Archives for November 2004

‘Willis McGahee never allowed that to happen. It took him 18 months to get back out on the field and take a hit again, that coming this past summer in training camp. It took hours and hours of rehab — sometimes eight hours at a time — just to get to have that chance.’

‘The Buffalo Bills Women’s Association is composed of the wives of players, coaches, and staff throughout the organization. These women pride themselves on the community work they do, and this past week was an example of their hard work. Sixteen women from the association got together at Tops Markets in Orchard Park to shop for those in need for Thanksgiving. They lined the aisles of the supermarket wearing their husbands’ jerseys and throwing as much food into their carts as they could possibly fit.’

‘Seahawks 23 Bills 20.’

‘They get a seven-spot hike, unheard of for November, because they came through for me and won my upset special selection, although I never thought that it would be their special teams that would give the Bills the win over St. Louis. I should have known they’d do it for their coach, Bobby April, as a sweet revenge for the Rams firing him last year.’

‘Seahawks, 24-12.’

‘Milloy registered a career-high 3.0 sacks and nine total tackles in a 37-17 win against St. Louis.’

‘St. Louis also criticized the Bills’ organization for not allowing the Rams to do an airline security check at Ralph Wilson Stadium before heading to the airport. Buffalo president and general manager Tom Donahue said the tunnel area leading out of the stadium is too small for security checks. He added that the Rams were offered use of the Bills’ field house, but the Rams declined.’

‘In order to be successful in the NFL, you have to win on the road. The Bills now play four of their next five on the away from home and fans should soon see which is the real Bills team of 2004, the one that beat the Rams so soundly or the one that was embarrassed by the Patriots. With games against Seattle, Miami, Cincinnati, and San Francisco the Bills should be able to score some points. The question is, will they?’

‘When you’re dealing with a lot of younger guys on defense, allowing them to get a chance to see adjustments on the overhead at halftime is beneficial. We have three first-year guys in the secondary in Terrence McGee, Jabari Greer, and Rashad Baker and those guys need to see film in order to understand how the opponent attacks our defense, as opposed to looking at photos on the sideline. It’s not as if they play bad in the first half, it’s just that the more a player sees something the more he tends to believe it.’

Jim Kelly quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive AFC championships during an 11-year NFL career. In 2001, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with one of his childhood heroes, John Stallworth. Not surprisingly, many of Kelly’s Thanksgiving memories revolve around football.

The Bills head out to the West Coast for the second of three trips this year. Going out west is always tough for a team and what makes it harder is the Bills abysmal road record over the past two years.

‘"We had some success against those guys when they were at the top of the game, so I knew there were some things we could do in order to disrupt their guys in coverage to help us out," Gray said. "The best thing we have here is we’ve got a lot of good, young DBs that can cover. We’ve got two linebackers (Takeo Spikes and London Fletcher) that know exactly what they’re doing when they’re in nickel coverage and we’ve got penetrating D-linemen."’

‘It took 10 games to crack the starting lineup, but better late than never for Rashad Baker.’

‘How much does Sam Adams actually weigh? They don’t call him "Big Papa The Show Stoppa" for nothing. The Bills list Adams as 335 pounds. But the rotund defensive tackle was listed at 300 when he played for the Seahawks. He was probably closer to 330 pounds in Seattle, so how much are the Bills fudging now?’

Seahawks’ Next Opponent: Buffalo Bills (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

Seahawks Slant (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

Seahawks’ Rice latches on to new role (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

Jones gets boot for new punter (Seattle Times)

Big C has a lot going on, like throwback jerseys (Seattle Times)

Subtle impact (Everett Herald)

‘Jerry … Jerry’ is the man (Tacoma News Tribune)

With his ankle healed, Rice finds his stride in Seattle (AP)

Time for Rice to step up in Seattle (The Sports Network)