‘"I played for six years and I was very fortunate. I was basically going to put it behind me and move on. We were about two days away from putting the house up for sale and heading back to Pittsburgh." His plans, however, changed dramatically when Doug Flutie sustained a torn left groin muscle in practice last Thursday. Instead of heading to Pennsylvania, Van Pelt drove to Rochester Sunday night after signing a one-year contract with the Buffalo Bills. Van Pelt immediately slid into the second spot on the depth chart behind Rob Johnson and ahead of youngsters Mike Cawley and Phil Stambaugh. He looked right at home in his No. 10 jersey during his first practices yesterday. "I guess the golf course was good for him," coach Wade Phillips said, "because he came in in pretty good shape."’