Monthly Archives: January 2009
TE Pettigrew is not a field stretcher
Oklahoma State TE Brandon Pettigrew is considered far and away the best all around talent at tight end in this year’s draft class, but I found it interesting that ESPN’s Todd McShay pointed out that Pettigrew is not a game changer as a pass catcher. Here’s his comment on Pettigrew, Oklahoma State TE Brandon Pettigrew [...]
WR Sam and C Philip are interesting adds
With P.K. Sam and Marvin Philip joining the roster as future free agents, it doesn’t seem like a coincidence that they play two positions that the Bills will need to take a closer look at this offseason. Sam is another big receiving target (6’3″ 210) that played six games for the Argos last year in [...]
Odds on Super Bowl enshrinement
If you want to get an idea on the chances for enshrinement for Andre Reed, Bruce Smith and Ralph Wilson for this weekend, SI.com’s Peter King has handicapped the voting by the HOF committee. Bruce obviously has some of the best odds at 3:5 with Rod Woodson. Mr. Wilson is next among the Bills finalists [...]
If Favre & Jets part, NY will be in AFC East basement
If what SI.com’s Peter King suspects is true concerning Brett Favre and the Jets parting ways if he’s forced to attend offseason workouts (something he’s never done), then the Jets have to go right in the basement of the division. Sure there’s talent on that roster, but more than ever the NFL is a quarterback [...]
Will FA LB Hill’s run-in affect free agent suitors?
It will certainly be interesting to see how much Seattle free agent LB to be Leroy Hill fares on the free agent market now following his arrest for suspicion of marijuana possession after being found asleep behind the wheel of his car at a busy suburban Atlanta intersection at 4am this past Saturday. Seattle writers [...]
Senior Bowl standouts
By no means did I watch every snap of practice during the week, but I focused on the centers and defensive ends as much as I could. I liked Oregon’s Max Unger at the center spot. There was some mixed opinion out there on just what kind of week he had, but I thought he [...]
Levy to be in Tampa for HOF announcements
Just spoke with Bills Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy about this weekend’s Hall of Fame announcement in which the 2009 induction class will be revealed (Sat. 2:30pm) in Tampa. Levy will be traveling down to Tampa later in the week for some business, but confirmed he’ll be on hand for the announcement on Saturday. [...]
Modrak helped Nix way back when
In speaking with Buddy Nix by phone today, I asked him in all the years he and Bills VP of College Scouting Tom Modrak had been in the scouting business how many times their paths had crossed. And Nix proceeded to relay a story to me from his first days in scouting. “Tom probably doesn’t [...]
Nix has keen eye for talent
With Nix back in the scouting mix with the Bills, it’s certainly a solid addition. Looking at the kind of talent that was successfully mined during his time in San Diego as player personnel director, it’s naturally the hope that he can do some of the same to augment Buffalo’s scouting efforts. I’m guessing that’s [...]
Why no head-to-head tiebreaker on draft order
Since so many Bills fans wanted to know why the head-to-head tiebreaker is not used to determine the draft order, I sent the question into the league to see what the reasoning was behind using strength of schedule as the tiebreaker. It’s been explained to me that the league chooses to use the strength of [...]
Seahawks to pursue Houshmanzadeh?
According to the Sporting News rumors page, the Seattle Seahawks are interested in landing the most attractive potential free agent receiver on the market in Cincinnati’s T.J. Houshmanzadeh. No question Seattle has a very inexperienced receiving corps and Deion Branch isn’t a true #1 and his availability has been spotty the past two seasons. Seahawks [...]
Cards FA DE Smith likely to be on market
With teammates like Kurt Warner, Karlos Dansby and fellow DE Bertrand Berry likely higher on Arizona’s priority list this offseason, DE Antonio Smith may be out there for the taking. Smith is set to turn 28 next October and is not exactly a sack fiend, but some NFL talent evaluators believe he’s yet to reach [...]
Not surprising
FoxSports.com ranked the top 10 Super Bowl stinkers and no surprise Buffalo’s third Super Bowl (XXVII – the first against the Cowboys) made the list. Fortunately it was only number 7 on the list. I forgot the Cowboys knocked Jim Kelly from the game. The only thing I choose to remember from that one is [...]
Ellis update
Talking to Chris Ellis the other day the defensive end is fully healthy now. He was recently back at One Bills Drive for a checkup on his high ankle sprain that landed him on injured reserve at season’s end. He told me the ankle is good to go now and that he’ll be ready for [...]
Bills former K Gogolak honored
Bills former kicker Pete Gogolak was announced as one of three inductees into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame (scroll down). Gogolak is being honored with other kicking pioneers like Ben Agajanian, the first kicking specialist and Ray Guy, the first punter ever drafted in the first round. Gogolak joined the Bills right out of [...]
Where Kiper and Mayock differ
While Mel Kiper has released his mock draft, in which he has the Bills taking Oklahoma St. TE Brandon Pettigrew, who has been tearing it up at the Senior Bowl incidentally, NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock differs with him when it comes to the top two quarterbacks in the draft this year. Kiper has [...]
Seattle FA LB Hill may not be affordable at all
It looks like the hope that a free agent LB like Seattle’s LB Leroy Hill might be somewhat affordable in free agency is a pipe dream. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, its likely that Hill will prove difficult to land without a monster offer. By the sounds of it Hill might prove to be too [...]
Leonhard to follow Ryan to Jets?
Former Bills safety Jim Leonhard made an awful lot of plays in Baltimore’s playoff run. Now that he’s set to become a free agent there’s a chance the Bills will be facing Leonhard twice a year. Leonhard loves playing for Rex Ryan, now the new head coach of the Jets, and for Ryan the feeling is [...]
