Monthly Archives: September 2011
Stevie back practicing
Stevie Johnson is back practicing here on Thursday. Johnson missed Wednesday’s practice. The Bills WR has been getting one practice day a week off to rest a nagging groin injury.
BDC 9/29: Fitz named Player of the Month and more
DAILY REPORT – Today the NFL will announce that Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September. Fitzpatrick led Bills to a 3-0 start and the distinction of being the only undefeated team in the AFC. He led the team to consecutive come-from-behind victories in each of [...]
Only 3 Bills QBs AFC Plyr of Mo.
With Ryan Fitzpatrick being named AFC Offensive Player of the Month, he becomes just the third Bills QB to receive such an honor. Drew Bledsoe and Hall of Famer Jim Kelly are the only other Bills quarterbacks to receive AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors. Kelly won it three times. Ironically, all three earned [...]
A play for prime time?
Bills CB Drayton Florence was asked about getting off to a better start in games, which hasn’t been the case the past two weeks on both sides of the ball. Florence had a good tongue-in-cheek answer as to why they’ve had a couple of heart-pumping comeback victories the past two weeks. “We’re just trying to [...]
Bills radio appearances
Here’s the rundown of where you can find Bills players on the radio airwaves Thursday. David Nelson – Howard Simon Show; WGR 550 @ 8:00 am George Wilson – Janet and Nick; Kiss 98.5 @ 8:15 am Ryan Fitzpatrick – Morning Bull; 103.3 The Edge @ 8:20 am (listen online) Kyle Williams – Brady and Lang [...]
Bengals injury report
Here’s the Bengals injury report for this week’s game with the Bills. Did not practice S Chris Crocker - not injury related LB Dontay Moch – foot Limited in practice DL Jonathan Fanene – knee DE Robert Geathers – shoulder G Otis Hudson – knee S Jeromy Miles – groin Geathers is one of Cincinnati’s better [...]
Johnny White limited
Bills reserve RB Johnny White was limited in practice Wednesday. It’s unknown if White sustained the injury during practice, but he was limited Wednesday with an ankle injury. We’ll have more on White’s situation Thursday. Meanwhile Kirk Morrison, who has been out the last couple of weeks with a hamstring injury practiced fully Wednesday as [...]
Chan still not talking streaks
Bills head coach Chan Gailey did not mention Buffalo’s losing streak to the Patriots once leading up to last week’s game against New England. Nothing is different this week as he has not mentioned Buffalo’s 10-game winning streak against the Bengals, the longest current streak in the league after New England’s disappeared last Sunday. “I [...]
Flo’s SI cover
The Bills are the regional cover feature on Sports Illustrated this week after their win over New England. The cover shot features Drayton Florence’s interception return that broke the 24-24 tie in the fourth quarter. For those that aren’t in Western New York or New England you won’t be able to see it on newsstands, [...]
Chan on Fitz’s I.Q.
Bills head coach Chan Gailey, who has drawn up some pretty impressive stuff offensively the first three weeks, was asked if he ever needs to worry about making game plans too complex for his Harvard-bred quarterback. Gailey had a clever answer. “No, uh-uh,” said Gailey. ”Matter of fact, he’s a lot smarter than I am. I mean, it’s [...]
Fitz’s “famous” brother
Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has naturally gotten an awful lot of media attention the past few weeks including a feature story in Sports Illustrated this week. All that attention has apparently trickled down to family members as well. Fitzpatrick shared a story about the brush with new found fame that one of his three brothers [...]
Bills on prelim HOF list
There are several former Bills on the 2012 Pro Football HOF preliminary nominee list. Here’s the rundown of names. Cornelius Bennett Drew Bledsoe Larry Centers Andre Reed Fred Smerlas Steve Tasker Troy Vincent Coach Chuck Knox The complete list of nominees for the Class of 2012 consists of 103 candidates. From that list of nominees, [...]
Stevie not practicing
It looks as though Stevie Johnson is getting a rest day today (Wed) for his nagging groin. Johnson has been held out of one day of practice each of the last two weeks. Here are the other non-participants. Aaron Williams Terrence McGee Chris White Kraig Urbik
Report: Benson to play Sunday
Bengals RB Cedric Benson appealed his three-game league suspension on Tuesday. Apparently there is going to be no verdict on it today (Wednesday) per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. That means Benson will be eligible to play on Sunday against the Bills. Here’s what Schefter tweeted a short time ago. AdamSchefter With no verdict on the appeal of [...]
BDC 9/28: Roster move, photo from Play 60 and more
DAILY REPORT – The Buffalo Bills announced that the team has promoted CB Terrence Wheatley to the 53-man roster from the practice squad. Wheatley was signed to the Bills’ practice squad on September 13th. The 5-9, 185-pound Colorado product entered the NFL as a second-round (62nd overall) draft pick of New England in 2008. Wheatley [...]
Bills add CB to practice squad
The Bills promoted CB Terrence Wheatley to the active roster from their practice squad Tuesday. Now they’ve filled their vacant roster practice squad spot with another cornerback. Buffalo signed CB Brandon Bing to the practice squad. Bing (5’11″ 177) was an undrafted rookie out of Rutgers that signed with Denver. He did not make their [...]
Bills on the radio
Here’s the Wednesday rundown for where you can find Bills players on the radio airwaves. George Wilson – Norton in the Morning; 97 Rock @ 8:15 am Stevie Johnson – Shredd and Ragan – Player of the Week; 103.3 The Edge @ 4:10 pm
No decision on Benson
The Bengals team website is reporting that there will be no decision Tuesday from the league office regarding Cedric Benson’s appeal on a three-game suspension. At this point it’s unclear when a decision will be handed down or if Benson will practice Wednesday with his teammates. It’s believed a decision could still be handed down [...]
TE Smith to have bigger role
With veteran TE David Martin released to make room for CB Terrence Wheatley on the active roster, rookie TE Lee Smith will step into a bigger role on game days. Martin had been serving as the team’s primary blocking tight end, but now that he’s no longer on the roster that duty will fall to [...]
Portis works out for Bengals
According to NFL Network the Bengals worked out Clinton Portis Tuesday as they may be without starter Cedric Benson this week. NFL Network reporter Jason LaCanfora tweeted as much today (Tuesday). JasonLaCanfora RB Clinton Portis worked out for Bengals today. Taking a physical now. Could be signed with Cedric Benson facing a 3-game suspension Benson [...]
