Archives for October 5, 2014

‘Fisher was extremely positive about Manuel as a person and as a hard worker, but he was very open and honest with teams about how limited he felt Manuel was as a quarterback prospect.’

‘”If the Wilson era of ownership can’t end in Buffalo,” Lions President Tom Lewand said, “there is no better place for it to conclude than in Detroit, Mr. Wilson’s hometown.’

‘Lions 24, Bills 20.’

‘”The way he talks, the way he handles business, the way he looks at plays and breaks down defenses is kind of different than EJ,” Watkins said. “He’s really quick. The ball comes out faster.”‘

‘What emerges is the portrait of a self-made billionaire and his wife who have the usual trappings of money. Yet despite that wealth, they are described by people who know them as modest and anything but flashy. For instance, though his companies have access to three private jets, he prefers to drive himself more than 1,500 miles just to watch prospective hockey players.’

‘Pegula recently sold Five Star Athlete Management, an Atlanta firm that represents some four dozen NFL players, to avoid NFL conflict of interest rules.’

‘Lions 31, Bills 17.’

‘Manuel probably hasn’t played to a D-plus level (the Bills did win their first two games), but when you lose your job four games into a season, even when the team isn’t terrible at 2-2, the grade has to reflect that.’

‘”Next up, let’s go,” Hackett said. “You can’t really look back at it or anything like that. I support coach, he made a decision, and I have to do every single thing I possibly can to get Kyle Orton to be successful. That’s my first and foremost biggest goal.”‘

‘”To his credit, he showed a lot last week going against a player like J.J. Watt,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said. “At times, but not all of the time. Going in there and getting better as the game went along, at least in my opinion.”‘

‘Given that, we don’t know if the Bills, who traded their first round pick in 2015 to the Browns in order to select wideout Sammy Watkins, have the resources or the brass to draft another projected franchise quarterback next spring.’

‘”It is tough because you don’t know what throws he likes or what receivers he likes to go to,” Lions safety James Ihedigbo said. “But at the same time we’re going to prepare, (and) we feel like if we go out there and execute and play at the level we’re capable of, we’ll be OK.”‘

‘”From a personnel standpoint, obviously, he has a little insight,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said. “But again, the schematics, it’s different coordinators. Joe Lombardi and I worked together for a long time and you can see some similarities, but obviously you play to the strengths of your players. That’s about really the only insight that you get, and that’s a limited amount.”‘

‘The original Buffalo Bills uniforms were actually patterned after the Detroit Lions. The colors were light blue, silver and white and the helmet was silver with no stripe. They changed their colors in 1962 to red, white and blue.’

Lions expect Kyle Orton to bring ‘calmness’ to Bills (Detroit News)

Lions’ Bush says he learned from ’06 NFL draft (Detroit Free Press)

Lions’ Ross is making the most of opportunity (Detroit Free Press)

Lions won’t let fans down (Detroit Free Press)

Scouting report, prediction (Detroit Free Press)

Staff predictions (Detroit Free Press)

Detroit Lions hope LaAdrian Waddle will shore up protection issues (Ann Arbor News)

Detroit Lions know Jim Schwartz will come after them in his return to Ford Field (Ann Arbor News)

Presence of Kyle Orton, absence of Kyle Williams good news for Lions (Ann Arbor News)

It’s Gameday! Detroit Lions welcome back Jim Schwartz and the Buffalo Bills (Ann Arbor News)

Get to know, Buffalo: We know where you got your first uniforms (Ann Arbor News)

3 players to watch: Detroit Lions get back a key starter and debut a running back vs. Bills (Ann Arbor News)

Darius Slay, Rashean Mathis solid play a boost to defense (Oakland Press)

The reasons are many the Detroit Lions are off to fast start (Oakland Press)

Five keys to game against Buffalo Bills (Oakland Press)

Lions vs. Bills preview (DetroitLions.com)

Opposing view: Reasoning behind Bills’ QB change (DetroitLions.com)

Lions-Bills connections (DetroitLions.com)