Monthly Archives: December 2011
Bills injury report
Here’s the Bills injury report for this week’s game against the Patriots. Did not practice WR/QB Brad Smith – hamstring OL Demetrius Bell – knee OL Kraig Urbik – knee Limited in practice WR Ruvell Martin – hamstring Full practice RB Johnny White – concussion
Arrington, Light, Welker limited
Here’s the Patriots official injury report for Sunday’s season finale with the Bills, with a few notable names on the non-practice and limited practice lists. It had been reported by Boston reporters that Brady missed practice to get x-rays on his non-throwing shoulder, but on the injury report below it read not injury related. Did [...]
Kelsay awarded 3rd sack
Chris Kelsay, who arguably had his best game in a Bills uniform last Saturday, was awarded a third sack in the game. His hit on Tim Tebow that led to the 17-yard interception return for a touchdown was originally ruled a quarterback hit and INT. The league has since changed it to a sack and [...]
Brady’s issue is non-throwing shoulder
The reason for Tom Brady missing Wednesday’s Patriots’ practice is due to a non-throwing shoulder injury. According to reports out of Boston, Brady had x-rays on his left shoulder, which apparently revealed no separation per Tom Curran of Comcast SportsNet New England. tomecurran Brady dinged left shoulder late in Saturday’s game against Miami. Went for [...]
Brad Smith not practicing
Brad Smith is not practicing here on Wednesday. Smith left last week’s game with a hip flexor injury. He’s working on the side with trainers. Also not practicing are Demetrius Bell and Kraig Urbik.
Brady not at Pats practice
Patriots QB Tom Brady was not at practice Wednesday during the media viewing portion of the workout. That according to ESPNBoston.com. MikeReiss QB Tom Brady not present for the start of today’s practice, ESPNBoston’s Mike Rodak reports. Could be related to non-throwing shoulder. ESPNBoston.com is also reporting that G Logan Mankins and OT Sebastian Vollmer were [...]
Whitner feels George “got robbed”
Pro Bowl snubs are a popular topic this time of year and there are cases to be made for more than just a handful of players on Buffalo’s roster. But the opinion of an NFL player that plays the same position feeling a Bills player got robbed for Pro Bowl recognition carries a bit more [...]
Chan on the move at kicker
Bills head coach Chan Gailey outlined why a move was necessary at the kicker position Wednesday with the team signing Brandon Coutu and placing Dave Rayner on I-R. “He came up sore again Monday and he’s not sure he can be 100 percent,” said Gailey of Rayner. ”You can’t take a chance when you walk out [...]
Urbik to be good by mid-Feb.
Bills guard/center Kraig Urbik, who went down with a knee injury in last Saturday’s game is out for this week, but fortunately won’t be facing a long offseason rehabilitation. Urbik told Buffalobills.com that he suffered a torn meniscus in his knee, which will require a clean up surgery. That procedure will be performed on Friday. [...]
Byrd, Levitre make PFF Pro Bowl
The Bills did not have any players selected to represent the AFC in this year’s Pro Bowl, but two players on Buffalo’s roster were recognized by the film reviewers and stat junkies at Pro Football Focus on their Pro Bowl roster. Here’s what they wrote about Levitre and Byrd respectively. Guards LG – Andy Levitre [...]
Rayner the latest to I-R
With K Dave Rayner going on injured reserve the Bills now have 17 players on the season-ending injury list. That matches the total the Bills had in 2007 when Kevin Everett unfortunately highlighted a year in which the club was snake bit with serious injuries. Surprisingly, it’s not the high water mark for Buffalo’s I-R [...]
BDC 12/28: Today’s links
DAILY REPORT – Buffalo Bills safety and team captain George Wilson has been named the Buffalo Bills 2011 Walter Payton Man of the Year as voted on by selected members of the Western New York community. Wilson was also chosen for the award in 2009. This prestigious award began in 1970 and honors players who [...]
Pats add FB Polite
The New England Patriots added a familiar AFC East fullback to their roster Tuesday. The Patriots signed veteran FB Lousaka Polite. Polite, 30, is a veteran of seven NFL seasons with Dallas (2004-06), Chicago (2007) and Miami (2008-10). He went to training camp with the Dolphins this past summer but was released on Sept. 3. [...]
Bills add 2 to practice squad
In addition to promoting Mike Jasper to the active roster, Buffalo also added two players to their practice squad. Buffalo signed WR David Gilreath and OL Jake Vermiglio to the team’s practice squad Tuesday. Gilreath entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Indianapolis in July. The 5-11, 169-pound Wisconsin product spent portions of [...]
C.J. up for FedEx player of week
C.J. Spiller had 111 yards rushing and a touchdown in Buffalo’s dominating win over Denver, and that performance has him up for FedEx Ground Player of the Week honors for Week 16. Spiller averaged 6.8 yards per carry Saturday and is up against Pittsburgh’s Rashard Mendenhall and Minnesota’s Toby Gerhart for the weekly award. Fans [...]
BDC 12/27: Postgame notes
DAILY REPORT – Pro Bowl rosters will be announced tonight LIVE at 7:00 PM on NFL Network. – MANY HAPPY RETURNS – The Bills scored three return TDs on Saturday (1 on punt ret., 2 on interceptions), the 3rd time in team history with three in one game … others occurred 9/29/68 vs. N.Y.J. (3 [...]
Rogers best in league of late
Justin Rogers has only been returning kicks for a few weeks, but measured over that time span he’s been the best in the NFL in terms of return average. Rogers is now 1st in the NFL since Week 14 with a 30.1 KR average (min. 9 kick returns) ahead of St. Louis’ Jerrious Norwood (25.0) [...]
Bills almost have to add an OL
Bills head coach Chan Gailey said he and GM Buddy Nix will discuss what action they take with respect to whether Kraig Urbik, Mike Caussin or Demetrius Bell go on injured reserve. Knowing Buffalo has just one reserve offensive lineman on the roster the Bills will almost have to put at least one of those [...]
Pats make roster move
With Logan Mankins injured and Matt Light unable to play last Saturday in New England’s win over the Dolphins, the Patriots have made a roster move perhaps to provide an opening to add an offensive lineman. The Patriots announced that DB Ross Ventrone has been released. In addition, the Patriots released DL Cedric McKinley from [...]
Almost forgot winning feeling
A seven-game losing streak will sap a lot out of an NFL team; their confidence, their mental toughness and the feeling of winning. Bills FS Jairus Byrd, who had a big interception return for a touchdown in Buffalo’s win Saturday admitted that the team almost forgot what it felt like to win prior to last [...]
