Archives for October 16, 2006

‘Hargrove, 23, has five tackles and 0.5 sacks in four games this season. The 272-pound defender enjoyed a fine season in 2005, recording career highs of 51 tackles and 6.5 sacks.’

‘Hargrove is a former third-round pick of the Rams out of Georgia Tech. The 6’3″ 272-pound defensive end is in his third season. Thus far this season he has five tackles and a half sack as he was the backup right defensive end behind the Rams’ behind starter Victor Adeyanju.’

‘Statistically the Bills defense did not have a good day in many areas, but they showed up when it came to defending their red zone. Detroit had an offense that was ranked fifth in the league in red zone touchdown percentage (63.6%) was held to just a 33 percent success rate Sunday as the Bills defense forced them to settle for field goals on two of their three red zone opportunities.’

‘The discouraging thing for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday was they clearly were not the better team.’

‘”We passed the ball a lot, and in those situations they were pinning their ears back and coming,” said Bills right tackle Jason Peters. “We really couldn’t do anything but block our man and try to make the play work. But we didn’t do a good enough job today, and that’s on us.”‘

‘”They made big plays,” Spikes said. “A lot of it is you have to give them credit for going out and doing what they did. But at times . . . [there were] a couple of missed tackles.”‘

‘Jauron and his staff are an improvement over the coaches who came before them. But the Bills’ main problem is personnel. Most of the key players this season are the same guys who went 5-11 last year – and the stats are beginning to reflect another 5-11 season.’

‘”Regardless of what happened today, we got closer this weekend because we were put in a situation where we had to rely on each other and we did that,” wide receiver Lee Evans said. “All you can do is thank God that we’re here and that Western New York is on the road to recovery.”‘

‘Coaching: F – Offense couldn’t find Lion weaknesses. Run defense still getting shredded. Team was thoroughly outplayed.’

‘About 15 minutes after the game ended, reality began hitting the Bills inside their locker room. After a promising 2-2 start, Buffalo (2-4) has dropped two games and heads home to meet a rested New England Patriots (4-1) team that will be coming off its bye week. In other words, the Bills are dangerously close to dropping into a much deeper hole.’

‘”In Buffalo, the citizens relate to how we do each Sunday and it would’ve been nice to win and cheer them up after the storm,” he said. “But we can still go out this week, get better, and give them a win next week. That would make everyone feel nice.” It sure would.’

‘It was another ignominious day for Buffalo’s blockers – and we use that term loosely – at Ford Field in Detroit. Losman was sacked five times and hurried more than a Dunkin Donuts cashier at the morning coffee rush-hour by a Lions defense that entered the game ranked dead last in the NFL in sacks.’

‘The Bills really didn’t play well in any phase, yet as Dick Jauron pointed out afterward, they were still in the game right to the final whistle. But while Jauron, his coaches and players have every right to think that, what blows a hole in that bubble is the competition. After all, this was winless Detroit.’

‘Lopresto said the bar was ready for an influx of Bills fans on Sunday. “We put a few extra people on,” he said. “We have enough people working, and enough food in the kitchen.” All that was left was for the Bills to put enough points on the scoreboard.’