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Tuesday, April 23, 2002
TH E BAiy
Rebuilt Bills ready for
resurgence with Bledso
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(AP) — By getting the quarter
back they wanted in a trade with
New England, the Buffalo Bills
could become next season's ver
sion of the Patriots — a team
that rises from the bottom of the
NFL to the top.
The Bills got Bledsoe on
Sunday when they finally worked
out a compromise to the impasse
that had stalled the deal. Instead
of giving up this year’s first-
round draft pick. No. 4 overall,
Buffalo gave up next year’s,
which with Bledsoe on board fig
ures to be considerably lower.
“Everybody’s happy,” six
time Pro Bowl guard Ruben
Brown said. “In my opinion,
which probably ain’t even worth
a nickel, just by adding Drew
Bledsoe to the mix, we didn’t
have to pick up anyone in the
draft. Adding him. that really
makes us a formidable team.”
The trade came one day
after the Bills bolstered their
offense by selecting UT offen
sive tackle Mike Williams with
their first round pick, as well as
LSU wide receiver Josh Reed
in the second round.
Bledsoe, the first overall pick
in 1993, lost his job after being
hurt in the second game last sea
son. When he was healthy, he
could not get his job back from
Tom Brady, who led New
England from a 5-11 record in
2000 all the way to a Super Bowl
championship. The Bills were 3-
13 last season but quick turn
arounds are the norm these days
— the last three teams to win the
NFL title were a combined 17-
31 the previous seasons.
In his first comments since
the trade, Bledsoe said he had
come to respect the Bills playing
against them twice a year during
his career.
“I could not be more enthusi
astic about jumping into the next
phase of my career, and con
tributing to the success of the
Buffalo Bills,” he said in a state
ment released by the teams.
Bledsoe might be the Bills’
most high-profile addition, but
he is far from the only one.
Under general manager Tom
Donahoe, the Bills have spent
the past six weeks bolstering a
young but promising lineup
with eight free agents — includ
ing linebacker London Fletcher
and offensive lineman Trey
Teague — and 10 draft picks,
led by Williams, considered an
instant starter.
Not since the mid-to-late-
1980s, when the Bills were
Stacking the goods
As in past drafts, the most popular
position this year was defensive
back. Tight end. a position often
ignored in recent years, fared well
with 24 selected, the most ever in
a seven-round draft.
Position
Center ■ 7
Guard ■■ 13
Offensive Tackle iWii 16
Wide Receiver 33
Tight End ■■■■ 24
Quarterback ■■■ 15
Running Back ■HNNH 26
Kicker K 3
Defensive End ■■■■ 23
Defensive Tackle ■■■ 19
Linebacker ■■■■i 27
Defensive Back flHBHHHHHHHii 52
Punter ! 2
Kick Returner 1
School
Five or more players
Miami
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
Ohio State
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Kansas State
Oregon
Stanford
UCLA
Brigham Young
Colorado
LSU
Michigan State
South Carolina
Conference
Twenty or moreplayer ;
Southeastern
Big Ten
Pacific-10 ■■£]
Big East HIS 17
Big 12 B3 l
SOURCE: Aasociatod Press
drafting the likes of Jim Kelly,
Bruce Smith and Thurman
Thomas as the core of team that
won four straight AFC titles, has
there been such a sense of hope
in western New York.
“I’m really excited about it,”
receiver Eric Moulds said. “I
feel like we’re a legit contender.
Not just a contender to win a
division. But we’re looking for
bigger things right now.”
Moulds’ assertion is not as
farfetched as it might sound.
Not only have teams come off
losing years to reach the Super
Bowl. Two other teams. New
Orleans in 2000 and Indianapolis
in 1999, made the playoffs a year
after going 3-13. The Colts, in
fact, improved to 13-3.
The trend is the result of the
cyclical constraints introduced
by the NFL salary cap, combined
with savvy moves made by man
agement to restock talent.
In Buffalo, the credit is going
to Donahoe, who took over 15
months ago. In that time,
Donahoe has overhauled an
aging, salary cap-constrained
team to put it in a position to
compete for free agents and
afford what is left of the 10-year,
$103 million contract Bledsoe
signed last year.
“I was a little worried about
Donahoe early on with the fire
sale that we had thatfiistye
got here,” Brown said. “But
it’s paying off.”
Bledsoe stabilizes the
terback position that
uncertain since Kelly retired
lowing the 1996 season.
Williams, at 6-foot-5
pounds, is expected to
atcly fortify an offensive!:
that was banged upandini-j
ray last year. Buffalo also dr,'
ed receiver Josh Reed e
addressed its defensive i
needs with end Ryan
and tackle Justin Bannan
With free agency, the*
strengthened other positi®)
adding strong safety B
Jenkins, linebacker «-
Robinson, tight end Davew
and kicker Mike Hollis.
As promising as things!®
and with Bills fans suddenly
ing up for season tide.
Donahoe remained guarded.
“We were determined aim
end of last season to do whale'
er we coulci to make this te
better,” Donahoe said. “But
ly, at this point, tliatsal !"
done. We're a better 00 :
team on paper. Unfortuna
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played on paper. So west)
a lot of work to do.
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“We’ve got to hold them at bay and do the
short game well,” Johnson said.
However, to contend in the Big 12, hitting is a
requirement. It is true that most of the time good
pitching will beat good hitting. But it is also true
that a .174 batting average in the biggest series of
the season to date will not get the job done if the
Aggies want to entertain serious thoughts of mak
ing a run at the Big 12 championship and a possi
ble regional host site.
The most glaring hole against Baylor came
from a pair of players the Aggies needed to pro
duce. Matt Alexander (hitting in the No. 2 slot)
and Neal Stephenson (hitting in the No. 4 slot)
both went 0-for-Waco. Stephenson finished the
series 1-for-l 1 while Alexander was a horrendous
1-for-14 and saw his batting average dip below
the .300 mark.
But the Aggies are riot out of the race. A&M
still has nine games against Big 12 opponents.
and six of those are against teams ^ at ^ re !
of A&M in the standings, including a three v
set against conference-leading UT.
“We knew going (into the Baylor sene
was going to be a tough series * 3eca , US a, t J oes n’i
teams are contending,” Johnson said. ^
mean one team isn’t contending anym or _ ^
have a lot of complaints. I’m not worr y 1
what is behind us. We’ve had sorne ^ ame ce js
should have won. Nobody in the con
going to wave the banner yet. 1 m happy
the 3 1 wins, but that isn’t going to be 6
still need to punch in some more at 1 e ,]
But again, hitting will be the key, ^
against Texas which has a staff bKA
best in the conference. ^
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Big 12 title that last visited Aggielanfl
will have to wait at least another year.
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