Archives for December 15, 2014

‘”It’s just a huge, huge confidence boost,” said Rambo, Washington’s 2013 sixth-round draft pick out of Georgia. “It’s just going to allow me to play even faster and build confidence in myself that, hey, I can do this. I belong in this league.”‘

‘Kyle Orton went just 14-for-27 for 158 yards with an interception, while Fred Jackson gave 71 yards on 20 carries for the Bills (8-6), who have won three of their last four games.’

‘Bills safety Bacarri Rambo made his second interception of the game � and second of his career — after the Packers had driven from their own 2-yard-line to the Buffalo 34. Rambo’s 28-yard return gave the Bills a drive start near midfield and Dan Carpenter converted a 43-yard field goal to put the Bills in front 19-10 with 9:23 left in the fourth quarter.’

‘Despite another non-descript performance, quarterback Kyle Orton is likely to finish out the season as the Bills’ starter. Coach Doug Marrone maintains that Orton gives his team the best chance to win. Had Buffalo lost Sunday to fall out of the playoff picture, the team may have elected to give second-year quarterback EJ Manuel some playing time down the stretch. However, now that the Bills have a chance to end their 14-year playoff drought, they will stick with Orton. ‘

‘A Colton Schmidt punt gave the Packers the Ball at the 2 minute warning, but pinned deep in their own territory, Mario Williams made another outstanding play, stripping Rodgers of the football and causing a safety to seal the 21-13 victory.’

‘A fun day for the fans for sure. I’ll get around to worrying about their troubled offense again soon enough so don’t rush me. I may want to spend some time just staring at this defense.’

‘This was quite a way to end the home portion of the schedule and it means the Bills are still playing a relevant game as we move into week 16 of the season. Thats rarified air for this franchise. Enjoy!’

‘The Bills are 4-3 on the road if you count the game against the Jets in Detroit as a road game. They finish up in Oakland and New England. The fun part is at least game 15 is relevant. To me it’s relevant thanks to the best defense in the National Football League.’

‘With those two factors in mind, regardless of how poorly the offense has played, Marrone has a solid enough case built for himself to return for a third season. There will need to be a vast amount of changes to the offensive side of the ball, but working with what he has had to in 2014, Marrone likely won’t have to go searching for an assistant coaching job elsewhere come January.’

‘How do you cool off the most torrid quarterback in football? Easy. You call on Rambo.’

‘This one goes out to Jordy Nelson for dropping a perfectly-thrown 95-yard touchdown pass. Telling you, if there was a “God of football”, he was all about his Bills today.’

‘It is an amazing, fell good, fun win for the fans of the Buffalo Bills. They are now 8-6 and still in the hunt with two games to play after playing very well against two of the league’s best the past two weeks. The playoffs are still going to be very hard to achieve but it is awesome that they are still alive and they now have a win over an elite team under their belt. Even if the playoffs don’t happen this year has absolutely been a big step forward.’

‘Jim Schwartz may be seeing a head coaching offer or two in the near future. His unit is just getting better and better as the year has progressed and they were pretty good to begin with.’

‘Facing the highest scoring team in the NFL, and a team with the best turnover margin in the league, Buffalo’s defense held Aaron Rodgers and the Packers to 10 points through three and a half quarters. Special teams added a 75-yard punt return for a score and a quartet of field goals from Dan Carpenter to lift the Bills to a surprising 21-13 win over Green Bay.’

‘”We talked about it all week and I think we talked about it Monday or Tuesday-we’re not going to get caught up in the hoopla of who we’re playing, or the gauntlet of quarterbacks. We’ve played great quarterbacks. We’ve played well against great quarterbacks,” said Williams, knowing their divisional rematch with Tom Brady looms in Week 17. “The only expectation we had was to play well and win that football game. We were able to do that.”‘