Archives for November 12, 2012

‘”We knew that, every time we’ve played these guys, we’ve been successful moving the ball against them,” Spiller said. “That’s a great defense that we went up against and I’m proud of our guys, but at the same time, I’m very disappointed because we’re 3-6 and its pretty much a must win from here on out.”‘

‘Then, just like that, an errant pass after a great day from Fitzpatrick and hope is gone. It takes a lot out of you.’

‘”Penalties killed us and you can’t have that,” he maintained. “You get that many penalties against this team and Tom (Brady, Pats’ QB) and they’re going to beat you … point blank. We have to play smarter."’

‘”That was a rookie mistake,” Graham said. “I’m supposed to cross his face in the front, and it was a good pass. If I had crossed his face I probably would have made that play. So I take blame for that one.”‘

‘But they had 34 touches for 246 yards Sunday. They were the driving forces behind a club-record 35 first downs, surpassing the 34 gained against the Oakland Raiders last year.’

‘The Bills outgained the Pats, 229-153, the first 30 minutes. But the Bills made one turnover and the Pats made none. And the Bills had 10 penalties for 119 yards in the first half, while the Pats made two for 30.’

‘The Bills went to Foxborough with a sufficient offensive game plan to beat the Patriots. But they gave the Patriots one and a half football fields of penalty yards and committed three turnovers. You can’t beat the Patriots that way.’

‘After driving the Bills the length of the field in the final two minutes, giving his team the chance to pull off a monumental and perhaps season-altering victory over its most hated rival, Fitzpatrick failed at the absolute worst moment, which he has been known to do.’

‘Maddening, frustrating, in many ways sickening. Use whatever adjective you want, it was a loss, the sixth in nine games this season. Let the draft talk begin.’

‘After playing well in Houston, can Mario Williams keep it going? No. Did anyone even notice him out there?’

‘Wannstedt is doing a legendarily poor job of adjusting to what the other team is doing, and his guys do a lot of stupid things.’

‘The Bills fan corner of Twittersphere instantly went all torch-and-pitchfork on Fitzpatrick’s butt at game’s end. But we tweeted at the time that it didn’t appear to be Fitzpatrick’s fault. And it wasn’t.’

‘”It killed us,” said running back C.J. Spiller. “Third and 20, third and 15, chances of completing that are very slim to none. We inflicted ourselves with that stuff, and it’s something that we’ve got to straighten up.”‘

‘Center Eric Wood called Spikes a “headhunter,” and added, “I guess he was trying to take Fitz out of the game.”‘