Archives for March 2006

‘The Bills had about $15 million in space under the NFL’s salary cap of $102 million for each team, according to News estimates.’

‘Basically, the new deal means that Buffalo, Green Bay and other small market teams will have just as good a shot at reaching the Super Bowl as big market teams like the Jets, Cowboys, and Redskins.’

‘The Bills’ current top-three offseason needs…’

‘Exclusive rights free agents: CB Jabari Greer; OT Jason Peters; WR Jonathan Smith; OG Lawrence Smith; RB Shaud Williams.’

‘DE Aaron Schobel, who has 46.5 sacks and has averaged 60 tackles in his five seasons in the NFL, said he likes playing in Buffalo because the fans really appreciate football. “I just hope in the next few years we can give them something to cheer about,” he told NFLPlayers.com. “Personally I feel like I’ve put up good numbers and consistently gotten better. Every year I seem to learn more about the position and as long as I keep learning and keep my body in the shape it needs to be in, then I’ll keep improving.”‘

‘Thomas signed a $300,000-a-year contract with the Bills in January. He starts training with the team next week.’

‘The Bills tendered the restricted free agent a $712,000 one-year offer last week.’

‘Stamer came to Buffalo as an unrestricted free agent in 2003 and has been a top special teams performer.’

‘The Bills today announced that the team has signed restricted free agent LB Josh Stamer.’

‘This team needs to make decisions with the long-term goal of making a Super Bowl, not the short-term goal of patching over the holes and going 8-8. The return of Moulds would be a good sign that the Bills are headed in the wrong direction.’

‘”It’s a bad deal. It’s too much money; 59.5 percent [of revenue for the players] is far too much. It’s a bad deal. And it’s particularly a bad deal for medium- and small-market clubs.”‘

‘So why did it pass 30-2 with low-revenue teams like Jacksonville, Arizona and Oakland voting for it? “I got the sense in the room they were just afraid of a work stoppage, afraid of the union, and they would accept anything,” Wilson said. “The union should’ve asked for more, they would’ve gotten it. It was a panic deal. I’ve seen it before, but not like this.”‘

‘The alternatives, at least from Buffalo’s point of view, were pretty ugly.’

‘The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced the names of 77 players and 7 coaches who comprise the 2006 Division I-A Ballot of induction into the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. Eight individuals with ties to the Buffalo Bills appear on the ballot.’

‘I can’t wait for the first game, which is at Hamburg on March 18. I don’t think any team that we scrimmaged in Tampa prohibited us from performing. I have high expectations for this team, and from what I saw in preseason, we will be a force to be reckoned with.’