Archives for June 4, 2008

‘"One of the things that made us the team that we were and made the guys that I played with so special, was expertise," Tasker said. "When you are in business, you know that you have to have some level of proficiency and expertise in what you do, and that is no different in football than anything – accounting, or what have you, expertise is part of the fabric that makes your business what it is." Tasker said his former coach, Marv Levy, told him that leadership is not about getting people to follow; leadership is about getting people to join you."’

‘The ball looked to be coming out of the hands of Trent Edwards and Gibran Hamdan with good zip Wednesday. Hamdan got almost all of the second team reps with J.P. Losman not in attendance at the voluntary workout.’

‘”Not that I can see,” Cambria said. “They’ve obviously impounded his car and gone public with a press conference, so that doesn’t seem to me like he’s getting any special treatment, except to say that he’s being singled out. If this happened to an ordinary individual… this wouldn’t be happening.”‘

‘Tasker recalled a time in his career when the Buffalo Bills briefed their players before the games. A crucial part of the playbook was the back of it, which some Bills officials made them read first. It included changes in National Football League rules.’

‘Moorman led the Bills with a time of 1:28:51, Lindell followed at 1:31:17 and April came through at 2:03:49. The relay team of Ryan Neill and his wife, Tiffany, combined for a time of 1:31.50. It was the first triathlon for all of them.’

‘Will QB Trent Edwards fulfill the potential the Bills see in him? Can Stroud stay healthy after two injury plagued years in Jacksonville? How much improvement can Schonert, Edwards and Hardy create for the 30th-ranked offense? Who steps up at tight end?’

‘The longer what transpired that morning remains a mystery the more poorly it reflects on Lynch and the greater the chance it could jeopardize at least a portion of his coming season. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been quick to dole out suspensions under the league’s code of player conduct. A failure to cooperate in a criminal investigation won’t look good in Lynch’s personnel file. Nor will taking the fifth amendment on legal grounds necessarily spare Lynch the wrath of the league office, not when the vehicle involved in the crime belongs to him.’

‘”I think it’s fair to say that, if Mr. Lynch was not driving the vehicle, he probably has a pretty good idea who was,” Buffalo police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge said Tuesday, following a news conference at Police Headquarters.’

‘The smallish linebacker would make a largish secondary member. He’s a bit bigger than the team’s current safeties in terms of raw size, but not insanely so: At 6-foot-2 and listed at 229 pounds, he’d be an inch or two taller than all the existing members of the platoon, or three inches when it comes to Donte Whitner.’

‘Former Buffalo Bills great Thurman Thomas, who last year was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will be the honorary starter for Saturday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen International.’

‘According to the police report, the SUV was driving westbound on Chippewa and turning left to go south on Delaware when it hit a female pedestrian who was attempting to cross the street. Police confirm there was front end damage to the car, and the report says a broken off piece of the car was recovered at the scene and turned in as evidence.’

‘"I think we’ve made a lot of good offensive plays the past couple of practices," said Edwards. "We’ve installed some plays that we had never run before and now that we’re running them and seeing a lot of different looks you have more confidence when you run them over and over again. I feel like now I’m kind of getting into the rhythm and the receivers are getting into the rhythm. You’re kind of getting on the same page and that’s why you’re going to see this offense make plays hopefully."’