills defense found new life towards the end of the 2nd half, it carries over as they force a Cincinnati punt, but once again, The Bills are stymied – they go three and out. On the punt, Brandon Tate has 29 yard, giving the Bengals the ball at the Buffalo at the Bills 33 yard line, and after a few run plays, Mike Nugent nets a 43 yard field goal for the 27-24 victory.’

‘2-4 won’t make you happy but 2013 is all about the big picture folks. The Bills have been in every game, against opponents who had a combined 17-12 record going into week six. They’ve scored at least 20 points in every game even though they played a rookie QB in the first five games and their fourth string QB against Cincinnati. Buffalo has also shown the ability to overcome injuries and overcome their own bad play too. Perhaps the good times aren’t that far away.’

‘I’ve talked all season about the ups and downs of a young team. I still think this is a young team on the rise. Kiko Alonso had 22 tackles, Goodwin had the big touchdown. Lewis did pretty well in his second NFL start. It’ll be fun to see it continue to develop.’

‘Defying the odds, the Bills showed their resolve and turned it into one of the most competitive games of the weekend. A 27-24 overtime loss to one of the better teams in the AFC won’t pad their win-loss record, but it was an indication that despite all the adversity this Bills team could overcome the obstacles.’

‘”We’ve lost a lot of close games and that hurts”, said Bills center Eric Wood. “It stings that we’re so close and we could be on the other end of some of these games. You wish you could go back and change something but you can’t. All you can do is change the next time it comes, and hopefully next time we will”, Wood continued.’

‘Lewis was encouraging and it’s obvious the Bills have a much faster receiving corps. That bodes well for the future. Sadly, this was a winnable game and Buffalo didn’t get the job done. The Bills might very well go zero-for-October.’

‘The ball is three feet away from the end zone. Every quarterback in the league is taller than three feet tall. Keeper on second down. If it fails, keeper on third down. If that fails, which it won’t, keeper on fourth down.’

‘There is one thing you have to say about this team, they play exciting football games. Early in the fourth quarter I was prepared to write a much different story but they showed tremendous character in coming back and tying the game. They just didn’t have enough to pull it out once they got there. They hung in there without their prize rookie QB, with their star RB hobbled, and best WR sidelined. They gave a huge scare to a pretty good football team. The defense played very well once they woke up but they did not show up until late in the third quarter and it is a shame because we could be talking about a coming out party for Lewis. Of course in true Bills fashion, he was in a walking boot after the game. One step forward, two steps back.’

‘Quarterback: Grade A: Can hold his head up high about his performance.’

‘But the Bills went three and out. The Cincinnati punt return that followed covered 29 yards staking the Bengals to their best drive start of the game at the Buffalo 33. Four plays later Nugent provided the winning points dropping Buffalo to 2-4 on the season.’

‘On the heels of Lewis’ injury were reports that free agent QB Matt Flynn had made a trip to Buffalo Sunday. The Bills as an organization do not confirm player workouts.’

‘”It ended up being a great play call for us,” Chandler said. “They were bringing an all out blitz which leaves me man to man with a D end; that’s a matchup I hope I win every time.”‘

‘They got us on the screens and that’s just a manner of good call by them, a defense that we were playing something different then, defending over things and they caught us. That’s the bottom-line on that one.’

‘It’s a great job by the coaching staff, Coach (Nathaniel) Hackett calling up plays, the offensive line protecting, and the running backs did a great job running the ball and obviously the receivers and the tight ends so it was a team effort. Hats off to the defense, they stepped up and got the ball back. We were able to execute two drives and put points on the board.’

‘”He was off coverage, and I knew he was going to jump outside, because that’s what he had been doing the whole game. (I) squeezed it inside of him and just ran for the ball and it was a perfect ball by Thad.”‘