Archives for June 18, 2003

RB O.J. Simpson rushed for an NFL record 250 yards on 29 carries and Larry Watkins also topped 100 yards.

The team set records for rushing yards (360), attempts (51) and rushing first downs (18).

The Bills today announced that the team has made some additions to its scouting staff, hiring Terry Wooden as an area scout and Tom Roth as College Scouting Administrator.

“I think the sleeping giant is about to awaken in Buffalo,” says Colts GM Bill Polian, the lead architect of the Bills’ Super Bowl run in the early 1990s. “Last year, (Bills GM) Tom Donahoe did a great job repairing their offense, and this year he appears to have done a similarly great job of fixing their defense. So much, of course, can still happen, with injuries, bad bounces of the ball, etc. But on paper, that’s now a football team that has to be reckoned with on both sides of the ball.”

‘Drew Bledsoe…$ 9,501,530’.

‘I didn’t have thoughts about not talking about [my alcoholism]. I had great thoughts of talking about it because I was put in a situation where I can help people. I was up (in Buffalo recently) for Jim Kelly’s (golf) tournament and all the guys were really proud of me for what I’ve been through and for the things I’ve said once I made that announcement. They’re just extremely proud of me. A lot of them go through some situations that they really don’t care to talk about, but my point was more of – ‘hey, I’m an athlete. I’ve always been an athlete and I want to help as many people as I possibly can, even if they’re athletes or not.’"’

Defensive lineman DeVonte Peterson, who spent the recently concluded 2003 NFL Europe League season with the Scottish Claymores, has reached a contract agreement with the Colts. Peterson played at both DT and DE and posted 22 tackles, one sack and one pass defensed on a unit that was arguably NFLE’s best defensive line. Peterson was in the Buffalo Bills’ training camp in 2001.

‘Certainly, no one has ever questioned Spoon’s toughness. But after suffering a sprained knee, dislocated elbow and torn biceps muscle in his first two NFL seasons, staying healthy has taken on greater importance.’

‘Compared to those players, Henry was a virtual pauper, earning $303,000 in his second season.’