Our team was good, and they had good years and cashed in on it. I don't think it was a case of the Steelers being cheap. We had a lot of good players on those teams at the time and just couldn't keep them all. We also weren't as aggressive back then as they are now. |
Some have durability issues. Others haven't produced for more than one season. They're kind of all clumped together and no one has really separated himself. |
That's a pretty good roster for an expansion team, |
There are six or seven backs who could fall anywhere from late in the first to late in the second, |
There's something about the character of this team that when their backs are up against the wall, they respond. |
They're welcome to come to our place next year, we'll invite them right now. We're looking for somebody that wants to come to Buffalo and enjoy our fans. |
We didn't look at going to J.P. as a step back, we looked at it as a step forward. We felt that we probably went as far as we could go with Drew, and that's not acceptable. We want to go further. |
We didn't look to going to J.P. as a step back, we looked at it as a step forward, |
We want to go further. |
We want to keep all our young players, and were going to continue to try to do that. But the two deals aren't related at all. |
We will offer a comment when Willis has been cleared by our doctors for practice. |
We'll see. Until we start to talk, you just don't know how it's going to go. |
We're hopeful that in the next week or two that we can get him back on the practice field. |
While we are very proud of the progress made by the Bills organization over the last few seasons, we also recognize the fact that this is a bottom-line business and our record has not been good enough. I take full responsibility for that. |
You feel good about these things when they're done. Now we can turn our attention back to our huge game on Sunday and put the focus where it belongs. |