Archives for November 2013

‘”Did we run the ball like we wanted to? Absolutely not,” said Marrone. “I don’t think you need to be a genius to figure that out. How come? Why not? Very simple-it always starts with up front, because I’m an offensive line coach. We could have done a better job up front.”‘

‘”You just have to take what they give you,” said Spiller. “I think they game planned last time we played them where they wanted me to bounce a lot of stuff (outside). I’m going to do a good job of going back and studying that game and see what they did to try to do a great job of containing me and see what I can do differently.”‘

‘With EJ, and I think people have to understand that having lost those four weeks has hurt him. He’s really coming on. If you look at it, and to put things in perspective and I think it’s important, everyone knows he’s our starting quarterback, there’s no problem there and I’ve been questioned on it before so I’m going to use your question to answer a couple things.’

‘I’m just frustrated that we’re on the three game losing streak. I’m not frustrated with the amount that I touch. I’m just sick and tired of the losing.”‘

‘The Bills’ first four offensive plays were runs by Spiller, for a combined 9 yards. From that point, however, he touched the ball only seven times for the remaining 53 minutes of the game.’

‘Jackson took part in the first signing, on April 19, 2012, and the Lockport/Bills autograph “series” has grown to feature Bills luminaries such as Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Fred Smerlas, Joe Cribbs and Joe DeLamielleure.’

‘”I thought he was good enough to play, but I wanted him to play better,” said Marrone, who blamed Manuel’s inaccuracy on the young quarterback going through his footwork too quickly to effectively see his reads and deciding to check down too soon. I think what happens is you go into the game and things start to speed up a whole lot faster than you can simulate,” Marrone said. “I think that’s what happened.”‘

‘The Jets have been favored only once this season, and that was when they beat the Bills, 27-20, in North Jersey on Sept. 22.’

‘”It’s going to be personal,” Nelson said. “And I think you’ll see that on Sunday.”‘

‘Manuel still has a lot to prove at the NFL level. A lot…listen to me…he has a TON. If you polled Bills fans you’d probably hear most of them tell you they want to see a deep ball, right? Let’s take a look at two calls where the Bills tried to dial up something deep, only to be turned away.’

‘With a win over New York on Sunday, Buffalo will own a two-game home winning streak against the Jets for the first time since 2004-05.’

‘RB Fred Jackson joined Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas as the only Bills running back to gain more than 4,000 yards rushing and 2,000 yards receiving.’

‘”We’re going to have our work cut out for us this week,” said Eric Wood. “We’ve got to get it going. I don’t think there’s any magic formula other than just playing physical football up front and hitting the holes in the backfield, and then everybody making plays.”‘

‘A 6-3, 286-pound Southern Connecticut State product, Igbinosun entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012 before being released prior to the regular season. He spent a portion of his rookie season on the Practice Squad of the Dallas Cowboys and was released during the team’s 2013 training camp.’