Two Bills Drive

‘He despises public attention, ironic because he’s brought so much upon himself. People have been adding things up, and it was inevitable someone would raise his most-hated subject. It happens to be Tom Donahoe.’

”’Someone with Bledsoe’s tremendous star power will draw people from all over the U.S. and Canada. And while they’re here, hopefully, they’ll spend money on products and services other than football, which will benefit the economy of the whole region,” says Arun Jain, a marketing professor at the University of Buffalo.’

‘Weighing similar low-money deals, Webster went to where he felt his best chances of winning are.’

‘At 6-feet-7, 275 pounds, Denney bears a striking resemblance to Hansen. If the rookie plays the part as well as he looks it, the Bills will be ecstatic.’

‘I’ve never understood why people who say Buffalo never has won a major-league championship don’t give the Bills credit for winning AFL championships in 1964 and 1965. The NFL record book fully recognizes AFL records and statistics.’

‘While free agency and the salary cap have shortened that requisite learning period from a few years to a few months, or even a few weeks, 12-4 or 13-3 is optimistic to the point of fantasy. But make no mistake, better the Bills will be. And that improvement starts with the quarterback.’

Buffalo's Alexander rushed for 75 yards, including a one-yard touchdown run, to help the Galaxy to the win. Alexander leads NFL Europe with 358 yards rushing and a 6.4-yards-per-carry average.

‘The Browns and Buffalo Bills will conduct a summer practice session and scrimmage on August 2 and 3 at St. John’s Fisher College in Rochester, NY, the Bills’ training camp home.’

Alexander, who is one of seven Bills allocated to NFL Europe, starts for the Frankfurt Galaxy and leads the league in rushing yardage (358), total yards from scrimmage (434), and rushing touchdowns (4). For the season, Alexander is averaging 6.4 yards on 56 rushing attempts.

He will be the leader and he can make the difference, but Bledsoe won't be a one-man revolution.

‘Training camp is almost three months away, but it’s not too early to speculate about the impact of this year’s draft class.’

The response to the acquisition of Drew Bledsoe has been enormous, with emails pouring in to buffalobills.com by the minute. Here are a few of the latest emails received. Additional emails will be posted throughout the week.

Bob Lamb, the tall man in the hard hat at TBD tailgates, tells the tale of almost losing the Shout Song.

‘Even if he does not know the whole offense, it did not stop the three-time Pro Bowler from showing off his arm at the three days of workouts. He connected on numerous deep passes, and looked sharp running a system that relies less on short passes to backs than deeper crossing passes to receivers and tight ends.’

‘Drew Bledsoe doesn’t make the Bills an instant Super Bowl contender. But he does accelerate the rebuilding effort by warp speed, by turning what was a glaring weakness into a positive. He also gives the Bills the legitimate “star” they’ve been missing that helps sell tickets.’