Archives for October 6, 2014

‘In the third quarter Buffalo’s offense came to life as they executed two long drives, one of which resulted in a missed field goal and one a make. On their first possession of the fourth quarter Buffalomarched 74 yards in just under four minutes and capped off their drive with a 2 yard TD pass to Chris Gragg on 1st and goal. Fred Jackson would then power his way into the end zone for the two point tying score to make it 14-14 with just over nine minutes to play.’

‘It wasn’t immediately evident that it was the right move, but as the game wore on, the experience and poise of Orton started to ooze out.’

‘Fred Jackson…was…well…the Fred Jackson we’ve known and loved, giving every drop of energy he had, initiating contact, bouncing off hits and grinding out yard after yard against one of the best defenses in the NFL. Jackson finished with 108 yards from scrimmage.’

‘The 2014 season is alive and kicking. Drink it in.’

‘It was painful to watch C.J. Spiller try to take every ball outside and get stopped every time. Spiller just refuses to run the ball where the hole is and had seven yards on nine carries. Fred Jackson averaged 4.5 yards per carry and was willing to stick his nose in and get the tough yards.’

‘-You’d have to imagine the Pegula’s like the way the defense is playing. Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz was carried off the field on Sunday. The former Lions head coach certainly had his unit ready to go and it was the defense that kept the Bills in the game. Marcell Dareus seemed inspired to help the cause. The defensive tackle was an absolute monster. Dareus finished with a career high three sacks. He was dominant at times as the Bills harassed Matt Stafford throughout the day and held the Lions to only 1-for-11 on third down and 7 offensive points. Granted the Lions Alex Henery missing three fIeld goals obviously helped, but the defense more then did it’s part.’

‘At times it felt like an extension of that brutal last preseason game between these two teams, but what matters right now is this: 3-2 and New England.’

‘If a team is going to make a run at a division title they need to win games like this. They played poorly for most of the game offensively and were playing undiscipline football but there defense kept them in it. They battle back and showed some grit and in the end pulled the game out. Were they a bit lucky that the Lions kicker missed three field goals? Of course, but you need some luck to get to the playoffs and the Bills took advantage. Somewhere in the sky Ralph Wilson is looking down fondly on his team after they pulled out a thrilling win in the final game of his family magnificent ownership of the team.’

‘Coaching: Grade A-: It was a huge feel good victory in a season of them so far.’

‘The Lions kicker missed three field goals in the second half including a 50-yard attempt to break the 14-14 tie.’

‘”I mean it’s just an everyday thing for me,” he said of his stat line. “We’re just out there having fun doing what we love and playing together as a team.”‘

‘”I was thinking of how he’d be complaining about some of the calls in the first half,” said Brandon smiling in a jubilant postgame locker room. “I thought a lot about him today. I thought a lot about him on the way over (to the stadium). We usually talked before the game.”‘

‘”Obviously, it’s good. I don’t want to say that, but we’ve all got to get better. We really do. There were a lot of things out there today and our guys fought. Defensively, they made a lot of plays, but we had penalties that we shouldn’t have. Our first downs were very poor. So, we’ve got a lot to do, but the quarterback, Kyle (Orton) did his share to help us win the game, which obviously we needed from him. And there were some other guys that made plays around him. But all in all, there’s no doubt we’re working out here. It’s hard to win on the road. We’re excited, but we know that we have to do things better as we go forward and that’s going to be the point of emphasis during the week, and that is every week.”‘