Archives for December 17, 2009

‘Patriots 13, Bills 9.’

‘To make room for Incognito on the roster the Bills waived tight end Joe Klopfenstein. Incognito will wear jersey number 62.’

‘”It’s the Patriots. They’ve beaten us 12 straight times now. We’re trying to get rid of that. We want to. I haven’t beaten them since I’ve been here,” Fred Jackson said. “I want to get that first win and know what it feels like to beat the Patriots.”‘

‘"I think our guys have confidence in their ability to defend the pass and our plan of attack is try to limit them and shut their passing game down," said Fewell, who along with serving as interim head coach is also Buffalo’s defensive coordinator.’

‘The Buffalo Bills said Wednesday that there are approximately 2,000 tickets still unsold for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.’

‘The Bills are expected to start interviewing candidates to become either the new general manager or the new director of football operations sometime after Christmas.’

‘But at some point, it would be nice to see Brohm in an NFL game. Is it so hard to get a quarterback ready to run the Bills’ offense? We’re not talking about re-shaping President Obama’s health care plan here.’

‘"The guy’s a bum," Mitchell wrote. "Dirty and always will be. Really wish I was playin’ right now. Seriously. I know we’re in need of offensive line [help]. But this guy [stinks]."’

‘”That seemed like it was many moons ago,” Fewell said. “Even though we played at the beginning of the season, it seems like so long ago.”‘

‘”You can see him getting the team into good plays against looks they can take advantage of,” Belichick said.’

‘”To be honest, going into my junior year that was my thought,” Fitzpatrick answered when asked if Wall Street had beckoned. “That’s kind of the path you take. You study economics, you go to Wall Street for a few years, and then you figure out your life after that.”‘

‘”Really, kind of all the indications that we had were that he wasn’t going to play,” Belichick said. “Not only did he play, but he played very well. I’d say we under game-planned for him in that particular game.”‘

‘”I didn’t think the NFL thing was a remote possibility up until after my junior year when agents started calling me,” the Bills starter said yesterday. “Then, it was something that I guess I figured I had a chance at.”‘

‘”I don’t know if I was nervous; I was excited more than being nervous,” Fewell said. “I’ve often wanted to be a head football coach, so I tried to prepare myself for the opportunity. The way the situation occurred was out of my control, but probably more excited than nervous.”‘

On defense, Patriots are drawing upon a thin line (Boston Globe)

Still trying to talk this out (Boston Globe)

Defense keeps it simple (Boston Herald)

No ‘I’ in Vince Wilfork’s team (Boston Herald)

New-look Bills (Boston Herald)

ESPN duo: Randy Moss no quitter (Boston Herald)

Harvard kid answers NFL call (Boston Herald)

Pats defensive line beset by injuries (Metro West Daily News)

Fitzpatrick takes NFL detour (Metro West Daily News)

New coach Fewell has had positive impact on Bills (Providence Journal)

Defensive front is limping (Providence Journal)

Bills quarterback learned his trade while playing for Silver Lake’s Murphy (Brockton Enterprise)

Belichick recalls the night T.O. put on a show (Brockton Enterprise)

Brady still on the defensive about Moss (Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

Warren reports he’s ready to go (Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

Come later rounds, Pats would be wise to take Tebow (New Bedford Standard Times)

Pats find simple solution on ‘D’ (Worcester Telegram and Gazette)

Wilfork misses practice (Worcester Telegram and Gazette)

Patriots’ road to victory? (Lowell Sun)

Patriots deal with banged-up defensive line (AP)

Inside slant (The Sports Xchange)

Strategy and personnel (The Sports Xchange)

Notes, quotes (The Sports Xchange)

Warren on Wilfork, Brady on Moss; Wed notes (Patriots.com)

Patriots Locker Room Quotes (Patriots.com)

Bill Belichick Conference Call Transcript (Patriots.com)

Kevin Faulk Conference Call Transcript (Patriots.com)

Ryan Fitzpatrick Conference Call (Patriots.com)

Perry Fewell Conference Call (Patriots.com)