Two Bills Drive

Len Pasquarelli writes about QB's at the combine. Queried if there were any 'sleepers' among the quarterbacks, one head coach retorted: "Yeah, all of them are sleepers. They started throwing, and I nodded off." Anyone thinking there is a QB of the Bill's future hidden in this draft ought to think again.

While awaiting word on reworked contracts and the QB situation I read Hunter S. Thompson's take on the XFL. He writes: "It is worse than any dream that ever happened in the worst and most tortured hallucinations ever suffered by the most pitiful LSD victim…. nobody except Vince McMahon was anxious to see it born, and nobody except the cheerleaders will miss it when it's gone…"

‘The Bills will bring Thurman Thomas back to town at 3 p.m. today for his official retirement announcement.’

‘Thurman Thomas will be on WGR55 this morning at 9:05 am. You can hear them live on the internet from their website.’

‘"I’ve got a good feeling we’ll get something settled," agent Jack Wirth said yesterday. "They want to keep Phil and we’re trying our best to get something done."’

"Listening to most of the analysis surrounding the quarterback choice facing the Buffalo Bills’ new hierarchy, you come to an inescapable question — what’s taking so long?"

‘If Jack Kemp and Ed Rutkowski could enter politics, why can’t Lou Piccone run for Amherst Town Board?’

‘The ex-El Toro High QB would likely draw the attention of several teams if the Bills cut him.’

‘Looks like Garza has moved up to #2 center spot (behind Raiola, in front of Rabach and Hamilton) … look for the Bills to consider him in Round 3. Also, Borrum has been pegged sleeper pick at OL for several weeks and it looks like the Combine was his coming-out party… I beleieve he goes by the end of the 2nd round now.’

‘NFLTalk.com’s Mike Florio thinks the lesson of the Bills QB debate might make it the last one we see in the NFL.’

‘Real Player required, only a 28.8 feed which can’t handle the replays. They apparently have an iso camera on him during the MCM which I’m sorry I didn’t see.’

‘The downside of Johnson is that of his 19 starts in Buffalo, he failed to finish eight of them when he was knocked out with an injury. Additionally, that fact that he took 79 sacks during his tenure indicates that he had a tendency to hang on to the ball too long.’

‘So the decision isn’t made. Signs point toward Johnson being the one to go. Stay tuned.’

‘Donahoe and Williams have done their homework. They’ve watched every play Johnson and Flutie triggered last season. They’ve interviewed some 60 people – players, coaches, medical people and others – to get a profile on both QBs. They’ve even had separate face-to-face meetings with Flutie and Johnson.’

Columnist Don Banks indicates that while media reports have speculated that Flutie was in the lead for most of the past week or so, league sources believe Johnson will be the choice of coach Gregg Williams. League personnel officials and scouts say that the signs all indicate it’s Johnson’s job to lose.