Monthly Archives: February 2010
Byrd’s former teammate at combine
Jairus Byrd’s former teammate at Oregon, safety T.J. Ward arrived at the combine Sunday and still keeps in touch with the Bills safety as well as fellow former alum Patrick Chung with the Patriots. Both Byrd and Chung were second round picks last year. While Chung didn’t crack the lineup in New England, Byrd broke [...]
Starks 40 time
UB running back James Starks just ran his two 40-yard dashes here at the NFL Combine. The best time from his two runs was a 4.5. Starks was hoping to run in the 4.3s. The Niagara Falls product is considered a mid-round pick.
Buffalo native runs in 4.4s
Buffalo native and former Syracuse WR Mike Williams said on Friday he wanted to run a 40 time in the 4.4s. On Sunday he succeeded, just barely. Williams was clocked with an unofficial time of 4.49 by the NFL Network. For a receiver of his size (6’2″ 220) that’s a respectable time. He’s within the range [...]
Ravens “interested” in T.O.
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was asked specifically about Terrell Owens just hours before the Bills announced that he would not be extended a contract offer and become a free agent. Despite the signing of Donte Stallworth and the desire to re-sign 36-year old WR Derrick Mason, Harbaugh sounds interested in Owens. “I’ve always [...]
Remaining free agents
With Terrell Owens, Josh Reed and Ryan Denney all told they won’t be back with Buffalo in 2010, here are the other Bills players set to hit the free agent market this coming Friday if they do not re-sign with Buffalo. Here are the prospective unrestricted free agents. LB Chris Draft OL Seth McKinney G [...]
Owens thanks Bills
With the news coming down that he will not be offered a new contract by Buffalo, Terrell Owens thanked the Bills organization for his opportunity in 2009. Via his twitter account Owens said the following. terrellowens I would like to thank the great fans in Buffalo,Ralph Wilson & the Bills organization for all their support [...]
Okung’s combine over
Oklahoma State OT Russell Okung was having a heck of a combine workout, but an injury cut it short. Widely considered the best offensive tackle in the class, Okung suffered what’s being called a minor groin injury. Okung was doing very well workout-wise up until he pulled his groin. He had run a 5.17 40-time [...]
Missouri LB has spoken with Bills
Missouri LB Sean Weatherspoon confirmed to the NFL media at the combine that he has spoken to the Bills among other teams. Weatherspoon (6’1″ 241) was a tackling machine at Missouri with his junior year being his most productive when he had 155 tackles, 18.5 for loss, five sacks, 3 INTs, 7 pass breakups and [...]
Suh steps to podium
Nebraska DT Ndamakong Suh just addressed the media here at the combine. He’s expected to be one of the top two selections in the draft, and he spoke with one of the teams that have one of those picks. Suh confirmed that he spoke with the Lions and only the Lions on day one of [...]
Griffen talks with Bills
USC DE Everson Griffen confirmed in his interview with the media at the NFL combine that he has met with the Bills. Griffen, who measured in at 6’3″ 273 pounds, said he spoke with Bills outside linebackers coach Bob Sanders. He played defensive end at USC, so it’s interesting that Griffen spoke with Sanders, who’ll [...]
Bradford mum on team interviews
Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford just addressed the media here at the NFL Combine and when asked which teams he interviewed with, the quarterback elected to go mum. “I don’t think that needs to be out there,” said Bradford. So although it was clear he had met with teams Friday night in personal interviews he wasn’t about to reveal [...]
Clausen refutes Casserly report
Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen just addressed the media and refuted Charley Casserly’s report that he would not be ready to work out fully prior to the draft. Clausen said his pro day is scheduled for April 9th and he said he will work out fully at that time. The Notre Dame signal caller still [...]
Clausen talks with Bills
Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen has just confirmed that he spoke with the Bills. And it’s not the first time Clausen has met Chan Gailey. Clausen said he also interviewed with the Washington Redskins Friday night. We’ll have much more on this on the home page soon on Buffalobills.com.
Modrak on 2010 class
Bills VP of college scouting Tom Modrak spoke with Buffalobills.com about this year’s draft class. Here were his thoughts on the 2010 class overall. “I think it’s a good class, but as probably as many times as we’ve done this I feel that way and it’s certainly our job to make it that way,” Modrak [...]
Clausen won’t be 100% before draft
NFL Network analyst Charley Casserly is reporting that Notre Dame QB prospect Jimmy Clausen will not be 100 percent healthy to perform a full workout prior to the draft. It was already a foregone conclusion that Clausen would not work out here at the combine coming off of toe surgery, but he will apparently not [...]
OT Campbell putting up numbers
Maryland OT Bruce Campbell already put up some good numbers just weighing in as he was 315 pounds at 6’6 1/4″ with 36-inch arms. He also put 34 reps up on the bench press. After his 40 time here at the combine Saturday he’s officially a workout fiend. Campbell thus far has put up the [...]
DT Cody sheds some pounds
Alabama DT Terrence Cody, whose physique did not impress at the Senior Bowl, has shed about 20 pounds. He weighed in at the combine Saturday at 354 pounds, which for him is noticeable improvement. He had been up around 374. Cody’s teammate, guard Mike Johnson assured that his former teammate will be an impact player [...]
Starks looking to run fast time
UB RB James Starks is 100 healthy as he’s fully recovered from shoulder surgery that cost him his senior season. When asked what he expects to run, Starks set the bar high, or in this case low. “I’m hoping to run 4.3,” said Starks who will work out fully. If Starks runs anything under 4.4 [...]
Tech WR torn up about foot
Georgia Tech WR Demaryius Thomas has been projected as high as the late first round. At 6’3″ 225 pounds he was recently being clocked with a 40 time of 4.38. But those kind of numbers will not be seen from Thomas at the combine thanks to a broken foot. Thomas broke his foot last week [...]
Cuse DT not working out
Syracuse DT Arthur Jones has reportedly decided to skip working out at the NFL Combine. That according to ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay. No word yet on why Jones reportedly won’t work out. Defensive linemen arrive Saturday at the Combine here in Indy. Coming off an MCL injury during the season, many here in Indy [...]
