Archives for September 2009

‘Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Andre Reed will be at Clyde-Savannah from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; all attendees will be able to get the four-time Super Bowl star’s autograph and enter to win a dinner with the future Hall of Famer at Veraisons Restaurant at Glenora Winery on Seneca Lake.’

‘”It’s kind of bittersweet to lose Schou like that and then to get this opportunity,” Fine said. “I think we all have a pretty good connection with Schou on the field. He’s one of those guys who makes everyone around him play better. That being said, I’ve just got to step up. I’m excited about the opportunity to play. It’s kind of part of the deal. You never know when your number is going to get called.”‘

‘"I have nothing but the highest regard for the Buffalo Bills organization," Greer said during a telephone interview this week. "I owe them so much for giving me an opportunity to play in the National Football League. The team and the fans were very good to me. I left there with only fond memories."’

‘Was the presence of Terrell Owens a factor? Perhaps, but if so, it was a small one. There has been some talk that the Rogers network in Canada owns the 4 p.m. rights and wanted the Bills as a late game. From what I’m told, that wasn’t a factor. It’s all about what the CBS and Fox networks want.’

‘”When you have someone that dedicates themselves physically and mentally like Donte, that’s the look you’re going to see in the locker room after a tough loss like that one,” fellow defensive back George Wilson said. “You win with guys like that.”‘

‘”When I first went there, ” Williams said, “they wanted the exact polar opposite of a great friend of mine, Wade Phillips, who was real laid back. They were looking for someone to come in and be really hard-nosed. That first year I had to flip the culture. I had to change the attitude. It was a very old team, some $56 million over the cap in my three years that I was there. When I left three years later, there were only five original players from that first team. We had to strip it. I look back on those days, and each year that I was there was a great growing experience for me. It was a great chance to grow with the young team. We just didn’t get it done fast enough. But we brought them through the salary cap era.”‘

No hard feelings (New Orleans Times Picayune)

Wind, rain and a steady Brees? (New Orleans Times Picayune)

RB Bell misses second straight practice (Baton Rouge Advocate)

Greer says New Orleans was best possible option (AP)

Saints at Bills Game Guide (NewOrleansSaints.com)

‘Jackson, who once made $100 a game playing for the Sioux City (Iowa) Bandits of the United Indoor Football League, now has 328 yards from scrimmage filling in for starter Marshawn Lynch, who is under suspension for the first three games. Johnson has 352.’

‘”The people who really know me … know my heart,” he says. “They know I didn’t mean anything. I didn’t say anything intentionally. It wasn’t malicious. And when people try to make me out to be the bad guy, and say something, and make me, to the public, say something that I didn’t mean, then that’s when I have to try to explain myself.”‘

‘”That’s pretty much it – there’s two people,” he says. “When I’m around and it’s lights, cameras, action – that’s pretty much the T.O. side of me. A lot of it is playful, playing to the cameras. A lot is Hollywood. It’s pure entertainment. That’s what fans and people come out to see.”‘

‘Fewell suggested the Bills will not change their defensive game plan against the Saints, and is confident a four-man rush will be enough to pressure Brees. The question is where that rush will come from because the Bills have mixed it up by dropping linemen into coverage while rushing linebackers and defensive backs.’

‘The Saints have been getting informal scouting reports from Greer about some of Buffalo’s personnel this week. Greer said he’s certain the Bills intend to counter his knowledge of their squad and to try to exploit their knowledge of him. “They know that I know who I’m playing,” Greer said, grinning. “I know their personnel. … I’m sure they’re doing something to game-plan me, to say, ‘What used to get Jabari in practice?’ So this is just one of those games where, you know, I’m looking at them, they’re looking at me, and y’all are looking at us-and it’s fun.”‘

‘He’s the only back in the NFL with over 200 rushing yards and 100 receiving. The most known unknown indeed. “That says what it is,” Jackson said Thursday afternoon in a phone interview. “Nobody knows me, but I feel like I’m starting to make a name for myself.”‘

‘Saints 35, Bills 21.’

‘Saints, 38-17.’