RedEyE
10-07-2004, 04:18 PM
Players Need to be Held Accountable
Alex Van Pelt, buffalobills.com
10/05/2004 3:00 PM
Former Bills quarterback and current radio color analyst, Alex Van Pelt, sits down with buffalobills.com every Tuesday to offer his insight to last week's game, this week's game, and his performance in the radio booth.
The Patriots game on Sunday was exactly how I expected it to be. It was a hard-fought, physical battle with a division rival. Both teams came out with a lot of intensity and a lot of enthusiasm, the crowd was into it and it turned out to be a great game.
more....> http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=2781
I especially enjoyed this part:
The players need to be held accountable for their actions. You hate to take your best players off the field, but you have to send a message. You can't play stupid football. Stupid football will make you lose every time, it doesn't matter if you're the most talented team in the league. If you don't play smart, you're not going to win. That's been the biggest issue so far. Until they get this problem cleaned-up it's going to remain a serious issue. Obviously you hate to take certain guys off the field, but if you have repeat offenders that just aren't getting the message then maybe, you need to bench them. Hopefully it won't come to that, but if you're able to damage a guy's ego he may think long and hard about what he's doing on the field and it may help to fix some of those mistakes.
Alex Van Pelt, buffalobills.com
10/05/2004 3:00 PM
Former Bills quarterback and current radio color analyst, Alex Van Pelt, sits down with buffalobills.com every Tuesday to offer his insight to last week's game, this week's game, and his performance in the radio booth.
The Patriots game on Sunday was exactly how I expected it to be. It was a hard-fought, physical battle with a division rival. Both teams came out with a lot of intensity and a lot of enthusiasm, the crowd was into it and it turned out to be a great game.
more....> http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=2781
I especially enjoyed this part:
The players need to be held accountable for their actions. You hate to take your best players off the field, but you have to send a message. You can't play stupid football. Stupid football will make you lose every time, it doesn't matter if you're the most talented team in the league. If you don't play smart, you're not going to win. That's been the biggest issue so far. Until they get this problem cleaned-up it's going to remain a serious issue. Obviously you hate to take certain guys off the field, but if you have repeat offenders that just aren't getting the message then maybe, you need to bench them. Hopefully it won't come to that, but if you're able to damage a guy's ego he may think long and hard about what he's doing on the field and it may help to fix some of those mistakes.