Archives for September 6, 2012

‘It will be a good benchmark in finding out if this team is for real. I think they may be, it will be a closely fought defensive battle but the Bills should squeak by: Bills 13, Jets 10.’

‘”We absolutely trust him because we’ve got nothing but confidence in what he can do and what he’s going to do for us this year,” said David Nelson. “He’s our leader and as he goes, we go. If you ask any of the receivers, offensive linemen, coaching staff, we’ve got complete confidence in him and we know he’s going to get the job done and lead us to amazing things this year.”‘

‘"They’re gonna get after you," Fitzpatrick said. "They’re gonna not give us much time to throw. They’re gonna bump. They’re gonna play man coverage. They’re gonna disguise some stuff. It’s a great challenge for us right away, because this is one of the top defenses in the league every year, and this year will be no different."’

‘"I’m going to be myself, like always," Ryan said Wednesday on a conference call with the Buffalo media. "When I made the guarantee, I thought I was taking pressure off our team. We had come off two AFC Championships in a row, so I was like, ‘What’s left?’"’

‘"We talked before he went in the hospital and then I haven’t talked to him since he got home yesterday," Gailey told reporters. "We haven’t talked yet. I’m sure we’ll talk sometime soon though."’

‘Year after year, hope springs eternal when football season arrives.’

‘”You are not going to see too much in preseason of what they have in the basket,” defensive end Mario Williams said. “At the end of the day, not actually seeing them with live bullets together on a real Sunday, you don’t know what you’re going to get as far as Tebow, the Wildcat, and how they are going to attack you. We have to be able to adjust quickly, though, depending on what they do come out with.”‘

‘”You’re guessing what they’re going to do a little bit,” said Bills coach Chan Gailey. “I’m just glad we’ve had the extra day or two to get ready for it.”‘

‘”Probably the only thing worse than that would be the [Cowboys’ DeMarcus] Ware kid,” said Jets coach Rex Ryan, who used linebacker Aaron Maybin and defensive end Quinton Coples this week in practice to simulate Williams. “You don’t want to just leave anybody out there by himself down after down, but sometimes he will be by himself. Against any great pass rusher, you have to do things to help slow him down.”‘

‘”When you don’t know what you’re going to see, it creates a little bit of a problem,” the Bills coach said. “It does.”‘

‘”It’s tough because you really haven’t seen it up to that point with the preseason being that you’re facing them in the first game,” Mario Williams said today. “You kind of don’t know what to expect, they can do anything. It’s kind of you get your feet in the first half and try to adjust to it and try to see what’s going on and what they’re trying to do and how to track it.”‘

‘”You have to work on your whole game,” said Howard, who is preparing half for Williams and half for the Bills defense in general. “Technique, pass protection, run blocking. There’s definitely times where we’re focusing on individual players, but you really have to focus on the game as a whole.”‘

‘Transcripts of conference calls by Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey and defensive end Mario Williams with Jets reporters Wednesday afternoon…’.

Buffalo Bills defense kept in the dark about the NY Jets’ Wildcat offense featuring Tim Tebow (New York Daily News)

Rex Ryan says quarterback Mark Sanchez is ‘a strength, not a weakness’ for the NY Jets in 2012 (New York Daily News)

Mark Sanchez jokes that NY Jets owner Woody Johnson’s Tim Tebow comments all about ‘selling seats’ (New York Daily News)

NY Jets’ signing of Tim Tebow ‘rattled’ fellow QB Mark Sanchez, says Santonio Holmes (New York Daily News)

Santonio: Sanchez ‘rattled’ when he found out Jets grabbed Tebow (New York Post)

Howard’s big task: Stopping Williams (New York Post)

It’s time to prove he’s the Sanchise (New York Post)

Starting QB takes jab at Woody’s Tebowmania (New York Post)

Hunter has a lot to say (New York Post)

Sanchez: ‘I’ve got to play the cards I’m dealt’ (New York Newsday)

First test for Sanchez comes Sunday vs. Bills (New York Newsday)

Jets’ Wildcat package could cause problems for Bills (New York Newsday)

Jets’ new RT Austin Howard faces daunting task in blocking Bills’ Mario Williams (Newark Star Ledger)

Buffalo Bills know to expect Wildcat but little else from Tim Tebow and Jets, who will tailor it to be defense-specific (Newark Star Ledger)

Mark Sanchez says ‘I gotta play the cards I’m dealt’ with Tim Tebow, Wildcat (Newark Star Ledger)

Darrelle Revis says Jets excited for season to start, doesn’t know if he’ll cover Steve Johnson (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets’ Dustin Keller says he should be able to play against Buffalo Bills (Newark Star Ledger)

Mark Sanchez relishing responsibility (Bergen Record)

Marcus Dixon glad to be back (Bergen Record)

A Tackle’s Worst Nightmare (Wall Street Journal)

Sanchez establishing himself as Jets’ leader (AP)

WR: Tebow deal shocked Sanchez (ESPN)

Rex Ryan relishing underdog role (ESPN)

Tebow: It’ll Be Fun to Run Some of This Stuff (NewYorkJets.com)

Sanchez: Physically I Feel the Best I’ve Felt (NewYorkJets.com)

Rex: We’ll Get to See What This Team’s All About (NewYorkJets.com)

Cheers: Malone Takes Over Punting Job (NewYorkJets.com)

Dixon Returns, Malone Signs On to Punt (NewYorkJets.com)

Bills: We’re Not There Yet, but We’re Close (NewYorkJets.com)

Gameday guide: 9/9 Jets vs. Bills (NewYorkJets.com)

‘The Bills’ season opener at the Meadowlands Sunday leaves Williams eager and ready to finally start earning the six-year, $100 million contract he signed in March.’