Archives for February 2011

‘If there is a season, at all. Ideally, Batten will be begin official Bills workouts in April, but that could be delayed until training camp or later pending the labor situation. Whenever he gets the call, he’ll be more than ready. "It’s just football – that’s all it is and that’s all it’ll ever be," Batten said. "It’s all I’ve ever done."’

‘I still marvel at those Bills teams, their resilience after such humiliating losses, including the 52-17 blowout to Dallas.’

‘"Would I be interested in the Bills?" Golisano repeated when asked. "I think the key issue would be the level of concern I would have about them leaving the community, and the higher the concern, the more interest I probably would have."’

‘”What’s the criteria for a Hall of Fame career at receiver,” asked 2002 Hall of Famer Jim Kelly rhetorically. “Longevity. Andre played for 16 years going over the middle facing guys slike Steve Atwater and Ronnie Lott. Receivers are supposed to catch the football. Isn’t that one of the criteria? Andre had 951 catches. He averaged 70 catches a year. How about Pro Bowls? Andre made seven in a row."’

‘”We always text back and forth telling each other how each other’s seasons were going,” Roosevelt said. “We’ve been talking about his playoff run and how he’s just having fun.”‘

‘"To be honest, I get tired of hearing ‘future Hall of Famer,’ you know what I mean?" Reed said after learning he’d become a finalist for the fifth straight year.’

‘"I enjoyed every minute in Buffalo and I respect everybody in that organization," Kugler said Wednesday before the Steelers began practicing for Sunday’s showdown with the Green Bay Packers. "But having a chance to work for the Pittsburgh Steelers organization is a great opportunity. It’s been a fun year and a challenging year. Hopefully we can put the work in and get one more done."’

‘”It’ll really help us,” said Nix of Wannstedt’s familiarity with college players. “He’s coached some of the guys that were at the Senior Bowl. He’s coached against them and he’s tried to recruit all of them. So he’s got a knowledge that we’ll certainly draw from.”‘

‘As you might imagine, it was a joy interviewing all those former Bills for Sunday’s retrospective on Super Bowl XXV. They seemed to take as much pleasure in telling the stories as I did in hearing them.’

‘Corey McIntyre has a unique outlook on this year’s Super Bowl. That’s because the South Fork High School graduate and Buffalo Bills’ fullback is one of the few players who has gone up against both the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers during the past season.’