The_Philster
05-15-2005, 05:53 AM
Bills report: Inside slant
After playing 12 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, Thurman Thomas did the unthinkable, signing with the rival Miami Dolphins for a season.
Call it spite after being cut by the Bills in a salary cap purge after the 1999 season. Call it refusing to answer the door when Father Time came calling.
After that one year in aqua and white, however, Thomas made amends with Bills fans, signing a one-day contract so he could retire a Bill....more (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/report/BUF/8473939)
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Bills report: Notes, quotes
--Joe Ferguson, who played 12 seasons for the Bills and set many of the team passing marks later broken by Jim Kelly, is currently undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer at a Houston hospital. Frank Broyles, his coach at the University of Arkansas, reported that Ferguson is in good spirits. "He feels good that the treatment is working," Broyles said. "But tell everyone to include Joe in their thoughts and prayers." Ferguson is a former Razorbacks assistant coach. A third-round pick of the Bills in 1973, he played for Buffalo, Indianapolis, Detroit and Tampa Bay before retiring after the 1990 season....more (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/report/BUF/8473940)
After playing 12 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, Thurman Thomas did the unthinkable, signing with the rival Miami Dolphins for a season.
Call it spite after being cut by the Bills in a salary cap purge after the 1999 season. Call it refusing to answer the door when Father Time came calling.
After that one year in aqua and white, however, Thomas made amends with Bills fans, signing a one-day contract so he could retire a Bill....more (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/report/BUF/8473939)
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Bills report: Notes, quotes
--Joe Ferguson, who played 12 seasons for the Bills and set many of the team passing marks later broken by Jim Kelly, is currently undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer at a Houston hospital. Frank Broyles, his coach at the University of Arkansas, reported that Ferguson is in good spirits. "He feels good that the treatment is working," Broyles said. "But tell everyone to include Joe in their thoughts and prayers." Ferguson is a former Razorbacks assistant coach. A third-round pick of the Bills in 1973, he played for Buffalo, Indianapolis, Detroit and Tampa Bay before retiring after the 1990 season....more (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/report/BUF/8473940)