Monthly Archives: February 2011
Bowers to do drills or not?
With a little over a week to go before the NFL Combine begins, one of the prospects at the top of most draft boards is still a question mark as to whether he’ll participate in the workout drills or not. Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers had arthroscopic surgery on his knee right after the Tigers bowl [...]
Tagged players so far
The franchise and transition tags still have a little over a week to be applied, but here’s the rundown of those players that have been tagged so far per media and team reports. Franchised OL Logan Mankins – New England QB Michael Vick – Philadelphia (exclusive) ILB David Harris – NY Jets WR Vincent Jackson [...]
Breaking down the 40
In the Feb. 10th issue of ESPN the Magazine they break down the 40-yard dash, from its evolution to it’s pure obsession nowadays with the explosion of popularity in the NFL Combine. They also quote Bills VP of College Scouting Tom Modrak. The ESPN piece largely credits former Browns and Bengals head coach Paul Brown [...]
Positional need assessment
QB, OL, DL, LB is the order in which the National Football Post assesses the importance of the primary positional needs for the Bills entering the 2011 NFL draft. Free agency is obviously a bit of an unknown due to the labor issues. What doesn’t make sense with NFP’s assessment is they peg QB as the [...]
An interesting take
Football Outsiders does a lot of number crunching, but when the games are over they also do their share of analysis. Their take on Buffalo’s defense is mostly on the mark. They accurately point to the problems with the run defense and make educated guesses as to who could be hearing footsteps from the youth [...]
Newton already raking it
2011 NFL draft prospect and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton is going to be raking in the money long before he’s even selected by an NFL team. CNBC’s Darren Rovell is reporting that Newton has signed a mega-deal with Under Armour, which will exceed the $1m per year deal Reggie Bush got back in 2006. [...]
C.J. taken to school
Bills RB C.J. Spiller participated in the NFL’s ‘Take a Player to School’ initiative this past week as he was hosted by 11-year old Kristian Nicolletta, a student at Barrie’s Monsignor Clair school in Ontario. Spiller spoke to the students about his time at Clemson, the importance of education, bullying and staying fit.
Bills release 2 LBs
The Bills have announced the release of LBs Mike Balogun and Pierre Woods. More details shortly on the home page of Buffalobills.com.
Mock has WR to Bills at 3
One of the more recent mock drafts has taken a different approach to the Bills pick at third overall. The mock put together by Draft Insiders Digest has Buffalo taking Georgia WR A.J. Green with the third pick. Prior to Buffalo’s choice they have Da”Quan Bowers going to Carolina first overall followed by LSU’s Patrick [...]
Carucci: QB on Bills radar
NFL.com Senior Columnist Vic Carucci in a live chat with fans today was asked about Buffalo’s priorities going into the NFL draft. It was assumed by the questioner that the QB position was settled and said as much in his question, but Carucci’s response was very telling. Here’s what Vic said. “Not so sure that [...]
Fan Friday 2-11
Into the offseason we go. Let’s hope things get resolved in short order with regard to a new deal and the 2011 season. In the meantime to your questions from AskChris@bills.nfl.net. 1 – With Nick Fairley saying that he doesn’t want a cold weather team do you see the Bills staying away from him even [...]
Corto signs extension
The Buffalo Bills have announced that they have signed safety Jon Corto to a contract extension. Details on the home page at Buffalobills.com.
Hunter’s Day of Hope Sat.
Join Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and his wife Jill Kelly at the Hunter’s Day of Hope for Children, this Saturday, Feb. 12th from 1-4 pm at the Bills Fieldhouse at One Bills Drive. The Day of Hope for Children is a FREE event with activities, entertainment & food for the whole family!
Eagles DT to be free agent?
According to the Washington Post and Mac’s Football Blog, Eagles DT Mike Patterson is set to become a free agent at the end of the month as the final five years of the eight-year deal he signed in 2008 are about to be voided. The reason the remainder of his contract will reportedly void is [...]
Combine interview list set
Buffalo’s college scouting department has a lot of duties this time of year. Putting together the initial draft board, collecting background info on all the juniors that have declared and setting up the interview list for the NFL Combine. Bills VP of College Scouting Tom Modrak and his staff were finalizing their player interview list [...]
Wannstedt: transition easy
Bills Assistant Head and Inside Linebackers coach Dave Wannstedt in a one-on-one interview with Buffalobills.com addresses several topics now that he’s a member of Chan Gailey’s staff including his transition, which he labeled “easy.” “I do feel settled,” he said. ”Even though it’s only been about a week and a half two weeks, everybody has been fantastic [...]
Newton workout review
Well ESPN had reporters on hand for Cam Newton’s media only pro day at Cathedral Catholic high school in San Diego this afternoon. By their accounts Newton looked great. Trent Dilfer, who was on hand for ESPN, was gushing about Newton. “It was one of the most impressive workouts I’ve ever seen,” he said while [...]
McShay has Miller to Bills
The pace of the mock drafts are picking up now that the Super Bowl is behind us and ESPN’s Todd McShay likes a pass rusher for the Bills at third overall. With defensive linemen Da’Quan Bowers and Nick Fairley off the board to Carolina and Denver respectively, he has Buffalo taking Texas A&M’s Von Miller. [...]
New mock has Newton to Bills
The National Football Post has released their first mock draft here in the draft’s “preseason” and they’ve got the Bills taking a quarterback with the third overall pick. NFP has Buffalo taking Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton with the third pick. He has Carolina taking Auburn DL Nick Fairley and Denver taking LSU CB Patrick [...]
Franchise tag projections
According to the NFL the league’s 32 teams can begin making use of the franchise and transition tags on prospective free agent players beginning today. However, franchise and transition tag amounts have yet to be released by the league. So here are the projections by position. Mac’s Football Blog has done some number crunching and [...]
