Archives for May 2009

‘"After the draft, they called me and said ‘Hey, we’re going to make a move to Langston at left tackle and you at right tackle,’ " Butler told reporters Wednesday in Orchard Park, N.Y. "I told them what I said before, when they moved me to guard as a rookie: ‘Hey, if they want me to move to field goal kicker, then that’s what I’m willing to do.’"’

‘”I still feel it, but once I start running, it doesn’t bother me,” Schobel said. “I think it’s going to nag me, but as far as affecting the way I play, I won’t feel it.”‘

‘Right now Corner has been the first team’s nickel cornerback with Drayton Florence the second team nickel back.’

‘The receiving corps has already seen its first subtraction from the roster as the Bills waived wide receiver Mike Jefferson. Jefferson was signed to the Bills practice squad last November where he remained until the close of the 2008 season.’

‘After his stint with the Chiefs came to an end, McGhee earned another shot as he was one of 30 free agent players brought in on May 1 for a three-day weekend tryout with the Bills that also included the team’s 2008 practice squad players, 2008 undrafted rookie free agents and their draft class of 2009.’

‘This is a wide receiver of declining talent but with arguably the biggest ego in a “me-first” league whose pedigree is creating dissension in three NFL lockerrooms, alienating a trio of veteran quarterbacks and making life miserable for four coaches.’

‘”It’s a case of mistaken identity,” Brett J. Tessler told The Buffalo News. “I don’t know who it was, but it sure as hell wasn’t Corey McIntyre.”‘

‘Whitner said Monday that a videotape of the incident was uncovered recently that helped his case.’

‘While an estimated 200 people made it to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport around midnight to greet Owens, that isn’t exactly a huge throng. About the same size crowd attended an outdoor VH1 news conference Monday that lasted all of seven minutes, seemed more like a photo op than news and played like a bad joke. Why did TV news go overboard in covering the events?’

‘”I thought people know who T. O. is, but they don’t really get a chance to look inside Terrell Owens,” said Williams, who with Jackson runs a marketing and public relations firm called Team Image. “And if you get a chance to see who he is, he’s likable, he’s lovable. Unfortunately, with all the background media and the archive of sound bites, it’s kind of hard to assume that this person has more to him than what you see on ESPN.”‘

‘”I have to,” he said. “Like you just said, I better. There’s no secondary draft, and I don’t know how many left tackles are out there in free agency, but I highly doubt that we’ll pick somebody else up. So I’m what you’ve got.”‘

‘"I feel like I’ve been productive," said Kelsay, who in the past two years has played in 30 of Buffalo’s 32 games and made 156 tackles (16 for losses of yardage), one interception and batted down eight passes.’

‘Next up was a tour of New Era downtown, which was enjoyed by the players. Why? Well, because they each got 12 free hats of their alma maters.’

‘On returning kicks and its effect on his body: It’s a long season. Our bodies feel about the same at the end of the season. Each game, your body is taking a pounding. By the time you get to game 16, it just feels like you’ve been in a car wreck. But I wish I could go back there and do one or two. Hopefully (Leodis McKelvin) will sprain his pinkie toe or something so I can get out there and get one for him. But he’s done a tremendous job. I had my time doing it and it was great while it lasted, but it’s time for somebody else to do it.’

‘After taking part in the Bills’ voluntary minicamp practice earlier in the day, Owens pulled up at a new complex overlooking the city’s inner harbor, where a real estate agent waited at the front door. Also on hand were a few contractors and landscapers, who recognized the receiver and immediately began snapping pictures with their cell phones and chanting “T.O.!”‘