imbondz
04-30-2004, 11:09 PM
sorry if this was already posted, great article.
Bledsoe and Losman off on right foot (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2004-04-30-minicamp-notes_x.htm)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Quarterback J.P. Losman was a walking bundle of nerves thinking about his first practice in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills.
The team's first-round draft pick from Tulane was just a wee bit worried about what it was going to be like meeting 12th-year veteran Drew Bledsoe, the starter he has been tabbed to replace eventually.
Talk about awkward.
Then the telephone rang at Losman's Venice, Calif., home. It was Bledsoe on the line.
That was Tuesday, shortly after Bledsoe renegotiated his contract for three seasons, saving the team a cool $3.9 million in salary cap space, but, more importantly, assuring that he'll be around for a while to help the Bills win on the field and to help groom Losman off of it.
"He called me as soon as it happened and said, 'We're going to have so much fun here. We're going to take care of business, but J.P., I'll tell you what, ask me any questions, anything,' " said Losman, recalling a conversation that left him stunned...
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Bledsoe and Losman off on right foot (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2004-04-30-minicamp-notes_x.htm)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Quarterback J.P. Losman was a walking bundle of nerves thinking about his first practice in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills.
The team's first-round draft pick from Tulane was just a wee bit worried about what it was going to be like meeting 12th-year veteran Drew Bledsoe, the starter he has been tabbed to replace eventually.
Talk about awkward.
Then the telephone rang at Losman's Venice, Calif., home. It was Bledsoe on the line.
That was Tuesday, shortly after Bledsoe renegotiated his contract for three seasons, saving the team a cool $3.9 million in salary cap space, but, more importantly, assuring that he'll be around for a while to help the Bills win on the field and to help groom Losman off of it.
"He called me as soon as it happened and said, 'We're going to have so much fun here. We're going to take care of business, but J.P., I'll tell you what, ask me any questions, anything,' " said Losman, recalling a conversation that left him stunned...
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