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March 14, 2010
Do the Buffalo Bills telephones work?
Does the Bills' waiver wire actually work?
Can the Buffalo brass read the internet or newspapers?
Bleacher Report/Brian Mazurek | Posted at 09:12 AM
It’s amazing the Bills were able to win six games with this offense. The
front five was about as bad as it gets. Rookie guard Andy Levitre
improved throughout the season but never generated consistent power.
Before his gruesome leg injury, RG Eric Wood was working his tail off
just to survive. In pass protection, none of Buffalo’s tackles looked
worthy of an N.F.L. roster spot – let alone a starting job.
The New York Times/Andy Benoit | Posted at 09:06 AM
The Buffalo Bills agreed to terms with free agent offensive tackle
Cornell Green on March 8th, signing him to a three-year, $9 million
contract. Although not a splashy maneuver, the decision to bring in
Green helps beef up an offensive line that had plenty of issues in 2009
and was especially thin at the tackle position.
Bleacher Report/Gridironfans.com | Posted at 09:05 AM
Two warnings right up front: This is my opinion, my opinion only. It
is based upon watching many games last fall, the Senior Bowl game and
the workouts, and the NFL Combine.
Bleacher Report/Steve P | Posted at 09:04 AM
To date, the
Buffalo
Bills have brought three free agents through the doors of One Bills
Drive on official visits with the team. Of those three players, just
one has signed with Buffalo. The other two have found greener pastures
elsewhere.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 09:03 AM
March 13, 2010
For the Buffalo Bills, the 2010 NFL Draft is a very important
one. The Bills are entering a new regime, with a new GM, Buddy Nix, and a
new head coach in Chan Gailey. Their roster in shambles, with very
little depth, Buffalo needs to make the most out of the draft this year
if they hope to compete in the highly talented AFC East division.
Bleacher Report/Robert Quinn | Posted at 08:14 AM
Free agent defensive lineman Jimmy Kennedy said Friday he's looking for a
chance to start
with the Buffalo Bills.
The Buffalo News/Mark Gaughan | Posted at 08:13 AM
I've written on previous articles that I wouldn't be
harsh on the Buffalo Bills for not being active during free agency. Now,
there are some free agents that I wouldn't have minded the Bills going
after. However, like I've said all along, you have to build your team
from within the draft.
metrowny.com/Joe Pinzone | Posted at 08:12 AM
March 12, 2010
Every year, one of the more popular pre-draft features here at Buffalo
Rumblings is when we run down the top five NFL Draft prospects that
would be considered "best fits" for the
Buffalo
Bills. "Best fit" is a broad term; usually, it applies
schematically, but we also attempt to fit character, intangibles, work
ethic and potential into the equation as well.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 02:04 PM
A week ago this morning, the NFL's free agent signing period was already
several hours underway for the 2010 league year. We knew entering the
new year that the
Buffalo
Bills, under the direction of new GM Buddy Nix and new head coach
Chan Gailey, would not be overly active, attempting to stay patient and
fill holes frugally while waiting to make their big off-season
acquisitions via next month's NFL Draft.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 02:03 PM
immy Kennedy played with former Bill Pat Williams
in Minnesota last season. Kennedy said in ever city he's played in,
they've asked him to learn every position on the defensive line. He has
played in both a 4-3 and 3-4 scheme with St.Louis, Jacksonville, Chicago and
the Vikings. In 13 games he had three sacks from the inside. If he signs
with the Bills, he will want a big opportunity to start.
WGR 550/Paul Hamilton | Posted at 02:01 PM
A week ago this morning, the NFL's free agent signing period was already
several hours underway for the 2010 league year. We knew entering the
new year that the
Buffalo
Bills, under the direction of new GM Buddy Nix and new head coach
Chan Gailey, would not be overly active, attempting to stay patient and
fill holes frugally while waiting to make their big off-season
acquisitions via next month's NFL Draft.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 11:47 AM
Back in the 2004 National Football League Draft then Buffalo Bills
general manager Tom Donahoe set out to get a quarterback of the future.
Bleacher Report/Paul Kasprzak | Posted at 06:54 AM
Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle
Pat Williams(notes) blamed a trainer on his former team, the
Buffalo Bills,
for getting him involved with StarCaps, the over-the-counter diuretic
that contains a banned substance. He said in the case Wednesday that
the trainer told him that "
everything was legal" with StarCaps, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Yahoo.com/Mark J. Miller | Posted at 06:50 AM
Terrell Owens was brought to Buffalo last off-season in attempt to both
draw interest from fans, and passes from Bills quarterbacks in 2009. He
succeeded in the way that he led the team in receiving, but fell way
short of turning the team into a contender. Buffalo failed to clear up
their issues, and even created a few more along the way to a 6-10
season, and will be an unknown quantity in 2010.
USA Players/John Ritter | Posted at 06:48 AM
Defensive tackle Jimmy
Kennedy, who was a key part of the Vikings' defensive line rotation
last season, has a free-agent visit scheduled with the Buffalo Bills on
Thursday.
