Monthly Archives: June 2011
Bills Daily Charge – June 23
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 1 day!! – Uniform Launch Event Details: The Buffalo Bills will officially introduce their new uniforms for the 2011 National Football League season at a special Uniform Launch event presented by Reebok at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Friday, June 24, 2011. The new uniforms will incorporate [...]
Bills alumni part of wine event
The Buffalo Bills Alumni Association will be attending and supporting a very unique and special event this Sunday (June 26th). They’ll be on hand at the Spring Lake Winery in Lockport, New York to host the Ride, Wine and Dine Vineyard Express Excursion from 9:30am to 4:00pm. The Ride, Wine and Dine Vineyard Express Excursion [...]
Fergie helped by helmet change?
With the story completely true that the Bills’ helmet change from white to red in 1984 was made primarily to help quarterback Joe Ferguson better distinguish his receivers due to color blindness, some still wonder after the 2-14 campaign that year if it made a big difference. The stats would seem to indicate so as [...]
Pulling a player’s leg
Bills long time equipment manager Dave Hojnowski and his co-workers work almost as closely with the players as the coaching staff, so it affords them the opportunity to pull a fast one on players now and then. Hojo and his cohorts will target rookies to see how gullible they might be, or try to cross [...]
Open mesh jerseys short lived
Back in 1980 in addition to the introduction of white jerseys with blue pants the Bills also began wearing wide mesh jerseys for increased breathability. However, as Bills equipment manager Dave Hojnowski tells us the wide mesh jerseys were short lived. “We don’t play in super, super hot weather unless we’re on the road,” said [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 22
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 2 days – Uniform Launch Event Details: The Buffalo Bills will officially introduce their new uniforms for the 2011 National Football League season at a special Uniform Launch event presented by Reebok at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Friday, June 24, 2011. The new uniforms will incorporate [...]
Bills blood drive Friday
The Buffalo Bills are once again holding an American Red Cross blood drive at Ralph Wilson Stadium this Friday from 11 am to 7 pm. The blood drive will take place in the Paul Maguire Club. All donors will receive a free American Red Cross and Buffalo Bills t-shirt, tickets to the Buffalo Bills Uniform Unveiling [...]
New uniforms a process
Bills CEO Russ Brandon was on 97 Rock this morning to talk about the team’s uniform unveiling and he was also asked about the NFL owners’ meetings, which he attended in Chicago Tuesday. Brandon obviously could not provide details on the uniform, but explained how the club arrived at this stage. “We go through the [...]
Bills CEO on the radio
Bills CEO Russ Brandon, who was on hand for the owner’s meetings outside Chicago Tuesday, will be on the radio airwaves Wednesday morning. Brandon is scheduled to appear on 97 Rock at 7:45 am. Presumably he’ll be asked about the mood and tenor of the dialogue that took place among the 32 clubs Tuesday as [...]
Young WRs working together
Members from the Bills’ undrafted class of 2010 are working out together this week. Donald Jones, David Nelson and Naaman Roosevelt are putting in time with one another in preparation for the 2011 season. DavidNelson86 Great workout today with the boys- @nyce18 @williamobrien96 @jrokelley1 @dajones19
Bills rooks working in ATL
Some of Buffalo’s draft choices are still working out together in Atlanta. That according to Bills third-round pick Kelvin Sheppard, who said as much on his twitter account as he’s working out with top pick Marcell Dareus and a few others. KelvinSheppard An can’t forget my boys @TakeoSpikes51, @jairusbyrd, @DSearcy21 an a couple others not [...]
Kyle on the cusp
On Monday Kyle Williams was recognized by SI.com’s Peter King as the 27th best player in the NFL. On Tuesday the Pro Bowl DT got some more recognition. The New York Times Fifth Down blog posted their Top 10 Defensive Tackles list and though Williams wasn’t named with the likes of Kevin Williams, Haloti Ngata [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 21
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 3 days Verizon Wireless is running a Text To Win contest—for your chance to win a new Buffalo Bills jersey, text ‘UNIFORM’ to 64621. The contest runs through Friday, June 24th at 8 PM. DAILY LINKS Buffalobills.com – Chris Brown breaks down the top 5 jersey [...]
Stevie versus Cincy
Well Bills fans installment number three of the Top 10 Performances of 2010 is up and available for viewing in the media center at Buffalobills.com, and it features last season’s breakout receiver. Stevie Johnson’s big day against Cincinnati in the biggest road comeback for the Bills since 1987 is broken down by Buffalo receivers coach [...]
Kelly’s nephew works w/Bills
Bills Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly’s nephew Chad, who just committed to Clemson this past week, got a workout in with some Bills players Monday. That according to his own twitter account where he thanked David Nelson and Naaman Roosevelt. chad_Kelly_12 Great workout the the bills squad everyone better realize bills are back chad_Kelly_12 Good [...]
Defensive players in ATL
Bills players on the defensive side of the ball have set up some player organized workouts in Atlanta this week. A handful of Bills players were quoted by various news outlets at the close of their first player organized workouts in Elma, NY last month, where they stated that they may have another workout session [...]
Kyle makes Peter King top 100
Bills Pro Bowl DT Kyle Williams did not make the top 100 list as voted by NFL players, but SI columnist Peter King had him in his top 30. King listed him in his weekly Monday Morning QB column today at #27 with the following explanation. Surprised at me having Kyle Williams 27 while the [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 20
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 4 days DAILY LINKS BuffaloBills.com – Hojo shares the story of what happened to Thurman Thomas’ helmet prior to Super Bowl XVI Buffalo News – Leodis McKelvin and teammates host football camp for Kids Escaping Drugs Buffalo News – Jerry Sullivan’s take on the latest speculation [...]
George Wilson update
George Wilson is known to be a player heavily involved in community efforts and it’s no different this weekend in his native Kentucky. His SAFETY Foundation is holding its 4th annual SportsFest camp this weekend in his hometown of Paducah. Here are some details along with a write up about George’s community efforts.
Fan Friday 6-17
Well Bills fans for the most part the news has been positive for football of late. Keep your fingers crossed. In the meantime let’s get to your questions and Happy Father’s day to all you dads out there. 1 – Chris, Any updates on Michael Jasper? The last it seems we’ve heard from him was [...]
