Archives for August 20, 2003

‘” He’ll get enough attention when he produces on the field,” said defensive line coach Tim Krumrie. ” All my guys are going to have a big impact. They’re all going to play and they’re all going to roll.”‘

‘” I think everybody knows I can play,” Henry said. ” Ripping off that run, what people will say is, ‘ I knew he had the speed, I knew he could do it.’ There are people who will jump on the bandwagon. But I don’t feel (I was shutting people up).”‘

‘Thomas has spent most of his time with second- and third-teamers but has dressed for the Bills’ first two pre-season games where he has seen most of his time on special teams. There has been the odd bullet coming his way from Bledsoe in practice, though, for a real taste of the big leagues.’

”’Fred Graves is our wide receivers coach,” Steckel said. ”What happened is he came down with prostate cancer. Gregg came to me and said ‘I know you can coach wide receivers.’ So now I’m coaching the wide receivers and trying to look out the corner of my eye for the running backs and fullbacks. We’ve asked an intern coach to help oversee things until Fred comes back, but I’m busy with meetings. It’s been a challenge, but a good one. It speaks for the character guys Buffalo has.”’

‘”A huge offseason factor for us was, ‘How do we get better around Drew Bledsoe?’ ” coach Gregg Williams says. “He’s proven year after year he can play in this league. We had to get players around him to do their jobs so that we’re not just depending on him to win ballgames. Defense is a big part of that.”‘

‘Thurman Thomas will be at Eastview Mall Friday evening to introduce “Sports Legends Telecom.” Its top service provides home telephone service with unlimited local and long distance calls.’

”’If you went in the dictionary and looked under ‘Old-school football,’ you’d find Sam Gash’s picture,” said quarterback Drew Bledsoe. ”The guy just loves to hit. When he’s on the field, linebackers know he’s on the field. And a lot of times, if they’re smart, they’ll try to kind of duck and hide a little bit because he brings it when he comes to hit.”’