Archives for April 2001

‘A final decision isn’t due until June 1, although the issue could be put to a vote at a May meeting. The plan that many league and team officials believe has the best chance of receiving the necessary 24 votes for approval is called Option A1.’

"These guys, they’re teachers and they want to work hard," explained Wright when asked about the new coaching staff and offseason conditioning program. "Actually, (DB’s coach) Pat Thomas’s nephew was my roommate in college, so I knew his style a bit. He’s up in everyone’s face. He gets down with the defensive backs and backpedals with them.

‘Being drafted versus doing the drafting certainly supplies different kinds of pressure. Marv Levy handled that pressure from inside the Buffalo Bills’ “war room” quite well… it comes as no surprise that two of the more memorable recollections of the Hall of Fame coach came in the late 1980s just prior to the Bills’ Super Bowl run.’

’14. Buffalo (8-8) – Marcus Stroud – DT – Georgia.

Bills front four has gone through some more major overhauling, and Stroud would be an excellent new anchor in the middle.’

"If you saw the film with Buffalo, (Bills linebacker) Sam Cowart rarely got touched," Washington said. "He went to the Pro Bowl. I’m not taking full credit for that, but that’s my job. I don’t like to see guards and centers get on the linebackers because of the size difference."