‘Eleven of Buffalo’s 16 games will be against eight of the NFL’s 12 leading rushers from last season.’
Archives for September 7, 2002
Receivers’ route to freedom has Moulds off and running
‘Moulds felt restricted in Sheppard’s West Coast scheme, which required receivers to run to a certain spot even if the defensive coverage dictated doing something else. As a result, Moulds believed Sheppard’s schemes made it easier for defenses to take him and Price out of the passing game.’
Empire revives Bills postgame; Sabres await TV deal
‘Immediately after the Bills-New York Jets opener ends on Channel 4 Sunday, Empire plans to simulcast Howard Simon’s postgame coverage on the regional cable channel and sister radio station WNSA-FM.’
Road name change would honor Kelly
‘A bipartisan group of Erie County legislators called Friday for a portion of Abbott Road in Orchard Park to be renamed "Jim Kelly Boulevard" to honor the former Buffalo Bills quarterback.’
Bills ready to lay it on the line
‘On paper, this line is vastly improved but that improvement hasn’t yet transferred onto the field.’
Williams not on hot seat yet
‘But is Williams really in danger of a quick hook? Hardly. He is the hand-picked coach of general manager Tom Donahoe, who also plucked the fiery Bill Cowher from the ranks of the obscure to coach the Pittsburgh Steelers back to prominence. The difference is that these two can actually stand being in the same room together. They have mutual admiration. Their personalities mesh. They are a team within the team.’
29 years of covering the Bills, and counting
‘Thus, here’s one man’s list of the Bills’ best home games each season since 1973…’
On the record with Eric Moulds
‘Q: Going deep means more Eric more of the time doesn’t it? MOULDS: It should. It gives me an opportunity to do what I can do. Last year that wasn’t me. That wasn’t my strength. We did some things that teams took advantage of by putting a guy underneath and putting a guy over the top, and it was easy to take me out of the game. I never really had a chance to go deep. I think this year’s a little bit better because I have an opportunity to get open.’