Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 9/29

by MattRichWarren on Sep 29, 2009 6:54 AM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

Sullivan: When it came time to pop, Bills' Edwards cooked up a dud : The Buffalo News
This was bad, folks. It was even worse than any of the preseason disasters, because the first-team offense (minus Langston Walker, of course) was out there for the entire game. Trent Edwards, confronted by a team with dynamic linemen and a genuine pass rush, turned back into Captain Checkdown.

'Same ol' G' Lynch returns to Bills - AFC East - ESPN
Lynch was asked what he learned during his time away. "Same old me," Lynch said. "Same ol' G. That's not going to change."

Bills hope to get T.O. more involved | John Wawrow
Of Edwards’ 91 attempts this season, 78 have been short ones. As for the remaining 13 attempts that traveled 16 yards or more, Edwards has completed only four for 117 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Against the Saints, Edwards’ first 20 attempts were short passes, and he only attempted two deep — both incomplete to Owens.

Brown’s Best – Week 3 – Inside The Bills
An unusually short list from Chris Brown.

BillBoard: T.O. sounds off
"But [Sunday] as you saw, ... [the media] took some more than initiative to try to get me to kind of go down the wrong path. I know the last two teams that I've been on, I felt like I left those teams prematurely due to the media interviews that I've done and things kind of taken out of context, and they created sort of a media whirlwind in the locker room and things kind of went downhill from there. I'm just trying to do the best job I can do as far as answering the questions and trying to be a better teammate and not try to throw people under the bus.''

DiCesare: Saints' defense was on the ball against Bills : Bob Dicesare : The Buffalo News
The Bills mustered all of 243 yards, went 2 for 14 on third down, and surrendered four sacks of quarterback Trent Edwards as the Saints pressured him with alacrity. The Bills' longest play of the day came on a 25-yard touchdown connection between punter Brian Moorman and defensive end Ryan Denney off a fake field goal. Only one second-half possession lasted longer than five plays.

Bills Replay: Saints' rush kept heat on Edwards : Buffalo Bills : The Buffalo News
The Saints limited the Bills' running game and then brought plenty of heat on passing downs as Williams' defensive front had its way with the Bills' offensive line.

Buffalo Bills running back Lynch eager to get back on field | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Asked if being away from the game has made him hungrier to play, Lynch said, "Well, I'm always hungry and it's time to eat. I'm a ballplayer and it's time for me to go to work."

Buffalo Bills' offensive problems run deeper than T.O. | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Leo Roth and Sal Maiorana go back and forth over the problems with the Bills offense.

Niagara Gazette - BILLS DVR REWIND: Brees, Saints used early double move
Tim Schmitt takes another look at the game.

NFL.com Blogs " Blog Archive Bills could get boost with return of Lynch "
"It will be interesting to see how Lynch, who has rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons, is incorporated."

Bills Getting What They Paid For at OT : Buffalo Sports Daily
At this point, I can’t fathom the Bills not spending the money to make a veteran move at the tackle spot, even if Bell isn’t out for a significant length of time. Scott was uncovered yesterday, Chambers isn’t a NFL starter and Meredith belongs on the practice squad, not the field on Sundays.

Owens begins to stir the pot - The Globe and Mail
Give him the full benefit of the doubt and call it competitive frustration coming through, don't be quite so charitable and call it pure petulance: it doesn't really matter. It spells trouble either way.

Marshawn doesn’t care who #1 back is – Inside The Bills
How the two will be used remains to be seen, but in light of Jackson’s production it’s likely to be a 50-50 split.

Sunday's five least valuable players: JaMarcus and Friends! - Shutdown Corner
Terrell Owens, Wide Receiver, Buffalo Bills. Zero completions, zero yards, and zero touchdowns. Goose eggs all around for T.O. ... or, as he perhaps should be called, T.0.0.0.

T.O. keeps hammering on Harrison | ProFootballTalk.com
"Eventuall, he'll be hoping to forget all about what surely will be his only season in Buffalo."

