Archives for May 27, 2005

‘"One record I’m not proud of is having the most punts in Bills history," said Maguire. "That will tell you what kind of crappy teams I played on."’

‘Buffalo owner Ralph Wilson has been leading the charge for the sharing of those revenues. Wilson cites potential competitive imbalance, even though the league has a salary cap to level the playing field when it comes to signing players. Mara indicated some teams spend as much as 70 percent of their revenues on player costs, while other teams spend as little as 30 percent. That can impact on other team expenditures such as the coaching staff and building facilities, which could entice free agents to join the franchise.’

‘”It’s a big challenge being a backup because as competitors we want to be on the field,” said Haggan, Fletcher’s understudy at middle linebacker. “But to get on the field we have to go through London Fletcher or Jeff Posey and Takeo Spikes. We know that we can play. We just have to be patient because our time will come.”‘

‘”I always tell people that in football I learned a lot of things,” Reich said during a celebration-related conference call Thursday. “Two key things were preparation and leadership. And essentially what we do as a ministry is prepare leaders for the church.”‘

‘"I don’t know exactly how deep it goes with Mr. Adams but I don’t know if it’s a matter of pulling the trigger, it’s just are we hitting the right target?" coach Mike Mularkey said when asked about the Titans’ overtures for Henry. "If it’s the right target, the trigger will be pulled but obviously it hasn’t yet."’

”’I have no problem with that,” said Lee, a free agent who signed with the Bills earlier this month. ”I’m a team person and I just want to win, and this will really be the first opportunity for me to show what I can do.”’

‘”(The first minicamp) was more basic,” said Losman. “We’ve thrown in a lot this time. We put a lot of new things in (to the offense) and it’s making it a little bit difficult but then again, you’re finding out what you are good at and what you aren’t. It was a lot thrown at us but it was also fun at the same time.”‘