Archives for December 6, 2005

‘"You couldn’t have a better picture of what our season has been like than this particular game," said safety Troy Vincent. "Everything was in our favor for the first 30 minutes. How could you lose a football game like that?"’

‘I believe that Modrak is the man to bring the Bills back to becoming a regular playoff participant and more. He has proven it before and he will prove it again, as soon as he gets the opportunity.’

‘Playing in the near 80-degree heat of south Florida, the Bills shuffled in eight defensive linemen on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins.’

‘One of TMQ’s maxims — "Often all a football team needs do is run up the middle and things will be fine" — applies so frequently I just produced the adage from my AutoText. Never was this on clearer display than in Buffalo’s epic collapse at Miami: or the Dolphins’ epic comeback, depending on one’s point of view.’

‘Tom Brady has compiled a career record of 12-1 as a starter in games played on artificial turf. His only loss came on Sept. 7, 2003 at Buffalo’s Ralph Wilson Stadium.’

‘Members of the Bills organization who should feel particularly bad for their part in Buffalo squandering a 20-point third-quarter lead on Sunday…’.

‘Every week the Bills’ ineptitude just baffles everyone who watches them.’

‘”Coming into this year, there were a lot of high expectations from an organizational standpoint, player standpoint, city standpoint, everyone in Western New York,” Fletcher said. “Bills fans all across the country had high expectations with this team based on how we performed last year. And when you don’t perform to that level, there comes a point in time where maybe they’re going to make some changes. Where the changes are going to take place, whether it’s personnel, I don’t know.”‘

‘That raises serious questions about Mularkey, a presumed offensive genius. The Bills have gotten off to quick starts this season, but they do not adjust well in games. Opposing defenses catch on. The Bills sit back with leads. Mularkey, who took over the play-calling earlier this season, has made some dubious calls this year.’

‘If the outside perception is that Mularkey is alienating veterans and that in losing five of six games he is losing the team, he doesn’t see it. “I think we have too much leadership in that locker room, and we have some young guys in there that I can see will step up to the challenge and be leaders,” he said. “There’s too many good character guys who have worked their tails off, so I’m not worried about that.”‘

‘”I feel for the fans; I know how important this is to them,” he said. “This is a unique situation in this city with the support we get from these fans. They need to know we’re all in this together and we’re doing the best we can.”‘

‘How low are the Bills? They couldn’t play handball against a curb right now, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.’

‘On Monday, Mularkey refused to elaborate on the situation with Moulds, only to say he and the player have talked. “That’s internal, personal,” he said. “Eric and I have had a good talk and we’ll keep it at that.”‘

‘This was a gut-wrenching loss that could cost people their jobs.’

‘Coach Mike Mularkey, whose team fell to 2-7 the past two years in games decided by six points or less…’.