Two Bills Drive

‘Harrington, the third player taken in the NFL draft, is purring along just fine. Never mind his modest 66.8 passer rating. Since taking over as starter, Harrington has gone 2-2 and completed 54 percent of his passes.’

Harrington always keeps the Lions close and occasionally puts them over the top. Not this time, however: Bills 31, Lions 27.

‘Do the math — 2-4 is progress for a lost football team that was 0-6 at the same juncture a year ago.’

‘What initially looked like a mean-nothing game between two teams that combined for five wins all last year has turned into an intriguing test for both in gauging their sudden progress.’

The Bills and HealthNow will kick off the “Rush for Reading” challenge with punter Brian Moorman this Tuesday, October 29 at 2:00 PM at Frank Fowler Dow School (PS 52) located at 100 Farmington Road in Rochester.

‘"They made some strides here the last few weeks," Williams said of his defense. "We finally were able to get some turnovers and that was the thing we haven’t been doing. Usually those things come in bunches and they did. We still need improvement in that area because we left some obvious turnovers on the field last week. Each week you have to work hard that there is limited miss tackles, play well in the run game, and try to get the ball turned over. Last week we did and took some strides in that respect."’

‘SI: Which player that you coached should be in the Hall of Fame that is not currently in the Hall of Fame? Levy: The first one that is active for consideration is Steve Tasker. If special teams are one-third of the game, and it is showing more and more this year that it is, there is no one comes close to being the special teams player that he was.’

Through the first seven weeks of 2002, Bledsoe has thrown for 2,198 yards and 15 touchdowns in his first season in Buffalo after nine years with the New England Patriots.

Read what Peerless Price said about his teammates.

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe will be flipping the coin at Friday's high school football game at East Aurora High School (vs. Southwestern). The game starts at 7:30 PM. – Sal Paolantonio of ESPN was at practice on Thursday to do a feature on the receivers for this week's "Sunday Countdown".

The Foundation will welcome the agency to its National Support Network by presenting the George Young National Grant, which includes a $10,000 check. Attending will be Bills safety Tony Driver, the team’s 2002 recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award and, the team’s head athletic trainer.

‘Harrington is 2-2 in four games as a starter. Not overwhelming, but solid considering Harrington took over a team which had lost 19 of its previous 22 games. In both his losses, Harrington had the Lions knocking on the door at the end of the game.’

‘They rank 29th overall in the NFL and 16th and dead last in the NFC in offense. Defensively, the Lions rank 28th in the NFL and 14th in the NFC.’

On Sunday, October 27, 2002, the Buffalo Bills, working in conjunction with NFL Canada, will welcome thousands of Canadian fans as part of the team’s annual “Canada Day” celebration.

‘"I’m trying to get back in my zone," said Williams, who had offseason surgery on both ankles. "Last year, I was getting (pain-killer) shots every week so I could play. But I feel good now, and I’m just trying to take it to people."’