Archives for September 27, 2006

‘”They did everything wrong there,” Williams said. “They got rid of all their good players. That’s the same reason why [Donohoe] got fired by the Steelers. He would never sign his guys back down there, either. He was doing the same thing he did in Pittsburgh when he was up in Buffalo, messing everything up. He spent five years there, and messed it up for five years more. They were trying to sign me during the season, but it was just hot garbage,” Williams added. “I told them, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ I’m just going to play this out and see what happens.”‘

‘Williams said he still has “homeboys” on the Bills, among them linebackers Takeo Spikes and London Fletcher. But he’s glad two front-office people are no longer there: former general manager Tom Donohoe, who was fired, and coach Mike Mularkey, who resigned. “All them dumb a–s are gone,” Williams said. “If they were still there, I would have a problem with (the Bills). But they got Marv (Levy) running things, and they’re trying to get things back on line.”‘

‘Under no historical restrictions, who would you like to meet? That was the question posed to members of the Buffalo Bills. Western New York’s pro football players offered a variety of responses in Bob Gosney’s Buffalo Bills Journal.’

‘On a day filled with Buffalo disappointment, there was nothing more deflating for the team itself than watching Losman lose nine yards on a horrendous play call. Maybe next time they’ll just hand it to McGahee.’

‘During the year my father was sick I began writing his initials on my wrist tape before every game, and I have done it since. It’s a way of dedicating my career to him. He was such a hard worker, and he was right to push me. My parents named me Takeo because it means great warrior in Japanese. I try to live up to my name.’

‘How unlikely was the loss? For the first time in the franchise’s 47 years, the Bills lost a game in which it had a 300-yard passer (Losman threw for a career-best 328 yards), a 100-yard rusher (Willis McGahee had a career-high 150 yards) and two 100-yard receivers (Lee Evans and Roscoe Parrish combined for a dozen receptions for 107 and 104 yards, respectively).’