Archives for August 1, 2001

‘Unless the subject is Bills executive Tom Donahoe. "I really don’t care for the general manager much," Holecek said. "That guy is a (jerk)." Ouch.’

The Bills will travel to Edinboro University on Thursday and practice twice with the Cleveland Browns on Friday at Sox Harrison Stadium. The two teams will scrimmage on Saturday morning. The last time Edinboro hosted an NFL scrimmage was in 1995 when the Bills and Steelers got together…

"I feel great. I've got to shake the rust off, the ankle feels good it's all I've been worrying about the last two years when I went last year to camp with the Steelers it wasn't feeling right yet. It's finally feeling good, now all I have to do is work on the football. I've been out of it for two years so any extra bit of help…I promised myself when I was out of it that I'd always work on my stuff and wouldn't let it ride. If I do something wrong at practice…

The first time I met Marv Levy was in the fall of 1986. I wasn't yet a writer; in fact, I wasn't even in junior high school. When Levy was hired by Ralph Wilson and Bill Polian in November of 1986, I was a 10 year-old fifth-grader and a brand-new Bills fan…

The Bills report that there will be six times when the entire team will sign after practice:

Fri, Aug. 10 (PM)

Sat, Aug. 11 (AM)

Thu, Aug. 16 (PM)

Fri, Aug. 17 (AM)

Tue, Aug. 21 (AM & PM)

‘The Friday sessions, which are free to the public, will have "no tackling whatsoever," said Browns coach Butch Davis. The teams essentially will engage in individual position drills and 7-on-7 sessions beginning at 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The scrimmage on Saturday is full speed and will have live tackling (except quarterbacks). A series of full-speed kicking and punting drills will kick off the scrimmage at 10:55 a.m.’

‘"They all are skilled. It is loaded," tight ends coach Dan Neal said. "It’s a good position to be in, team-wise."’

‘"Our offense is a lot smoother than it was last year during camp. I just see a lot more open guys than there were in the past."’

Former Ohio State Buckeye Corey Stringer collapsed at practice yesterday and was unresponsive upon arrival at the hospital. He had an extremely high core temperature of over 108 degrees. Stringer developed multi-organ system failure throughout the day and night. He never regained consciousness and despite all efforts his heart failed at 1:50 a.m.

‘Wegman’s said they never expected that kind of demand on Tuesday morning.’

‘Managers at the Wegmans corporate office decided to give the tickets away earlier than scheduled…But apparently not all Wegmans locations got the message. All the stores are tied into the same pool of about five thousand tickets, which disappeared in twenty minutes, before some locations even had a chance to give them away.’

‘Cornerback Antoine Winfield, sidelined for Tuesday’s practice by a hamstring pull, said he thinks the injuries are a result of the increased running the team is doing under Williams.’

‘A current Bills player who likes both quarterbacks backed Flutie’s version, saying the main source of friction between the two was mostly because of Johnson’s insecurity as Flutie’s status in Buffalo grew.’

‘In 1996, fresh out of Maplewood High School in Nashville, Tenn., Black red-shirted his freshman season at Tennessee State. He didn’t play, he just practiced. That’s essentially just how his rookie season in the NFL went.’

‘Buffalo Bills equipment manager Dave Hojnowski has been on the job 24 years. After that long, you’d think training camp would become ho-hum for "Hojo." To the contrary, he’s having a blast.’