Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 9/15

by MattRichWarren on Sep 15, 2009 6:32 AM EDT

Whitner can relate to Bills fan’s pain – Inside The Bills
"We want to win," he said. "We needed a win, we had a win and we let it go. It’s tough. We’ve got to go back to work. It’s only the first game, but we can’t lose like this. We can’t lose these games."

Bills notebook: McKelvin says he'd bring last kickoff out again : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
"The doctors didn't give me a definite idea [how long he would be out], but they did say it will need surgery and then I'll go from there," said Posluszny, who indicated the injury happened sometime in the second quarter. "But I should definitely be back. From what they told me, it's definitely not an I.R. (injured reserve) thing. This injury isn't as bad because I only broke one bone instead of the two last time."

BillBoard: McKelvin: I'd do 'same thing'
On why he came out of the end zone: "When I caught the ball, I didn't know if I had two feet inbounds or if my momentum took me into the end zone. If I downed it, it may have been a safety. So I decided to bring it out."

Halftime observations from Bills-Patriots - AFC East - ESPN
Stuff from the first half.

Mike Reiss' blog - Breaking down the key play of the game - ESPN Boston
ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss looks at the kick return fumble from the varying points of view of the key players.

NFL Videos: WK 1: Fred Jackson Highlights
Bills RB Fred Jackson carried the load of the Bills offense against the Patriots in a 25-24 loss.

WGR 550 SportsRadio - Immediate Reactions
Nick Mendola shoots his thoughts after the game.

Buffalo Bills Report card | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Sal Maiorana grades the Buffalo Bills performance on Monday night. Trent Edwards leads the way with a B+ and the wide receivers earn a D.

BillBoard: Trent salutes O-line
"I really think we need to focus on how well the offensive line played tonight. I really feel like the three guys on that group that have never played in an NFL football game before to start on Monday Night Football, Week One, and to play the way that they did, I'm still very, very impressed. There were times I was sitting in the pocket taking two, three, four hitches and still no one was touching me. That's something we can gain positively from. ... The discouraging part is we came up short."

Bills-Patriots report card : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
A- for run defense and passing game, B+ to AVP. McKelvin and Moorman earned special teams a D.

Assailed Bills O-line performs well : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
"It wasn't inexperience," Bell said. "It's just making sure my head is even with the butt of the center. It's my job to get up on the line. On the false start, it was a lack of concentration. Those are mistakes I'll get cleaned up."

MNF a family affair for Ellisons : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
Keith started at outside linebacker for the Buffalo Bills against the New England Patriots while Kevin is a rookie backup safety for the San Diego Chargers, who visited the Oakland Raiders in the nightcap.

Scott Pitoniak: At least for one night, the Bills made this prognosticator look foolish
The Rochester sports writer looks at the good with the bad.

Fans need to settle down after Monday night - AFC East - ESPN
"Here are five reasons not to get too depressed if you're a fan of the star-crossed Bills. Cheer up, Bills fans. "

Game Recaps
Rapid reaction: Patriots 25, Bills 24 - AFC East - ESPN
Tim Graham breaks down the heart breaker.

Bills lose stunner in New England | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
In another game that no Bills fan will can possibly believe, the Bills lost 25-24 to the Patriots.

Bills lose heartbreaker to Pats : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
Mark Gaughan's game recap.

Buffalo Bills lose heartbreaker to Patriots | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
The Buffalo Bills lost in unbelievable fashion again on Monday night football.

WGR 550 SportsRadio - Patriots Survive Bills Potential Upset 25-24
Recap.

Pats' rally over Bills proves quality teams rise to occasion under pressure
The Patriots got outplayed and outcoached for the bulk of their Monday night game against the Bills, but New England came through just as Buffalo wilted under the pressure. Video confirmation of the game is also available.

Bills Tweets
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ain't no shame in that game

Twitter / Rochester D&C Writer Steve Bradley
"You’re wasting your time guys, I’ve got nothing to say." [T.O.'s response as he left locker room.]

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Sal Maiorana grades are pretty hypocritical for a guy who gave the Bills no chance of winning.

by Zumone on Sep 15, 2009 7:05 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, really.

Did you (or have any of you rumblers out there) Listened to Sal’s Bills podcast? I listened to the one from Sept 10th. It was in the wake of Turk and Langston going and it was the most negative, vitriolic, biased, own agenda having piece of BS I’ve heard in a long while. Basically it was 20mins of hating on everything to do with the current (and recent) Bills teams (except Russ Brandon stangley….)

You guys should check it out and laugh at their prediction for last night’s game………

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by SamUK on Sep 15, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Sal Maiorana’s podcasts are always extremely negative. You’d think the Bills are the worst team to hit professional football in the history of the league. I continue to listen to he and Leo Roth because it’s very good analysis, they know the team well, and they hit the topics very well. But their demeanor is extremely negative and unfairly hopeless. He even refers to himself as Ebenezer. It’s not like he doesn’t know.

I wish there was a podcast for the Bills that was as informed as Sal and Leo but wasn’t, as you say, vitriolic.

by Dyl on Sep 15, 2009 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Anyone else wake up this morning in the hope that it was a bad dream?

Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Sep 15, 2009 7:46 AM EDT reply actions

Yes

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by BillsNYC on Sep 15, 2009 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions

What I don't get....

Is how a team who practiced the no-huddle all offseason and preseason can look so disorganized running the no huddle on the last drive.

Anybody that was just happy to be in the game has become a pollyanna and is why we haven’t been to the playoffs in 10 years. The team keeps losing games like this, that’s all on coaching. Well coached teams don’t lose like this year after year.

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by BillsNYC on Sep 15, 2009 8:20 AM EDT reply actions

They looked disorganized because they had to run quick plays and took two sacks.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 15, 2009 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Anybody that was just happy to be in the game has become a pollyanna and is why we haven’t been to the playoffs in 10 years.

That makes no sense. How does a happy fan equate to a losing team?

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 15, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Two things that kept me up last night

1. Leo ran straight into that guy and allowed him to stand him up. Bad play kid, you have to be smarter.

2. Did Watson burn us on the same play for a TD twice? If so, that could be the place to pound on Fewell if you are so inclined.

Poor ball security leads to very painful outcomes

by Joe P. on Sep 15, 2009 8:27 AM EDT reply actions

exact same play. soft cover 2 with nobody roaming the deep middle

by dragonwag0n on Sep 15, 2009 8:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

they finally

figured out our red zone defense. We had cover 2 helping on Moss and welker on the outside. Scott I believe had Watson, and never even got his head around

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by MARVelous on Sep 15, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions