Monthly Archives: January 2009
Vikes have made no decision on Birk
Vikings head coach Brad Childress had a season wrap up press conference following his team’s Wild Card playoff loss to Philadelphia. The Minneapolis Star Tribune provided some details. He was asked about whether or not a decision had been made on what they’re going to do with some of their free agents including Matt Birk. [...]
Surprising statistic
In combing through the season statistics for 2008, I came across a stat that really surprised me. In the four games that Buffalo had an individual 100-yard rusher, the Bills were 0-4 this season. Those games being the season finale against the Patriots, the second game against the Jets, San Fran and Cleveland. Marshawn Lynch had [...]
Gregg Williams a DC candidate in Green Bay?
With Gregg Williams reportedly interviewing in New Orleans for the defensive coordinator job with the Saints, there’s a report that Williams is one of the top two candidates for the Packers defensive coordinator post as well. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Williams is a legitimate candidate even though the Packers have yet to begin interviews. Jim Haslett [...]
Former Bills coach interviewing with Saints
Former Bills head coach Gregg Williams is interviewing today with Saints head coach Sean Payton for their vacant defensive coordinator position. Williams is not being retained by the Jaguars as his contract is expiring. Jacksonville ranked 17th overall in defense this season and 13th against the run despite a myriad of injuries and a brief fallout [...]
Anyone else see a pattern here?
Well Wade Phillips has hired his fifth special teams coach for what is expected to be his eighth year in the league as a head coach (you never know what Jerry Jones is going to do). Former Jacksonville special teams coach Joe DeCamillus got the job. Hope he can handle not getting a lot of practice time each [...]
Early mocks favor TE for Bills
After perusing some of the NFL Draft sites for some early mocks, which we all know will change an infinite number of times, I found that tight end is the position that most of the “gurus” feel will be addressed by Buffalo, and Oklahoma’s Jermaine Gresham is the overwhelming choice. But I was able to [...]
Bills former QB Kemp has cancer
The Associated Press is reporting that former Bills QB Jack Kemp has cancer. The report does not say what form of cancer Kemp is dealing with as he appears to be in the early stages of addressing the disease. He plans to continue working so the hope obviously is his physicians have caught this in [...]
FSU DE Everette Brown to go pro
Good news for Bills fans who believe Buffalo needs to take a pass rushing DE in round one. ESPN is reporting that Florida St. DE Everette Brown is reportedly going to forgo his remaining college eligibility and declare himself eligible for the NFL draft. Got to admit the guy looks impressive on tape. I realize [...]
Georgia QB & RB to reportedly enter draft
According to ESPN, Georgia QB Matt Stafford and RB Knowshon Moreno will declare themselves eligible for the NFL Draft today. Stafford didn’t exactly have a great bowl game this past week, but he can make all the throws and is considered by many to be a top 5 pick. After the success of Matt Ryan [...]
Tasker again left on outside
Steve Tasker made the list of 25 Hall of Fame semifinalists, but did not make the cut to 15. Former Oakland punter Ray Guy also did not make the cut, so special teams will not have a pioneer candidate on the finalist list. The finalist class is pretty stacked so that may be why Guy [...]
Reed and Wilson not shoe-ins like Smith
With Andre Reed and Ralph Wilson advancing to the list of 2009 Hall of Fame finalists with Bruce Smith, they each have a shot, but only Bruce is a shoe-in. Reed will be battling Cris Carter for enshrinement and Carter has superior career numbers. He has 701 more receiving yards than Reed, 150 more receptions [...]
McShay has Bills taking TE
For what it’s worth (knowing this will likely change 50 times) ESPN’s Todd McShay has the Bills taking Oklahoma TE Jermaine Gresham with the 11th pick in his mock draft. Personally I’d like to see a pass rushing DE. Gresham has impressive numbers as is the case with just about every skill position offensive player [...]
Frerotte pulls a Flutie
Gus Frerotte apparently feels the same way Doug Flutie did after the other QB was picked to start a Wild Card playoff game. Frerotte told Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports that he feels he would have given the Vikings a better chance to win in their playoff game against the Eagles last week, which the [...]
Brown’s Best 2008
Brown’s Best 2008 It was by no means a season that met expectations, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some memorable plays and performances in 2008. We run down the obvious and the obscure, but all were deserving of Brown’s Best this past season. BEST INSTANTANEOUS SACK: Kawika Mitchell – In Week 1 the linebacker [...]
Vikings C Birk unsure if he’s returning
Vikings free agent C Matt Birk is unsure if he’ll be back with Minnesota next season. Wrapping up an eight-year deal with the Vikes, the 32-year old Birk is going to be available. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune there have not been any negotiations between the Vikes and Birk on an extension. I wouldn’t [...]
Better for Bills if Jets hire Billick
With BC head coach Jeff Jagodzinski and former Ravens coach Brian Billick added to the list of potential coaching candidates for the Jets, for the Bills sake I’d hope Billick would ultimately be the call for Woody Johnson. Billick is known for running soft training camps and sometimes seems more interested in his own face [...]
Hard not to be happy for Bannan and Leonhard
Have to say it was easy to root for former Bills Justin Bannan and Jim Leonhard yesterday in their playoff win over the Dolphins. Bannan has been starting alongside Haloti Ngata at DT since Kelly Gregg was lost to a season-ending injury, while Leonhard has become a fixture on defense and actually calls plays in [...]
Fan Friday 1-2
Fan Friday 1-2 Happy new year everyone! Hopefully 2009 has more rewarding experiences for Bills fans than 2008. Here’s this week’s installment and you can always send your questions to AskChris@bills.nfl.net. 1. We need a solid backup QB and starter on this team. Trent Edwards is solid and is the future, who do you see [...]
Ellison attending Rose Bowl
Bills LB Keith Ellison is attending today’s Rose Bowl between Penn State and USC. His younger brother plays safety for the Trojans (Kevin) and is a ridiculous athlete like most of the players on that USC defense. Penn St. Alums Paul Posluszny and Bryan Scott said they would not be attending the game in person, [...]
