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Somewhere in Venice, California, Buffalo's newest quarterback J.P. Losman is taking notes.
Losman, the second of the Bills' first round draft picks last weekend, is soon to play understudy to Drew Bledsoe's lead. Over his 12-year career in the NFL, Bledsoe has developed into the epitome of a team-orientated player.
Tuesday, Losman got his first lesson when the Bills announced that Bledsoe, the former No. 1 overall draft pick in the 1993 Draft, has re-negotiated his contract providing salary cap room to help the team extend the contracts of some of their current players and to pursue any available free agents that would make the team better.
"I have to applaud Drew for his efforts and his encouragement for us to try and do this," Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe said during a news conference with the media. "He's made some concessions this year and over the next couple of years to help the football team."
Donahoe said Drew approached him on a number of occasions letting him know that if there was ever anything he could do with his contract that would help the team, he would be willing to pursue it.
"We want to be fair to Drew," said Donahoe. "He is our starting quarterback and we recognize what he's done here and what he's done in his career. We need to be sensitive to that but we also recognized where his cap figure was headed and it makes it very difficult to give you, as a team, flexibility to do some other things."
Losman, the second of the Bills' first round draft picks last weekend, is soon to play understudy to Drew Bledsoe's lead. Over his 12-year career in the NFL, Bledsoe has developed into the epitome of a team-orientated player.
Tuesday, Losman got his first lesson when the Bills announced that Bledsoe, the former No. 1 overall draft pick in the 1993 Draft, has re-negotiated his contract providing salary cap room to help the team extend the contracts of some of their current players and to pursue any available free agents that would make the team better.
"I have to applaud Drew for his efforts and his encouragement for us to try and do this," Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe said during a news conference with the media. "He's made some concessions this year and over the next couple of years to help the football team."
Donahoe said Drew approached him on a number of occasions letting him know that if there was ever anything he could do with his contract that would help the team, he would be willing to pursue it.
"We want to be fair to Drew," said Donahoe. "He is our starting quarterback and we recognize what he's done here and what he's done in his career. We need to be sensitive to that but we also recognized where his cap figure was headed and it makes it very difficult to give you, as a team, flexibility to do some other things."
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