Archives for February 21, 2004

‘”It would be great,” Rivers said at the NFL Scouting Combine. “Jim Ritcher was a great center up there, his son was my teammate at N.C. State, so I’ve heard some good things about the place. There’s really not a team that I don’t want to go to. But certainly Buffalo would be a great place, and you’ve got a great franchise and a great bunch of guys surrounding you.”‘

‘I think the biggest difference is going to be that I’ll need to make instant identification of names and numbers which I really haven’t had to do as a color commentator. You get a chance to look at the play and think about what you see for a second. This will be a little bit more instant identification of names of numbers.’

‘Still, even after that success, Henry’s role figures to change. Last year’s first-round pick, Willis McGahee, is expected to be recovered from a major knee injury and will press for time. In a perfect world, the Bills would be confident enough in McGahee’s health and ability to trade Henry for draft picks. Because the Bills will have a tough time judging McGahee by April, it is more likely that Henry will be the feature back and McGahee will siphon off some carries, then one would be dealt in 2005.’