Archives for November 10, 2014

‘This was a sickening loss for the Bills, which makes two in two years at home to the Chiefs, who had no business winning. Buffalo’s red zone problems were costly, and the Bills made too many huge mistakes at the worst times. This team isn’t good enough to overcome those gaffes.’

‘But, alas, the ghosts in Buffalo’s closet are still very much alive.’

‘As has happened repeatedly in the 14 straight seasons in which Buffalo has missed the playoffs, it just can’t get the job done when the game is there for the taking.’

‘Jamaal Charles also scored on a 39-yard touchdown run as the Chiefs (6-3) scored twice in span of 4:31 to overcome a 13-3 deficit. The Chiefs defense then made a stand at its own 15 by forcing Bills quarterback Kyle Orton to throw four consecutive incompletions and turn the ball over on downs with 2:32 left.’

‘”If you (expletive) up on any kind of thing you’ve got going on … this is my job. It’s my job. I take this (expletive) to heart.”‘

‘”No, not at all,” Brown said. “He made a heck of a play on the ball. When we get down there we just have to do a better job. We got to finish. Myself included.”‘

‘”It’s frustrating because when you get down in that area you want the ball,” Dixon said after the game. “You feel like you want the ball. You feel like you deserve the ball to send a statement. You have to punch it in. The good teams in this situation is going to punch it in. We didn’t get that done, and that’s something we have to go back to the drawing board and look at and get better at it.”‘

‘”It was always the plan to be out there and complete with these guys. It was a big game for us and unfortunately we were unable to get the win.”‘

‘The Bills had plenty of chances to put the Chiefs away early, but three times they had to settle for field goals once they made it into Chiefs territory. In four trips to the red zone, the Bills had six points.’

‘”Scott said it was terrible and I think I was yelling at the ref when they showed the replay. I’m not saying anything bad about them. I’m admitting that I was yelling at them on the field.”‘

‘It was Chris Wilhelm of Lancaster, Pa.’

‘I can’t fault Doug Marrone for the fumbles. However, he was extremely conservative once again. The Bills kicked a field goal on fourth-and-two at the Kansas City 3-yard line, and later punted on fourth-and-one at their own 41. Buffalo was also atrocious in the red zone, especially on the second-to-last possession. The defense was caught unprepared on Kansas City’s touchdown on fourth down.’

‘If the Bills want to make the playoffs, they need to solve their red zone woes. This was a game they should’ve won. The defense was up to the task. But the offense failed. You can point to other plays in the game, such as Leodis McKelvin’s fumble in the fourth quarter, but it was the offense’s weak play throughout the day which was the biggest reason why Buffalo lost this game.’

‘”At the end of the day, we didn’t make enough plays to win,” Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams said. “(There are) a lot of things we have to correct and we have a short week coming up. (It is a) division game, another AFC game, (against) a team that’s playing well, so we have to go in and get it corrected and get ready to go.”‘

‘Rebecca, who attends Jefferson Middle School, has made it to the final elimination round of an annual contest that affords one New York state resident between the ages of 8 and 12 to become junior general manager of the Buffalo Bills over a 24-hour window.’