Archives for September 8, 2003

‘”We’re aware of the situation, and we’ll look into it,” NFL spokesman Greg Aeillo said last night by telephone. However, a source who works in the league said it will be extremely difficult to prove any wrongdoing.’

‘”It didn’t happen,” said Vinny Cerrato, Redskins vice president of football operations.’

“It felt good, but more a positive kind of good, not a personal vendetta kind of good,” Milloy said. “It didn’t dawn on me until maybe the second series or so, and I thought, ‘Hey, I’m on a good team.’ The way things happened during the weeks, with the ups and the downs and all the stuff I had to think about, that hadn’t occurred to me.”

‘Part of the Bills’ dominance was attributable to a refurbished defense that features four new veteran starters, all signed as free agents. But when the Patriots awaken on Monday morning and stare hard in the mirror, they’ll find out they’re behind enemy lines as well, because they continue to commit egregious errors.’

‘What a start for the Bills.’

‘Nobody circles the off-season defensive acquisitions like the Buffalo Bills.’

‘It’s difficult to win a game when your team gets outplayed, out-hustled and out-coached – all of which, in the end, makes New England fans outraged.’

”’I wish we could have picked his brain a little more but (the Patriots) didn’t game plan with him,” said linebacker Takeo Spikes, who had two interceptions in the win.’

‘”He’s (Milloy) a Pro Bowler and he’s a vet,” said Bills defensive lineman Sam Adams. “I thank God that the New England Patriots let him go and we were able to pick him up because he’s going to make us better. The more bullets you can have to shoot in your gun, the better.”‘

‘”We have some new Buffalo Bills from a lot of different places and they had a chance to experience the Buffalo crowd. We could tell it was going to be special when the fans started piling in here on Friday night and cranking up the party.”‘

‘”Late in the game, obviously, they were disheartened as anybody would be because they weren’t winning. They came out and they played with emotion. They have a lot of prideful guys over there, a lot of guys I know very well, that were a little bit stunned early in the week, but they came to play, they came and they were ready to go, but we just came out and we played very well.”‘

‘”We got a taste of that, we all were waiting for this to happen. The defense played great and we had a chance to finish the game out. One drive, I think we ran the ball six or seven times in a row and just pounded the defense.”‘

‘”I think we still have some improvements to make but you are always happy with a win. We thought it was going to be tough and the score really doesn’t indicate how good of a football team New England is.”‘

‘”At times they did (seem confused). Sometimes when we used motion with Bobby (Shaw) or Josh (Reed) they got confused. Anytime you have a veteran back there, like (Lawyer) Milloy, he handles that situation and defuses it. They didn’t have that guy to do that tonight and I think it hurt them a little bit.”‘

‘”You have to do what you’re supposed to do. They brought us here for a reason – to get better. If they aren’t any better, then they made a mistake on us. God-willing, that’s not the case. We worked hard together, gelled together, learnrd the defense. We came out and executed today and that was very important. Gregg (Williams) and the staff from top to bottom – from the administration to the coaches to the players – they all did a great job this offseason and now it’s our job. When we step foot on the field on Sunday, we have to execute, make plays and win. Today was our first step.”‘