Archives for November 3, 2008

‘A Buffalo-area man is charged with drunken driving after allegedly striking and killing a 51-year-old pedestrian as he drove home from a Bills game.’

‘The issue I have over the last 90 minutes of football is subtle. Trent did not forget how to play the game. His arm seems fine. The leg injury did not appear to hamper him. But he seems just one beat out of sync.’

‘The Ohio State product left in the middle of the fourth quarter on Sunday with the injury. He tried to return, but quickly exited for good.’

‘Coach Dick Jauron on Monday would only list Whitner as out on a week-to-week basis, while noting the injury was "fairly significant." The injury comes at a terrible time for the suddenly reeling Bills (5-3), who have dropped three of four and prepare to play at New England (5-3) on Sunday in a critical matchup between AFC East rivals.’

‘”Donte didn’t finish the game,” said head coach Dick Jauron. “That’s a shoulder issue and we’re going to kind of take that week to week as opposed to day to day. It was fairly significant so it’s not the best news we got.”‘

‘Though he made his NFL debut last week at Miami, rookie tight end Derek Fine made a bigger splash in his first career home game with four receptions for 43 yards and a touchdown. Fine’s first career catch was a touchdown on a nine-yard scoring pass from Trent Edwards. He became the 19th player in team history to score a TD on his first career reception.’

‘The 2008 NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick (PPK) Team Championship competition was held before the Bills vs. Jets game on Sunday, November 2, 2008. A field of nearly 40 sectional winning contestants took the Ralph Wilson Stadium (RWS) field and punted, passed and kicked until eight team champions were crowned.’

‘”There could be a lot of fingers pointed after these past two games, and the only finger I’m pointing right now is at myself,” said quarterback Trent Edwards, who threw two interceptions and had a fumble. “The most critical thing for me to do is improve.”‘

‘It wasn’t just the Bills running backs who struggled Sunday. The wide receivers caught only eight passes, topped by Evans.’

‘A 51-year-old Lancaster man walking in his neighborhood was struck and killed late Sunday afternoon, and Lancaster police later filed a DWI charge against an Amherst man who was driving home from the Buffalo Bills game.’

‘With 17 attempts, that works out to 1.8 yards per run, or a little less than 5 feet, 5 inches; it was literally about the equivalent of rushers reaching the line of scrimmage and falling forward. If they stretched before they were down, that tactic might have actually led to bigger gains.’

‘After the Buffalo Bills game Sunday, state police issued 42 traffic citations for a variety of infractions while conducting a driving while intoxicated patrol in specific areas of Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties.’

‘”Losing the last two games is hard. There’s nowhere to hide,” said Bills cornerback Jabari Greer, who gave the Bills some hope in the fourth quarter when he picked off a Favre pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown. The Bills trailed, 23-17, but the Jets’ offense mounted a 65-yard drive that iced New York’s win.’

‘Buffalo held the ball for 9:57 and the Jets just 5:03. But the Jets got 10 points off turnovers.’

‘Lost opportunity was the story of the second quarter, in which each team essentially had just one possession. The Bills’ drive went down to the Jets’ 8 but stalled when Fred Jackson was stopped on a fourth-and-1 running play. The Jets marched from their 8 to the Bills’ 19 in 15 plays. But they were foiled when Jay Feely’s 37-yard field-goal try went wide left.’