Archives for December 8, 2008

‘Ralph Wilson appears to trust Brandon. If he really does, he needs to let him do what I think he feels is best for the future of this team. That means to make a change at the top and restore the fans faith and enthusiasm in this team. If the Bills truly have signed Dick Jauron to a contract extension, Wilson needs to go against everything he has done as an owner in the past and bite the bullet and let Brandon make a change.’

‘"So you’re still trying to bring a team here long term?" asked Benigni. Lind responded, "I didn’t say that. I said we’re still committed to our five-year, eight game package." But, Lind maintains that Toronto would be an outstanding NFL market, despite the slow ticket sales for Sunday’s game. Lind says, "The NFL’s got a huge future in this town."’

‘Josh Reed led the team in receptions and receiving yards Sunday with five catches for 58 yards and the only third down conversion of the day. Those five receptions moved him into a tie for 10th place on the team’s all-time list for catches in a Bills career.’

‘Was there one positive memorable play executed by the offense in Toronto?’

‘”It was crazy because we heard cheering for Buffalo and then we heard a lot of cheering for us,” said Dolphins cornerback Will Allen, whose end-zone interception of J. P. Losman in the third quarter was one of the game’s key plays. “I didn’t really know what the fans were doing. I would definitely play here over Buffalo any day.”‘

‘Henning makes full use of his tight ends. Unfortunately for Buffalo, in the one season in which Henning was Bills offensive coordinator, he did not have much tight end or quarterbacking talent with which to work. The year was 1997. The Bills’ quarterback was Todd Collins. The starting tight end was Lonnie Johnson. The Bills finished 6-10.’

‘Overall, Miami held the ball for 20:53 in the first half to just 9:07 for Buffalo.’

‘Just when it appeared the Bills would score a touchdown to pull within a field goal, J. P. Losman’s fade pass on first-and-goal was intercepted in the end zone by Miami cornerback Will Allen.’

‘The Dolphins turnover margin for the season now is plus-12. The Bills’ is minus-7.’

‘”I’m at a loss for words for what we are offensively,” said receiver Lee Evans, hunched over in a corner of the locker room. “The best words I can come up with to describe it is just in disarray. We have no type of rhythm. And plays just aren’t being made. Offensively we just have no rhythm.”‘

‘”When you’ve got a home game and the crowd is supposed to cheer, they were cheering more for the Dolphins,” he said. “I wasn’t here in the preseason, so I don’t know how it was then. But that stunned me. They’re not even cheering on third down. They’re not cheering when we do get a first down. They’re just sitting there like they don’t know what’s going on. I hate the idea of us playing here. It’s crazy.”‘

‘When the Bills’ players were introduced at the start of the game, there was scarcely a peep from the crowd. They might as well have been introducing members of the grounds crew.’

‘”There’s no reason for us to tell you exactly why we defer,” Jauron said. But there’s reason to ask.’

‘”We had an opportunity to score a touchdown and just underthrew it,” Losman said. “That happens. But still we didn’t play well enough to win the football game even if we did complete that pass. There are still a lot of things going wrong other than just that.”‘