Archives for October 2006

‘The Patriots’ 52 wins over Buffalo are their most over any opponent…’.

‘The Bills called for 42 passing plays and just 18 planned runs.’

‘On expectations of the team diminishing outside the building – We’re not really too concerned about expectation of us outside of here. We come to work everyday knowing what we want to accomplish. Going out each Sunday trying to get a win, we’re fighting, scratching and clawing. The last couple weeks we came up short,’

‘As a football club with a new team, new regime, new players, you have to understand that each week is going to be different. We start out 2-2 and a lot of people are talking highly about us. You’re only as good as your last ball game. You can’t get caught up in what people are saying, good or bad. You have to go out and play the game on Sunday.’

‘The Redskins have added a veteran presence to the secondary with the signing of defensive back Troy Vincent on Monday.’

‘About the game yesterday, in light of the entire weekend, it was maybe even more disappointing. We know what our city and our area are going through from this storm because we’ve been going through the same thing with our own families. We were hoping this game could bring a little sunshine into the community, but it didn’t. The fact is we didn’t play well enough to win and they beat us over there. Disappointed in the outcome, but not disappointed in the effort. Our effort is pretty consistently good, practice wise and game wise. We lack consistency in our play offensively and defensively.’

‘One of the worst parts of Losman’s regression on Sunday was his post-game comments. It was the first time all year that I heard him have that incredibly smug attitude that we heard much of last year. I thought he had grown out of that arrogance. Most of this year he has sounded like a quarterback who was a leader, taking the rap for the bad times and deflecting the praise to his teammates during the good times. Sunday he went back to talking down to the media, and making excuses. It wasn’t just Losman’s pocket presence that took a hit; it was also his presence as the face of the franchise in front of the media.’

‘The Lions are a bad team. But they were pretty desperate to get their first win. They also had the lead in second half in 4 of their 5 losses coming in and found a way to lose. But the Bills should have been just as desperate. A win would have taken away the sting of the Bears blowout. A win would have gotten them back to .500. A win would have fired up Western New York with the Patriots coming to town Sunday. But a loss makes you feel like the early season progress was just a mirage. Maybe that’s not fair. But that’s the way a loss to the Lions can make you feel.’

‘The Rams fined Hargrove for missing both days of practice; under the collective bargaining agreement, he could be fined a maximum of $20,000 a day.’

‘The 6-foot-3, 272-pound Hargrove started 19 of the 35 games he played with the Rams and amassed eight career sacks. In 2006, Hargrove had five tackles and one-half sack in four games with St. Louis.’

‘Defensive end Anthony Hargrove, who lost his starting job with the St. Louis Rams after skipping two days of practice and meetings, was traded Monday to the Buffalo Bills for a fifth-round draft choice in 2007.’

‘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.’