Two Bills Drive

‘Under Reid, the Eagles are 4-0 after a bye week.’

‘McNabb is the worst quarterback in the league right now. It’s right there on the NFL stat sheet. His quarterback rating of 41.4 is the lowest in the whole league, worse than Quincy Carter in Dallas, Kordell Stewart in Chicago and Drew Brees in San Diego. McNabb is the only starting quarterback in the NFL who hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass yet, and with a completion percentage of 45.1, nobody’s hit targets less.’

‘”We’ve got to worry about getting a W,” Reese said. “That’s the most important thing right now. Trying to get a positive atmosphere around here. Nobody is giving up on the season. I’ll tell you what – a win does wonders to your psyche, to the atmosphere around here. We know the way we’ve played in the past. We can take one win and snowball it to two, three or four and get on a nice little roll. That’s what we need – to get that first one out of the way. It’s not going to be easy this weekend, though. I hope everybody is going to bring their lunch pails and their hats because that’s the type of fight it’s going to be.”‘

‘The injury bug has hit the running back corps of the Buffalo Bills, and it may give former Oregon State star Ken Simonton a shot at playing in his first regular season game.’

‘Henry’s backup, Sammy Morris, is expected to miss Sunday’s game while recovering from surgery to repair a sports hernia. That means third-string back Joe Burns will take the load during practice this week.’

‘Henry says he has cartilage damage and is still extremely sore. He did not practice Wednesday. Henry says he does not want to let his teammates down and will do anything he can to get on the field.’

‘"I’m just working right now and looking to do my best Sunday if they ask me to play."’

‘“I know that there’s been a lot of talk about whether he’ll play, and I can tell you what he told me and told the team this morning that he’s planning on playing,” coach Gregg Williams said. “He wanted to make sure they knew, and he is a warrior.”’

‘The Bills today announced that the team has added running back Nick Maddox to its practice squad and released practice squad wide receiver Jerel Myers.’

”’I know that there’s been a lot of talk about whether he’ll play, and I can tell you what he told me and told the team this morning that he’s planning on playing,” coach Gregg Williams said. ”He wanted to make sure they knew, and he is a warrior.”’

‘Maddox played at Florida State and signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent last spring before he was released prior to the start of the season.’

‘Trey Teague told us after the game that we (the media) put the Bills up too high when they win and too low when they lose. He’s right. The Bills aren’t a Super Bowl team, yet. But they aren’t as bad as the looked Sunday.’

‘"Right now Joe Burns will take the snaps and we’re going to continue to go on the fact that Travis will be ready to go," said Williams.’

‘MSM Sports Marketing Group has signed on handle sponsorships for Thurman Thomas Racing, the business venture launched by the former Buffalo Bills running back.’

‘"When you play in this league, every team that you go up against is so good," quarterback Drew Bledsoe said. "You’re going to lose games through the course of the year. That happens. But the thing we have to focus on is going back and correcting the things we made mistakes on. That’s where we have to put our focus. I think we’ve got enough veteran guys that we’re going to respond the right way to this loss. It’s a disappointing loss because it was a big game for us. But we’re going to come back and go to work and correct the things that we made mistakes on."’