Archives for February 12, 2001

‘The Bills today announced that the team has agreed to terms with three more assistant coaches – Tommy Kaiser (offensive assistant/special teams assistant), Steve Kragthorpe (quarterbacks) and Dan Neal (tight ends).’

‘"I expect criticism…it’s the personal stuff I don’t want. If you don’t like me because of the color of my hair or the color of my eyes, I can’t do anything about that, and that has no place in reporting. "But," he continued, "if you want to criticize our moves or our decisions, you have every right to do that…in fact, it’s your responsibility."’

‘Phillips was fired on January 8th, opening the door for the gifted Bryson to challenge the hulking Morris for the starter’s role in Gregg Williams’ new offense. Williams’ familiarity with Eddie George should insure that he knows the value of establishing a workhorse back.’

‘Gray has the same aggressive, attack style approach that Williams does disguising their defensive intentions with a host of different packages. But what he’s most interested in pulling off is the big play, "I know two years ago when we (Titans) went to the Super Bowl the defense really stepped up.’

In case you missed it live there are a couple videoclips, although they were taken from across the river. Plenty of photos….

The Buffalo Bills, who have a new general manager and a new coach, will probably have a new look as well in 2001 because of a $12.7 million cap overage. Certainly the club will not be able to afford both Rob Johnson and Doug Flutie at quarterback and likely will be forced to sacrifice at least two defensive starters.

"Let’s face it, we’re hostage to the cap right now," said new president and general manager Tom Donahoe. "It’s kind of like being in a cap jail. But you have to dig your way out and part of that is making tradeoffs. You have to ask yourself, ‘If I keep the guy at this position, where do I scrimp to make up for it? Is there somewhere I have a young player ready to step up, a spot where I can let a veteran go and play the cheaper guy?’ It’s all about tough decisions and having to handle as many as possible in the right way."

‘[Ralph Wilson:] "This is second guessing by me, but we probably had people we should’ve cut but instead we retained and gave bonuses to in order to extend their contracts and get us down (under the cap)."’