Two Bills Drive

”’I was on a ski slope one time, going down the mountain, thinking I was one of the top skiers in the world until I hit the tree,” he said. ”I’m just telling you right now, they can all get better. I’m going to help them achieve a higher standard, raise the bar a little higher and it’ll hopefully pay off.”’

‘“We want him, and hopefully he wants us,” Bills coach Gregg Williams said Wednesday, a day after LeBeau visited with the team at its suburban-Buffalo headquarters.’

Hopefully, yesterday we presented the right situation, that he would want to come here, because he would be a valuable addition to our staff. I really look forward to working with him, if it works out. We should know something in the next couple days."

On return to coaching:

"They say coaching is something in your blood. You just enjoy the working relationship you have with players and coaches and certainly the adrenaline flow on Sundays. But this was an opportunity that I really looked forward to. I have tremendous respect for Gregg, as a coach working with him in Houston and Tennessee.

"When I talked to Coach Williams it was a good meeting. And I was excited about the opportunity to come here and join this franchise, they've done a good job. You look at the way they've gone 3-and-whatever-it-was to 8-8 and they're on the move, making the right moves. As far as just being here, just having the opportunity to work with good people, it's important."

Talk about Mike Williams:

"I am excited to work with him. I am in the evaluation process right now and I see good things fro him, from all of these guys. Right now I am going to see what things I can do, as a coach, to make each one of them a better player. That is my biggest concern right now."

‘"I’ll even go back to my playing days. I’ve always loved playing in Buffalo. The fans are great and the city is great. I remember coming down what I call snowball alley right out here on the bus and the fans we’re throwing snowballs at us. The support from the city is tremendous and I’m excited to be here and excited to come to a city that really supports the team."’

While die-hard Bills fans know that February 14 is the birthday of Drew Bledsoe and Jim Kelly, most others recognize it as Valentine's Day.

If that special someone celebrates both, what better gift is there for him or her than Bills football?

With that in mind, the Bills are offering a special Valentine's Day promotion.

‘The Bills would like to convince LeBeau to take a position as an assistant under defensive coordinator Jerry Gray. LeBeau, 65, was fired by the Bengals after a three-year head-coaching tenure.’

‘The first Hunter’s Hope Rochester Ball is planned for July 25 at the High Falls festival site, which overlooks the river. Information on the availability or price of tickets is not yet available.’

The Bills today announced that the team has signed two free agents DE Andrew Bowers and DB Kenneth Harris. Bowers (6-5, 297), a two-year starter out of Utah, originally signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent (2001). Harris, a 5-11, 205-pound defensive back out of Northern Iowa University, is originally from Buffalo and a graduate of St. Joseph Collegiate Institute, where he played both running back and defensive back.

‘Former Cincinnati Bengals coach Dick LeBeau was scheduled to visit the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday to discuss the team’s offer to join their defensive staff.’

The NFL Europe League training camp kicks off in February and runs to the end of March.

Five of the six Bills players allocated have been assiged to a NFL Europe team.

‘Turner, who was out of football last season, appeared in 51 games with the Chargers mostly as a special-teams player before he was released last August. Previously, he appeared in 41 games over three seasons with Washington.’

Turner (5-10, 180) was originally drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh-round (226th overall) of the 1995 Draft out of Illinois. He played in 41 games over three seasons with Washington before being released and claimed off of waivers by the San Diego Chargers in 1998. In his four years in San Diego, Turner appeared in 51 games (4 starts) contributing 23 tackles and two interceptions.