Archives for November 25, 2014

‘”But as soon as I came out and saw all those blue jerseys, I thought, ‘Holy cow, baby, here we go … we’ve got the crowd.’ It was a relief and we needed to get them into the game.”

‘While Lynch added a dozen more one-word answers to round out his interview, Jackson could barely keep a straight face giving that short of an answer. The two played together in Buffalo for their first four seasons in the league, but apparently Jackson’s cordial nature with the media didn’t rub off on the Seahawks’ star.’

‘”We wanted to give the people back in our region a chance to smile a little bit by the way we played,” Marrone said. “It’s more important for them than it is anything else.”‘

‘But for one night, with Buffalo fans looking for something to lift their spirits after a week of relentless bad weather, the Bills played like a team that mattered, like a proud, determined squad that feels it is better than its circumstances, better than its record suggests.’

‘”I don’t think we would have been as prepared without the way they opened their arms to us,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said.’

‘The Jets used a bunch of two- and even three-tight end sets in the first half with the aim in part of slowing down the Bills’ pass rush. Mario Williams destroyed the plan late in the second quarter when the Jets lined up three tight ends to the right side of the formation. He burst to the inside of rookie Jace Amaro and pushed both him and tight end Jeff Cumberland backward until he took down Michael Vick for a 10-yard sack.’

‘Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for the Jets at cornerback.’

‘Mario Williams didn’t need his red contacts to terrorize the Jets. His did that on his own with his play inside Ford Field.’

‘Despite all the potential distractions, Doug Marrone kept his team focused and motivated. The Bills were not flat, scoring a touchdown on their first possession. It was their first red-zone touchdown in nine quarters. The defense was ferocious, and the special teams scored a touchdown. The Bills didn’t ease off the accelerator in the second half.’

‘Pettine might have been their 10th choice for head coach, but the Browns look like they’ve found a good one in the former Bills defensive coordinator.’

‘”This is Buffalo weather,” said Chauncey Carter, who lives downtown in the city. “It doesn’t bother me at all. I’ve been here since 1 o’clock. I love the Bills. I don’t have a choice. I think a win would lift up the city and give people a distraction from what’s happening at home.”‘

‘”I was given an exemption for the Toronto series, because of the moral stand I took in not endorsing the Toronto games,” kidded Braun, an attorney with Phillips Lytle in downtown Buffalo. “But for this game, morality didn’t come into play.”‘

‘”Our guys were ready to go,” said Marrone, who left his home last Tuesday to go to work at Ralph Wilson Stadium and hasn’t been back since, as he was snowed in at his office before the team escaped to the Motor City on Friday. “We wanted to give the people back in our region a chance to smile by the way we played.”‘

‘Never mind the fact that they hadn’t played since Nov. 13, and spent almost as much time shoveling snow as they did practicing leading up to this game. The defense was simply dominant as the Jets couldn’t get anything established (218 yards).’

‘The Bills had so many highlights against New York it’s difficult to list them.’