‘”It’s back to ground zero,” Kelly said. “But hopefully one of these guys will shine and give us a quarterback we’ve so desperately needed these last couple years. I’m a season-ticket holder. I’m frustrated, too. Hopefully, one of these guys steps up and is the leader that we need.”‘
Archives for July 2006
Price is eager to cash in on his second chance
‘”Naturally, he had his best playing days here,” Levy said of Price. “I think the opportunity to come back here, while he’s still relatively young, having been through a couple of years where he really didn’t get the chance to play, he’s reacted to it all in the most positive way and it’s invigorated him.”‘
Camp could help team answer key questions
‘Will the decision to have J.P. Losman, Kelly Holcomb and Craig Nall compete for the starting quarterback job produce the best man or just create chaos throughout the summer?’
Bills return to their past, to build for the future
‘”We don’t have egos on this team,” Spikes said. “When you lose 11 games, you can’t have an ego the next year. I’m as hungry as ever. A lot of guys are that way. You look at any preseason magazine, nobody’s picking us for anything, so anything we do is a plus.”‘
Coach and Player profiles
Wasco grad Merz signs with Buffalo
‘Merz, who has been issued No. 62, is listed third on the team’s depth chart at right guard.’
Bills Report to Training Camp
‘"I didn’t come here to rebuild, I even hate thinking about it. It’s sour to my stomach, I hate thinking about rebuilding. I came here to win, and that is the only thing. Then at the end of the season you will really know whether or not if its going to go one way or the other. But as far as my mindset, I don’t believe in rebuilding. I look at it as reloading".’
Couple Feels Wedding-Bills Blues
‘"This is a small town and you kind of work together. This was not a major difficulty, but Josh had a concern."’
Takeo Spikes Move-In
‘We’re going to be smart, I’m going to participate in everything…not now, but one step at a time and remember that it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Just take it one day at a time and one of the biggest things is live by not getting too high and not getting too low. Just putting the blinders on and stay focused.’
Terrence McGee Move-In
‘We have to get up at like six or seven and you don’t make it back to your bed until like ten or eleven o’clock at night and then you have to study your playbook until about one. Then you have to wake up and do the routine all over again, so I mean each day you have off feels just like Christmas vacation.’
Bills prepared to open camp minus two 1st-round picks
‘"There’s progress, but what does that mean?" Levy said. "We hope to get it done. Not just our people, but it perplexes me why all the early rounders wait so long to do it. If I was a player, I’d want to get it done."’
CB Youboty signs 4-year deal with Bills
‘Although financial terms weren’t disclosed, the Ohio State product was expected to receive a deal worth about $2.5 million.’
Youboty Becomes Latest Bills Draft Pick To Sign
‘Youboty is the seventh of the Bills nine draft picks to sign with the team.’
Youboty Signed, Only McCargo, Whitner Remain
‘"I’m definitely happy to have this out of the way," said Youboty. "Now I can take that next step before my NFL career begins and compete with my teammates at training camp."’
Ex-Bills QB Fights Cancer
‘”I can’t thank the people in Buffalo, New York enough. The letters we got from Buffalo and all over the country that were Bills fans was tremendous.”‘