Archives for March 22, 2007

‘”I went there in January for two weeks,” said Losman. “My cousin came with me and he speaks Spanish fluently and that was a help because there were some areas where we got lost where you really wanted to know Spanish. So I was learning that and picking it up well. I started with the basics of ordering food and where to go. I got to learn the culture there a little bit.”‘

‘”They’re huge. They’re enormous,” said Losman, who met his new teammates for the first time this week when the Bills opened their offseason conditioning program. “It makes a quarterback happy.”‘

‘”I was ready to roll when I got back from vacation,” said Losman who traveled to Mexico and a couple of other countries. “Even on my trips I packed up a bunch of DVDs from the season so I could take them with me and watch them on the airplane. I definitely got my football work in.”‘

‘The Buffalo Bills need a top-notch running back, and Michael Bush needs a team to take a chance on him. Might he be the second coming of Thurman Thomas? Probably not, but he could at least be a nice complement to Anthony “A-Train” Thomas.’

‘Based on the mid-March roster, here’s the position priorities, in order: RB, LB, CB, DT, WR, TE, OL.’

‘For fans of the conservative (read: fiscally tight) Buffalo Bills , your catchwords for 2007 are “patient optimism.” Perhaps the firm of Dockery, Walker & Whittle will be knit into a fine line. Maybe Keith Ellison and Kyle Williams are the real deals, and maybe the Bills will snag Leon Hall in the first round to form what must be the league’s youngest secondary.’