Archives for October 2006

‘For the third time in four games, the Bills didn’t commit a turnover. Their record in those games is 2-1.’

‘”It’s definitely a step,” said linebacker London Fletcher. “We had to win a close game to know that we can be in these tough games. The New England game and the Jets game were close football games that we were unable to win. This is something we can build on.”‘

‘Winning may be the best way to adjust that attitude, of course and Losman’s teammates appear to have bought in.’

‘Sunday was his best performance in 12 career starts.’

‘Wide receiver Lee Evans said he believes Losman has grown up a lot over the past few weeks. “He played well and managed the game,” Evans said. “I think that was one of the big things we had been talking about. You have to take what the defense gives you and JP did a good job of seeing what the defense was trying to do and make a play, put some balls in some holes, and give us a shot.”‘

Offense is stuck in neutral (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Seen this act before (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Defense shoulders responsibility in loss (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Forgoing the deep throw will keep offense no closer than ‘this close’ (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Vikings update (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Last-minute play is reminder of wasted opportunities (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Losman fulfills his promise (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Potential conflict of Dome dates to be resolved today (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Bill Of Goods (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

‘I’ve got to make that play,’ says Robinson (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Photo Gallery (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

No aid for defense (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Early miscues doom drives (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Kickers twist in the wind (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Losman leaves poor start behind (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Dink ‘Em Dizzy offense isn’t getting job done for Vikings (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

More flags fall on Vikings (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Report Card (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

A day when everything goes the Twins’ way (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Twins complicate Sunday’s game (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Where were the running plays? (RealFootball365.com)

Vikings fall 17-12 (MinnesotaVikings.com)

‘On pounding the ball in the running game – (Willis) didn’t have whopping numbers, but he made some tough runs when we needed them.’

‘Following a victory, a gameball would usually be handed out to a member of the Bills’ special teams. Thanks to a less-than-average day against the Vikings, however, that won’t happen for any of Bobby April’s players. Buffalo needs to hope that group can rebound for next week, because they’ll be extremely important against the 4-0 Bears on Sunday.’

‘On the defensive pressure – Our line did a heck of a job flushing the pocket and making Johnson roll out and move his feet. The defensive backs did a nice job of making him hold the ball. They worked hand in hand. The guys did a great job.’

‘On Bills’ Offense and their big plays – Yes, this offense is coming together. I stated along time ago that this offense has a lot of play makers. I feel comfortable with JP throwing the ball to anybody and Willis running the ball over anybody, I think we have a lot of play makers on this team and we have to use a lot of guys and keep getting the other guys involved.’

‘On being 2-2 and the team’s outlook – I believe so, coming into the season our goal was winning the division. We are a little behind right now. But I know we have the talent and the personnel to go out there and do it.’

‘On people thinking the Bills have not proven they can stop the run – I don’t think so, that’s one of our goals is to go out and stop the run. Trying to make teams one dimensional and it’s a lot easier to play when you know what they are going to do.’

‘On the nearly completed long pass on the last drive by Minnesota – It’s frustrating, but it’s not like we haven’t seen it before, people make plays. At least he didn’t catch it putting them in position to having more time to score. That stuff happens; we just have to make the right corrections.’

‘Opening thoughts – It was a great football game for us and our fans certainly played a part in it. You give them something to cheer about and they are clearly a factor in the game. They kept us going when things looked a little bit shaky there at the end. Our defense did a terrific job keeping them in bounds during the last part of the game and, for the most part, kept everything in front of them. JP (Losman) played a strong game. They’re a good football team. We knew we would struggle a little bit running the ball against them. They’re big and strong inside and we lost Chris (Villarrial) early. I thought that Steve (Fairchild) showed good patience with the run. We just kept at it and stayed in the game.’

‘On sticking with the run consistently today – That’s the way it’s got to go, to take the pressure off of the receivers and it brings the safeties down in the box. We expected that and we were going to keep going at them.’