Archives for June 11, 2014

‘”Bills fans seem to have a taste for beer before noon on Sundays,” he said.’

‘”Y’all have been talking about drafting a tight end for four years now,” Chandler said after practice Tuesday. “So I don’t really pay much attention to it. If they draft a guy, I’m going to do my best to help him out and be a mentor, but right now we’ve got the guys we’ve got. I think it’s a good group.”‘

‘”The general purpose is to restore some of the family environment to the stadium and downgrade a little bit of the emphasis on tailgating,” said Assemblyman Sean Ryan, a Buffalo Democrat, who said he was approached by the team to introduce the measure.’

‘But enough talk about The Big Game. We are not Indianapolis or Minneapolis and that’s OK. And people who say those two or Atlanta are proof that a new stadium gets you a Super Bowl and we should be in line too are just not thinking clearly.’

‘His lawyer has said the incident was simply an accident.’

‘The pre-trial intervention program, which Giddens said is common in cases of marijuana and cocaine possession, includes drug counseling and could eventually result in Dareus’ case being dismissed.’

‘There was frustration, Manuel said, “Sometimes I get frustrated because I know it’s there and if we have one misstep and it’s incomplete, that’s frustrating. I try to pride myself on knowing it so well, so you just have to keep rolling with the punches.”‘

‘”It hurts. It hurts everyone, physically. I mean, it hurts the fans, the region,” Marrone said. “The expectation going (into this coming season) is, you know, we’re going to make the playoffs. That’s what our expectations are, and we’re going to do everything we possibly can to get there, knowing that it’s going to be extremely hard, as far as the work — that’s what we’re explaining to our players. So that’s the league we’re in, and we have to win football games — there’s no doubt about it. We have to do it and do it the right way.”‘

‘”We put in a lot of offense so the communication part has been extremely important for us to make sure everybody is on the same page every single play,” said EJ Manuel. “That’s something that we’ve really been working on.”‘

‘”We are looking for certain things, and things that coach Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers bring to the table that would help us,” said Bills head coach Doug Marrone. “I think there are things we can do that help them prepare for the season.”‘