Monthly Archives: March 2010
Bills players eager to get started
With the Bills offseason conditioning program getting underway Monday, players are already buzzing about getting back to football, especially with a new coaching staff in place. Here are some twitter posts from Aaron Maybin and Kawika Mitchell. AaronMaybin58 On the road headed back to Buffalo. Ready to get started monday Ka_Mitchell55 Headin back to B’lo [...]
Good workout for Gronkowski
Arizona TE and WNY native Rob Gronkowski had his individual pro day Saturday and by most accounts performed admirably. With back surgery keeping him from participating fully at the NFL Combine and at the Arizona pro day in mid-March, Gronkowski ran a wind-aided 4.65 40. He also had a 33 1/2-inch vertical along with a [...]
McNabb trade not imminent
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, who spoke with Donovan McNabb’s agent, no trade of the veteran QB is imminent. The Philly paper talked with McNabb’s agent Fletcher Smith, who said that the Eagles haven’t even talked to him about possible teams to which McNabb could be traded. “If we get to that bridge, we’ll [...]
Report: Clausen to visit Bills
Notre Dame quarterback prospect Jimmy Clausen has three teams lined up for pre-draft visits. According to ProFootballTalk, one of them is the Bills. The Browns and Rams are the others. No word on any scheduled dates. So whether they take place before or after Clausen’s pro day on April 9th is not known.
McNabb to Raiders for CB?
The McNabb rumor mill is on fire with the latest being that the Raiders are offering franchise CB Nnamdi Asomugha for the veteran QB. That according to ESPN’s Len Pasquerelli, as relayed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on his twitter account. Adam_Schefter ESPN.com’s Len Pasquarelli reports Oakland is willing to part with CB Nnamdi Asomugha in [...]
No McNabb for rent or big $
As suspected Buffalo’s interest in Donovan McNabb as a trade option quickly fizzles if the veteran quarterback refuses to commit to a long term deal with the team. But now there’s news that even committing big money in a long term deal for McNabb might not be palatable to the Bills either. The latest report [...]
Fan Friday 3-26
Less than a month until the draft and we’ve got trade rumors and draft rumors galore floating around out there. I’d say believe about 10 percent of what you read this time of year, especially quotes from team executives. A lot of smoke and mirrors flying around. You can always email me at AskChris@bills.nfl.net and [...]
Whitner pulling for McNabb
Bills safety Donte Whitner made it clear that he wouldn’t mind having Donovan McNabb on his roster. In one of his more recent twitter posts Whitner appears to have his fingers crossed. DonteWhitner I hope D+nvan McNabb comes to us. He’s great.. Whitner in a subsequent post also shared that his mother and McNabb’s mother [...]
Pick 41 enough to get McNabb
The Associated Press is reporting that a draft pick in the top 42 would be enough to acquire Eagles QB Donovan McNabb by trade. Guess which team has the 41st pick in the 2010 draft? Buffalo, rumored to be one of the teams interested in McNabb holds the 41st overall pick in round two. St. [...]
Report: Bills at UNLV pro day
Along with about a dozen other NFL teams, the Bills were represented at the UNLV pro day on Thursday. That according to a TFY Draft Insider report. Among the better prospects at UNLV for this year’s draft are center Joe Hawley, WR Ryan Wolfe, DT Martin Tevaseu and OLB Jason Beauchamp. All of these prospects are [...]
Stroud charity event
Marcus Stroud will be getting some assistance from some of his current and former teammates as he hosts a charity event in Atlanata for the young patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Stroud is hosting a Le Moulin Rouge event with live entertainment, food along with fire-eaters, live statues and dance performances. Bills safety George [...]
A darkhorse team for McNabb
ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio was the first to report that the Eagles were listening to trade offers for all three of their quarterbacks six weeks ago. Now with the story resurfacing at the owners meetings, Paolantonio says there’s one team that no one is mentioning that could very well make a deal happen. Appearing on ESPN [...]
Byrd to present award
Bills FS Jairus Byrd will present the Call to Courage award to a WNY high school football player at the 9th Annual Athletes In Action Call to Courage Award Breakfast, which will be held on Sat. April 17. Also to be honored is Super Bowl champion FB Heath Evans for his community efforts in helping children [...]
Bills former FB passes
O.J. Simpson’s first lead blocker finally succumbed to a long illness that led to kidney problems earlier this week. Former Bills fullback Wayne Patrick passed away just a couple of weeks after his former teammates hosted a fundraiser for him at Ilio DiPaulo’s in an effort to help him offset mounting medical costs. Funeral services [...]
New name in mock for Bills
Mock drafts are being posted by anyone and everyone with each passing day. The folks at the NFL Network were pretty busy with Solomon Wilcots and Charles Davis both putting out mock drafts and both did not go with a lot of the same names that have been seen in Buffalo’s slot at 9. Wilcots [...]
Local WR visiting 2 NFL teams
Former Riverside HS and Syracuse WR Mike Williams has a couple of pre-draft visits lined up in the next few days. Williams will be meeting and working out for the Miami Dolphins today (Thursday). He also has a visit scheduled with the Baltimore Ravens on Monday. That according to the National Football Post. In talking [...]
Report: Bills inquired about McNabb
According to a YahooSports report the Bills were one of two teams that inquired about the availability of Donovan McNabb. The report names the Bills and Raiders as two teams that asked about McNabb in discussions with the Eagles. The report also indicates that McNabb would prefer to go to a contending team, and that [...]
A 2nd rd pick for McNabb?
According to a Philadelphia Daily News report, landing Eagles QB Donovan McNabb via trade would require a lot less than what was originally reported earlier this offseason. Though the report appears to put words in Eagles’ coach Andy Reid’s mouth, by stating that McNabb is on the market, when all Reid said at the owners’ [...]
Bills to return March 29th
Bills players will be back at One Bills Drive on Monday, March 29th. That’s when the team’s offseason conditioning program commences with their new strength and conditioning staff headed up by Eric Ciano and John Gamble. I should mention that attendance at the offseason conditioning program is voluntary, not mandatory. Buffalobills.com will have full coverage [...]
Fix to clubs sitting starters?
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been outspoken about his dissatisfaction with playoff bound NFL teams sitting their starters for the final two weeks of the regular season. At the NFL owners meetings Wednesday he announced some NFL schedule plans to hopefully rectify that practice. “One of the key things we’re doing in the short term [...]
