Two Bills Drive

Phillips agreed to terms with the Bills following Sunday’s draft and will report to Buffalo later this week for a rookie mini-camp. The 6-5, 300-pound offensive tackle started the final 33 games of his SFA career and did not allow a sack over the past two seasons. He was also a first team all-conference and Region VI CoSIDA Academic All-America selection in 2003.

In both 2003 and 2002, Sigler earned second team All-Big Sky Conference honors as an offensive tackle and first team Verizon Academic All-District VIII honors. He was also named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team for the third time as a senior in 2004. He was chosen to play in four different college all-star games and played in two – the 65th Blue-Gray Game and The Villages Gridiron Classic.

He also broke Merrill Hoge’s long-standing career record for rushing touchdowns, recording 34 in his career, and his 216 carries last season broke Hoge’s previous school record of 213.

‘Among the signings was free safety Mark Graham from the University at Buffalo. Graham led the Bulls with 84 tackles and three sacks despite missing two games with an injury.’

Ask Tom Donahie or Mularkey Questions at the fieldhouse Tuesday night the 27th 7:30 pm. Scheduled guests are Tom Donohoe and Mike Mularkey, John Murphey and Alex Van Pelt. Possible others. Open to the public.

‘”I’ve played in rain and hail and snow and whatever else there is in the Northwest,” Euhus said. “Except for the snowy season, I’ve heard it’s a lot like Oregon.”‘

‘If you had any doubt where the Buffalo Bills felt they needed help – or didn’t – this past weekend’s draft provided some answers.’

‘”With our last three starting quarterbacks selected in the first two rounds of the draft, we’ve established a standard that’s very high at that position at Tulane University,” Scelfo said. “You have to give a tremendous amount of credit to (quarterback coach) Frank Scelfo with the job he’s done developing these last two (Losman and Ramsey). I think the tone is set that to play quarterback at Tulane you will get a lot of responsibility and gain a lot of valuable experience.”‘

‘Anyone who tells you that they know the Bills made a good or bad choice in drafting J.P. Losman is either guessing or lying. They don’t know. Tom Donahoe doesn’t know. Neither does Mel Kiper, Jr. (By the way, who is Mel Kiper, Sr?)?

‘”We were a little surprised when they called Tim,” said his father, Jim. “They called out of the blue. Buffalo hadn’t really been mentioned. There was no notice until he was selected. It hit the screen before Tim told us.”‘

‘While the Bills showed an incredible desire to pick up Losman with the 22nd pick, nine spots after spending their own first-round choice on Wisconsin receiver Lee Evans, Donahoe said the plan remains the same. Bledsoe will remain the starter in 2004 and if he’s able to revive his career, it’s his job to keep until further notice.’

‘Even after the selection of J.P. Losman, the Bills still have not ruled out the possibility of signing a veteran backup to Drew Bledsoe before training camp opens in July.’

‘Veteran Pro Bowl WR Eric Moulds was elated with the selection of Evans. Moulds, who saw more double coverage after Peerless Price was traded to Atlanta and who caught just one TD pass last season, has been lobbying the coaching staff to take a receiver with raw speed. “I’m very excited,” Moulds said. “It’s going to be rare that I get single coverage, but if teams try to do that, we’re in a position to make them pay. We needed more speed on the outside and now we have it. We’ll be able to stretch the field vertically and create some big plays in the passing game.”‘

‘”It’s been a great experience so far,” Mularkey said. “It’s more difficult to prepare though. When I was a position coach in Pittsburgh I only worried about positions. Here I have to look at the entire team and what’s best for the team rather than just the offense.”‘

‘”He’s not going to be anything but a hard working or blue-collar kind of guy. He’ll be in the offensive line room and listening to what they have to say, our quarterbacks already do that, so he’s going to fit right into where we are.”‘