Two Bills Drive

‘”We actually had some stuff last week and got some plays called that could have been very effective for us against the blitz. If you get the ball out quick and split it then there’s nobody left out deep. We have to be able to continue to do that. We had one play set up throwing it deep down the field to Bobby Shaw. If I were able to put a little more air on that it might have turned into a big play. When you’re in a type of game like that, when they are going to come after you on every play, you have to hit one play. You have to get the ball out. Somebody has to break a tackle and they can go the distance, and that will discourage the defense from having that attitude and that type of game plan against you. We didn’t get those plays made so they kept coming after us.”‘

‘Also, running back Ken Simonton has been re-signed to the Bills practice squad while wide receiver Jerel Myers had been released from it.’

‘Here’s your chance to find out more about Bills free safety Pierson Prioleau.’

‘”We’re pretty close to desperation mode. We have got to start winning immediately. We’re 4-5 and offensively we haven’t played well for a little while. So offensively we’ve got to get something going. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we just have to produce more offensively than we have in the last few weeks. I’m sure the Texans will look at both what the Chiefs and the Cowboys did against our offense and what they had success with. I’m sure that they’ll use some of those same concepts and same types of schemes. It’s up to us to address the problems that we’ve had offensively and get those things fixed. Otherwise, we are going to continue to see the same things.”‘

‘The three-year veteran has missed four straight games after being hurt on October 3, in practice and will be placed on injured reserve.’

Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson rushed for 10,183 yards and scored 70 touchdowns for the Bills. He also brought five draft choices to Buffalo with his 1978 trade to the San Francisco 49ers. The first? University of Florida defensive end Scott Hutchinson.

Buffalo Bills backup DT Ron Edwards will miss the rest of the season after having surgery Wednesday to repair a torn rotator cuff.

‘”It’s tough,” said Moulds, the Buffalo Bills’ veteran wide receiver. “Everything I do as a receiver is predicated on exploding. If you can’t explode, then you’re basically in a situation where you’re depending on your instincts from playing the last eight years to get you through it.”‘

‘After nine games, Stanley is leading the NFL with 22 punts dropped inside the opponents’ 20-yard line, a pace that would break the league record of 39 set by Baltimore’s Kyle Richardson in 1999. Of Stanley’s 48 punts this season, only 16 — or one in every three — have been returnable.’

‘The only relief in sight is that the offenses, particularly the rushing offenses, of the next three teams aren’t particularly daunting. Nevertheless, the Texans will visit Buffalo to face one of the league’s weakest ground games this Sunday, then host two middling backfields-by-committee when the Patriots and Falcons visit Houston. So there is hope.’

‘Bledsoe must play better, no question, but it says here he will, when other areas around him, including coaching, improve. That may not happen this season, but it doesn’t mean the season is a waste. Donahoe didn’t expect to go from 3-13 to 13-3 in two seasons anyway, and it’s almost a shame the first two games masked the problems that were here all the time.’

‘Bennett says his 10th grade teacher, Mac Bledsoe, reinforced that belief. As did his classmate, Drew Bledsoe.’

‘Drew made a surprise appearance on the show and gave Bennett an autographed Bills jersey. Drew says teachers are the real heroes. “As football players we’re held up as hero’s and people know all about what we do, but the real heroes are the teachers that make an impact on kids on a daily basis and it’s neat to see my parents being recognized for doing that.”‘

‘Mac, Barbara and Drew Bledsoe were guests of Katie Couric (NBC’s Today Show) on November 11, 2003. The event was a special reunion for Mac and Barbara with a former student and classmate of Drew’s.’