Monthly Archives: January 2010
Cowher waiting on Giants job
Many outside observers are wondering how long Bill Cowher is willing to wait before returning to coaching. According to Jerome Bettis, it’s until the Giants coaching job opens up. Bettis, appearing on Sirius XM radio with Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, said Cowher was hoping to land the Giants job in 2007 before Tom Coughling orchestrated [...]
Chris Draft an MLK ambassador
Bills LB Chris Draft will be on local radio and TV on Friday in Buffalo as he will be serving as an Ambassador of Service for Martin Luther King day. The Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that leads the service initiative, tapped key individuals across various sectors to promote the MLK [...]
Fewell to the Giants
After careful thought and consideration former Bills interim head coach Perry Fewell has decided to accept the Giants offer to be their defensive coordinator. That according to NFL.com’s Jason LaCanfora. Fewell had been mulling his options as the Bears also offered him their defensive coordinator post. It was a tough decision for Fewell who has [...]
April to the Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles were able to earn the services of Bills former special teams coordinator Bobby April. The team reported it on their website, as April was hired Thursday afternoon. April had drawn interest from the Steelers, 49ers and Redskins before landing with the Eagles. Philadelphia just fired special teams coach Ted Daisher after just [...]
Bills Click for Cans needs your help
Buffalo Bills fans have helped The Food Bank of Western New York to receive 1,000 cans of Campbell’s Chunky Soup and advance to the second round of the playoffs in the Click for Cans program. Now they need your help to beat Jacksonville in the second playoff round. Many Western New Yorker’s have clicked every day to [...]
Offensive-minded head coach?
Pro Football Talk is reporting that according to a source the Bills want to land an offensive-minded head coach. While there’s no debating that Buffalo’s offense has been in worse shape than the defense the past five or six years, I don’t think Bills GM Buddy Nix works in absolutes like that. He told us here [...]
Frazier mum on head coach gigs
He’s interviewed for seven head coaching posts in the last three years, and the sixth was just filled by Pete Carroll in Seattle. So you can understand why Leslie Frazier wasn’t about to talk about himself, the Rooney Rule or his credentials when he addressed the Minnesota media Thursday. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Frazier [...]
Fewell not a Giant yet
Looks like the ESPN report that former Bills interim head coach Perry Fewell was going to take the Giants defensive coordinator post was premature. According to multiple reports, Fewell is still mulling his options, those being the Bears and Giants. He’s also still in talks with both teams. No word on whether this is driving [...]
Marty reiterates he’s retired
With his son Brian Schottenheimer now out of the running for the Bills head coaching job, speculation has again shifted to Marty Schottenheimer. But the 66-year old winner of 200 NFL games as a head coach says his time in the league is over. Schottenheimer spoke to the Newark Star-Ledger and said the following concerning [...]
Colt McCoy update
University of Texas QB Colt McCoy’s shoulder suffered no structural damage according to famed orthopedist Dr. James Andrews. As a result McCoy intends to participate fully in the NFL Combine workout come late February. According to the Austin American-Statesmen Dr. Andrews’ diagnosis was McCoy suffered just a burner in his throwing shoulder that left him [...]
Report: Fewell headed to Giants
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Bills former interim head coach Perry Fewell is going to accept the offer to become the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants. Fewell was going back and forth between returning to coach under Lovie Smith in Chicago and coaching under Tom Coughlin in New York. The problem is Fewell [...]
Fewell to decide on Giants or Bears
According to the Chicago Tribune Bills former interim head coach Perry Fewell is not waiting on Buffalo to make a head coaching decision before deciding on a defensive coordinator job offer. Instead Fewell is negotiating with both the Giants and the Bears as he weighs which job is more attractive to him. According to the [...]
Report: Kugler to Steelers
Former Bills offensive line coach Sean Kugler has landed in Pittsburgh. According to NFL.com’s Jason LaCanfora, he’ll be announced as the Steelers new offensive line coach. Kugler had to deal with a complete mess in his last season on the Bills staff with respect to his offensive line. He had five players in all new [...]
Whisenhunt on Grimm
Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt was asked about Russ Grimm’s opportunity to interview for the Bills head coaching post. Here was his comment. “I don’t really have many thoughts on that,” said Whisenhunt. “Obviously, I feel very strongly about Russ and what a special coach he is, and he’s obviously deserving of those types of [...]
Report: Schottenheimer out
ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will not interview for the Bills head coaching job. The Bills were granted permission to interview Schottenheimer by the Jets earlier this week, but the Jets play caller has decided he would prefer to remain with the club that currently employs him. According to Schefter, Schottenheimer [...]
Joe D. holding raffle for big game
Bills Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure is holding a charity raffle, which includes tickets to the big game in Miami in February with proceeds going to the City of Children orphanage run by his former Michigan State teammate John Shinsky. Raffle tickets are just $2 and the list of prizes is extensive for the winners, [...]
Will Schottenheimer interview?
On Tuesday Cardinals assistant head coach Russ Grimm stated his agent was handling whether any possible interview with the Bills was going to take place as he’s neck deep in playoff game preparation for Arizona’s game against the Saints. Now there are reports wondering if Jets OC Brian Schottenheimer will interview prior to New York’s [...]
Marty not a likely package with son
The Bills reportedly have permission to interview Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, but if he winds up being the Bills next head coach, don’t look for his dad to be coming with him. In an interview with New York Post columnist Steve Serby, Marty Schottenheimer stated that he would not be part of a package [...]
April meets with Singletary
Bills former special teams coordinator Bobby April met with 49ers head coach Mike Singletary. The 49ers head coach interviewed April for his vacant special teams coaching position. The Niners struggled in a few areas of special teams particularly kick return. If April signed with San Fran he’d again have an accomplished punter in Andy Lee. [...]
Will Grimm interview?
The Arizona Cardinals have granted the Bills permission to speak with their assistant head coach Russ Grimm. The question now is will an interview take place? Grimm told the Associated Press on Tuesday that no interview has been scheduled with the Bills. “I don’t know what the time schedule is on that,” Grimm said. “I’m not [...]
