Archives for December 2014

‘Both Williams and reserve offensive lineman Chris Hairston were able to fully participate in the Thursday session, and were then officially taken off of the injury report Both players are expected to be available in full for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.’

‘Bills 26, Packers 24.’

‘”We’d love to get it going in the passing game and obviously in the second half, Atlanta was able to do some good things against them,” QB Kyle Orton said, alluding to the Falcons loss to Green Bay last week despite putting up 37 points. “They ran good routes and the quarterback played well so we need to go out and replicate that and move the ball and score some points.”‘

‘Sunday’s game will include the annual Salute to High School Football celebration, including on-field acknowledgement of the Buffalo Bills and New York National Guard High School Football Coach of the Week winners from the Buffalo and Rochester regions and the recognition Dan Fichter of West Irondequoit High School (Section V) and Tom Langworthy of Jamestown High School (Section VI) as the Coaches of the Year from each region.’

‘”Now, it might not happen today or tomorrow, but it’s probably in the cards in the foreseeable future,” Franczyk said. “If it’s going to happen, Buffalo at least should be out in front of this process, because I think those kinds of venues should be in cities.”‘

‘”He’s the same type of quarterback” as Manning, “meaning they’re both great quarterbacks and probably going to be in the Hall of Fame, but there’s a little different dimension to what he brings.”‘

‘”Every week, I’m going to make that decision,” Marrone said, “and if I get to 7-8 I will make that decision. But right now, absolutely, I will play Kyle Orton, because he gives us the best chance to win NOW.”‘

‘Asked if he thought that Hughes was on the same page with him on the topic, the coach said, “I hope I’m on the same page with everyone on the team, because that’s been an issue with everybody, not just Jerry.”‘

‘”I still am not comfortable with the idea, but I’ve talked to a lot of people I trust,” Talley said Wednesday from his home in Orlando, Fla. “They said, ‘Darryl, you’ve got to do it.’ Otherwise, it would have been a slap in someone’s face.’

‘Clearly, of the quarterbacks Marrone has had the misfortune of playing in his 29-game tenure as Bills coach – Manuel, Lewis, and Jeff Tuel – Orton is the best of the bunch. However, according to the all-encompassing quarterback rating metric known as Total QBR, devised by the advanced stats crew at ESPN, that’s not saying much.’

‘Meanwhile, safety Da’Norris Searcy, who left the game on Sunday with a hamstring injury, was on the field for the Bills but not participating in every drill with the defensive backs. Defensive end Jarius Wynn, who has missed practice the last few weeks with a knee injury, returned to the practice field as well.’

‘Williams was due a $5.2 million salary next season, but the Bills will be able to get out from underneath the final four years of his contract without an injury settlement by releasing him once he has recovered.’

‘”His morale is always positive,” Woods said. “Of course he wanted to play and be out on the field with us and he went hard every rep he had. Even when he was on practice squad, pretty much he went hard every rep. Great teammate, taking plays for us when we got tired, really just trying to make a good impression, putting his body on the line just to make sure we were good on Sundays.”‘

‘”Every week I’m going to make that decision, and if I get to 7-8, I’ll make that decision,” Marrone said. “But right now, absolutely, I will play Kyle Orton because he gives us the best chance to win.”‘

‘”I don’t think I hit it, I just had a setback over the bye week, then we had the snowstorm … I think now I think I got my mind back in the right place and that’s focused,” the Buffalo Bills receiver said Wednesday. “I just had to re-focus myself and now I think I’m focused and I can go out and perform the right way. I probably did hit the rookie wall, or was about to hit the rookie wall three or four weeks ago. I think I was feeling sorry for myself because it is a long season, and now I think I’m on the right page.”‘