Monthly Archives: October 2011
Fletcher limited Thursday
Washington MLB London Fletcher has never missed a game in his 14-year NFL career, but he’s fighting to come back from a hamstring injury suffered last weekend. After not practicing on Wednesday, Fletcher was limited on Thursday. That according to John Keim of the Washington Examiner. He also reported that starting CB DeAngelo Hall (hip) [...]
First flakes put Bills rooks in a panic
With a high of just 42 degrees in Buffalo Thursday, there were a few snow flurries in Western New York prompting widespread panic among the rookies in the Bills locker room. Aaron Williams, who hails from Texas, was grumbling in the locker room about the snow, offered this anecdote on his twitter account. ajwilliams23 Let it [...]
Roof to be closed Sunday
The Bills confirmed that the Rogers Centre roof will be closed for Sunday’s game at the Rogers Centre against Washington. The game will also be televised locally. Every one of Buffalo’s home games have been sold out so far this season.
Practice update
Here are the non-participants for Thursday’s practice. Donald Jones Aaron Williams Chris Hairston Demetrius Bell Kyle Williams
Bills weapons want to stay put
Buffalo’s offense currently ranks third in the league in scoring at 31.3 points per game. And some of the top playmakers responsible for those figures would like to stick together beyond this season. With all the talk about a forthcoming contract extension for Ryan Fitzpatrick this week, Buffalo’s other offensive playmakers are hoping it happens [...]
Pro Bowl names similar
While we profiled some of Buffalo’s legitimate Pro Bowl candidates for the AFC squad this season, so too apparently did the folks at ProFootballFocus. They did the AFC and NFC, but a lot of their candidates included the same Bills we had on our list. The PFF analysts had Eric Wood, Andy Levitre, Stevie Johnson [...]
Gailey-Shanahan: Mutual respect
While there may have been an effort by the media to make the meeting between head coaches Chan Gailey and Mike Shanahan this Sunday personal, Buffalo and Washington’s head coach indicated it will be anything but. With Bills fans clamoring for the hire of Shanahan during the 2010 coaching search, it’s safe to say that [...]
Nicknames not on Chan’s mind
Players often give one another nicknames. Ryan Fitzpatrick gave practice squad lineman Mike Jasper the moniker of ‘Eclipse’ because he’s a massive human being. Stevie Johnson has one for head coach Chan Gailey, but nicknames really are not something Buffalo’s head coach concerns himself with. Johnson, when asked to describe Gailey as an offensive play caller, said he’s [...]
BDC 10/27: High rating for Giants game
DAILY REPORT – The Buffalo Bills take on the Washington Redskins at 4:05 p.m. on October 30, 2011, but the party starts well before that with the Budweiser Tailgate, featuring a special performance by Juno award-winning Canadian rockers Finger Eleven. The Budweiser Tailgate begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 3:30 p.m. on game day [...]
Bryan Scott music single
Bills safety Bryan Scott is a multi-faceted defender playing a hybrid LB/S role on defense. He’s also got some God-given talent as a musician as he’s able to play by ear. In conjunction with his new music single ‘Dedicated’ he’s just released a cool video contest. You can find the video contest at ShowYourDedication.com. His [...]
Merriman says surgery successful
Bills LB Shawne Merriman apparently wasn’t going to wait long to take care of his chronic Achilles problem. A day after being placed on injured reserve he underwent surgery, and stated that it was successful on his twitter account. shawnemerriman Surgery went extremely well so you guys prayers were answered #thankyou Head coach Chan Gailey [...]
Bills on the radio
Here’s where you can find Bills players on the radio airwaves Thursday. Arthur Moats – Janet and Nick; Kiss 98.5 @ 8:00 am Danny Batten – Morning Bull; 103.3 The Edge @ 8:05am Stevie Johnson – TSN Radio; Mike Richards @ 8:15 am Drayton Florence – Fan 590; Jeff Blair @ 11:40 am Arthur Moats [...]
Bills injury report
Here’s this week’s Bills injury report. Did not practice OT Demetrius Bell – shoulder LB Shawne Merriman – achilles – Injured reserve CB Aaron Williams – chest WR Donald Jones – ankle NT Kyle Williams – foot OT Chris Hairston – ankle Full practice LB Chris Kelsay – calf
Redskins injury report
Here’s the Washington injury report for this week’s game against Buffalo. Out for the game WR Santana Moss – hand RB Tim Hightower – knee - injured reserve Did not practice LB London Fletcher – hamstring QB Rex Grossman – illness CB DeAngelo Hall – hip LT Trent Williams – ankle Limited in practice S O.J. Atogwe – [...]
Merriman void a group effort
With Shawne Merriman on injured reserve, head coach Chan Gailey confirmed that filling the void left by the veteran linebacker will be a group effort. “We’ll play a rotation of several guys in there,” said Gailey. ”We get (Chris) Kelsay back, which is great. We’ve got Spencer (Johnson), Danny Batten, Arthur Moats and Antonio Coleman is back. It gives [...]
Fitz asked about extension
With news of a forthcoming contract extension for Ryan Fitzpatrick in the news last weekend, the Bills QB was asked about it Wednesday. “I can’t say much about it,” Fitzpatrick said. ”It’s one of those things that’s been ongoing throughout the season. Just have to continue to do what I’m doing and focus on playing and [...]
Practice update
Here are the non-participants at practice Wednesday. Donald Jones Aaron Williams Chris Hairston Demetrius Bell Kyle Williams
Fletch on his hamstring
London Fletcher has never missed a game in his 14-year NFL career, a span covering 214 games counting the six games this season, but he did tweak a hamstring last Sunday. So what does he think about playing Sunday against the Bills? “Heh, heh, heh,” Fletcher chuckled when asked if there shouldn’t even be a [...]
