Monthly Archives: May 2010
Player radio appearances
Three Bills players will be on the radio airwaves Wednesday morning. Here’s the rundown of where and when you can hear them. Paul Posluszny – Norton in the Morning, 97 Rock @ 7:30 AM (listen online) Trent Edwards – Morning Show, Fan 590 Toronto @ 7:40 AM (listen online) Trent Edwards – Morning Bull, 103.3 [...]
Gailey pleased w/attendance
Bills head coach was pleased with the strong attendance of his roster for the first week of voluntary OTAs. All but two veterans were on hand for the first workout Tuesday. Gailey believes his players are hungry for success, something they unfortunately haven’t experienced much of the past several years. “I think these guys are [...]
NY/NJ gets Super Bowl XLVIII
It took a fourth round of voting, but in the end New York/New Jersey was awarded Super Bowl XLVIII. Broadcast live on the NFL Network the fourth round of voting, which required simply a majority vote gave NY/NJ the required 17 votes needed.
Gailey on Marshawn
Bills head coach Chan Gailey was asked specifically by the media Tuesday if he anticipated Marshawn Lynch not being in attendance for the start of voluntary OTAs. Gailey indicated that he didn’t think he’d be on hand for day one. “I assumed he wasn’t going to be here,” said Gailey Tuesday. ”I didn’t assume he was. [...]
Training camp start date
The date that training camp opens has been set. Bills Verizon Wireless training camp will open on Thursday, July 29th. Camp is scheduled to close on Tues. Aug. 24th. More details to come on the home page of Buffalobills.com at 4pm.
Lynch, Schobel update
Marshawn Lynch and Aaron Schobel are two veteran players not attending Tuesday’s voluntary OTA session. Lynch did tell YahooSports that he intended to report “sometime this week.”
Bills that are still rehabbing
There is a bunch of Bills players still unable to participate in voluntary OTAs, which begin today (Tues.) due to surgeries performed toward the end of last season for injuries or postseason surgeries. Here’s the rundown of players. Will not participate because still rehabbing OT Demetrius Bell LB Nic Harris TE Derek Schouman OL Eric [...]
NY/NJ Super Bowl bid a lock?
There doesn’t seem to be much anticipation for the NFL’s announcement where the host city will be named for Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. That’s because there are reports indicating that the bid is in the bag for New York. According to the NY Daily News, the field of candidates has for all intents and [...]
Exclusive OTA coverage
Organized team activities (OTAs) for the Buffalo Bills are set to get underway Tuesday and Buffalobills.com will have exclusive coverage as OTAs and minicamps run through the month of June. Daily video reports in Bills Roundup, including exclusive highlights of the day’s action. Daily written reports including player developments and the top performers. And player [...]
Trent believes Bills have the pieces
Bills QB Trent Edwards did an in studio interview with Double-X radio in San Diego late last week and commented on how he feels going into this season, including his belief that the team has the right pieces in place to have success in 2010. “Optimism is at an all-time high right now because of [...]
Jackson no gainers are low
ProFootballFocus was at it again crunching numbers, this time to determine which NFL rushers were the best as avoiding carries for no gain, by scratching out any kind of positive yardage possible whether their lines up front were good, bad or somewhere in the middle. As has been the case in many of these studies, [...]
Spiller has early workout
Bills RB C.J. Spiller and no doubt a good portion of his teammates got their work in early on Monday. Per his latest twitter post, several players were up and at ‘em this morning. Lightning28 Well had a great wrkout now we done for the day think I’m get sum rest before I see way [...]
Lynch to be in for OTAs
In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Sports, Bills RB Marshawn Lynch said he intends to report for voluntary OTAs “sometime within the next week.” OTA practices run this week from Tuesday to Thursday with a practice scheduled for each day. So it’s unclear if Lynch will be in town for any of this week’s sessions. [...]
Bills will see Williams Wall
It sounds like the Bills offense will have to deal with Minnesota’s Williams Wall after all this season. Vikings DTs Pat and Kevin Williams scored another victory in court as a judge preserved an injunction, which bars the NFL from suspending the two defensive linemen while they plead their case in appellate court. Knowing that [...]
Cards contemplating Bulger
According to Yahoo Sports the Arizona Cardinals are considering the addition of a veteran quarterback. According to the report by Yahoo’s Jason Cole, the Cards have not been impressed with Derek Anderson and Matt Leinart in OTAs and may not wait much longer before making a play for Marc Bulger. The Cardinals offensive system is [...]
Fan Friday 5-21
OTAs are coming up next week. Let’s get to your questions (AskChris@bills.nfl.net). 1 – Chris, I keep hearing from different articles that Nix said: “Everybody we drafted we had graded higher than we drafted them, other than Spiller.” If Spiller wasn’t graded higher than where we drafted them, where was he graded, and why didn’t [...]
What started Bell’s uphill climb
Bills RB Joique Bell, an undrafted rookie free agent, had the deck stacked against him before he even got out of high school because he was more willing to be a team player. Bell was an accomplished running back for Benton Harbor high school, but right before his senior season started he had to make [...]
Bills practice open to fans in June
The Bills announced that they will host an Open Practice at Ralph Wilson Stadium for all fans on Sat. June 5, from 3– 5 p.m. The open practice includes complimentary parking and admission and features the newest members of the 2010 Buffalo Bills, including first-round draft pick running back C.J. Spiller. Parking gates will open [...]
Levi Brown to do some pitching
Bills rookie QB Levi Brown will try his hand at pitching Friday night. Brown is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at the Bisons game against the Charlotte Knights at 7:05 pm. The Troy University product admitted he hasn’t thrown a baseball in a while. “That ball is so small,” Brown told Buffalobills.com chuckling. [...]
Arthur Moats to be on radio
Bills sixth-round pick Arthur Moats will be making an appearance on the local Buffalo airwaves today (Thursday). The inside linebacker is schedule to appear on the Shredd & Ragan show on 103.3 The Edge at 4:10 PM. For those Bills fans outside the listening area you can listen live online.
