Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 9/28

by MattRichWarren on Sep 28, 2009 7:01 AM EDT in News Comment 9 comments

WGR 550 SportsRadio - Immediate Reactions, Wk3
Game recap from Nick Mendola

Niagara Gazette - TIM'S TAKES: Enough 'shots,' Bills need some courage
To say the Bills have found a talking point in the short phrase is not to give it enough credit. Seemed like a full sentence couldn’t be uttered in the Bills locker room after Sunday’s pitiful 27-7 loss against the New Orleans Saints without mention of the proverbial "shot."

Owens, Evans incognito in Bills' offense - AFC East - ESPN
The Buffalo Bills astonished us all when they signed Terrell Owens, forming a dynamic duo with Lee Evans. Fans assumed they'd be Batman and Robin. They've turned out to be a couple of Alfreds.

Bills have no answer for Saints in 27-7 loss : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
The Bills' offense came crashing down to earth in a 27-7 loss to the Saints before 70,261 at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Quarterly report: Week Three : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
The News' Mark Gaughan breaks down the Bills' 27-7 loss to the Saints quarter-by-quarter, analyzing statistics, key plays and more. I like the second and third quarters best.

Bills-Saints report card : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
The News' football writers assign grades for different aspects of the game. Bringing up the rear was the passing game at D- but the pass defense got a solid B+.

Reception streak of Bills' Owens halted at 185 games : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
That's five catches for 98 yards through three games for Owens, hardly the kind of production for which the Bills paid him $6.5 million. He has been the target on throws just 13 times. He had games where he was thrown to more in Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Bills notebook: Defense stops Brees but still gets run over : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
The Bills sacked Brees, who was sacked just 13 times in 635 pass attempts last season, twice and pressured him into some rushed throws. One of the sacks came from defensive end Aaron Schobel, who forced a fumble. The Bills relied mostly on a four-man rush and flooded the secondary with defenders to take away Brees' passing lanes.

Scott Pitoniak: Bills offense regresses in loss to the Saints
You know it’s not a great day when your only score comes on a pass from your punter to one of your defensive ends.

Buffalo Bills two-minute read | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
A quick breakdown of Sunday's game.

Buffalo Bills Report Card | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
OL gets an F, lots of Ds, DL gets a B-.

Offense abandons Buffalo Bills in loss to Saints | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Coming off a solid victory over a bad Tampa Bay team the week before, the Bills couldn't build on that momentum and were thumped 27-7 by the New Orleans Saints on a cloudy but comfortable Sunday afternoon at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Terrell Owens fires back at Rodney Harrison - AFC East - ESPN
Rodney Harrison calls T.O. a clown. T.O. calls Harrison a cheater. Sadness ensues for everyone.

T.O.’s post game comments – Inside The Bills
They are short and deflecting.

Post game injury update – Inside The Bills
Donte Whitner, Bryan Scott, Leodis McKelvin, and Demetrius Bell all left the game early.

Buffalo Bills NFL News Updates - CBSSports.com Rapid Reports
With his third reception of the game, WR Lee Evans passed former Bills TE Pete Metzelaars for fourth place on the Bills' all-time receiving list with 303 receptions.

Pennington "doubtful" for Week Four | ProFootballTalk.com
If Pennington can't play, Chad Henne likely will get the start next week against the Bills.

I had a problem with Twitter this morning. I will add Bills tweets later this morning when I get to work.

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Am I the only one who had no issues with Owens' comments?

I think he handled the jibes from Sullivan et. al. well. Not that it’s necessarily the sentiment here (with people down on him), but what do people want from him? I sense most feel he needs to produce stats or else he’s open to a lashing.

It takes 2 to tango and Edwards is most certainly stepping on TO’s feet right now.

Twitter: helping to make anti-social people anti-socially social.

by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 28, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No I agree with you.

So did Mike Golic and Eric K this morning on ESPN radio. Other people are trying to make a big deal out of this like Rodney Harrison and even Tony Dungy on NBC. He called one of the reporters “sir” for crying out loud and didn’t say a negative word against his coaches or his teammates. What more could you ask for?

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 28, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right. I truly feel bad for Owens right now. I wouldn’t blame him one bit for wanting out of the ’Lo after this season.

He’s not on the same page (and some of that is his responsibility), but I think this organization needs to think hard why they brought him in. Evans and Owens are very talented people and they can run more than 15 yards streaks.

Twitter: helping to make anti-social people anti-socially social.

by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 28, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In fairness to the timing issue, T.O. was out for like a month of camp and the preseason so that was to be expected. By now, though, they should be on the same page.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 28, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs