Monthly Archives: January 2011
Eagles to take offers on Kolb
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Eagles will entertain trade offers for QB Kevin Kolb. Per the report with the Eagles fully intending to place the franchise tag on Michael Vick in the coming weeks, Schefter reports that the Eagles will listen to offers for Kolb, who is still under contract for 2011 at the [...]
D-line could be headliner
With the South Team’s defensive tackles standing out the most this week and the North Team’s defensive ends flashing the most, today’s Senior Bowl could see a lot of plays being made in the trenches. The most interesting matchup figures to be the North’s running backs against the South’s interior defenders. Clemson’s Jarvis Jenkins and [...]
What Gailey expects
After a week of practice with the South roster under the guidance of his coaching staff in Mobile, here is what Bills head coach Chan Gailey is expecting from today’s Senior Bowl. “It’s like walking into the first preseason game with your rookies,” said Gailey. ”You go in and see if what you have been coaching these guys, [...]
Sr. Bowl’s best
Here are the players that I felt showed the most during the practice week at the Senior Bowl. At quarterback I felt TCU’s Andy Dalton was the most consistent. Kaepernick had some eye-opening plays and Ponder might still be the best leader in this whole group, but Dalton was effective each day and made the [...]
Fan Friday 1-28
It’s been a fun week at the Senior Bowl here in Mobile. The pre-draft process has begun. Time for your questions from AskChris@bills.nfl.net. 1 – Chris, Unless the Bills take a QB with the third pick which seems unlikely do to the talent there on defensive what do you think about the middle round QB’s. [...]
Why Titus feels 4.2 possible
As we mentioned in this space earlier this week, Boise State WR Titus Young intends to run a 4.2 40-time at the NFL combine next month. Now we understand why he believes it’s possible. Young is training at Elite in Calabasas, California in preparation for the NFL Combine drills with a very well known U.S. [...]
Rare advice
A lot of the Senior Bowl prospects here in Mobile have former college teammates that have gone on to the NFL before them, and they’re often good at offering advice and giving their younger teammates an idea as to what’s coming in the course of the pre-draft process. But no one has quite the resources [...]
South QBs repping Texas
The South team roster at the Senior Bowl has three quarterbacks and all of them are from the state of Texas. Two of them even played high school ball in the same district, making for a rare camaraderie here in Mobile. Florida St. QB Christian Ponder grew up in Colleyville, Texas just outside of the [...]
Von Miller update
Texas A&M LB Von Miller was not at practice Thursday, reportedly due to illness. Head coach Chan Gailey provided an update on Miller’s status with respect to Saturday’s Senior Bowl game. “I think Von will be fine,” said Gailey. “It was just a minor problem. He’ll be back in the walk through (practice) tomorrow I [...]
Clemson’s Jenkins doing well
Clemson will be boasting another top ranked draft choice this spring in junior eligible Da’Quan Bowers, but one of his linemates has put in a pretty good week in Mobile. DT Jarvis Jenkins has been one half of a very good interior duo with Baylor’s Phil Taylor. Jenkins and his Clemson DT teammate Brandon Thompson [...]
Von Miller absent
Texas A&M LB Von Miller is not in attendance at Thursday’s South team practice. Reports are that he is ill and could not practice today. At this point he still intends to play on Saturday.
Gilbert not practicing
Florida OL Marcus Gilbert is not participating in Thursday’s practice for the South team here in Mobile. Gilbert is watching practice with an immobilizer boot on his right foot.
CB Burney has 2 INT day
It was certainly a good way to finish out the practice week for North Carolina CB Kendric Burney. The 5’9″ 181-pound corner had a pair of interceptions Thursday and almost had a third in the North Team’s morning practice. Burney first picked off Jake Locker during red zone work on the left side stepping in [...]
North team QB rotation
Here is the expected quarterback rotation for the North team in Saturday’s Senior Bowl. Based on the rotation in practice all week it appears as though Washington’s Jake Locker will get the start followed by Iowa’s Ricky Stanzi and Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick.
Young to run a 4.2?
Boise St. WR Titus Young has put together a good week here at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, but he has some big aspirations for his workout at the NFL Combine next month. Young laid out his plans for the 40-yard dash in Indianapolis at the end of February when asked who his fastest 40-time [...]
Staffs to swap meetings
In an effort to get a feel for all of the players on hand at this year’s Senior Bowl, the Bengals and Bills will swap players during meetings Thursday. Cincinnati and Buffalo have largely spent the week with the 52 players on their North or South team roster. Most coaching staffs during the Senior Bowl [...]
Bills well versed on Ponder
The Bills coaching staff has had the chance all week to get to know the 52 players on the South team roster, but there was one guy they didn’t have to do quite as much homework on. That’s because Florida State’s Christian Ponder is someone Chan Gailey and offensive coordinator Curtis Modkins have known since [...]
Ponder not planning to throw at Combine
Christian Ponder is getting some good exposure at the Senior Bowl to show that his arm is back to full strength after a grade-3 separation his junior season, and a forearm problem this past year. But at this point he does not intend to participate fully at the NFL Combine in Indy next month. “I [...]
Taylor, Jenkins a handful
Bills head coach Chan Gailey said Tuesday that play in practice is going to go a long way in determining his starting lineup on Saturday. After three days he’s going to be very hard pressed to keep Baylor DT Phil Taylor and Clemson DT Jarvis Jenkins off the field. Lining up alongside one another on [...]
Buddy likes DEs at Sr. Bowl
In a one-on-one interview with Buffalobills.com, Bills GM Buddy Nix addressed a number of topics including one of the more impressive position groups here at the Senior Bowl. The defensive line contingent here in Mobile has been dominant at times on the field and that’s not even counting junior eligibles like Auburn’s Nick Fairley and [...]
