Archives for April 2005

‘Former Rensselaer and Buffalo Bills linebacker Dan Brandenburg works with Baskett at Speed TEC, a company based in San Diego that specializes in training athletes, particularly football players, in speed training.’

‘"They brought in a lot of people that were successful in different areas of business," said Spikes. "There was a guy who owned several restaurants in Philadelphia. There was a very wealthy real estate mogul. There was a big time business negotiator that spoke to us. The professors were there too, but they did a good job of bringing real life situations into the classroom. They brought in real people that have done and experienced it, so we were able to relate to that well."’

‘”Losman was rated right in line with Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers. He’d be right in that grouping,” Kiper said. “Now you’ve got a year with him. Now he’s your starting quarterback. You’ve had a whole year to get him ready, so you’re ahead of the game if you’re the Buffalo Bills.’

‘If there’s one thing Tom Donahoe has taught us since becoming the Buffalo Bills general manager in 2001, it’s that guessing what will happen at draft time is normally a fruitless endeavor.’

‘Bellamy, who is from Harrisburg, Pa., is looking forward to life after Delaware State. With aspirations to go pro, he said he has workouts scheduled with the Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills.’

‘Buffalobills.com will be broadcasting NFL Network draft coverage from Wednesday, April 20 to Sunday, April 24. The shows that will be aired on the team’s official site will include NFL Total Access and NFL Playbook.’

‘The Bills were particularly pleased with how Matthews helped mentor Losman through his rookie season.’

‘The Bills have confirmed that they’ve resigned QB Shane Matthews.’

”’We just feel that if we’re going to make a trade, we want something we think is equal value,” Donahoe said. ”We will decide, the Buffalo Bills will decide, what’s a fair offer, not Travis and not Travis’ agent.”’

‘At first I met former Buffalo Bills quarterback and current Bills radio color analyst Alex Van Pelt. This season he is the quarterbacks coach of the Galaxy.’

‘One of the things that make this draft very interesting is the lack of top level talent. This can work to the Bills advantage.’

‘It’s tougher to predict than usual (not that it is ever easy). That is because the Bills do not have a first round pick, thanks to the J.P. Losman deal. They aren’t scheduled to pick until the 55th overall selection in the second round of the NFL Draft.’

‘Matthews has reached a verbal agreement, according to a source close to the quarterback, to return to the Bills as No. 3 behind starter J.P. Losman and new No. 2 Kelly Holcomb.’

‘”I’m proof of that. They might not get a world-beater, but they can find another piece of the puzzle, and that’s how you build a winning football team – piece by piece.”‘

‘”We think that Travis is a starting running back in the league and he’s proven what he can do,” Donahoe added. “He’s been to a pro bowl, and he’s had production and it’s been consistent when the opportunity’s been given to him to play. We just feel that if we’re going to make a trade we want something we think is equal value and we may get it, we may not.”‘