Archives for January 2, 2012

Audio clip featuring our fearless leader SDS.

‘Unfortunately, Johnson has shown disturbing signs of being a serial knucklehead.’

‘Johnson finished the 2011 campaign with a team-leading 76 receptions for 1,004 yards as well as a team best seven touchdowns. His season-ending numbers might have come closer to his 2010 figures of 82 catches for 1,073 yards had his Happy New Year end zone display not drawn a penalty flag prompting head coach Chan Gailey to bench him in the first quarter.’

‘Start fast, flame out.’

‘”I’m not going to say I’m deserving of anything and whatever happens, happens really,” Johnson said. “I’m not the guy that goes out and makes guarantees and say I’m worth this much or that much. I just put in work. Wherever I go I’m going to be on the practice field and they know I’m going to work hard. That’s how I got here to be in this position that I’m in, from working from Day One.”‘

‘That’s it. I’m done with the guy. OK, I gave Johnson a pass after the Jets debacle (which he probably dropped). I said the Bills should try to sign him to a contract extension, because he was their best receiver and they need to keep their top players. His childish behavior had hurt his team, but he seemed genuinely remorseful and promised it wouldn’t happen again.’

‘”It was bittersweet because I got two sacks but we lost,” said Heard following the Bills 49-21 loss to New England on Sunday. “I don’t like blowing leads because it’s mental and a big psychological block you have to get passed. I want to win. It’s frustrating. It’s nice to get the sacks because it was the Patriots but I wanted to go to the playoffs. I don’t like watching anyone play.”‘

‘The Patriots are an NFL-best 74-15 at home since 2002. That’s well ahead of the next best home team, Baltimore (61-21). Both totals include playoffs. The Patriots are an NFL-best 53-15 in division since 2001. Buffalo is 21-47 in division over the same span. New England has won nine AFC East titles in the last 11 years. The Pats have won 10 or more games nine straight seasons. That’s tied with Indianapolis (2002-2010) for the second best such stretch. San Francisco won 10 or more games in 16 straight seasons, from 1983 to ’99.’

‘had Pats off balance early with quick offensive tempo. Coach gets credit for sticking to guns and benching Stevie. Fake punt was a nice touch.’

‘Again, Johnson missed the point completely. It didn’t matter if he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong, he was told by his coach to knock it off, and he ignored the edict.’

‘Watching this game, and looking back on the way this season transpired for Buffalo, I find it astonishing that this team won six games, and one of them was against the Patriots. New England has a historically bad pass defense, and yet still, the disparity between these two teams is cavernous and doesn’t seem like it will ever close.’

‘It was the Bills who had the potent offense in the first quarter as they gained 185 yards and scored three touchdowns in the first 15 minutes. After that, it was a disaster and in the final three quarters as they never scored again while allowing the Patriots to score 49 unanswered points.’

‘Early in the game, the Bills wanted to throw because New England’s pass defense is awful, but once the Patriots started rallying, the Bills needed to establish the ground game and Chan Gailey never got around to doing it as he seemed to lose a grip on the flow of the game.’

‘The Buffalo Bills wide receiver may have kissed his hopes of re-signing with the Bills goodbye after another idiotic ‘hey-look-at-me post-TD end zone celebration on the final day of the season.’

‘Still, that acquaintance will likely not be forgotten as Johnson enters free agency in the offseason looking for a significant raise over his rookie contract. After being selected in the seventh round out of Kentucky and posting two ineffective seasons, Johnson broke out for 1,073 yards last season, meshing well with Bills’ quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.’