Archives for May 19, 2005

‘Jerman said the way the Bills turned the season around last year, winning eight of their last 10 games, makes Buffalo an attractive destination for him. “This is really a team on the rise, I believe,” Jerman told the media during his visit. “Now that I’ve been here and met with all the coaches and seen what kind of program they have, I’ve been really impressed with everything.”‘

‘In the past, the Bills were reluctant to practice on the carpet-style artificial turf inside Growney due to the wear such surfaces cause on knees and joints. But synthetic athletic fields such as the one Fisher is getting are kinder on athletes’ bodies – crushed rubber pellets surround plastic grass blades, acting as millions of tiny shock absorbers. “The players really like it,” Mularkey said. “If we were on it more (in camp), I don’t see it as a problem at all. And any time you can create a game-type atmosphere, that gets the adrenaline flowing.”‘