Archives for September 2011

‘But, hey, Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has thrown for seven touchdowns in two weeks, too. The cheers can echo until Sunday. Enjoy it while it lasts, Buffalo.’

‘”If we want to change things around here, this is where we’ve got to start,” Johnson said Monday, a day after Buffalo’s thrilling 38-35 comeback win over the Oakland Raiders. “We know that they’re the team above, but we feel like we can go out there and beat these guys.”‘

‘The Patriots have a 15-game winning streak over the Bills heading into Buffalo for Sunday’s game. But both teams are 2-0 this season with high-scoring offenses.’

‘Twenty-four hours removed from the game, Johnson revealed the soreness of the groin was there. “I can feel it when I walk now,” the wideout told reporters. “Last week I didn’t feel it when I walked, only when I got on the field. But now it’s just there. So I guess with the extra treatment this week I’ll be ready to go.”‘

‘”That was really the spark that we needed that got us going,” says quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. He’s been doing that since he’s been here. He’s really the one guy that gets us going offensively.”‘

‘”I can feel it when I walk now,” he said. “Last week I didn’t feel it when I walked, only when I got on the field. But now it’s just there, so I’ll get some extra treatment this week and be ready to go.”‘

‘Steve Johnson was a seventh-round pick; Donald Jones and David Nelson were undrafted free agents; tight end Scott Chandler was waived by the Cowboys. Those four guys, all on minimum salaries, combined for 24 catches and three touchdowns in Sunday’s win over the Raiders and are a big reason the Bills are 2-0.’

‘This is no time for any Bills fan or me to be saying “I told you so”. Yes the Bills are a surprise 2-0 and they have looked like one of the best offenses in the league through the first pair of games. But as everyone has learned in the past, this is a long NFL season and so many things can happen to derail a good start. But can you argue with the fact that Chan Gailey knows how to coach offense in the NFL?’

‘”Chan said after the game ‘2-0 feels good but 2-0 (also) feels right after all the work we put in.’ And with what we think we have in that locker room, 2-0 feels right.'”‘

‘”We needed a big play and I felt like if I can get a spark just by making a play, everybody would feed off of it and we did,” he said. “Everybody wanted to go out and make a play. We saw Stevie hobbling around out with cramps, but he wanted to be on the field to help this team with a victory. Anytime you’ve got guys willing to put in the work like that we’re going to be a hard team to beat.”‘

‘"I think it’s taking away from the tailgating and getting amped up for the game," he said. "I think it should go back to the way it was."’

‘”I can’t recall one ever like that,” Gailey said. “That was an amazing gut check by our football team.”‘

‘”I wouldn’t necessarily call it a struggle, I’m not going to sit here and lie to you, it wasn’t a struggle,” McKelvin said. “You’re going to give up plays, you’re going to make plays. Obviously I got beat on a go route and things like that, but [Moore] made a great play. It’s not like I wasn’t there. There was one pass where I wasn’t there so it wasn’t like I wasn’t struggling, I played great defense. I just didn’t make the play.”‘

‘”Blue-collar town and I’m a blue-collar guy,” he said. “You know, I’m not overly gifted in any kind of way, I just work hard, just like the community. I really felt like I fit in great here.”‘