New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills recap | New Orleans Saints Central - - NOLA.com
Recap of the game from the NO Times-Picayune.

Changing on a dime - Fantasy Updates
1. Terrell Owens and Lee Evans are both under 100 yards on the season. At least Owens was targeted deep twice Sunday, even though he didn't have a catch. Evans is averaging 11.1 yards-per-catch, almost five yards below his career average. The Bills offense should get more vertical, but probably not enough for either wide receiver to live up to their draft value. Still, it's not a bad time to buy low if it's low enough.

Bills Tweets
Twitter / BuffaloRumblings.com writer Brian Galliford
Trent Edwards had been sacked 35 times in 24 games entering this season. He's up to 10 through 3 games this year.

Twitter / Bills WR James Hardy
just got home from conditioning my legs real sore from the stare master lol.. bout to get a good meal in me and open some mail

Twitter / NBC and SI writer Peter King
Do not microanalyze QBs week by week. Give Edwards the year, then judge.RT @mlong_78: Should we have deeper concerns about Trent Edwards?

Twitter / Sal Sports' Sal Capaccio
@terrellowens Just watched the whole presser again. Why is this even news? TO handled it great. Some media outlets just have to BE the news.

Twitter / ESPN's Skip Bayless
Gruden talking about the T.O. of 2-3 years ago. Reason Jerry dumped him was because lost a step. Going on 36.

Twitter / WGR550's Nicholas Mendola
Say what you will re: Trent's struggles, but if Lynch/Jackson outgain his air total on Sun, the Bills win (assuming the total isn't 15 yds).

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Not really a big fan of some of Lynch's comments.

Same old Lynch? “Same ole’ G” ??? I sincerely hope he learned what it means to make wise choices and to understand how lucky he is to be where he’s at in life.

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

by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 29, 2009 7:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

… he was supposed to change his grammar use during suspension, too?

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 29, 2009 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

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

by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 29, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sully knows controversy, not Football.

Everytime I see a Jerry Sullivan column, one thing that becomes apparent to me is this guy has never played organized football. I can almost certainly say Sully has never been fooled on a play action pass, or a trap play, He is someone who writes about something he has never participated in, perhaps that is why he is so close to Mike Schopp.

But what sully does know is how to create controversey about a sport he has probably never played in an organized setting.

I consider his opinion worthless.

by The Buffalo Kid on Sep 29, 2009 7:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats true

I don’t even read an article if I see his name next to it. I think he should be let go and pick Brian up off waivers.

by south123 on Sep 29, 2009 7:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he’s a great writer and that article was pretty spot-on. My biggest issue with him so far this season is how he taunted Owens at the podium. I did notice he didn’t mention he was the one doing it. It’s definitely his east coast accent though.

I do agree with Peter King in that we need to hold off on judging Edwards on a game-to-game basis. It’s so hard not to as this organization has been quick to pull the plug in the past. We’re all accustomed to that mentality.

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

by TheAfghanTwilight on Sep 29, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate jerry sullivan. I always have. He just seems like he always has an agenda.

by quantumuprising on Sep 29, 2009 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t hate him, I just think he is an idiot when it comes to talking about football.

But he isn’t the biggest idiot who gets paid to comment about football.

That honor would go to Mike Schopp of WGR550.

This is a guy who admitted on air that when the neighborhood kids wanted to get a game of football going, he would try to get out of it and be referee?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

It’s amazing that people like him get paid to comment on something he knows nothing about through experience.

by The Buffalo Kid on Sep 29, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sullivan graduated from the University of Missouri, so his education in both organized football and respectable journalism is sketchy at best. However, if you’re interested in the fleshy dimensions of your cousin, he can likely shed light on those ambitions.
He’s not a bad writer – frankly he’s very good at couching insults in just enough sugar to make people want to swallow.
Must be tough to be him, though. To look in the mirror and have a hack tool staring back at you.

by LeClaireBill on Sep 29, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs