Archives for June 4, 2006

‘For fans, it’s better than using a seating chart. Buffalo Bills fan Kelly Birkman: "This is the first year I’ve been out here to do this so this is pretty neat to be able to see all the different choices. The seats are all marked so you can see what seats are available so it’s pretty cool."’

‘"I’ve got a coach who is a scholar who says, "You know what? This is not rocket science. I’m not in the lab trying to invent a new potion,’ " free safety Troy Vincent said. " "This is who we are and this is what we’re going to do. Everyone just take care of their own assignment. We’re going to run hard. We’re going to maintain our lanes.’ That’s experience. That’s wisdom talking."’

‘But Johnson’s legacy on the field is virtually sealed. For his career, Johnson has been sacked 140 times in 946 dropbacks, a rate of once for every 6.76 pass plays. According to Stats Inc., that’s No. 1 since 1969, ahead of Bobby Douglass, who played for the Bears in the ’70s. Douglass went down once every 7.5 dropbacks. Another ex-Bear, Steve Fuller, is third at 8.0.’

‘The 38-year-old Maddox started bowling as a kid in the Milwaukee area and stayed with the game through high school. However, once he was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the ninth round of the 1991 NFL Draft, he didn’t have time for bowling.’

‘The 6-4, 295-pound Hull, Iowa, native will report on June 14. Indications are the Bills will look at him as a guard, the position he played as a senior at SDSU last fall. He earned second-team all-Great West Football Conference honors.’

‘The candidates have been sharing snaps evenly during summer minicamps and organized team activities. But first-year coach Dick Jauron said one of them will have to drop back to No. 3 by the first week of training camp at the latest, because there simply aren’t enough reps to go around. “They’ve all done pretty well at times and all looked bad at times. It’s just the nature of the thing,” Jauron said. “The competition will keep going and we’ll start camp and see where it goes. That’s when things will really be decided.”‘