Archives for July 2003

‘Reich attributes the Bills’ tenacity and relentlessness in the team getting to four straight Super Bowls. “Being relentless is how you come back from defeat,” he said. “That’s the word people used to define us. We were called relentless because we were not controlled by circumstances.”‘

‘Tickets for the second session, Aug. 4, will be available starting at 9 a.m. Monday at participating Tops Friendly Markets.’

Levy is one-third finished with his autobiography. When he reaches the Buffalo chapters, he won’t be able to single out who’s responsible for the Bills’ success. "There is no one person," Levy said. "It was the interworkings that made the difference."

‘The Buffalo Bills needed just 30 minutes Monday to distribute all the tickets for their evening practice on July 28 at the Bills Bausch & Lomb Training Camp at St. John Fisher College.’

One of the most popular elements of the camps in Rochester, the practices feature autograph sessions from the entire team after the practice, which runs from 6-30 to 8-30pm.

The AFC East is brutally tough. The Bills, Jets and Patriots have franchise quarterbacks, and the Dolphins have arguably the best running back in Ricky Williams. Tiebreakers will be the key, so they are toast if they go 2-4 in the division again.

‘It all added up to an 8-8 season, the club’s third in a row without a playoff berth. Although making the playoffs this year will be just as tough in the ultra-competitive AFC East, at the very least the Bills hope to be more than an easy parlay play.’

‘Tickets for the second session taking place on Monday, August 4 will be available next Monday, July 21st starting at 9:00 AM. Once again, tickets to the night practices are free and limited to six per person.’

‘Bill Conaty, whose six-year tenure with the Buffalo Bills officially ended when he signed with the Patriots July 3 as an unrestricted free agent, will always be grateful to have been a Bills center. He started his NFL career in Buffalo as an undrafted rookie out of Virginia Tech, where he got to play in the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl. Married and a father of two, he’s made a nice living in the NFL.’

Word coming out of Buffalo is that the team is altering the wide-open system it used last season with quarterback Drew Bledsoe. The Bills are showing signs of being more conservative, hoping to rely on an improved defense and turning to a solid running game and play-action passes to control the clock.

‘"It’s always a new season," Moorman said. "I feel like the Bills have done some good things. There’s a lot of excitement going on with our team right now. We don’t to expect anything less than the playoffs and beyond."’

According to Grant Irons parents, Grant was spending his off-time between the last mini-camp and training camp and they said he was in Phoenix, Arizona at a training facility getting one-on-one guidance. They also added that Big Sam Adams was out there with him trying to get some of that weight off in time for camp. Grant was really impressed with this facility how they prepared him for his first camp and he talked Sam into joining him for this years preparations.

The archived interview is here. The real thing is better than the notes. (Donahoe portion of interview is at approximently 1:20:00 mark).

‘On offense–Les Steckel has been working hard with Travis on Fumbling. Donahoe said the staff has probably overanalyzed what led to Travis’ issues and found that it was part technique so they have worked on that. Said obviously that teams will target Travis for stripping the ball…’

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, when asked which teams have the top offensive lines in football says "I would watch out for the Buffalo Bills’ line this season."