Archives for February 16, 2006

‘Iowa State outside linebacker coach DeMontie Cross is the fifth member of head coach Dan McCarney’s staff to head directly to the National Football League since 1997. Cross, who just finished his fifth season at Iowa State is leaving to become a defensive and special teams assistant coach with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Cross becomes one of seven former McCarney assistants currently on an NFL coaching staff.’

So was Ralph Wilson crazy for hiring an 80-year-old Hall of Fame coach, who took four straight Bills teams to the Super Bowl, as his new director of football operations? Was he wrong to turn his team’s future over to someone he knows and trusts? No, he wasn’t. It may not work out, but that doesn’t mean he was crazy. It just means, at 87, Ralph Wilson is bolder than the rest of us.

‘The 32 teams are ranked in 22 categories and Buffalo was in the top 10 in 13 of them.’

‘Thomas says the issue has now been resolved to the judge’s satisfaction, and that there is no longer an arrest warrant out for him. Thomas says in the near future there will be a paternity test to determine if he’s the boy’s father. If he is, Thomas says he’ll support the boy.’

‘Families enjoyed lots of activities and heard from the family of Hunter Kelly. Jim and Jill Kelly thanked everyone for coming out Tuesday night.’

‘”I once had a player tell me, an excellent player in free agency–this is in cold weather country, this is a small market. You know often, players don’t want to come here to Buffalo, but once they get here, they never want to leave,” says Levy.’