July 30, 2004

Milloy Ready for First Camp in Buffalo

Lawyer Milloy is ready for training camp. The nine-year veteran was not in camp with the Buffalo Bills last year, joining the team just four days before the start of the regular season. This year, Milloy will be able to practice with his teammates well in advance and should be much more dominant with a full-year of the Bills defensive schemes under his belt.

July 27, 2004

New Confidence

As the Buffalo Bills get ready to open training camp, quarterback Drew Bledsoe finds his career at a crossroad. Coming off his worst season ever, Bledsoe tries to get back the form that established him as one of the NFL's best passers. Bledsoe heads into camp with renewed confidence thanks to new coach Mike Mularkey and his offensive scheme of running the football, and offseason personnel moves.

Sam Wyche's silent count

Sam Wyche is a football player's dream: a coach who can't yell. "That's all right," Wyche says, grinning. "I've got a very loud whistle." Wyche is the new quarterbacks coach of the Bills, a team with its share of rehab cases. Running back Willis McGahee and wide receiver Lee Evans, Buffalo's top picks in the last two drafts, both will test rebuilt knees in training camp, and quarterback Drew Bledsoe is looking to bounce back from his worst season. But the Bills' most remarkable comeback story is Wyche, 59, who spends practice weaving between players to catch up to his quarterbacks after plays.

July 26, 2004

Players return in top shape

The players arrived at the Buffalo Bills organized team activities in top shape and they plan to come to camp that way as well. All have been working hard in the off-season in preparation for a playoff run in 2004 with new head coach Mike Mularkey. The team began an intense work-out program this spring and has them all looking bigger, faster, and stronger.

Donahoe says Dolphins won't get hooks in Henry

The Miami Dolphins are looking for a replacement for retired running back Ricky Williams, but they won't find him in Buffalo. Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe said Wednesday that there is no truth to reports out of Miami that the Dolphins have contacted the team about a trade for Travis Henry. Even if Miami called, Donahoe said, "It would be a short conversation." The Dolphins reportedly have contacted a half-dozen teams, including the Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers. The Dolphins also were scheduled to work out veteran free agents James Stewart and Terry Kirby this week. For the moment, their starting running back is Travis Minor, who has never started an NFL game in his three-year career. Former Bill Sammy Morris and Leonard Henry also are on the depth chart. Travis Henry would be a huge upgrade over those players, but there is no way the Bills are letting him go.