Monthly Archives: June 2011
Don’t miss this
For the first time on Buffalobills.com we’ll be releasing a Top 10 Performance Series from the 2010 season. Helping us break down some of the top individual performances of 2010 will be members of Chan Gailey’s coaching staff. The series debuts Tuesday in the media center at Buffalobills.com, so be sure to check out the [...]
Saban, Sestak are finalists
Former Bills head coach Lou Saban and Wall of Famer Tom Sestak have been named finalists by the Professional Football Researchers Association for an interesting honor. In what the PFRA calls their ‘Hall of Very Good’ (no I’ve never heard of it before – nor the PFRA to be honest) they’ve got Saban and Sestak [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 13
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 11 days DAILY LINKS ProFootballWeekly.com – Bills hope to give WR Evans bigger role The Collegian (University of Richmond) – NFL lockout affecting former Spider Justin Rogers BuffaloBills.com – Chris Brown takes a look at the offensive tackle position Additional Clips Inside the Bills Blog Roscoe [...]
Roscoe gets underrated nod
Bills WR Roscoe Parrish got the vote for most underrated on Buffalo’s roster in a team-by-team vote done by ESPN.com. Here’s what was written about Parrish by AFC East blogger Tim Graham. Roscoe Parrish, receiver/punt returner: For five years,Parrish practically begged to be thrown the ball. He made the most of his touches, becoming one of [...]
Shep bonding with vets
Bills rookie linebacker Kelvin Sheppard got some exposure to his veteran linebackers on Buffalo’s roster when several of them got together of player organized workouts a couple of weeks ago. Now he’s working with social media to get in touch with the other vets he’s yet to meet. Veteran LB Shawne Merriman tweeted Sheppard and [...]
Fan Friday 6-10
Alright Bills fans, time for another round of your offseason questions from AskChris@bills.nfl.net. Feel free to submit any questions you might have via e-mail. Let’s get right to it. 1 – Chris, One thing I’m often wondering about in the offseason is what the players are up to: their perceptions of weak areas in their [...]
The final on Pryor
As we chronicled the other day, Greg Cosell, executive producer of Edge NFL Matchup on ESPN and Senior Producer of NFL Films has been watching film of now former Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor to assess his chances to play in the NFL. He’s now watched four of his games. Here’s his assessment in a [...]
L.A. developers talk to 5 teams
According to a report in the Orange County Register (CA), the AEG group that is largely financing the construction of a pro football ready stadium in Los Angeles has made contact with five NFL clubs. Those clubs are Jacksonville, Minnesota, Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego. AEG President Tim Lieweke told the OC Register that [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 10
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 14 days – Today the Bills Healthy Zone (formerly the Bills Fieldhouse) will host High School Player Development from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The H.S.P.D. camp is held for incoming high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors and focuses on character development and specific football skill training [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 9
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 15 days – Today and tomorrow the Bills Healthy Zone (formerly the Bills Fieldhouse) will host High School Player Development from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The H.S.P.D. camp is held for incoming high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors and focuses on character development and specific football [...]
Pass protection rankings
The stat counters and film reviewers at Pro Football Focus have released Part I of their Pass Protection rankings. They’re going from worst to first and calculated their findings by taking Pressure per play and multiplying it by the average number of pass blockers per play (multiplied by 1,000). Buffalo ranked 20th in the league. [...]
4 wide makes TEs traditional
The Bills made heavy use of their four wide sets on offense in the second half of last season with the emergence of players like David Nelson, Donald Jones and Naaman Roosevelt, following the season-ending injury to Roscoe Parrish. What that also did was limit the number of opportunities for Buffalo’s tight ends in the [...]
Lee & Stevie on WR list
NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan put out his top wide receiver rankings and both Lee Evans and Stevie Johnson make appearances. Kirwan had Evans in Group G just ahead of rookies A.J. Green and Julio Jones (have they played an NFL down yet?) and wrote the following on Lee. Lee Evans: Still the vertical threat for [...]
Expert review of Pryor
With the likelihood of Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor requesting an application to be eligible for the NFL’s Supplemental draft growing by the day, the executive producer of NFL Matchup and Senior Producer for NFL Films for more than 30 years, Greg Cosell, broke down two of Pryor’s games and came up with the following [...]
Pryor to apply for Supp. draft
According to ESPN National College Football Reporter Joe Schad, former Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor will be applying for the NFL’s Supplemental draft very soon. Per Schad’s twitter account he reports that Pryor could apply to the league as early as next week and there’s a report on ESPN.com confirming Schad’s reports. schadjoe Ohio State anticipates [...]
Bills in middle for blockers
The Pro Football Focus folks released part three of their stat series on pass protection Wednesday. After diagnosing what teams who gave up the most pressure and who most effectively kept that pressure from turning into sacks, they examined what teams kept the most blockers in to protect. The Bills finished in the middle of [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 8
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 16 days – — Today and for the remainder of the week the Bills Healthy Zone will host High School Player Development from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The H.S.P.D. camp is held for incoming high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors and focuses on character development and [...]
Biscuit on Dareus
I had the chance to speak with Cornelius Bennett at the Jim Kelly Celebrity Golf Tournament Monday and made sure to ask the former Bills pass rusher about a fellow Alabama product in Bills top pick Marcell Dareus. “He’s an Alabama guy so there’s nothing else to say,” said Bennett. “Have you ever seen a [...]
Bills Daily Charge – June 7
DAILY REPORT Countdown to Bills new Uniform Unveiling – 17 days – Today and for the remainder of the week the Bills Healthy Zone will host High School Player Development from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The H.S.P.D. camp is held for incoming high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors and focuses on character development and specific [...]
Merriman’s training
It’s no secret that Bills LB Shawne Merriman has taken part in MMA type training in previous offseasons, but here’s a closer look at what he does this time of year. Merriman was part of an L.A. Times feature story as he along with several other NFL players train together in Hollywood, California.
