Two Bills Drive

‘Sheppard was hired by head coach Gregg Williams last February. He spent the previous two years as quarterbacks coach in Seattle.’

‘”When I looked over Jim’s stats,” he said, “head-to-head against the three most heralded quarterbacks of his era, he had a .667 winning percentage against each of them … and cumulatively. Against Dan Marino he was 14-7, against John Elway 4-2 and against Joe Montana (already in the Hall) 2-1. In playoff games he was 5-0, 3-0 against Marino and 1-0 against each of the other two.”

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Stadium Wall regular Mike in Syracuse says that WNSA has reported that offensive coordinator Mike Sheppard has been fired after one year. Details to follow.

‘"I’m going to look at my options and see what happens," Moulds said. "By no means am I just going to bolt the NFL and go to the NBA, but if it’s something that I get the opportunity to do and it’s a way to stay in shape and get ready for the football season (I’ll do it)."’

David Carr answered chat questions including one on Buffalo.

Q: Some mockdrafts done for a sports website has you going to Buffalo. What are your thoughts on that?

A: David Carr: I mostly followed QBs when I was younger so I didn’t really have a favorite team. I just liked watching good players. I wouldn’t mind playing for Buffalo. They have a good team and good players. The weather wouldn’t bother me. But I will play anywhere.

Ruben discusses his Probowl preparation; he is also bringing his son with him without his wife for she is due in February.

‘Whether the Texans pick him or not, his career with the Bills – which has spanned four rocky seasons – is likely over.’

The fans have spoken and you chose Marissa, Jill of the Week from the Bills pre-season matchup against the Rams, as the 2001 buffalobills.com Jill of the Year! Marissa dominated the polls with 38% of the total vote! The runner up received less than half that number with 17% of the online vote.

‘The Bills won’t confirm several published reports that their five players are Johnson, left tackle John Fina, cornerback Ken Irvin, strong safety Raion Hill and wide receiver Avion Black. The agents for Fina, Hill and Black have confirmed their clients are on the list, however.’

Official list will not be released until Friday but here are the figures of the 5 players reported to be on Bills Expansion list:

S Raion Hill ($389,000)

WR Avion Black ($443,333)

CB Ken Irvin ($3,320,000)

OT John Fina ($4,423,380)

QB Rob Johnson ($11,225,250)

‘[Q:] If and when you are selected for the “Hall,” who wil be your presenter? – Mark Butler [A:] Marv, without a doubt. That is a slam-dunk. There are so many people who have influenced my life. There are about five or six guys who I could easily have introduced me like my High School football coach, Terry Henry, my oldest brother Pat, college coach Howard S., Ted Marchibroda and Frank Reich.’

‘[Q:] What team will you declare as your team if you go in? [A:] I would like to go in as a cross between a Packer and a Bill. What would you call that?- A Pabiller?’

‘[Q:] If you had to pick one game that would describe what kind of player you were and what you stood for which one would it be? [A:] “The Dolphins game when I dove across the end zone at the end of the game. That game I was never so tired in my life. There are many games that I look back on but the Dolphins games will always be a special on in my mind. That game pretty much set us to be we needed to go.”‘

‘But among the 12 players in the final 15, nobody’s credentials are stronger than Kelly’s.’