| Serving Bills Fans Since 1998 | Home |
| WEEK IN REVIEW - FEB 3RD - FEB 9TH, 2002 | PREVIOUS WEEK |
Bills Introduce New Coaches
The off season is heating up as the Bills introduced four new coaches, signed three players, and courted another coach this past week. Here's a look at all the news that there was from the past week complete with our take on the issues:
On Wednesday, the Bills introduced their four new assistant coaches. DL coach Tim Krumrie, LB coach, Don Blackmon, OL coach Pat Ruel, and RB coach Les Steckel were introduced to the Western New York media and they all seemed very happy to have the opportunity to take the team to the next step. Coach Williams said that they all have one thing in common, experience. Krumrie wanted to see what NFL life was like outside of Cincinnati. Steckel is really looking forward to working with Williams. Ruel is excited to be working with a good, young group of offensive linemen. Blackmon may have the toughest job as he is responsible for a unit in flux. Also on the coaching front this week, former OL coach Ronnie Vinklarek took the same position with Middle Tennessee State University. Our Take: All these coaches bring so much more experience then their predecessors. They should help immensely with the young talent on the team. Vinklarek is one of those coaches with little experience, which shows in the type of job he took. The Dick LeBeau watch continued this week. He visited with Coach William and defensive coordinator Jerry Gray on Tuesday. Williams told the media on Wednesday that he offered LeBeau an unspecified position with the club. He had hoped to have an answer from LeBeau by the end of the week but that did not happen. LeBeau may be waiting to see if the defensive coordinator spot with the Bears opens up. Greg Blanche, the current coordinator, is up for the head coaching job with San Francisco. Our Take: LeBeau probably wants to be at least a coordinator, if that doesn't happen, he will take the Buffalo job if he wants to stay in the league this year. Working for his old buddy Tom Donahoe won't be a bad way to spend a year. The Bills signed three players this week to help with their off season roster. CB Scott Turner, DE Andrew Bowers, and DB Kenneth Harris are the newest Bills. Turner has played 92 games in his career, mostly on special teams. Bowers was with Arizona in 2001 and started one game. Harris is from Buffalo and was with the 49ers last year in training camp. Our Take: More training camp fodder but Turner may be an exception. He has a decent amount of experience, and may challenge for a roster spot. The latest Peerless Price rumor says the Bills may use a franchise tag on him. CBS Sportsline reports that the Bills don't feel Josh Reed is not ready to take over the starting job and the tag will keep Price here for one more year of seasoning for Reed. It is likely that if the Bills use the tag they will try to lock up Price for a long term deal before the season starts. Our Take: You can't argue with keeping Price on the team, but is the Price going to be right as far as long term salary cap implications. A one year band aid won't effect the long term cap situation, but the tag isn't Donahoe's style. With NFL Europe camps set to open on February 24th, five of the six Bills going to Europe were assigned to teams. As we reported earlier, six players signed on January 24th were all assigned to NFL Europe. They will have to make their respective teams or be cut. The only player not assigned a team yet was K Jason Witczak. The other five players, Milton Proctor, Ken Simonton, Ronald Boldin, Merceda Perry and Jarett Ferguson were assigned to five different teams. Our Take: You can't argue with keeping Price on the team, but is the Price going to be Right as far as long term salary cap implications. A one year band aid won't effect the long term cap situation, but the tag isn't Donahoe's style. Talk about it on The Stadium Wall
Week in Review index
Latest News Section
Archives Library
Back to Bills Daily Homepage