Archives for September 2010

‘"This will be the 15th time I’ve played them. Everybody knows I’ve only beaten them one time, and that was the very first game of my NFL career (the 2003 season opener). It’s embarrassing."’

‘"He has done that in the past," Evans said. "But he’s also done one [safety] high, done three [deep]. This is a completely different team than years back when they could just play Cover Two and their front seven would run everything. They still have a very talented defense, but they do different things now. They do a good job of mixing things up, mixing coverages up."’

‘Patriots, 31-19.’

‘Whitner is right, though. The Bills are a laughingstock. They’re the Lindsay Lohan of sports, a lurid case study of repetitive dysfunction. They’re no longer seen as some drab mediocrity, but as quite possibly the worst team in the league, a joke of a franchise on a belated mission to bottom out.’

‘New England 31, Buffalo 14.’

‘Patriots, 31-13.’

‘Over that time, the Bills have become a symbol for futility in the NFL. They’ve had home games transferred to Toronto in hopes of shoring up a shrinking fan base, and some would argue they’re leading Jacksonville in the race to become the new Los Angeles franchise once Ralph Wilson, 91, is no longer the Bills’ owner.’

‘Patriots 31, Bills 20.’

Butler burned, but not beaten (Boston Globe)

Lockett arrested in Providence for disorderly conduct (Boston Globe)

Bills at Patriots (Boston Globe)

Five Things to watch in the Patriots/ Bills game (Boston Herald)

Help around the corner (Boston Herald)

Patriots must avoid third-and-wrong (Boston Herald)

Braced to improve (Boston Herald)

Trent Dilfer: Patriots’ attack went off track (Boston Herald)

Second-half nonproduction plagues Patriots (Providence Journal)

Patriots should extend win streak to 14 (Providence Journal)

Difference maker: Tully Banta-Cain (Providence Journal)

Pats’ lucky number is 13 vs. Bills (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Bills have been stampeded by Pats (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Brady ready to play for his crowd (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Patriots vs. Bills: Inside the Numbers (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Arrington takes a special approach to his role with the Patriots (Brockton Enterprise)

Process of filling Faulk’s shoes begins in New England (Brockton Enterprise)

No laughing matter (Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

Issues with Gillette (Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

Patriots keys to victory against the Bills (Springfield Republican)

Spiller, Bills no Pats’ pushover today (Lawrence Eagle Tribune)

New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills (Lawrence Eagle Tribune)

Pats enjoying a streak that means little (Portland Press Herald)

13 games, 13 Patriots wins (Portland Press Herald)

Bills, young Pats share much in common (Manchester Union Leader)

Brady & Co. go for 14th straight win over Buffalo (Nashua Telegraph)

Yes, Patriots will beat Bills at home (Nashua Telegraph)

Winning won’t solve Pats’ problems (New Bedford Standard Times)

Patriots looking to bounce back against Bills (Taunton Daily Gazette)

Bills just what the doctor ordered (Lowell Sun)

Patriots-Bills preview: It won’t come easy (CSN New England)

Bills Will Bring Running Back Trio, Strong Secondary, Little Else to Gillette (NESN)

Patriots sign LB Shawn Crable to 53-man roster (Patriots.com)

‘”Coach (Gailey) won’t say it,” safety Donte Whitner said, “but I know he wants to be the first to go up there and stop this streak.”‘

‘”I don’t know how much success I had,” said Edwards. “I played decent but I’d like to play a lot better. It’s all about time and getting used to my teammates and the scheme George Edwards (defensive coordinator) wants to put in.”‘

‘”We’ve got to get to Brady and just make him as uncomfortable as we can and if we do that we have an opportunity to win the football game,” said linebacker Chris Kelsay, one of only four Bills who has ever tasted a victory against Brady while playing for Buffalo.’

‘”Yeah, we have (been successful against the Bills),” Brady acknowledged. “Well, I think they’ve been in transition.” For seven years?’

‘”He’s fast,” Brace said Wednesday. “Fast off the back, you see that immediately. Really good quickness he reads the blocks pretty good and as an outside runner, he’s deadly. So you just have to watch him. He’s a weapon in every way, shape and form in the backfield.”‘

Patriots are all for it (Boston Globe)

Message is delivered in full (Boston Globe)

Belichick needs player to fit bill (Boston Globe)

A Light moment (Boston Herald)

Robert Kraft big fan of supporters (Boston Herald)

A short story with big twist (Boston Herald)

Team likely to decertify Monday (Boston Herald)

Darius Butler hopes to put Jets game behind him, but starting job not assured (Providence Journal)

Team may reinvent offense in Faulk’s absence (Providence Journal)

Studying pays off for Brace on field (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Buffalo out to halt 13-game losing skid against Pats (Brockton Enterprise)

Butler puts Jets game behind him (Brockton Enterprise)

Brace, Spiller old ACC foes (Attleboro Sun Chronicle)

Changes could be coming in the Patriots secondary (Springfield Republican)

Randy Moss pays tribute to Kevin Faulk (Springfield Republican)

10 things to watch in Patriots-Bills (ESPN)

Belichick talks job responsibility (CSN New England)

Butler confident he will start making plays (CSN New England)

Are You More Worried About Patriots’ Offense or Defense? (NESN)

Second-year players in first-team roles (Patriots.com)