Archives for August 1, 2014

‘Tisch said he would ask Trump about his views on ownership, and what he could add to an NFL team.’

‘”When you compare him to some of his contemporaries, I think he stacks up very well,” said former teammate Steve Tasker, a wide receiver who is widely considered one of the greatest special teams players of all time. “He played a big role in some enormous games for the team we played on. Over the stretch of a seven-year period, from ’88 to the 1994 Super Bowl, our team was as good as it got.”‘

‘”I’m telling you, they were spot on. You would see them before practice talking about it. After practice, after they’d been through an hour-and-a-half practice running routes, those two guys would stay over practicing short routes and different scenarios.”‘

‘”Some of my assistant coaches were urging me to kick a field goal,” Levy recalls. “Frank looked at me and kept pointing at me, like ‘I’ve got the play.’ The play was a pass over the middle in a crowd of guys you can’t imagine. He grabbed it and went in for the touchdown.”‘

‘He holds no ill feelings toward the Browns. “It’s not about going out there and showing them what they missed,” Watkins said. “It’s about going out there and playing my game, getting the win and getting off the field. There’s no hard feelings. It was a business decision they made. I’m happy where I’m at.”‘

‘”We’re really pleased with the way the university handled the dispute and we fully recognize Texas A&M is the owner of the ’12th Man’ trademark,” Sonntag was quoted as saying in a joint press release from his group and Texas A&M. “We’ve already started operations under Bills Fan Thunder and will continue our fight to keep the Bills franchise in Buffalo.”‘

‘Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, confirmed in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday that the real estate mogul has been chosen to advance to the next round of bidding to purchase the team. Cohen said he was informed of the decision by Morgan Stanley, the banking firm overseeing the sale of the team for late owner Ralph Wilson’s estate.’

‘”No, we’re going to wait to discuss that until after tomorrow night’s practice so we know who’s available and who’s not, things like that. The expectation is that we’re going to play the game to win.”‘

‘Going hand in hand with Manuel’s early prowess was the pair of plays Watkins made at the beginning of practice during team drills.’

‘”I think they all offer similar things that I can do” Manuel said when explaining why he chose those five. “Whether its throwing the ball down the field, the vertical passing game or taking off and running and just being smarter when you do that. That’s one area I had to grow from last year. That’s why I had the knee injury”(against Cleveland).’

‘Marrone also didn’t have any updated information regarding how long Chandler (groin) would be out, and it was already determined that Moeaki (hamstring) would be out for a while. Without the trio, the Bills are down to only Gragg and Dominique Jones as the available tight ends.’

‘One year Gaughan lead his speech with Reed’s exploits in the postseason. Another year he highlighted the special combination that Jim Kelly and Reed were being one of the most prolific scoring tandems in league history. One year he even asked USA Today NFL reporter and committee member Jarrett Bell to present Reed just to lend a different voice to the presentation.’

‘”The only person who will be missing is Ralph (Wilson),” said Reed. “I wish he could’ve hung on a little bit more. That would’ve been icing on the cake for him.”‘

‘”I think it’s just from working more with the O-line,” said Manuel. “Those guys have a done a great job especially this week picking up the defensive blitzes. We’ve been communicating very well at the line of scrimmage and that allows us to really pick it up. For me as a quarterback when you know you’re protected you can just sit back there and pick the defense apart and distribute the ball to those receivers.”‘