Archives for June 3, 2002

Fina and Brown didn’t appear on Monday’s waiver wire but their teams announced that they have been released. Officially, he will appear on the Tuesday waivers, which delays his ability to talk to interested teams for a day. Cutting Fina saves $3 million this year but costs $5,693,526 in dead money against 2003 salary cap. Ex-Bill Glenn Parket was going to cut Tuesday but he made it to the office in time to fail a physical. Parker, who may retire from the NFL, was placed on the waiver wire as released-failed physical.

Two NFL sources, one very close to the Eagles, have confirmed for WGR Sportsradio 55 that the Bills and Eagles have had talks. The Bills asking price at this point for Bryson is a day-one draft pick because he’s considered starter material, but the Eagles, who are only looking for a backup to Duce Staley, are offering no more than a fifth round selection right now.

In the golden decade of Bills football, each season was simply super. The players were perfect. No matter what the score or situation, you always had a feeling that the Bills would win.

John Fina has had nothing but good things to say about Buffalo "My family and I have come to love the city and everything about it."

Fina was the last player on the Bills roster who had played on any of the franchise’s four Super Bowl teams.

Jay Riemersma is willing to redo his contract in order to remain with the Bills, but he is not as cool with taking a pay cut to make it happen.

RB Curtis Alexander, Frankfurt Galaxy – Started and rushed for 88 yards and one touchdown and caught three passes for 56 yards against Amsterdam.

Fact #12: Since they switched to the red, white, and blue look in 1962, the numbers on the Bills uniform have remained pretty consistent. The blue jerseys have featured white numbers outlined in red and the white jerseys have had blue numbers outlined in red. The most-issued jersey in team history…

The June wallpaper features top draft pick Mike Williams.

Photos of past Bills helmets

Stan Herman, award-winning designer and Jet Blue uniform designer discusses his 30 years of experience and his thoughts on the Bills and other professional sports uniforms in this in-depth interview.

From 1960-72, there was nothing bigger than Buffalo Bills game days, where residents fired up their grills and charged fans $2 to park in their driveways. During baseball season, foul balls landed on Dodge Street followed by a mad scramble for the balls by the neighborhood kids. Meeting the players was an even bigger thrill.

In 1974, the Bills decided that they were a team "no longer standing still." The team adopted a new official team logo, the charging buffalo now familiar to modern NFL fans.

Eric Metz, agent for Buffalo Bills tackle John Fina, has told Empire Sports and WNSA that after many discussions with the Bills he does not anticipate an offer from the team to keep the lineman in a Bills uniform.

Another NFL source said the Bills decision was not an easy one with the team’s braintrust being divided on the issue of whether to keep Fina or release him.

Talks are expected to continue through the weekend, but Metz believes when all is said and done Fina will be released perhaps as early as Monday.