Two Bills Drive

‘When Thomas picked up an interception and broke up seven passes in Buffalo’s final two games last year, people started asking where he had been the rest of the season. The answer is on the scout team, learning to be more consistent.’

‘”I love power football,” he said. ” I wasn’t blessed with the speed to go outside so I like to go north and south. I try to make do with what little size God gave me. But it’s not the size, it’s your heart, that’s what makes you want to want it."’

‘”Travis knows we expect huge things from him,” says quarterback Drew Bledsoe. “He’s highly motivated. He had an exceptional season last year. With another year of the offensive line working together and more defensive help, we expect even bigger things this year.”‘

‘The Bills made some changes to their depth chart on Wednesday. Second-year defensive end Ryan Denney benefited from one of those moves, landing a spot on the first-team ahead of Marcus Jones.’

‘In the final 11-on-11 drill, coach Gregg Williams got very upset with his defense on several plays. Many days during camp, the defense dominated, but this was the offense’s day.’

‘Ryan Denney…Sam Adams…Pat Williams…Aaron Schobel.’

‘"He’s not a lineman. If he gets in a game as a lineman we’re in trouble," jokes special teams coach Danny Smith. "He’s here as a long snapper and only a long snapper."’

”’You’ve made my day. You’ve made my years,” Dana said to Bills coach Gregg Williams.’

‘Brown has got to be feeling like he is on a ledge. Too many mistakes. One play was a perfect handoff to Burns, who turned and pitched it back to Brown, who totally missed a wide open Coleman.’

‘”Sports Illustrated wrote articles that wasn’t who was going to win the game, it was just how bad the Chargers were going to beat us. Even after we beat them in ’64. They were the most prolific scoring offense in all of pro football at that point in time, and then, of course, we shut them down and held them to no score. What was fun about it was (defensive coordinator) Joe Collier had his defense and I took two of the defenses and put them together as a thought process for one defense. I used that defense on most of the third downs and that shut them down. (San Diego’s) Lance Alworth was really a great football player, a great wide receiver and did some great things. We didn’t shut him down that day, but we sure shut him off.”‘

‘In July 2002, Wright was arrested in Fresno, Calif., after fleeing the scene of an auto accident in which he was involved. In January he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of the collision that left two people injured. Under the plea deal, Wright faces no penalty if he stays out of legal trouble for a year.’

‘Practice runs from 8:25 to 10:30 a.m. today and 8:25 to 10:15 a.m. Thursday. There is no practice Friday.’

‘” If the scrimmage was an idea of what he can do for us, it’s great,” Gray said. ” He’s strong enough to keep those 330-pound tackles off him and he has relentless pursuit. He never quits.”‘

‘” I enjoy watching the Bills on television on Sunday afternoons during the football season,” he said. ” I really get into the games. I’d love to see them bring home a championship for Buffalo one of these days.”‘

‘An estimated 3,000 to 3,500 fans filed out of the bleachers and off the surrounding hillside and back to the buses, which took them to the shuttle lots.’