Archives for December 2013

‘Buffalo went 59 minutes and 40 seconds of Sunday’s game without a turnover, and then coughed the ball up on consecutive possessions in a 31-31 game at the end of regulation and in overtime and it cost them a win against the Falcons.’

‘”Our offensive line did a great job blocking and Stevie (Johnson) did a great job blocking and I just didn’t finish the play,” said Spiller. “It should’ve been a touchdown. It’s probably the first time I’ve been caught like that. Those guys did a great job up front and I got up in there and saw daylight and just tried to hit it. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish it.”‘

‘think those guys did a nice job, they knocked it out. At the end of the day, you don’t like it to come down to those plays. There’s other things that go on during the game and that’s what we have to do a better job all around so that things like that, the game doesn’t come down to that at the end. We want to be better than that.’

‘Yeah, I mean it’s a crazy game. Football is a game of making plays, honestly. We had the opportunity to make them and we just didn’t today. That’s the disappointing part of the game but nonetheless you still have games left to play and have to look forward to that.’

‘We had a great day running the ball. That was our goal coming into the game, we wanted to run it. Like I said, during the bye week we were going to fix the running game and today was a great example of that. The guys did a great job upfront blocking and we just tried to find holes and take advantage of them.’

‘Kickoff returns have faded into near-irrelevancy around the NFL, and they’ve become downright moot for the Buffalo Bills.’

‘Still, it’s fair to ask, which is the real C.J.? The runner who terrorized defenses last season and reached 1,000 rushing yards faster than any back in 78 years? Or the guy who has put up single-game rushing totals of 9, 11, 23 and 6 yards this year and virtually disappeared from the passing game?’

‘Bills 30, Falcons 20.’

‘”I think that Toronto series has turned into pretty much a joke,” Wood roared. “I think they started it hoping that we’d have a lot of fan support in Toronto. We have none. And it’s a bad atmosphere for football. I mean, nobody wants to play there. I guess for opposing teams it beats the hell out of going into somebody else’s stadium and dealing with a bunch of crowd noise.”‘

‘Bills 24, Falcons 17.’

‘When an NFL team has only eight home games, giving up one – no matter the profit margin – is extremely punitive.’

‘But the Falcons’ defense has been the real problem, ranking 27th overall, 28th against the run, 24th versus the pass and 29th in points surrendered.’

‘The Falcons, 2-9, unraveled early, losing four of their first five, the defeats coming by an average of under five points.’

‘Without local ownership, there would be little reason to keep the Bills in a place where Wilson had to buy some 3,500 tickets to his team’s Nov. 17 home game to avoid a television blackout.’