Archives for November 14, 2008

‘Buffalo Bills starting defensive end Aaron Schobel (foot) will miss his fifth game, while No. 2 receiver Josh Reed (ankle) likely won’t play for a third straight game Monday night.’

‘”I’m feeling good,” said Whitner. “I’ve had three or four days of practice this week and we’ll see how it goes. I don’t know what coach said, but I expect to play. I want to play. It’s up to them. It depends on how I progress in the next two days and we’ll go from there.”‘

‘Bills defensive end Ryan Denney joins Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas and host Jeff Russo, WKBW (ABC) sports director during this week’s Thurman Thomas Show sponsored by Northtown Automotive. While providing their inside scoop and expert opinions on the Bills matchup against the Cleveland Browns, Thurman and Jeff talk strategy with Denney and discuss what the Bills need to do to stop new starting quarterback Brady Quinn and the Browns offense on Monday Night Football.’

‘Bills 19, Browns 16.’

‘”I think I am playing pretty well despite the little three-game losing streak we’re on right now, but that’s just a matter of everybody getting together and uniting to win a game,” Stroud said. “I’m healthy and feeling good, and I think those things are reflected in my play this year. Hopefully I can keep driving forward.”‘

‘”I’m not disappointed,” McKelvin said Wednesday. “People can say they’re disappointed, but in my mind, the other two corners are playing good. Why rush me in there to play?”‘

‘”I really don’t know upstairs what went on, but I am sure it did help,” Lehman said of his association with Jauron. “I worked with him pretty close since he was the coordinator and got a lot of time with him in meetings and stuff. He probably knew me pretty well and had a good idea what I cpcwiklinskian do on the field.”‘

‘”I play a lot of poker. It’s a thing we do with some of the players. Every Monday night we get together to play poker. After I’m done with football it’s something I wouldn’t mind getting into, just as a spare-time thing. I want to play in the World Series of Poker some day. … It’s a league rule that we can’t play in tournaments, regardless of whether it’s a charity tournament or anything. That’s why I want to do it after I’m done with football.”‘

‘As you might suspect, there are no difference-makers out there at this point in the year. The Bills added corner Dustin Fox to the practice squad this week. I think they should stick with the young cornerbacks they have, regardless.’

‘The Bills haven’t impressed at all when faced with quality opposition. They’ve beaten three 2-7 teams and two 4-5 ones; meanwhile, they fall to winners, as three of their losses have come to 6-3 teams with the other coming against the 5-4 Miami Dolphins.’

‘Where they are in the still-emerging playoff picture is on the fringe, not in the front row yet still very much within the frame and in focus. A win coupled with a loss by one the three teams ahed of them in the AFC East would do wonders to strengthen the brittle psyche of a near-miss sports town that has yet to capture a big league title of any kind.’

‘"Nothing does in life and certainly nothing does in football. It’s going to be up and down, you’re going to have highs and lows, you’re going to suffer a lot and get defeated a lot and the bottom line is how you come back. I don’t have any doubts about Trent Edwards. He’s going to be fine."’

‘I’m not advocating that he drop his trousers, a la Mike Singletary, to get his point across that his team is being embarrassed by the opposition. But it wouldn’t hurt to remind certain players that their jobs could be on the line if they don’t start making plays and cutting down on the mistakes that have transformed them into playoff pretenders.’

‘The teams over which Buffalo has gained its five victories are a collective 14-31, for a winning percentage of just .311. Conversely, the Bills’ four losses have come against teams with winning records: the 6-3 Arizona Cardinals, the Dolphins, Patriots and Jets, who are a combined 23-13, for a winning percentage of .639.’

Forecast for Cleveland Browns vs. Buffalo Bills is scary for kicker Phil Dawson (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Browns linebacker Shantee Orr to get more playing time (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Dawson still amazed by snowy kick (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Winslow’s penalties have hurt Browns (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Browns’ Dawson was a snow man last year (Willoughby News Herald)

Plan calls for more Harrison (Willoughby News Herald)

Playing quarterback for Notre Dame prepared Browns’ Quinn for the big stage (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Crennel says Winslow has to stay focused, ignore physical defenses (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Here we go again with Browns, Bills (Canton Repository)

Orr gets another shot in 3-4 (Canton Repository)

Dawson warms up for cold of Buffalo (Akron Beacon Journal)

Game preview: Browns at Bills (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Dawson has warm memories of a cold day (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Thomas finds a fit (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Vickers still out; others return (ClevelandBrowns.com)