Archives for December 17, 2012

‘At one point, Lynch ran nearly untouched for 54 yards up the middle.’

‘However, Goodell happens to be from Jamestown, N.Y., hard by your Buffalo, and he’s not going to want to see his childhood team move. Plus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is thinking of a presidential run in 2016 and he’s not about to wear a lost Bills franchise.’

‘They are the first team since the 1986 New York Jets to give up 45 points or more four times in a season. (And that Jets team actually won 10 games!) Their supposedly revamped defense is tied for 30th in the league in points allowed (28.7 ppg), and is dead last in yards per rushing attempt allowed at 5.1 yards per carry. The team’s five wins have come against opponents with a combined record of 20-50, and the Bills have won just one game against a team (the Patriots in 2011) that finished the season with a winning record since Coach Chan Gailey took the helm in 2010.’

‘When asked if he felt anger at the performance, he admitted, “You are angry, you’re angry at yourself because you did not get the team ready to play at the level they needed to win the ball game. “When they do not play well, the buck stops with me. I understand that.” That’s what we’re thinking too, Chan.’

‘Caring about the Buffalo Bills must be a real downer. Glad we don’t have that problem.’

‘The sprawling parking lots and fields of that suburban enclave were instead a barricaded street flanked by glass condominiums. In place of billowing barbecue smoke from tailgate cookouts, there was nothing – except maybe a fleeting whiff of marijuana.’

‘The Bills claimed they studied those tapes. They claimed they prepared for it all week. What a waste of a week of practice.’

‘Lynch added a 13-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, the 28th of his Seahawks career. The Bills as a team have rushed for 27 since Lynch was traded.’

‘You know things are bad when the opposing coach is worried about running up the score. In truth, the Bills’ latest embarrassing defeat could have been much, much worse.’

‘”You get beat like that, there’s nothing you can take away from this game that you can walk away and say you’re proud of,” he said. “Yeah, it’s good to rush for a thousand, but when you get your brains beat in like that, there’s nothing to be happy about.”‘

‘Fans were chanting, “Let’s go Blue Jays” in the final seven minutes.’

‘Buffalo was overmatched and outsmarted from the jump. Buffalo was pathetic on both sides of the ball. The Bills let a rookie quarterback play like Fran Tarkenton. With 6:40 left in the first half, five Seahawks already had gains of 20-plus yards. The second half didn’t get any smoother for the Bills. The Seahawks continued to push them around. The Bills just took it.’

‘The St. Joe’s and University at Buffalo product was one of the final cuts from the Bills following training camp, and has since been working out at the Northtown Center at Amherst.’