Two Bills Drive

‘And then, of course, there were the Buffalo Bills.’

‘Later this month, the Buffalo Bills are scheduled to fill the streets in a cavalcade marking the beginning of training camp. “I feel the excitement of the new season already,” Town Supervisor Bill Carpenter said last week.’

‘What will the Bills record be at the end of the season? 5-11 would be considered decent.’

‘Hull will become the 14th player placed on the Wall.’

‘Buffalo Bills fans can purchase individual game tickets for 2002 home games beginning 9 a.m. Saturday.’

‘Despite thrifty cap management and a terrific job of whittling away at the pool of “dead money” he inherited, Buffalo Bills general manager Tom Donahoe is still working this year with a hole of nearly $15 million in his salary cap. Over $5 million of that is tied up in former starting quarterback Rob Johnson, released early in the spring.’

‘The Bills today announced that center Kent Hull will be placed on the team’s Wall of Fame on Sunday, October 6 when the Bills host the Oakland Raiders.’

The 1986 downfall of the USFL became a windfall for the Bills. – Kent Hull

‘Man, if he only made the kick.’

Kent Hull still remains active with the Bills through the team’s Alumni Relations department and has agreed to answer your questions in an exclusive interview with buffalobills.com.

And watch out for Buffalo, Bob. the early reports on Drew Bledsoe are very encouraging, and I think head coach Gregg Williams will keep the arrow pointing up. Nobody works harder. Nobody.

"I’m going to be working harder than any other safety in the NFL! There are places that I want to go (in the league) and I have a lot of work to do to get there. I wouldn’t want to be any other place doing anything else. I couldn’t be happier."

"I’m having a lot of fun playing football again," Hollis said. "It’s all about attitude, it really is."

The Dolphins have a series of nagging pains that must be monitored, but the Bills and Super Bowl champs have gotten off pretty clean.

RB Travis Henry (knee) — Ready for camp.

Henry had his knee cleaned out to repair loose cartilage but has fully recovered. He has worked out and expects to be full bore for camp.

G Jerry Ostroski (knee) — Limited in camp.

Questions still loom how his knee and leg will respond. The team’s veteran guard continues to work through some problems in his knee derived from problems with a leg he broke last preseason. Doctors inserted a metal plate for support but the plate has aggravated his knee. Doctors then cleaned out some tissue in the joint in June to promote healing. He is expected to be limited in camp and the team is uncertain when he will return to 100 percent.

If Buffalo can settle its uncertainty in the backfield and offensive line, it could easily sneak past .500 and into the playoffs. One daunting factor is the Bills’ strength of schedule — it’s tied for the toughest in the league.