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BDC 3/1:GM Nix on radio

DAILY REPORT
— Bills General Manager Buddy Nix joined the Howard Simon Show on WGR550 this morning and discussed the combine, free agency and draft. >>Click here to listen to the interview 

— This morning beginning at 9:30 AM Buffalo Bills players Fred Jackson, Rian Lindell, Arthur Moats and Mike Jasper will speak to the students of East View Elementary (Olean, NY) about the importance of being physically active and making healthy decisions. The players will also lead a physical education class as part of the NFL’s PLAY 60 campaign and will present the school with a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 grant for health and wellness programming or equipment.   

East View Elementary (Check-in at front office)
690 East Spring Street
Olean, NY 14760

DAILY LINKS
Buffalobills.com – DT Brockers a Kyle Williams apprentice

Dansville Advocate Messenger – Ex-Wildcat Johnson ‘legit’ after Rupp Arena introduction

Rochester D&C – The Buffalo Bills should jet to St. Louis

Audio/Video/Photo Clips
WGRZ-TV – Bills Jackson at Manhattan Cup Game

WKBW-TV – Higgins Urges FCC to End NFL Blackout Policy

Additional Clips
Inside the Bills Blog
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Buffalo News Billboard – Bills special teams ranked 11th

NFL.com blogs – Buffalo’s offseason needs are wide-ranging

ESPN.com AFC East Blog – Ranking team needs: Bills

AFC East Daily– Glance at Bills’ 2012 non-divisional schedule

Buffalo Rumblings
Buffalo Bills Needs List: Five Areas To Focus On, Buffalo Bills Needs List: The Overarching Question Mark, Tight End, Guard/Center Are Tertiary Needs For Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bills Make Tweak To College Scouting Process, Buffalo Bills Needs List: Three Positions Not Included, Bills GM Buddy Nix Wants Doug Whaley To Expand Business Knowledge

Buffalowdown – Breaking Down the Bills’ Needs Position-by-Position

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Bills GM Buddy Nix – On if there is a need to improve the defense via the Draft — from this morning’s interview with The Howard Simon Show
“That’s what Dave (Wannstedt) coaches and he’s right, anytime you finish 26^th in defense you obviously got work to do. That is a concentration for us but we cannot make it happen if it’s not there and that’s the thing you’ve got to keep in mind. If we go in and say we got to have a pass rusher and we reach down and get one at the 10^th pick that we got graded in the third round then we’re setting ourselves back three or four years. And I can name some names where it’s happened here and it’s happened everywhere. You’ve got to be disciplined enough that you stay within the integrity of all of the work of 15 or 20 people that have done for a year and you don’t get excited by having to try to fill a need with a player that can’t play.”

THIS DAY IN BILLS HISTORY
March 1, 1990 — NFL PLAYOFF FORMAT REVISED
The NFL decided revise its playoff format, allowing one extra wild card team in each conference to make the playoffs.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Bills P Brian Moorman won the Community Impact Award from the Amherst Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Business Leaders, a program for young professionals, which held its first annual Awards Gala last week.