‘Shelton is under contract to make $3 million a season through 2008, a reasonable rate for a starting left tackle. Shelton, though, was replaced at left tackle by Leonard Davis in Arizona, and Shelton and coach Dennis Green haven’t had the best relationship.’
Archives for February 20, 2005
A tough drop for Bledsoe
‘"The biggest change in football in the last seven or eight years has been the defenses and what they do to you. The way they attack a quarterback is much more varied than it was 15 or 20 years ago, and that’s made it tougher for the classic drop-back quarterbacks. Offensive linemen now are big, strong guys who are not as athletic as the guys we find on defense. The guys rushing the passer today are generally better athletes. They’re faster and quicker and that’s made it unrealistic to ask an offensive line to hold its pass protection for five seconds the way the Raiders did when Plunkett was playing."’
Bledsoe’s release paves way for Losman in Buffalo
‘”As a leader in the preseason games and in practice, he had the chance to display some leadership skills that I like,” Mularkey said. “We designed some runs early in the preseason he took advantage of and made plays. He had a good pocket presence about him. He has a lot of things now that we are going to start to scratch the surface with.”‘
JP Losman: The Right Decision?
‘I do look for the Bills to take somewhat of a step back to start off the Losman era. Hopefully the learning curve won’t be too big for JP and he will catch on quickly. He has the talent; he has to tools, now he has to put it together. I do like that when the press conference that the Bills held to announce the releasing of Drew Bledsoe, JP Losman was with Sam Wyche watching film.’