Two Bills Drive

‘Yesterday, the Buffalo Bills’ head coach began meetings with team owner Ralph Wilson in Florida, presumably to save his job. At issue is the question of whether Saturday night’s impressive win at Seattle, and the fact he has a year remaining on his contract, is enough to bring him back next season … probably at the expense of a few assistant coaches.’

‘For his part, Pendry has no gifts at all. His game plans stink. His use of personnel is useless.’

‘"If it was up to me, I would like to move on because I wasn’t given a fair opportunity here. I wasn’t given a fair shot, and that’s all I really asked for."’

‘A job you wouldn’t want: Director of season-ticket sales for the 2001 Buffalo Bills if quarterback Doug Flutie is traded or released and the current offensive line and special teams coaches are retained.’

‘"Somebody’s going to have to come in…and take hold pretty quickly."

‘”It’s just frustrating that I get these little injuries,” Johnson said.’

‘Memo to Ralph Wilson: Just as you did to John Butler last week, it is time to send Joe Pendry, Max Bowman, Charlie Joiner, Turk Schonert, Carl Mauck, James Saxon and Ronnie Jones in search of other business opportunities.’

‘”It wears on you when you guys just keep going over it and over it and over it,” defensive end Phil Hansen said Sunday, referring to constant media questions regarding Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson. “I guess, toward the end, you guys finally got what you wanted – a little controversy.”‘

‘Playing against the league’s worst defense, the Buffalo Bills tallied up 579 total yards and punted only one time the entire game against the Seattle Seahawks.’

‘Well, let’s just say that assistant coach Ronnie Jones won’t have to sign a new lease on an apartment in Western New York for next season.’

‘Flutie completed 20 of 25 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Antowain Smith entered the game with 84 carries for 207 yards – a 2.5-yard average that ranked last on the team – but he might as well have been O.J. Simpson on this night.’

‘Until Bills quarterback Doug Flutie ended the game with a couple of harmless genuflections for negative yardage, Buffalo had picked up 581 offensive yards – with 580 being the Seahawks record for defensive largess.’

‘Never in his public life had brash, in-your-face Ricky Watters been a sympathetic figure.’

‘Just when the Buffalo Bills’ owner thought he had this team doped out, it gave him way more to contemplate than he ever imagined.’

‘Buffalo rolled up 579 yards of offense, or about one for every fan still remaining when time finally ran out last night on this 6-10 Seahawk season.’