Archives for September 2012

‘Deputies said Murphy appeared to be intoxicated. He told deputies that he works at the Oak Run Golf Course and said that after work he stayed to watch the football game and drank nine beers before driving home.’

‘In a league full of parity, the Bills have missed the party. The body of work is not as inept as that of the Browns, but it is ugly. And the Bills don’t have the excuse of having been without a franchise for three years.’

‘He scored a lot of touchdowns at Clemson, so he’s a player. He has been in a sharing role because the Bills’ two best players are arguably their two running backs, Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller. Jackson’s out several weeks with a sprained knee. He won’t play against the Browns. But Spiller averaged 90 yards from scrimmage and started the last six games last year. He’s off to a great start. The Bills have a pretty good offensive line, and he’s legit. This isn’t a flash in the pan. He’s a talent.”‘

‘The two worst finishes in the NFL last year were posted by Cleveland, which lost nine of its last 10, and Buffalo, which dropped eight of its last nine.’

”’The biggest thing is not being on the cereal box, it’s the opportunity and the chance to give back to those who need help,” Williams said at a Buffalo-area supermarket. ”My father was actually diagnosed two years ago with colon cancer, so I definitely know what it’s like to go through with a family member having cancer.”’

‘Six years after entering the NFL as the third player taken in the draft, Vince Young finds himself without a team and with only a fraction of the money he received from a contract that guaranteed him $26 million. The question is, where did it all go?’

‘”You have to make sure when you have a win like this, everybody’s happy and upbeat but there’s still a lot we can learn from that game moving forward. You do the same thing, you evaluate what went right and what went wrong. You learn from it. You put it behind you and move onto the Browns. That’s the nature of the NFL. You saw when we went out there, we didn’t carry what happened the week before with us in terms of hanging our heads or being discouraged. We went out there facing a new opponent with a new week and we played well. That’s what you have to do in this league.”‘

‘While it’s early it’s easy to see why Buddy Nix joked that watching film of Glenn cheers him up when he’s down. Glenn appears to be the final piece to what has turned into a very solid line.’

‘Gailey needs to let run free like he did against the Chiefs and allow his speed open up Fitzpatrick’s passing lanes. It may be a physical, bruising running style, but it may be the way to make the Bills’ offense most effective.’

‘”(Sunday) was a completely different approach. We were trying to go out there and impose our will, and not have to take a punch to be able to react. We did it on offense, defense and special teams. We won the field-position battle, the offense put points on the board, the defense got off the field on third down and this is what happens when all three phases are hitting on all cylinders.”‘

‘”Any time you’ve got a guy like that on your team, it opens up things for other guys. Some of the things he does are amazing,” defensive end Chris Kelsay said. “He’s obviously a great player. I’m biased because he’s a close friend, but he’s a huge asset for this team.”‘

‘”Yeah, the O-line is kind of picking up where we left off last year,” Wood said. “We’ve got a good group. It’s a pretty deep group. But we come to work every week. We’re going to try to play consistent ball all year. We’ll have some ups and downs, but after two weeks we’ve been able to put together a couple of pretty good performances.”‘

‘Orchard Park police also were out on patrol Sunday at the game. Six people were arrested on marijuana-related charges, three people were charged with underage alcohol possession, and two people were charged with soliciting without a permit.’