Archives for December 2004

‘After missing nine games with a right knee injury, Troy Vincent returned to the field and played a significant roll. Switched from Cornerback to Safety, Vincent recorded a sack, interception and fumble recovery.’

‘”We did some good things, and I like the way we responded as a whole coming from last week,” linebacker Takeo Spikes said. “We just took advantage of everything that was given to us out there today.”‘

The Bills offense continues to put up a huge number of points as they scored 37 or more for the fourth straight game, all Bills victories as was this 37-7 win over the Browns. The 37 points are impressive but this win was about a truly dominating defensive effort.

The defense dominated this game and because of that get straight A’s. 17 total yards given up, eight sacks, and five takeaways. You can’t do it much better than that.Here are our position by position grades:

‘It was an overall embarassing performance for the Browns.’

‘The Bills (7-6) generated five turnovers, added eight sacks and limited the blundering Browns to 17 yards of offense on 46 plays. Cleveland had 2 yards with 9:34 left in the game, flirting with the NFL record of minus-7 yards, set by Seattle in 1979.’

‘The Cleveland Browns will be in no hurry to visit the Buffalo Bills again.’

‘Cleveland tallied only 17 yards of total net offense and turned the ball over five times.’

‘The Bills have forced 13 turnovers the past three weeks in big wins over St. Louis, Seattle and Miami.’

‘Clements was informed by Notre Dame officials on Saturday that he will not be offered the vacant head-coaching job, a source close to the Irish told The News on Saturday.’

‘"I consider this home, and I really don’t want to go nowhere," he said. "If I go somewhere else, I have to start all over. I have to meet other people, do other stuff. I just don’t want to do that. If it comes down to that, I’ll do it. But I would rather be here. I enjoy the people."’

‘Bills keep possibility alive by rolling past hapless Browns, 35-17.’

‘The Bills, meanwhile, finally look like the team new coach Mike Mularkey had envisioned.’

”’London goes about his business and rarely gets the credit he deserves,” Bill head coach Mike Mularkey said by phone from Buffalo. ”He is having one of those years that most guys would consider to be Pro Bowl (caliber). He quietly goes about it, makes a lot of tackles, makes a lot of plays and leads the defense that has been ranked in the top five for most of the last couple years.”’