Archives for August 27, 2001

‘Buffalo isn’t too sorry to see Three Rivers Stadium go, as the Bills were just 2-8 lifetime at Three Rivers, with their last win in Pittsburgh coming in the 1992 AFC Divisional Playoffs on the heels of the comeback game against Houston.’

The Bills catch a break with a relatively soft schedule. However, with huge holes along the offensive line, the brittleness of starting QB Rob Johnson and the vast turnover of players on defense, the Bills will do well to break even this season.

‘Center Michael Early was a no-name free agent when he signed just before the Buffalo Bills went to training camp. To most fans and media, the 6-foot-2, 320-pounder was nothing more than an extra body for practice. However, Bills observers recently were hit with the reality that Early is close to being the regular-season starter.’

‘On Oct. 18, 1987, the Buffalo Bills defeated the New York Giants in a rather nondescript game at Rich Stadium. It was the third and final replacement game during the ’87 players strike – a contest that featured its fair share of insurance agents, welders and construction workers – and the Bills came away from this glorified pillow fight with a 6-3 overtime victory. Bills coach Marv Levy called it the worst football game ever played, but that’s not how Rick Schulte remembers it.’

‘A former Buffalo Bills linebacker escaped injury when bullets sprayed through a house on West Balcom Street, wounding three men. Three Buffalo men are recovering from gunshot wounds, but two others in the house, former Buffalo Bills linebacker Damien Covington and his brother, Kip, both of New Jersey, suffered no injuries during the Saturday night shooting, Buffalo police officials said.’

‘Team on the rise: Buffalo Bills…Team on the slide: Miami Dolphins.’