Two Bills Drive

‘No stranger to Bills fans, Murphy recently completed his 16th season alongside Miller in the booth as the radio network’s color analyst. He first held the analyst job from 1984-89 and then again from 1994-2003. A native of Lockport, NY and graduate of Syracuse University, Murphy has also served as the sports director at WKBW-TV (Channel 7) in Buffalo since 1989.’

‘”I didn’t think too long to say yes,” said offensive coordinator Tom Clements, who joined his new peers at a get-to-know-you news conference at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Tuesday. “After I studied this team on film, and people ask me what it looks like, I say, ‘The cupboard isn’t bare, not by any stretch of the imagination.’ There are a lot of talented players here, so hopefully we can get it all going correctly.”‘

‘”I love him to death,” said Tweito, who will be studying business management at Clemson University this fall and not playing football. “It was awesome playing for an NFL coach. As much as he’s done, he’s one of the most down-to-earth guys.”‘

‘We have no way of knowing what kind of coach Mike Mularkey will be until we see him on game day. Gregg Williams was meticulous in his preparation, and the players seemed motivated most weeks. But on game day Williams struggled. He struggled with clock management, he struggled with his use of instant replay…you know the rap… What I am saying is that ultimately we have no idea what kind of coach Mularkey will be until we see him under fire during a game. In today’s NFL with the games so close, wins and losses can be decided on two or three of a coach’s decisions.’

‘"This is a passion as well as a vocation," Wyche explained Tuesday afternoon. "When you get back into those comfortable environments, you get up in the morning, you’ve got deadlines to meet and you’ve got some place to go, your life is a lot more pleasant."’

‘”I think there are several good and solid football players. They did a lot of good things here but the idea is to look at those things to see what we can do better.”‘

‘”It’s exciting to have quality players and get a chance to work with them. Certainly the more quality players you have the more chance you have to succeed. It’s an exciting opportunity to see both of these guys and to get them up and going so I can evaluate them for myself. That’s the part I’m interested in. I’ve seen them on tape but I’m just looking forward to working with them in person and being able to interact with them and find out exactly what they can do and start formulating what we can do to put them in the best position to help us win football games.”‘

‘”I’ve studied Travis Henry on film. Willis McGahee, when he was tested at Miami, he was the fasted man on the squad. I don’t know if that’s a fact. Hopefully he’s recovered. He’s got good size and I know he’s a terrific back so it’s up to us to figure out how to use both of those guys and I’m sure we’re going to do that. I’m looking forward to working with those guys.”‘

‘”I don’t think it’s only Drew. As I’ve said a number of times we’re looking at the offense in general. We’re trying to take advantage of everyone’s abilities and it might be that certain block schemes with the run suite our line or certain pass protection schemes work better. All that factors in on how the running backs are able to run and how the quarterbacks are able to throw and what kind of routes the receivers run. It’s not one guy. We’re just looking at the offense in general to try and see what they can do and put in a system that takes advantage of their abilities. If you do that then everyone on the offense is going to have a chance to succeed.”‘

‘"The game evolves, but I did keep up with it but I haven’t been out on the field with the guys and in meeting rooms discussing and discarding ideas. Those things will take a little bit of time to get used to, but by the time we enter the season I will be a lot further along and ready to go. Rusty is not the word to describe me, I think that anxious, and missing the guys and the competition are closer to how I am now."’

‘"They’re some good players in there, there is no doubt. I had an opportunity to coach one of them in Dallas. I coached a couple of them in college at Iowa so I’m more familiar with those individuals but having evaluated people like Jonas Jennings and Mike Williams coming out of college you know the quality of the individual. It’s going to be a nice challenge for us to put five guys together and march them out there and see what they can do."’

‘"I’m very excited about Eric Moulds. I played at LSU in my playing days. He’s a Pro Bowl type receiver. He’s a very good player and I’m excited about coaching him. I spoke to him already and told him how excited I am to be here and he’s excited about me being here. He’s looking forward to sitting down and going over some things."’

‘"I have some ideas coming from Pittsburgh, Jim (McNally) has ideas from being all the places he’s been, and Tyke (Tolbert) from Arizona, all that Sam (Wyche) has, and Tom (Clements) being with him in Pittsburgh, so we have some of the same ideas, but a lot of those things come together. It’s a good process right now that we are able to talk about all those philosophies. In the end it’s really going to be beneficial for us."’

‘"I got the job in the NFL when I was 37 years old. I had been a college coach 14 years, and a high school coach two years and I never coached special teams. Now guys are starting out as special teams coaches. You have the 22 and 23-year old guys starting at University of Missouri as special teams coach."’

‘"It took a little while to put this staff together, longer than some of these other teams have done. It was important to make sure I surrounded myself and with the personality of this team and it was important that we had the right fit. I’ll be honest with you, I am very lucky to get some of these coaches and keep some of the coaches that were here. That was very important that we kept the coaches around here that we did."’