Archives for December 26, 2003

‘”When I say team defense, it is that confidence both by the players and the coaching staff of knowing that pretty much everything is under control. I am not saying every play is a 5-yard loss, but every play is relatively under control, and you are not just holding on by your fingernails.”‘

‘Most lasting memory: “You’d have to go back to the ’64-65 AFL championship teams,” he says. “That’s the last time a major league team from Western New York or Buffalo ever won the last game of the season.”‘

‘”I knew that they were going to be a good team,” he said. “They are putting a lot of responsibilities on the corners, and the corners are really stepping up this year.”‘

‘”I don’t have any prediction with that, really,” Williams said of the chances of being back in Buffalo for the 2004 season. “Next week is next week. We’ll sit down as soon as possible. We’ll talk. We do that every year. We’ll start two days after the season, tearing everything down. We’ll go through every phase of it. [GM Tom Donahoe] and I have done that every year.”‘

‘”I think the depth on your team is important,” New England head coach Bill Belichick said. “You never know when you are going to need it. It is kind of like when you buy insurance, you never know if you are going to have to use it or not, but if you have it and you need it, it is a good thing to have.”‘