Archives for December 17, 2013

‘The win in Jacksonville is fine, but should not be enough to make the Bills feel completely comfortable with Manuel in 2014.’

‘”The ball was there when I came out of my breaks,” Woods said. “I was able to make some plays. It’s what we practiced. We knew it was going to be there and it was.”‘

‘The reason for this week’s blackout here seems obvious. The team, according to Brandon, has some 16,000 tickets remaining for the Dolphins game, a tough sell in late December with the Bills already out of the playoff hunt.’

‘This Buffalo team still has troubling issues, and Marrone – proud as he was about how the Bills stuck with it Sunday, battled through a miserably slow start by quarterback EJ Manuel, and found a way to walk off that field happy – knows it.’

‘”I was proud of our team,” said Marrone, who rewarded his players by giving them a day off from meetings. “It hasn’t always gone our way in those types of games, and we were able to turn it.”‘

‘This time around the injury is to the left knee, the same one that bothered him in the preseason. Even though the injury came out of nowhere, Marrone seemed at ease with his starting quarterback’s chances for Sunday.’

‘While I would not tell you Manuel has done enough to make me feel as though the Bills are all set at quarterback, I think over the course of 10 starts this year I’m ready to cool it on the draft idea, at least with an early pick, and give Manuel the keys to the offense moving into next season.’

‘I think our focus now is getting ready for Miami. A team that we played once, we came out on the winning side of it, but it was a tough game, a hard fought game. They’re coming up here which is exciting to get a chance to play at home. We’ve got two division games left and it starts with Miami. Beating them and they’re playing well right now, they’re coming off a big win. They’ve been playing well lately and we have to go and try to get this second win in a row, something that we haven’t done since we’ve been here.’