Archives for April 20, 2004

”’It doesn’t complicate matters at all,” Modrak said on Tuesday, a day after the court’s ruling. ”We hung them up on the board. Now if they’re not there, they’re not there. We just take the plaques down and they’re not there anymore.”’

‘”We put our trust and faith in Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Modrak,” said Bills guard Ross Tucker. “I think we’re all confident that they are going to look at it from a business perspective and do what they think is in the best interest of the organization. Hopefully they can help make our team stronger and continue to get us more and more good players so we can have a winning season.”‘

‘”Aaron said the one team he never talked to was Buffalo. I visited about five other places but not here. I knew that they were in need of a tight end but — you never know and (Bo) probably knows that more than most of the other guys in this draft.”‘

‘Mr. Nobody was suddenly a somebody. Beebe was drafted in the third round by the Buffalo Bills and would go on to play nine seasons for the Bills, Carolina Panthers and Green Bay Packers, appearing in a record six Super Bowls.’

‘Conaty recalls that play as being the end of an era in Buffalo. “As a team and an organization they put all their eggs in one basket,” he said. “They had overpaid some guys and, after that, they started cutting players like Bruce Smith and Andre Reed. In the locker room, there was a lot of disarray and disbelief, but life goes on.”‘

‘The 2004 draft may be Donahoe’s most important in his four years with the Buffalo Bills. What will he do this weekend? Stay tuned.’