Archives for May 2004

‘Q: What was the main factor when you decided to come to Buffalo over Kansas City and Cincinnati?

TV: Definitely the head coach.’

‘Beebe said he plans on installing a West Coast offense similar to the K-Gun named after and run by Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, a good friend of Beebe’s. Beebe, though, wants to “simplify the offense and gear it more towards high school.”‘

‘Q: If not for football, what would you be doing/career?

DM: I’d probably go to law school. I think that’s interesting. I want to be a judge someday hopefully. I wouldn’t mind doing that.’

‘Mark Graham the second team All-MAC free safety from the University at Buffalo signed as an undrafted free agent with the Bills, participated this past weekend in the team’s rookie orientation camp and couldn’t be more wide-eyed. "It’s a little overwhelming, a lot of plays, and the game is a little bit faster," said Graham after the weekend came to a close.’

‘Buffalo Bills running back and Frostproof High graduate, Travis Henry, will be hosting his 1st Annual Travis Henry Day on Saturday, May 15th.’

‘”Sometimes when you put a list like that together, they are very tight in terms of feelings towards them,” Wyche said. “J.P., if I was to break it down, is a better athlete (than the other three). He’s niftier in the pocket, a scrappy kind of guy. He makes a decision and goes with it. He’s got as strong or stronger arm than those three other guys and football intellect, he’s going to be able to do anything we ask.”‘

‘The clinic is free to high school and college coaches and will feature a series of seminars and lectures by new Bills head coach Mike Mularkey and his coaching staff that will discuss drills and techniques.’

‘I have no idea what I would be doing without football.’

‘"There’s so much time and effort put in by a lot of people for these picks," said head coach Mike Mularkey. "All you can do is trust the opinions and the final grade and say, ‘These are the guys.’"’

‘This spring, Case has been playing minor-league arena football for the Casper (Wyo.) Calvary, a team in the National Indoor Football League’s Pacific West Division.’

“He didn’t have a very good year, but no one around him had a very good year,” Donahoe said at the NFL scouting combine. “None of us had a very good year. I think we’ve put people around him who will help him have a better year.”

‘Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr., and his wife, Mary, on Sunday toured the expanded Hospice Inpatient Unit that bears their names, then rededicated the facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.’

‘I have heard Bills games aren’t that much different than Ohio State games. A lot of people said the fans are pretty comparable so that’s definitely a good thing.’

‘Sure it was only four practices, the first of many more before the Bills kick off the season on Sept. 12, but Evans left no doubt he can be a factor his rookie season.’

6. I think these drafts I liked: Buffalo (because I love Lee Evans and think Losman’s going to be a good player)