Archives for October 2012

‘”I know this isn’t me,” said Williams of his first seven games in a Bills uniform. “I’ve said that before. I’ve never had something where it’s lingered this long, either its season ending or it goes over a week. This has been almost nine weeks now and that’s just been tough, but that’s part of it. You get injured. Everybody gets injured and set back. The biggest thing for me is just being able to rebound in the second part of the season and get after it.”‘

‘”My understanding talking with (head athletic trainer) Bud (Carpenter) and Mr. Nix and everybody is that Monday I’m going to start and come back and practice,” Caussin told Buffalobills.com. “That’s when my 21 days begin.”‘

‘The website Pro Football Focus doesn’t wait that long, however, and the results aren’t pretty through seven games for the Buffalo Bills’ second-year defensive end.’

‘When Williams had arthroscopic surgery on his wrist Tuesday, it was much to the surprise of the Bills.’

‘Personally I like Gailey and you have to give him credit for making the Bills offense better than it was before he got here. But Gailey has really made me wonder about his future based on many of the things I’ve seen over the last two games.’

‘Created by Byrd and his father, Gill, the Legacy Experience is a year-long series of activities created to strengthen the relationship between fathers and sons. The words above are some of the first participants in the program come across, setting the tone for what the Byrds hope are life-long lessons.’

‘When you consider that it occurred after the Bills gave Mario Williams a $100 million contract, making him the highest-paid defensive player ever in the NFL, these past two months rank among the most humiliating defensive stretches in the history of the league.’

‘Ask the good people of Niagara Falls how it worked out after handing blocks of prime downtown land over to developers who came to town 14 years ago with a grand plan. They’re still waiting for something – anything – to happen.’

‘So yes, here we are again, wondering when the misery will ever end, wondering when the Bills will ever become relevant. True, they could shock us all and turn it around; crazier things have happened.’

‘I often wonder what a regional airport and stadium shared by Buffalo and Rochester would’ve meant to both cities. Everyone got it wrong in 1972. Here’s a chance to get it right.’

‘Yes, our vision is big and bold – but it is also well thought-out and well-timed. It takes five or six years to complete a project of this magnitude, and starting now is not only realistic, it is urgent.’

‘The Bills have the fifth best record in the NFL in games following the bye week. Their 15-8 record is tied with Chicago, with only Dallas (16-8), Baltimore (11-5), Denver and Minnesota (17-6) and Philadelphia (19-4) more successful after the bye.’

‘”I really didn’t know the situation, honestly. It was all of a sudden – ‘you’ve been traded.’ I really wasn’t told anything as far as if I’d be playing, I was just told they wanted me here,” Jackson said this week. “That’s all you really can ask for, and just try to learn the offense as soon as possible and see how things play out.”‘

‘Over the next 18 months, the UB researchers will test 35 to 50 athletes from the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and area colleges, including UB, who suffer concussions in the 2012-13 season, as well as healthy control subjects.’

‘At times, it’s hard to stomach some of the decisions Ryan Fitzpatrick makes, and even more difficult are the absolute ducks he serves up to opposing defensive backs. We all remember the three interceptions – one a touchdown pass to a wide open Antonio Cromartie -he threw against the Jets defense in Week 1 to completely deflate an entire fan base that was ready to “Billieve” in this team for the first time in some time.’