Archives for June 20, 2003

‘[Q:] What restaurant has the best wings in Buffalo? [A:] "I haven’t eaten at a lot of different places, but the best that I have had were at the Big Tree."’

LBs Dustin Cohen and Fred Jones each agreed to one-year contracts. Cohen originally entered the league as a UDFA with Buffalo in 2000 and also spent time on Chicago ‘s practice squad that season. Jones entered the NFL as a UDFA with Buffalo in 2000 and was cut by Buffalo as suprise final cut on September 2, 2002.

Levy was always proud to promote the special teams game to his players. He would usually keep five receivers on the roster, but the fifth receiver wasn’t necessarily the fifth-best receiver he had in camp, but rather a solid special teams player. That’s how Steve Tasker made the Bills. Ironically, both of those coaches have taken teams to the Super Bowl.

‘Sobieski was taken 151st overall in last April’s draft after a six-year career at Iowa, during which he missed the 1999 and 2000 seasons because of shoulder injuries.’

‘The Bills project him as a center, but he played mostly tackle in mini camp.’

‘It started as research for a Pro Football Weekly feature on the Buffalo Bills’ defense. But it ended with some unexpected insight.’