Archives for May 4, 2005

‘Will Travis Henry ever be traded by Buffalo?’

‘For an undrafted free agent like Ezekiel, the Bills may have been one of the better teams to be signed by. The Bills opened the 2004 season with an NFL-high four undrafted rookie free agents. Hager said the Bills are a team that has showed "a lack of concern" to try out and sign non-Division I-A players.’

‘Another factor is Ezekiel’s maturity, or lack-there-of. The 22-year-old turned an on-field scuffle with a teammate into a career marring controversy when he knocked out Husky kicker Miro Kesic in the locker room in the waning weeks of the 2004 season. Instead of sticking up for himself when asked for his side of the story he refused to call me back (surprise, surprise), even though I stated in the eight messages I left him that I thought someone that has been such a great athlete for NU deserves to have their side of the story told (again, oops). Rather than man-up and call me himself, he got someone else to call me from an anonymous number and simply say, "You’ve got the whole Ezekiel story wrong."’

‘”I think I’ve got to have the best year of my career,” Reed said. “Whether it’s special teams, blocking or catching passes, I’ve got to be prepared to do whatever I have to do to help this team.”‘

‘The Bills believe Bledsoe had taken them as far as he could and hope that Losman is the guy to take them to the next level. Given the impressive level of surrounding talent and the coaching staff in place, a young QB couldn’t ask to be put in a much better situation.’

‘That’s why he’s thrilled to be coming back to Kutztown University this weekend to receive a diploma. The graduation ceremonies come almost 20 years to the day that Reed was drafted by the Bills in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL draft.’