Archives for October 8, 2009

‘”I liked the way we played last week, not that you’re ever happy with a loss … I’m not saying that. But I did see a lot of encouraging things in all three phases. And the important thing is to take that from last week and apply it to this week and fix some of the things that we need fixed.”‘

‘”Maybe it challenges your manhood a little to wear pink on the football field,” he said. “But really for me, since my mother’s situation, it was an easy choice to make.”‘

‘Bills 27, Browns 21.’

‘Bills 20, Browns 16.’

‘”We’re 1-3 and a couple of plays here and there, as I’ve said before, I reckon would be definitely different,” said Buffalo wide receiver Terrell Owens. “We are just going to keep being loose, keep being ourselves, and keep working hard.”‘

‘”He’s very physical, runs really hard and he’s just a tough tackle. Guys have to wrap up and really hit him thick,” Corto said. “He gets yardage and is really effective at it. He’s a playmaker and in order for us to be successful this week, we need to gang tackle him and when we get a chance to hit him we’ve got to wrap him up.”‘

‘Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas will talk to young football players, their parents and coaches about skill development, safety and levels of play in a special program at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the Buffalo&Erie County Historical Society Museum, 25 Nottingham Court.’

‘It’s hard to believe a team that started on such a high note, almost defeating the New England Patriots and winning against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has sunk to such an unbelievable low.’

‘The optimal time to make an in-season change – or perhaps the least awful time – would be on a team’s bye week. That gives coaches and players more time to adjust to the change. The Bills’ bye week still is four weeks away.’

‘Meanwhile, the Bills remain a contented, underachieving bunch. They get blown out in Miami and Dick Jauron tells us how much he loves his players and how hard they play.’

‘It was asking a lot of Buggs to produce. He’s a 223-pounder who was undrafted out of Vanderbilt last year. He saw limited action in just four Bills games last season.’

‘"We need help in the middle, and so I felt like that was plan B if plan A didn’t work," said Fewell, who put the new-look defense through its paces Wednesday as preparation began for Sunday’s game against the winless Cleveland Browns at Ralph Wilson Stadium.’

‘If that were to happen, Jonathan Scott would move back to right tackle and Kirk Chambers would return to the bench.’

Cleveland Browns trade Braylon Edwards to New York Jets (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Edwards was Browns’ headache from the start (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Trusnik’s former coaches at Ohio Northern say newest Brown will bring hard-nosed play (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Edwards goes on defense in regard to his integrity (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Who benefits, who gets hurt from this deal? (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Some NFL coaches can coach ‘difficult’ players . . . some can’t (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Browns trade of Braylon Edwards the right move (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Timeline (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Edwards trade addition by subtraction (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

Browns trade Braylon Edwards: It’s splitsville (Willoughby New Herald)

Robiskie might get first start (Willoughby New Herald)

Braylon Edwards gone in a New York minute (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Bottom line, the time was right for Edwards trade (Elyria Chronicle Telegram)

Edwards trade good for everyone (Columbus Dispatch)

Browns say good-bye to Braylon Edwards (Canton Repository)

Stuckey expected to contribute (Canton Repository)

Browns notebook (Canton Repository)

Players stunned by Edwards trade (Akron Beacon Journal)

Browns reward Edwards for bad behavior (Akron Beacon Journal)

Trade of Edwards signals new era for Browns (Akron Beacon Journal)

Mangini jettisons Edwards to New York (AP)

Big catch: Jets acquire WR Edwards from Browns (AP)

Browns send WR Edwards to Jets (The Sports Network)

Inside slant (The Sports Xchange)

Strategy and personnel (The Sports Xchange)

Notes, quotes (The Sports Xchange)

Ohio native returns home (ClevelandBrowns.com)

What to watch for (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Hometown Huddle again a success (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Browns acquire players, picks in trade (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Robiskie visits Lancaster (ClevelandBrowns.com)

‘In 2008, Jauron’s Bills were 4-0 and feeling they had turned a corner in a decade that has seen disappointment compound disappointment. This season, however, the Bills are 1-3 and coming off an embarrassing 38-10 loss in Miami that stretched their winless streak in the AFC East to eight games over two years.’