Archives for September 25, 2014

‘”I don’t know. I don’t really care,” he said. “I don’t even understand why that is even is a topic of discussion.”‘

‘”I would have loved to have stayed in Buffalo and all that, but things happen, and things happen for a reason,” he said. “I had a great experience in Tennessee last year and now moving to Houston, and getting a chance to start and play from Day 1, so things have worked out for me.”‘

‘Marrone has not revealed the severity of the injury or provided a timetable for Easley’s return.’

‘”We just have to do our job on offense and finish drives,” wide receiver Robert Woods said. “We fall behind because we end our drives with field goals or we end up punting.’

‘”Even watching the film, I think it’s amazing that there are now more 14 jerseys that there were when I was there. I just think the support for me has really grown, especially in the last year for some reason since the draft, with all those 14 jerseys. I think that’s really cool,” Fitzpatrick joked, before spitting out the punch line. “Wait, is there a new 14 on the team?”‘

‘”I’m fine,” the quarterback said. “I think anytime you bring something to a trainer they have put it up there. But I’m good to go.”

‘Yeah, it definitely does. It’s a special game for me. I think partly just because I’ve got so many great friends still that are over on the other side of the ball. Guys that I’m going to be excited to watch and I’m sure they’re going to be excited to hit me and to watch me play. Also just the four years that we spent there and how much we enjoyed the city of Buffalo and our neighbors and all the fans…what a great experience it was for us. I’m still trying to convince my seven year old in this game at least to be a Texans’ fan and not a Bills’ fan and then my youngest daughter was born in Buffalo, so we’re kind of a torn household right now but I’m trying to convince them that we have to root for the Texans now.’

‘After serving a year as Northeastern’s offensive line coach Doug Marrone landed a job as the Director of Football Operations at Georgia Tech under new head coach George O’Leary in 1995 (O’Leary is currently the head coach at Central Florida). O’Leary knew Marrone as a player at Syracuse where O’Leary had served as defensive line and assistant head coach during Marrone’s tenure as a player.’