Archives for July 1999

Smoke & mirrors? Whatever…

“…the Bills reportedly promised a signing bonus of more than $200,000 — and extended playing time, even beyond this season.”

Looks like our arch-rival will have another sub-par season running the football.

For all of you who aren’t able to get season tickets, here’s your chance!

I agree with him: Miami will have NO running game and will not win the AFC, and Flutie is back and Buffalo will! Three whole paragraphs dissing the Dolphins. I love it!

“Green Bay and Buffalo reportedly are the other two teams hanging in there with the 49ers but word out of Buffalo now claims the Bills are getting cold feet, since women’s groups protesting at the team headquarters there have made the Bills reconsider.”

“Last week in Buffalo, the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence held a rally at the Bills’ downtown ticket office, hoping to dissuade the team from pursuing Phillips. Perhaps as a result of the publicity, Bills

officials have recently been mum on their plans, although they are known to remain interested.”

“It’s not talent that is his problem,” [Bills pro personnel director A.J.] Smith said. “He just turned 24 and is trying to turn his life around. People are looking at it hard. It is turned around now, absolutely. I visited with him twice in Barcelona and Germany and we did an awful lot of investigative work. Europe was fantastic for him.”

Former Bill shares his skills.

Let’s hope something good comes out of this.

“CBS SportsLine, citing sources from two teams in pursuit of Phillips, reported that the Buffalo Bills had moved into the lead in the negotiating process, making an offer that includes a signing bonus of more than $200,000.”

The Bills 1998 highlight video will be shown 5 times during August and September.

Bill Walsh claims SanFran is Phillips’ 1st choice.

Fox claims that Phillips spoke with the Bills on Monday, although Butler told WKBW that he hadn’t spoken with Phillips agent since Friday. There seems to be some fibbing going on around here…

This AP story claims the 49ers are still very interested in Phillips, even though they just signed Charlie Garner. Of course, anyone who plays for the league minimum is a friend to SanFran after this offseason’s bloodbath.