Archives for October 31, 2008

‘Bills 27, Jets 17.’

‘Butler sprained his left knee in the first half of Buffalo’s win over San Diego two weeks ago. Schobel injured a ligament and bone in his left foot against Arizona on Oct. 5. Jason Whittle will get the start for Butler and Ryan Denney will replace Schobel.’

‘Reed, who wore a walking boot all week, was not expected to play. It expected that Roscoe Parrish will start and that James Hardy will be the team’s third receiver. As for who will serve in Josh Reed’s role, it’s believed that Justin Jenkins and rookie Steve Johnson will fill it as a duo Sunday.’

‘”I try to go out there every week and hang out with them,” McCargo said. “They’re overcoming obstacles in life at an early age that most of us don’t even have to deal with so I go there and just try to challenge them to beat their addiction and any type of support I can give I’m going to do it.”‘

‘The Bills win 20-13.’

‘”It’s not ideal,” head coach Dick Jauron said. “You’d like to have that continuity all of the time, but in our business, you don’t. You have to deal with injuries and we’re dealing with them and they’re dealing with them and trying to play through them and going through some different groupings back there, but you’d love to have them all up and healthy. You just very rarely get that.”‘

‘”We have a lot of different guys from a lot of different areas of the country who went to a lot of different schools with a lot of different views on politics and religion.”‘

‘When the Bills’ coaches came into the office Monday morning, they had each of the Jets’ first six games of this season broken down to analyze New York’s tendencies in all situations, by down and distance, personnel groupings and formations. As soon as the video of the Jets-Chiefs game came in the mail Monday morning, the assistants broke that final game down to add it to the data already assembled.’

‘This staff needs to learn that Marshawn Lynch is capable of more than the 17.6 attempts per game he currently averages.’

‘”Our goal is to help underprivileged kids in Cleveland, Buffalo and Columbus, all the communities I’ve been a part of in my life. I’m a product of a single-parent household: My dad spent a lot of time in prison. So we target kids who came from that same kind of predicament. We get them school clothes, backpacks and school supplies. We have turkey giveaways. I’ve done some things where we help out single moms, like sending them to a spa for an entire day. With single dads, we take them to the (Cleveland) Cavaliers game.”‘

‘After an exhaustive study of that system, the Bills have installed a reserve set of batteries to power their backup generators.’

‘"I’d been in the same offence pretty much my whole career and coming here was totally different," said Favre, 39. "The terminology was totally different. The concepts are totally different. Not to mention I’d never thrown to these guys before. So on top of learning the plays, trying to figure out who runs what better, how guys just run routes in general, I had to do it from the get-go. I went right into playing games. I’m pleased. There’s a lot of things I can be doing better."’

Washington is small wonder at RB (New York Daily News)

Vet Bowens grateful for respect (New York Post)

Jets’ secret ballots (New York Post)

A step up in class (New York Newsday)

Jets’ Bowens might start for injured LB Harris (New York Newsday)

It’s Leon’s world and other quick hits (Newark Star Ledger)

Bowens prepared if Harris can’t go for New York Jets (Newark Star Ledger)

Former Giants linebacker Mitchell’s play fits the Bills (Newark Star Ledger)

Moore keeps New York Jets on move (Newark Star Ledger)

Opportunity knocks for Mason (Bergen Record)

Jets’ Washington a threat everywhere on field (AP)

Thursday Player Interviews (NewYorkJets.com)

Coach’s Thursday News Conference (NewYorkJets.com)

Bowens: ‘I’ll Do a Good Job’ if Harris Can’t Go (NewYorkJets.com)

‘"I always want a bigger role on offense. That’s what I came in for, not to be a special teams player. I don’t want to start a conflict, but I want to have more on offense and do what I do which is make plays and do whatever I can to help the team."’

‘”We’re always looking to do new things, and this just kind of made sense,” said Andy Major, the Bills executive director of marketing. “Other teams are doing it and doing it successfully.”‘