Archives for June 7, 2012

‘"My job was to pull them together," Jacobs said of his interaction with his more-celebrated teammates. "Two years ago at one of the Bills Alumni gatherings, Mike Stratton and George Saimes thanked me for putting them in the right place at the right time. Every time. That really meant a lot to me."’

‘The first thing that hit you is that head coach Chan Gailey and his coaching staff were all business as they try to get their team ready for training camp.’

”’My approach to this game has always been so mental in trying to be the guy that puts our team in the best position to win,” Fitzpatrick said. ”I knew I had a long way to go with my mechanics. I just didn’t know how to find that person or how to improve at it.”’

‘”I’m here for another year, and we have a chance to do something really cool this year, so I’m excited about that,” Byrd said on Tuesday. “That’s really all I’m thinking about.”‘

‘”Ralph Wilson did a wonderful thing bringing me to Buffalo,” said Jacobs. “Lou Saban obviously had a big hand in that, but Ralph kept me here. We’ve lived in the same home since I’ve been here and all three of our children were born and raised here. Same house since 1966.”‘