Archives for October 1, 2012

‘”The most discouraging thing about it is that they literally ran three running plays. They ran the same thing over and over and over”, said Kyle Williams.’

‘The most disappointing thing about this is that the bold moves they made in the offseason were all directed to counteract Brady. Williams and Anderson were supposed to join Dareus and Kyle Williams in roughing up Brady the way the Giants did in their Super Bowl victories against the legendary quarterback. This was supposed to be the year when the tide would turn. The Bills no longer would be New England’s patsies.’

‘The worst part? In the locker room after the game, the Bills defenders could not explain what happened. They just got bossed around by a bunch of backs who don’t carry fancy names like Trent Richardson or Jamal Charles. It was one of those losses that aren’t fixed by just one win. Worse, whatever New England did with a substandard offensive line and an average stable of backs (unless the SEC really is the gold standard of American football) could be exploited by Frank Gore next week if there isn’t a simple answer.’

‘The combination of Stevan Ridley and Brandon Bolden accounted for 243 rushing yards and three touchdowns as the Patriots averaged a gaudy 6.2 yards a carry in the game. Buffalo also coughed the ball up six times with Ryan Fitzpatrick tossing four interceptions and Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller each fumbling in the game.’

‘To be honest with you, they whipped us. Bottom line, they whipped us. They blocked us, we did not get off blocks and get to the ball. They blocked us and they were making our corners make a bunch of tackles. We missed entirely too many tackles.’

‘We beat them last year. We were up three touchdowns last year in the other game. We were up two touchdowns in the second half this game. That is the most frustrating thing, I think, is for some reason these games especially versus these guys when they start rolling unfortunately we have not had an answer. We have to figure out why. We have to try to put a stop to that, but we did not have an answer today.’

‘We’re all disappointed in this, this was an opportunity for us and we didn’t take advantage of it. You’ve got to give (New England) credit, they had their back against the wall, came in and made plays when they had to.’

‘In a weird way the turning point in this collapse was a big play by the Bills. When Jones scored on his 68 yard catch and run it finally woke up the patriots and they just dominated the rest of the game like they have done so many times in the past.’

‘Dave Wannstedt couldn’t adjust when New England adjusted and the defense was just manhandled.’