Archives for January 12, 2011

‘”I think our guys came to understand exactly what we were trying to get done,” said Gailey. “We saw the coverages that we expected every week and the receiving corps gained familiarity with the quarterback and the quarterback gained familiarity with the receiving corps.”‘

‘"Outside of the last two weeks, we played a lot of great football this year," Jackson said. "With the three overtime losses and even the six-point losses here and there — I think there’s a lot that we can take from this year. I think there’s a lot of people in this locker room that feel this way and feel like we’re going in the right direction. We’ve just got to go back and clean up a bunch of little things. Hopefully we can start out a lot faster than we did this year. … I think we’ll have a chance of improving our record a lot."’

‘Through the lens of childhood, Gilchrist was the Bills. I remember the awe in the voices of my brothers when they spoke of him. I remember that he was loud, and confident, and a true character. I remember that he made me feel as if Buffalo was the absolute best at something, a feeling we’ve all been searching for – with all these Upstate cities – for many years.’