1999 Training Camp Facts
BillsBeat - August 1, 1999
BillsBeat - July 31, 1999
Go Camping With The Bills
Bills Say Nucleus Is In Place
“I know we started 0-3 (last year), but we weren’t the same team once we started winning,” Phillips said. “If we can regain that . . . with the same players, and hope to get better, if we do that, we’ll be awfully strong.”
Bills, Reed On Verge Of New Deal
“It’s believed general manager John Butler and agent Jack Wirth hammered out a one-year extension, tying Reed to the Bills through 2001. A bonus could double Reed’s 1999 pay, set at $1.3 million, and the extra year will provide the Bills salary cap room.”
BillsBeat - July 30, 1999
Reed signs new contract!
Wooohooooo!
Bills Team Report - 7/30
Bills open training camp on Saturday
It’s finally here! After being deprived of real football for months, we can now drink up!
Bills announce formation of "Jamestown Club"
Bills are finally marketing regionally. Lets hope this type of smart marketing keeps the Bills in Buffalo for at least another 40 years.
Reed A Holdout Unless Bills Pay Him More
“On his own team, the 35-year-old Reed has seen teammates with much less time and contributions to the Bills soar past him on the salary chart. This off-season, 36-year-old quarterback Doug Flutie, tackle Jerry Ostroski and cornerback Ken Irvin were given deals averaging $5.5 million, $3.125 million and $2.7 million.”
BillsBeat - July 29, 1999
Flutie Flaunts His Talent With Drums
Buffalo has a multi-talented QB in Flutie. He certainly has the ability to improvise!
BillsBeat - July 28, 1999
Unnecessary Roughness
“If the bars are knowingly breaking the law by bringing in the TV signal by false pretenses, that is a crime. But to use bully tactics to seek penalties of an enormity which could cause these businesses to close up shop is overkill.”
BillsBeat - July 27, 1999
McKenzie and Smerlas win Service Award
Those of us who are old enough to remember McKenzie and Freddy know that these awards are very well deserved.
Bills sign three draft picks
With these 3 signings, Buffalo has 6 of 9 picks signed.
Walsh Insists RB Is Matured
“The Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers were also interested in [Lawrence] Phillips, but he chose the 49ers because, he said, the chances are better to immediately break into the starting lineup.”
Merely Courting Phillips Was A Bad Idea For Bills
Many of the same sentiments as expressed by the astute readers of this page.