Two Bills Drive

To give you a sense of what that's like, let's take a look at some of the tasks stacked on Tom Donahoe's desk. Keep in mind that this doesn't include any of the marketing, public relations or business-end responsibilities that come with being the president and general manager of an NFL club.

This is free agency, pure and simple. (Actually, simple is not at all the right word…)

Today the Bills are entertaining Seahawks kicker Rian Lindell, a restricted free agent. Lindell was successful on 23 of 29 field-goal tries (79.3 percent) for Seattle last season. The former undrafted free agent by the Cowboys in 2000 has also handled kickoffs for the Seahawks the past three seasons.

‘ Free agent Sam Adams of the Oakland Raiders will visit the Buffalo Bills here Thursday.’

‘Buffalo would like to pair up Adams with young and talented tackle Pat Williams, another client of Wright’s. The Bills are roughly $7 million under the salary cap and could free up another $5 million if they can work out a deal to trade wide receiver Peerless Price, their franchise player.’

‘The Bills want a first-round pick as part of a package in exchange for Price, but the Falcons may not be willing to part with the No. 23 choice. ”Let’s not assume we don’t have any interest in having our first-round draft choice,” Anderson said a few days ago.’

With Raiders DT Sam Adams still unable to get what he thinks is a satisfactory offer over the long term from Cincinnati, he is set Thursday to visit Buffalo, the city, where ironically comes the buzz that the Bills could be prepping an offer sheet for Bengals LB Takeo Spikes in the next week.

Weakside LB Takeo Spikes would add some serious swagger to the Bills’ defense. He’s emotional, intense and outgoing. He’s not one of those players who leads by example.

Spikes leads with his mouth AND by example

When it was over, Tom Donahoe said he felt like a teacher once again, right down to the blank stares he used to see on many students' faces.

"You just know that everybody is saying, 'What did he say?'" the Buffalo Bills president/general manager said with a sheepish green as he stepped down from the platform in the media room at the team's training facility.

March 5, 1970 – JACK KEMP RETIRES TO ENTER POLITICS

A story in the Buffalo Evening News, said Bills' quarterback Jack was going to retire from pro football and enter the world of politics.

DT Omari Jordan (91), LB Jeff Posey (96), DE Grant Irons (95)

Looking into Takeo Spikes

"We have not made an offer, but we do have some interest in him. We have had some discussions with his agent and we are in the process of trying to set up a visit for him to come in and meet our coaches and take a look at our football team.

‘Peterson is attracting a lot attention on the free agent market. He visited with St. Louis over the weekend and has a meeting scheduled with Detroit this week. Cleveland reportedly also has some interest.’

‘Joe D’s workout includes 1,000 push-ups (in sets of 200) and 30 minutes of jumping rope (usually in two 15-minute sets). As any boxer will tell you, that wouldn’t be shabby for a man half Joe D’s age. ("I could easily do 30 minutes at a time," he said, apologetically.)’

‘The Buffalo Bills’ pursuit of some big-name defensive free agents is heating up, with general manager Tom Donahoe formally acknowledging his interest in Sam Adams, Mike Peterson and Takeo Spikes on Monday.’

‘I spent much of Friday evening logged onto the Web site, TwoBillsDrive.com. On their message board, posters were rattling off a litany of potential free agent signings and the probability of each one happening.’