Two Bills Drive

‘”In Ralph’s eyes, Butler was the store manager of a 7-Eleven who knew how to make a slurpy and nothing else.”‘

‘"What a swashbuckling figure he cut as he led our team on drive after drive into our opponents’ end zone," Levy said. "If they were to make a movie about the life of John Wayne, Jim Kelly ought to play the part."’

‘Like 51-3 all over again.’

‘People leave Buffalo daily, but Buffalo never really leaves them. It’s just Buffalo.’

‘Thank you, Canton, thank you Buffalo and God bless.’

‘The Bills’ first-team defense dominated, creating three turnovers and two sacks during the Browns’ initial offensive series.’

‘"I can’t say enough about Travis Brown, he had a great scrimmage today," coach Gregg Williams said. "We’ll be looking at getting him a lot of reps in the preseason. We want to see him get a lot of work. Today, he was fantastic, we gave him the game ball."’

‘Despite his shaky start, Williams had a decent day in his first taste of NFL action. Of course, this was nothing compared to what he’ll see once the season starts.’

‘A fan was commenting how well QB Drew Bledsoe threw the ball when a lady beside him uttered these stunning words: "When did we sign Drew Bledsoe?" Apparently, the news didn’t travel to the cave she’s lived in the last five months.’

‘A big reason why the flip-flop of Trey Teague and Jonas Jennings on the Bills’ offensive line makes so much sense is that Teague has more experience than Jennings, and Teague figures to be a better communicator of line calls.’

‘”Since the day I was elected (in late January), I prayed to God that my son would be here with me today,” Kelly said. “God has granted me that blessing. It has been written throughout my career that toughness was my trademark. Well, the toughest person I’ve ever met in my life is my hero, my soldier, my son, Hunter.”‘

‘I thought I had showed up at a Bills’ tailgate party at the Ralph, not the induction ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.’

‘”But the minute he walked into the locker room, he walked up and spoke to me and Joe Devlin and Bruce Smith and Jim Ritcher and told each of us that he had followed us and he felt we had the material to become a winning football team. He immediately started rallying people. I had read him totally wrong.”‘

‘All in all, the Bills performed admirably, but along with the good, there was more than enough bad that must be corrected before the Bills line up against the New York Jets in the season opener on Sept. 8.’

‘Missing featured running back William Green because of a minor injury to his right shoulder, the Browns first-team offense accomplished little, if anything, in the scrimmage at St. John Fisher College.’