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I couldn't find a URL on the Bills website for this and don't know how much of it can be copied here without violating copyright, but here are some of Jim Kelly's comments that were contained in an email for Bills Backers:
..."Hopefully I'm going to be putting my foot into the door a little bit and doing things with the Bills," Kelly told Buffalobills.com recently. "If things work out and I'm part of this team I'm going to make sure the media and the community realizes that we're all in this together."
Since Marv Levy re-joined the Bills in January, this time as the General Manager, the Hall of Fame coach has been stressing the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
"The team concept," said Kelly. "It's the whole thing of you're only as good as the people around you. It doesn't matter if you're Marv Levy, Don Shula or Bill Polian, if you don't have great people around you that believe in what your thought process is you'll never get your goal accomplished."....
Kelly went on to say:
..."You need to keep people focused and make sure their work ethic is the same as yours," Kelly said. "People must realize that you're in it together and it's not about individual egos. Egos get passed off at the door."
And Kelly says Levy is just the guy to get everyone working on the same page.
"It's exciting," said Kelly. "I don't care what people say about Marv's age, he's probably sharper than anybody across the NFL as far as General Manager."
So how about the 2006 Buffalo Bills? Does Kelly see a bright future?
"Obviously they need some help at different positions," said Kelly. "I think Dick Jauron is bringing a defensive philosophy that is different than what used to be here and that is a big plus. No longer will the Bills need two big run stuffers up front. It's more about getting to the quarterback and getting players to the ball.
"On offense, I just think we need to have an identity. It kinds of bums me out a little bit because of what the coaches did last year. I think Kelly Holcomb is a good quarterback, don't get me wrong, but it's not right to move up in the draft to take a guy in the first round and then alternate him back and forth in his second year in the league. I'm not giving up on J.P. Losman, maybe the competition will bring out the best in him"....
Kelly concluded by opining that Marv is a big plus and that the Bills have some good players. He also said that he hoped the team can get an impact player in the draft who will be able to start and that the team isn't very far from being competitive.
It's a little surprising, perhaps, given Kelly's repeated statements in the past about not wanting to be a coach, etc., that he is now considering being involved with the team. But, from his comments about the media and the community and, later, Holcomb and Losman, it sounds like M.Levy might be interested in having Kelly--who is one of the most popular Bills players ever--serve as something of a buffer/ambassador to the media and fans who may may take a rather harsh view of some of the moves that Levy wants to make in rebuilding the team over the next couple of years and, possibly, as someone who can mentor JP Losman to teach him what he needs to do to gain more acceptance in the lockerroom and as a team leader. If so, I think that would be a great development that would certainly help the team.
I found Kelly's comments on the QB situation very interesting: Kelly certainly doesn't sound very high on K.Holcomb--I wonder if M.Levy shares that view--and seems to think that Losman still has potential to be the starting QB the team needs.
(If I can find a URL for this somewhere on the Bills' site, I will post it.)
..."Hopefully I'm going to be putting my foot into the door a little bit and doing things with the Bills," Kelly told Buffalobills.com recently. "If things work out and I'm part of this team I'm going to make sure the media and the community realizes that we're all in this together."
Since Marv Levy re-joined the Bills in January, this time as the General Manager, the Hall of Fame coach has been stressing the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
"The team concept," said Kelly. "It's the whole thing of you're only as good as the people around you. It doesn't matter if you're Marv Levy, Don Shula or Bill Polian, if you don't have great people around you that believe in what your thought process is you'll never get your goal accomplished."....
Kelly went on to say:
..."You need to keep people focused and make sure their work ethic is the same as yours," Kelly said. "People must realize that you're in it together and it's not about individual egos. Egos get passed off at the door."
And Kelly says Levy is just the guy to get everyone working on the same page.
"It's exciting," said Kelly. "I don't care what people say about Marv's age, he's probably sharper than anybody across the NFL as far as General Manager."
So how about the 2006 Buffalo Bills? Does Kelly see a bright future?
"Obviously they need some help at different positions," said Kelly. "I think Dick Jauron is bringing a defensive philosophy that is different than what used to be here and that is a big plus. No longer will the Bills need two big run stuffers up front. It's more about getting to the quarterback and getting players to the ball.
"On offense, I just think we need to have an identity. It kinds of bums me out a little bit because of what the coaches did last year. I think Kelly Holcomb is a good quarterback, don't get me wrong, but it's not right to move up in the draft to take a guy in the first round and then alternate him back and forth in his second year in the league. I'm not giving up on J.P. Losman, maybe the competition will bring out the best in him"....
Kelly concluded by opining that Marv is a big plus and that the Bills have some good players. He also said that he hoped the team can get an impact player in the draft who will be able to start and that the team isn't very far from being competitive.
It's a little surprising, perhaps, given Kelly's repeated statements in the past about not wanting to be a coach, etc., that he is now considering being involved with the team. But, from his comments about the media and the community and, later, Holcomb and Losman, it sounds like M.Levy might be interested in having Kelly--who is one of the most popular Bills players ever--serve as something of a buffer/ambassador to the media and fans who may may take a rather harsh view of some of the moves that Levy wants to make in rebuilding the team over the next couple of years and, possibly, as someone who can mentor JP Losman to teach him what he needs to do to gain more acceptance in the lockerroom and as a team leader. If so, I think that would be a great development that would certainly help the team.
I found Kelly's comments on the QB situation very interesting: Kelly certainly doesn't sound very high on K.Holcomb--I wonder if M.Levy shares that view--and seems to think that Losman still has potential to be the starting QB the team needs.
(If I can find a URL for this somewhere on the Bills' site, I will post it.)
BRAVO, JIMBO!
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