Archives for December 2012

‘As for the Bills, the loss dropped them to 5-9, finally, emphatically snuffing out the last pathetic gasp they had of avoiding extending their league-leading skid of missing the NFL playoffs to 13 years.’

‘Surely the Bills defenders lost count of the times they thought they had him penned in, only to see him break off for a big gain, either with his feet or with his arm – take your pick.’

‘Since this braintrust took over the reigns at One Bills Drive, Buffalo sports a lousy 15-31 record, one of the worst in all of pro football. Fitzpatrick’s won-lost mark at the helm of the Bills, which includes six starts in 2009, isn’t much better at 18-31, an unacceptable result for a guy Nix and Gailey thought enough of to reward with a ridiculous six year, $59 million contract just over a year ago.’

‘The Bills, losers of six of their last eight, were completely befuddled by the Seattle attack before an announced crowd of 40,770 at the Rogers Centre.’

‘The crowd roared and many in attendance, especially the younger ones, danced along with him as Bills fans, for a few minutes, forgot about trailing 31-17 after two quarters.’

‘Buffalo suffered from turnovers, porous defence, and little offensive momentum in losing for the fourth time in the team’s five straight yearly visits to its Canadian home away from home.’

‘Wilson nearly out-rushed the entire Buffalo offence. (The Bills ran for 118 yards.)’

‘”My true heart is with the CFL, and it always will be,” Smith said. “I’m just here for a good time. I don’t think there’s a threat here, because I think it’s more of a novelty.”‘

‘But here’s the best thing that can come out of the Hawks beatdown of the Bills at the Rogers Centre. You can only hope Rogers Communications and Larry Tanenbaum now realize these games are just a bad idea and that they discontinue the series.’

In second straight rout, Seahawks rocket past Bills 50-17 (Seattle Times)

Russell Wilson’s legs adding another dimension to maturing offense (Seattle Times)

Suddenly, Seahawks playing like they have no limits (Seattle Times)

Pete Carroll explains fake punt was ‘automatic,’ not attempt to run up score (Seattle Times)

2 Minute Drill (Seattle Times)

Photo gallery (Seattle Times)

50 shades of gray for Seahawks (Tacoma News Tribune)

Clemons, Thomas shine for defense (Tacoma News Tribune)

Bills, Carroll have hard time defending Seahawks’ fake punt (Tacoma News Tribune)

Business as usual for Lynch against his old team (Tacoma News Tribune)

I told you these guys were good (Kitsap Sun)

Coach Carroll tackles change for children (Vancouver Sun)

Seahawks rookie QB Wilson turning heads (Sportsnet)

Seahawks run away with win over Bills (KIRO-AM)

Russell Wilson closing in on rookie TD record (KIRO-AM)

Photo gallery (KIRO-AM)

Wilson, Seahawks run record to 9-5 (Seahawks.com)

Primed for primetime (Seahawks.com)

Photo gallery (Seahawks.com)

Photo gallery (BuffaloBills.com)

Photo gallery (Buffalo News)

Photo gallery (Rochester D&C)

Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

Photo gallery (WIVB-TV)

‘Wilson scored on runs of 14, 25 and 4 yards and then hit Zach Miller for a 4-yard touchdown in helping the Seahawks score 31 points on their first five possessions. The defense then took over by forcing three consecutive turnovers to start the second half, including Earl Thomas scoring on 57-yard interception return.’

‘Buffalo is also missing defensive back/punt returner Leodis McKelvin because of a groin injury.’

‘The series has given the Bills a huge financial boost. They’re receiving more than double what they’d make if the games were in Orchard Park. N.Y., while being allowed to establish a foothold in Canada’s biggest market.’

‘”We played bad, we played poorly and if you play poorly against a good football team, you’re going to look extremely bad and we played poorly and we looked extremely bad. We did,” he added.’