Archives for February 13, 2007

‘ I was struggling, probably holding the ball too long because I didn’t want to make a mistake. I knew if I had a bad game that was the end of it. The team wasn’t strong at that point. Dennis Shaw threw four interceptions in one game. I was reading all the time that the Bills might go get another quarterback. Lou Saban called me into his office and told me he just couldn’t have two young quarterbacks. He released me.’

‘"One of the main deterrents for teams with restricted free agency is obviously the compensation a team would have to give up," said Bills Vice President of Football Administration Jim Overdorf. "But another big deterrent is you’re investing a lot of time into getting a restricted free agent from another club to sign, and in the end you may wind up with nothing."’

‘What had me chuckling was this Buffalonian belief that Phillips is a joke because he failed to take advantage of Super Bowl-caliber talent in his Bills tenure. Or, as Sullivan noted: “I’m sorry, those teams were loaded. It didn’t take a Vince Lombardi to produce a winning record.” Sorry, Jerry, we know loaded in Dallas and Doug Flutie-Antowain Smith-Eric Moulds barely qualifies as halfcocked. So please, spare us your sympathy. We prefer to remember y’all as bit players in our Super Bowl and Stanley Cup championships.’

‘The bottom line, though, is that the Bills don’t know what they have in Nall.’

‘And that leads to Phillips’ other problem … loyalty. Normally that ranks high among personal traits, but it proved his undoing with the Bills.’