Monthly Archives: December 2010
Report: Browns sign DL Quaye
Bills practice squad DL Ko Quaye has reportedly been signed by the Cleveland Browns. That according to the National Football Post. The undrafted rookie has spent the past month on the Bills practice squad after originally signing with Jacksonville as a rookie free agent in April. The Browns had an open roster spot after they [...]
Bills game on TV Sunday
The Bills game will be available to all fans in Western New York Sunday thanks to a last minute ticket purchase by a local restauranteur. Russ Salvatore of Russell’s Steaks, Chops and More and ardent Bills fan, purchased the remaining unsold tickets to Sunday’s game between the Bills and Patriots before the 1 pm league [...]
Hangartner dressed
Bills starting C Geoff Hangartner is dressed for practice for the first time in two weeks. Hangartner, who suffered a sprained knee against the Vikings in Week 13, hasn’t participated in practice at all until Thursday. During the media-viewing portion of practice he didn’t do a whole lot, but had his helmet and pads on [...]
Brady practicing
After taking his normal Wednesday off Tom Brady was back practicing with his teammates on Thursday. That according to ESPNBoston’s Mike Reiss who tweeted the following from Patriots practice. MikeReiss Tom Brady present at start of practice. Branch, Hernandez, Connolly, Banta-Cain, Cunningham & Wright are players not spotted at practice. Brady had an additional injury [...]
Brady vs. Bills blitz
Earlier this week NFL.com’s Pat Kirwan presented some impressive stats on Tom Brady’s success against defensive pressure packages, so we figured we’d break down Brady’s numbers against Buffalo specifically in this area. In figures compiled by StatsPass, in Brady’s 17 career games against the Bills he has faced what is considered blitz pressure (five rushers [...]
Monday QB Club player awards
The Monday QB Club will be holding their annual end of season Player Awards banquet on Monday Jan. 3rd. The awards luncheon will take place at the Millenium hotel and will feature the Club’s player selections for several awards, including Man of the Year, Special Teams Awards, Unsung Hero, and Rookie of the Year. The Buffalo Bills [...]
Kyle gets another half sack
The NFL has officially made a scoring change from Sunday’s game between the Bills and Dolphins and it benefits DT Kyle Williams. The NFL has officially credited Williams with a half a sack on Sunday and removed the half sack from Arthur Moats. Williams will now split the sack with Donte Whitner giving Williams a team leading 5.5 [...]
Bills injury report
The Bills injury report is a short one here on Wednesday. Not participating were C Geoff Hangartner (ankle), OT Demetrius Bell (knee) and OLB Chris Kelsay (knee). Both Bell and Kelsay have been given rest days on Wednesdays for the second half of the season.
Brady has flu?
According to the Patriots injury report QB Tom Brady has flu-like symptoms and did not practice today (Wednesday). In addition to the flu the Patriots QB also has his right shoulder and foot listed as injuries. Thursday’s practice will obviously reveal a lot more about Brady’s status for Sunday. Other Patriots of note not practicing [...]
Pats TE pumps Bills up
The New England Patriots are making sure to throw nothing but bouquets to the Bills when asked about their matchup this week. TE Alge Crumpler was no exception. When asked if it’s more of a challenge to play the Bills this time as opposed to the first meeting in Week 3, Crumpler said it would [...]
He voted Fitz for Pro Bowl
While Yahoo Sports will make it a story about the feud between Tom Brady and Ravens pass rusher Terrell Suggs, the bottom line is Ryan Fitzpatrick is seeing some support from AFC defenders that he has faced. Suggs told Yahoo Sports that he voted for Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers and Fitz. While Brady is absolutely [...]
Blitzing Brady bad idea?
After the NY Giants won a Super Bowl by battering Tom Brady in 2007, most believe that pressuing the Patriots QB and getting sacks on him is the way to foil New England’s offense. Not so fast. NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan presents some startling numbers concerning opponents that do successfully get pressure on Brady. Here [...]
Bills sing 12 Days of Xmas
Well it’s back! The Bills players sing the 12 Days of Christmas. Special props to Leodis McKelvin for reprising his role on the 9th day and doing significantly better this time. Stevie Johnson sounds like that dude from Masterpiece Theatre with his low bass-like tones, but Bryan Scott is clearly the showstopper on Five Golden [...]
Belichick reveres Jackson
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick often talks up other teams players in an effort to get his own team to focus on their next opponent, but it’s rare that he has mentioned any Bills player in recent year as one of the best at his position in the league. Until now. In a conference call [...]
Bills partner squishes fish too
The Bills weren’t the only ones who squished the fish last weekend following their 17-14 win over the Dolphins at SunLife Stadium. Check out the size of this fish caught on the Bills sponsor trip in Miami (see below). Joe Sahlen of Sahlen’s Hot Dogs (on the right in photo) catches a 76” sailfish off [...]
Troop bowl game for Kelly
Bills Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly along with fellow Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas and Bills Wall of Famer Andre Reed are visiting with the troops overseas in Iraq this week to give them a taste of Bowl season. Kelly and Rodney Peete will be squaring off in a flag football “Connect to Home [...]
S Harris signed by Bucs
The Bills practice squad has been a unit of turnover this season with the active roster often in need of reinforcements this season due to injury. In this instance however, Buffalo saw one of their practice squaders signed by another NFL club. SS Dominique Harris was signed by Tampa Bay to their active roster. Harris [...]
Moats up for Rookie of Week
For the second straight week Bills LB Arthur Moats is up for the NFL Pepsi Rookie of the Week after his performance Sunday in the win over the Dolphins. Moats posted a sack and a half, two quarterback hits and six tackles in Buffalo’s 17-14 win at Miami. You can vote for Moats as often [...]
Pats 3rd down ‘D’ struggling
The Patriots third down defense was already the worst in football going into their game with Green Bay last Sunday, and it only looks worse after escaping with a 31-27 win. New England allowed the Packers with Matt Flynn at quarterback to convert 11-19 third down opportunities (57.8%), including two for touchdowns as well as [...]
Bills-Pats already the focus
Film review on Monday had only just been completed on Buffalo’s Sunday win over Miami, but the players were already on to New England. “It’s always a fun game with those guys,” said Kyle Williams. “We’re trying to get better, and it’ll be a big test for us defensively playing them when Brady is hot.” [...]
