Archives for January 5, 2009

‘Watch the Ravens Ed Reed. Watch the Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald. Watch the EaglesBrian Westbrook. In big moments in the big games they make plays. You can have the great schemes in the world, but if you do not have the players to do make a difference. I don’t know how many playerscurrently in a Bills uniform can be that type of difference maker.’

‘”We emphasized it every day even when we were in OTAs and minicamp,” said Donte Whitner. “That was one of our big things getting off the field on third down. Last year we did a good job on first and second down, but on third down we couldn’t get off the football field. So going into this season there was a big emphasis on it.”‘

‘”I want to give back to the Western New York high schools, colleges and little league programs as I know there are few local clinics,” McNally said. “Maybe we can raise a few bucks for the retired players. I want to help the ones who have serious medical needs and little money or insurance to cover their needs.”‘

‘And for the record, Simpson’s 2008 salary was reportedly just under $450,000; he’s in the third year of a contract worth just over $2.1 million, meaning he hasn’t even yet been paid millions, plural. Factor taxes and the reality that he’s had to spend some of that money on things like food and a dwelling, and his boast turns out to be as untrue as it is dumb, unless he’s a super stock market genius who is making money when nobody else is.’