Two Bills Drive

‘”This guy’s a leader,” Donahoe said. “We think he’s got a heck of an arm and he’s a good athlete. He’s a quarterback who can move around and throw the ball on the move.”‘

‘”He’s highly competitive, which probably rubs some people the wrong way,” said Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe. “But that’s the business we’re in. We’re in a competitive business, and we want people that want to lay it on the line every time they go out on the field, and when they’re not successful we want them to be upset.”‘

‘”From when I was little he would always tell me about how hard it is getting up and working in a factory every day,” Evans said Saturday on a conference call. “It’s hard (work), to say the least. But my dad is a very hard worker, and he does what he has to do. He gets up every morning and goes to work to provide for his family. He instilled that work ethic in me. He’s always inspired me to do some of the things he didn’t do.”‘

‘Tom Clements – Has the new offensive coordinator cooked up the right Travis Henry-McGahee casserole? The Bills are a running team now, or so they tell us. Nevertheless, Eric Moulds is still their best player. Will Clements make him more than an occasional weapon?’

‘After awhile, you start to wonder if the Bills’ primary objective on draft day is to show the football world just how smart they are, to prove that, if nothing else, they’re more daring and inventive than any other organization in the league.’

‘No sooner had NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced the Losman (pronounced LAHS-man) pick than speculation about the future of Bledsoe begin.’

‘Losman is nothing if not cocky – in a Jim Kelly, grab-your-face mask kind of way. No, we’re not saying he’s the next Kelly. That would be unfair. But he appears to have take-charge leadership qualities that Kelly’s err apparents Todd Collins and Rob Johnson sorely lacked.’

‘A bold move? Try one that sets the course for Buffalo’s future more than any made on draft day in the last 20 years. Forget Willis McGahee, the injured running back taken last year. This move will make or break Donahoe’s career.’

‘”The guy’s a leader, he has a heckuva an arm, he’s a good athletic quarterback who can move and throw the ball on the run,” Donahoe maintained.’

‘But, of the four QBs tabbed in the first round, he evokes the most mixed reviews.’

‘Losman perfers the word confidence to cocky. Arrogant is not appropriate.’

‘In Evans, they get a deep threat receiver who was shown himself to be productive throughout his career with the Badgers.’

‘One was for today. The other was for tomorrow. Both were bold moves.’

‘The situation in Buffalo could not be much better for Evans. He’s going to a team that ranked 30th in offense last season, but has an established quarterback in Drew Bledsoe and another quality receiver in Eric Moulds. “They’ve got a great defense and a great quarterback,” Evans said. “Some of the receivers there, in Eric Moulds and Josh Reed, I think they’re two people I can certainly learn from.”‘

‘”We think he is going to bring a special dimension to our offense,” Tom Donahoe, president and GM of the Bills, said of Evans. “We think he can come in and contribute and help us to get our offense back on track.”‘