Archives for September 25, 2006

‘Of all the plays McGahee made Sunday, the game may have turned on the one he didn’t make.’

‘For the second time in this young season, Bills coaches declined to seize the obvious, opted instead to push their luck.’

‘Pennington staged a clinic on how to manage a football game. He didn’t dazzle. He didn’t make long throws. All he did was make all the simple, winning plays that separate a savvy QB from a kid.’

‘”We saw the guys blitzing, so my role in the offense is make the right read and adjust [my route],” Parrish said of his touchdown. “We made the right read, J.P. made the right throw and it so happens to be a big play for a touchdown. When I turned around I saw no one in front of me. I just gave it all I got to the touchdown.”‘

‘”We all agree that it’s much more comfortable to watch the game on TV, but it’s nice to get out and get together with friends,” said Sal Indovina, who was among 12 friends who were tailgating in a parking lot on sausages, kielbasa and chili.’

‘”To date, our most expensive room was about $250,000,” Henderson says. “It included a fully functional bar, multiple games such as pool, darts and bubble hockey, a fireplace, exotic fish aquarium, exercise room and dedicated theater for nine people.”‘

‘And what a mess there was to clean up…’.

‘Losman is getting better, not about accepting the team’s responsibility on the field, but in reading opponent’s defenses. Now comes the tough part, realizing he’s got the burden of an entire city on his shoulders. It’s something he can’t fumble away.’

‘With four catches for 104 yards and the touchdown, Parrish had his most productive day as a receiver since becoming a Bill. But as is to be expected, he didn’t take much solace in individual accomplishments after his team’s defeat. “We’ve just got to limit our mistakes and come together,” he said. “We’ll come to practice Monday, look over film and put this game behind us.”‘

‘”We just couldn’t finish,” McGahee said.’

‘"If you squeak out a win with three turnovers, that’s a lot of luck in this league," Losman said. "We focused the whole offseason on not killing ourselves and those turnovers came back and haunted us this game."’

‘Two fumbles, a botched bootleg on the Jets’ goal line and an interception trumped all that good work in a 28-20 loss to the New York Jets (2-1) that wasn’t even that close. It was a tough lesson for a quarterback who is clearly progressing in his second year as Bills starter.’

‘Instead, thanks to this clunker against a Jets team that seemed ill-equipped to beat Buffalo in its emotional home opener, the Bills are left to wonder how they let this one get away.’

‘Oddly enough, Buffalo has lost four of the last five games that McGahee surpassed the century mark, twice to these Jets. Now that’s pretty tough to do, but nothing is impossible for our beloved and baffling Bills. They never seem to stop finding ways to make us shake our heads.’

‘When it was all said and done, the Bills had just one meaningless sack and a 28-20 loss. The optimism that had raged like a pep rally bonfire after last week’s Fish-squishing victory in Miami had been doused by a harsh dose of reality. Their 1-2 record is a reminder that the Bills remain in rebuilding mode.’