Archives for October 2014

‘or each player that appeared in the game on offense or defense, you’ll see their name in bold, with a set of numbers after it. Example: Aaron Merz (54, -2, 2.7). The first number (54) represents the snap count of that game, the second (-2) represents the individual player’s plus-minus of positive plays to negative plays in that game. The third number (2.7) represents the weighted Grade Point Average assigned to that player by the author.’

‘Having Gronk, is like having a cheat code. It’s like the video game glitch. If they wanted to, they could go to him on almost every play, but they mix it up for fun. Gronkowski has been one of the most terrifying matchup problems in the NFL since he showed up, and the Bills treated him…like a guy that could be covered, in single coverage, by either Duke Williams or Leodis McKelvin. It’s not a shock that things went poorly.’

‘Throwing three passes to Sammy Watkins against New England: NOT AT ALL OK.’

‘The Bills rotation of defensive linemen has been effective. It’s important to keep the linemen fresh and the Bills have some emerging talent among their D-line backups who have made important plays already this year (Stefan Charles against the Lions, for example). There are plenty of reasons to criticize Buffalo’s defensive lapse in the second half Sunday, but the rotation of defensive linemen is not one of them.’

‘Part of Spiller’s problem is that in four-plus NFL seasons he still hasn’t learned not to bounce every run outside in hopes of breaking a big play … that sometimes four yards are fine. And that’s on Hackett and his fellow offensive coaches.’

‘”Again, I want to stress to everybody. We did not – we are not – seeking to trade Mike Williams. His agent asked us,” Whaley said. “With anybody we have on this 53-man roster, if someone calls, it is our responsibility to listen to what someone offers. But we are not actively shopping anyone on this team.”‘

‘Whoever gets the nod – it probably wouldn’t happen until offseason – will have a big job on his hands. He’ll need to examine every aspect of an operation that has missed the playoffs 14 straight times and spent the last year making bold moves to impress its next owner.’

‘Is he angry? Feeling spurned? Or just doesn’t like losing?’

‘The Buffalo Bills game proved to be fruitful turf for state and local police Sunday.’

‘Whaley went out of his way to be clear that the Bills did not make the initial call, and he also said the team is not upset with Williams, and wants him to remain here and contribute to the offense.’

‘Chill everybody I’m happy with being a buffalo bill……. I mean come on it’s my dream my agent just did what a agent supposed to do.’

‘”I think I talked a lot of trash in the offseason and we weren’t able to back it up,” Spikes said. “That’s what hurts me the most. I pride myself on being a man of my word and I just let the city down. It’s just unfortunate.”‘

‘”He’s taking it as permission. I take it as anybody on this team, we have to do our due diligence, and if there’s somebody out there that’s willing to give us compensation that we think is fair and would help us in the long run, we would entertain it. It doesn’t mean we would do it, we would entertain it. Again, that’s for anybody, not just Mike Williams. Russ (Brandon) would do it for me if someone called for me. That’s part of the business, especially coming close to the trade deadline.”‘

‘”Even though I refused to pay a ridiculous price for the Buffalo Bills, I would have produced a winner. Now that won’t happen.”‘