Archives for October 2008

‘The Bills tried to blitz the veteran Kurt Warner early, but it simply made no difference; he was getting the ball out quickly, often for short gains, but the chains continued to move. Clearly, Warner has shown as recently as the game before at the Jets that he is more than capable of fumbling when hit, but he probably won’t fumble if he isn’t hit at all.’

‘When asked whether Edwards would require more tests, Jauron closed the discussion of the player by saying, “I’ve really said about all I’m going to say about Trent and leave it at that.” He then referred questions to Bills head trainer Bud Carpenter, who declined requests to speak to reporters.’

‘"We’ll continue to follow it as we move along, and we’ll see how it goes," said Jauron. "It’s a good week for us to be on a bye."’

‘In assessing the problem, Buffalo linebacker Kawika Mitchell admitted, “We did such a poor job on first and second down … third down was just a lot easier for them.”‘

‘”I don’t think it’s my place to start speculating on those things. I’m not a physician or a trainer so I’m not going to go there,” said Jauron. “I’m not going to anticipate anything. We’re just going to stay on the protocol and as I said we follow the same thing for any of our players that are in this situation and that’s exactly what we’ll do in this case.”‘

‘This game made it crystal clear why Edwards won the starting job. Losman has the athletic ability, but just doesn’t have the decision-making skills or leadership abilities to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. Bills fans can only hope Edwards has a speedy recovery, as any hopes they have of making the playoffs will rest on his being able to stay in the game.’

‘Defense: (F) They could not get off the field on 3rd down. They could not force Kurt Warner into his typical turnover times. The defense did not get a lot of help. Either the offense was turning it over or the special teams were going offsides on a field goal. Get this tape and burn it.’

‘The Cardinals did as they wished against a defense that can’t use injuries as an excuse. Opening without corner Terrence McGee and losing safety Ko Simpson were tough handicaps for Buffalo to conquer, but they shouldn’t have been enough to instantly turn the group from an efficient juggernaut to an ethereal non-factor.’

‘ J. P. Losman came on in relief, but he was no match for Kurt Warner and the Cardinals, who handed the 4-1 Bills their first loss. Losman completed 15 of 21 passes for 220 yards, most of them on an 87-yard touchdown pass to Lee Evans.’

‘The Cards are just 8-35 on the road since 2003. But they entered the game with nine wins in their last 12 games inside their dome.’

‘For the half, Arizona accumulated 19 first downs, equaling the most the Bills’ defense had allowed in any of the first four full games this year.’

‘Self-inflicted wounds were the story of the third quarter for the Bills.’

‘The only purpose served by the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game was the boosting of the egos of the Arizona Cardinals’ pass rushers.’

‘”I’m getting my cable cut off as of tomorrow morning, and I am going to get [satellite TV],” said Jones, also a devoted viewer of Channel 4 morning news. “I called them already.”‘

‘”They did a great job with their quick game and we didn’t play as well as we should have against it,” said Posluszny of Arizona’s offense. “That’s something we’ll address. We have two weeks to take care of that now because I’m sure other teams will see this film, watch it and try to take advantage of it and we’ll have that squared away.”‘