This season couldn't end quick enough for Ryan, and the embarrassing 43-23 loss to the Bills signalled that New York is in need of a major overhaul, from the top down.
Boston fans, in their heart of hearts, know how this story is going to end: quick death by way of a midseason collapse, or an agonizing fade in September.
I couldn't get up the other end quick enough.
The consultation usually ended quicker; more patients were treated and time was saved for other patients with more complicated diseases.
Dainius Zubrus ended Quick's shutout bid at 10 minutes 41 seconds of the third period, on a shot that deflected off a defender.
Craig Smith alertly got to it at the right post and the goal ended Quick's shutout streak at 118 minutes 10 seconds, dating back to the third period of the Kings game at Colorado on Tuesday.
Afterwards, I thought: 'You carry on with your way of working and your values but get to the end point quicker'," Rodgers said.
In the end, the quickest one I made was in an hour.
"I'm very uncomfortable talking about success because it can end real quick," Schoeneweis said.
