Archives for March 14, 2006

‘The Bills announced today that the team and Toyota have finalized a multi-year sponsorship deal making Toyota the official/exclusive car and truck of the Buffalo Bills.’

‘I get a lot of kids, especially in Buffalo, run up to me all the time and tell me how awesome a player I am. Growing up, I never really thought I would have kids running up to me and telling me how great a player I am.’

‘2005: Led all NFL defensive linemen with 65 tackles, including two sacks.’

‘Arizona’s first selection in the sixth round (177th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft, Wells started every game for the Cardinals in 2004 after making his first career start in the dramatic 2003 season finale vs. Minnesota. Has started 26 of 40 games played.’

‘The fact that Jerman, 27, was offered a two-year contract is a kind of vote of confidence from the team, as opposed to a one-year, minimum deal, shows he clearly is part of the team’s plans for the offensive line.’

‘"I am very happy to be here in Jacksonville. It’s great to know that the Jaguars wanted me as a free agent and I have found a home here. I am very familiar with the city and I have friends here."’

"My goals in Jacksonville are to become the dominant offensive tackle that I know I am and in the process help this team win games," he said.’

‘”I am very happy to be here in Jacksonville. It’s great to know that the Jaguars wanted me as a free agent and I have found a home here. I am very familiar with the city and I have friends here,” Williams said. “My goals in Jacksonville are to become the dominant offensive tackle that I know I am and in the process help this team win games.”‘

‘”We got a powerful, athletic offensive lineman. We’ll give him an opportunity to compete at right tackle and possibly some at guard,” Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio said of Williams, who visited Alltel Stadium on Monday.’

‘"We were hoping they would open their eyes and say they would give this guy what he deserves and move on," Johnson said. "But they didn’t, so we don’t have time to keep hoping. There is no more time to hope."’

‘He says working on the Bills radio broadcasts was a big help in getting him out of depression. "It was a huge step forward, four or five steps forward," Burris said. "It gave me a sense of direction again. When you walk away from football, a lot of guys lose a sense of direction. All my life I dealt with a set regimen. This has given me another opportunity to be on that time frame."’

‘”Our intention remains to keep Eric as a part of our team,” Levy said.’

‘Moulds is losing leverage as the free agent season progresses through its first week.’

‘As of late Saturday afternoon, Bills general manager Marv Levy said "we still want to retain him(Moulds) and we’re preceeding on that basis."’

“Let him go, it’s only fair,” Greg Johnson, Moulds’ personal advisor, said today after talking with his client. “If they’re not going to pay what we feel is fair-market value, he should be allowed to go somewhere where he could maybe get it.”