Two Bills Drive

‘As elusive as he always has been on the football field, Doug Flutie couldn’t avoid the biggest sack of all.’

‘Considering Chargers GM John Butler was the only man who had the faith to sign Flutie three years ago when he was GM in Buffalo, he’s the likeliest candidate to do it again.’

‘And while it chagrins us, you also should know there is only one problem with tying the can to Flutie. From our vantage point, he was not the problem. The problem was: Rob Johnson is no stinkin’ good.’

‘Johnson is expected to talk publicly today about the decision.’

‘"What was interesting in talking to the players who came in to see me, none of the players expressed a desire for one or the other, but they all expressed a desire (for us) to pick a quarterback."’

‘"I doubt seriously Rob Johnson will ever be a Buffalo Bill," he says. "Buffalo Bills don’t wear bandanas on their heads or have that devil-may-care, surfer boy attitude that he has. "He ought to be playing for San Diego."’

‘In my Fantasyland, Flutie’s 27 and Rob’s in high school cruising for chicks. But reality bites. And like the choice or not, the Bills took one more step toward becoming a true team again.’

‘Sadly, Doug will be working his magic elsewhere, while the Bills pin their hopes on a quarterback whose potential no longer seems unlimited.’

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‘When Wade Phillips introduced Rob Johnson three years ago as quarterback of the Buffalo Bills he said he hoped it would be the start of the Rob Johnson-Wade Phillips era. Well, on Wednesday night, Feb. 28 the Johnson era really and belatedly began as general manager and president Tom Donahoe …’

"There is no more controversy," Williams said. "The locker room is unified."

‘First of all, the word has always been that the Bills’ players preferred Johnson at quarterback.’

‘Donahoe said last week that the one quarterback who remains probably will have to restructure his contract to accommodate the team’s tight cap status. Flutie has a 2001 cap value of $7.753 million and Johnson of $8.292 million.’

‘After weeks of internal debate on the merits of their two quarterbacks, the Bills have decided in favor of Rob Johnson. The team will officially announce the decision to retain Johnson at a 7 p.m. EST news conference at the team complex.’

‘The Bills were forced to make a decision mostly for salary-cap reasons as they had to cut almost $8 million off their payroll in time for Thursday’s 4 p.m. deadline.’