Pioneer Press/Rick Alonzo | Posted at 06:47 AM
Free agent tight end Joe Klopfenstein re-signed with the Buffalo Bills on Thursday to an undisclosed contract.
The Buffalo News | Posted at 06:46 AM
March 11, 2010
Deana Good of Cheektowaga had a memorable morning as her two excited kids met Bills linebacker and team captain
Paul Posluszny
at their home, and then took him to their school on Wednesday.
buffalobills.com/Andy Major | Posted at 05:05 PM
The Bills have re-signed tight end Joe
Klopfenstein, who appeared in one game for Buffalo last season. He
made one catch in the season finale against the Colts. Klopfenstein
was signed twice by the Bills last season.
WGR550 | Posted at 05:03 PM
Credit free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens with living up to his promise to be a model citizen while he was a member of the Buffalo Bills. He did almost everything possible to fly under the radar in hopes of landing one last big contract, ideally on a winning organization. The one thing he didn’t do however was catch the football.
metrowny.com/Charles Roberts | Posted at 03:54 PM
He calls himself a career underdog and to know his story is to appreciate why. At various points in his life, Gibran Hamdan has been a Japanese-trained baseball lover growing up in Kuwait, an amazed preteen who saw American kids tossing around a football and wondered “What is that?” and a Gulf War refugee.
theglobeandmail.com/Allan Maki | Posted at 03:47 PM
(This was originally run on February 17. At the time we were profiling potential free agents that would fit in with the Buffalo Bills. With news that Jimmy Kennedy is visiting with the Bills today, we’re re-running his profile)
buffalosportsdaily.com/Patrick Moran | Posted at 03:46 PM
NFL.com’s Pat Kirwan recently posted his latest mock draft and for once someone doesn’t have the Bills taking a QB or OT.
Kirwan predicts that the Bills will take Tennessee defensive tackle Dan Williams. It should be noted that Kirwan has offensive tackles, Okung, Bulaga and Davis all coming off the board before the Bills are on the clock, which could lead to a pick like this.
blogs.buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 03:40 PM
Deana Good of Cheektowaga had a memorable morning as her two excited kids met Bills linebacker and team captain
Paul Posluszny at their home, and then took him to their school on Wednesday.
buffalobills.com/Andy Major | Posted at 03:39 PM
For the next week Bills linebacker Kawika Mitchell is teaming up with New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka in a charity effort to help villages in Kiwanuka’s native Uganda, while also taking in some of the unique experiences that the African nation has to offer. In this installment of Mitchell’s blog from Uganda, the Bills linebacker provides details of their two-day safari, which included a trip across the globe’s middle parallel.
buffalobills.com/Kawika Mitchell | Posted at 03:35 PM
Jason La Canfora at NFL.com is
reporting that the
Buffalo Bills will host a visit with free agent defensive tackle
Jimmy Kennedy on Thursday.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 05:16 AM
March 10, 2010
The Buffalo Bills need an offensive tackle. That much is obvious, and unfortunately, it remains true even after Monday's free agent signing of former Oakland right tackle Cornell Green. The 34-year-old right tackle is a likely starter, but Buffalo still lacks a serious candidate to start on the left side, excluding the unlikely event that the team is comfortable letting Demetrius Bell and Jamon Meredith duke it out for that role.
buffalorumblings.com/Brian Galliford | Posted at 11:49 AM
According to ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio, Eagles QB Michael Vick will not be coming to Buffalo, or St. Louis for that matter.
Appearing on 97.5 FM in Philadelphia, Paolantonio said the well has run dry on interest in Vick.
“St. Louis dried up,” said Paolantonio. “Buffalo, dried up.”
blogs.buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 11:48 AM
Bills CB Reggie Corner, doesn’t get much recognition for his play around the league. Most nickel corners don’t unless they lead the league in INTs. But Corner, who put together a good season in 2009 excelled in one particular area.
The good folks at ProFootballFocus are crunching numbers all the time and one of their latest figures measured tackling inefficiency amongst cornerbacks.
blogs.buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 11:47 AM
Strength and conditioning coordinators are the ones that toil behind the scenes. They get their players to put in the work even when they might not have the desire to do so. They help their players reach goals and overcome setbacks. What Bills strength and conditioning coordinator Eric Ciano had presented to him one year ago, while he was Director of Player Development at Georgia Tech, was perhaps the biggest challenge of his career… literally.
buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 11:46 AM
March 09, 2010
Aaron Schobel(notes) is in no rush to collect his $2 million
roster bonus because the
Buffalo Bills defensive end still hasn’t decided on
whether he’ll come back for a 10th NFL season.
Associated Press/John Wawrow | Posted at 03:56 PM
Nearly three years after the Buffalo Bills added running back Marshawn
Lynch in the first round of the NFL draft, the Bills could be
considering a return visit to the position in 2010.
Pro Football Talk/Mike Florio | Posted at 11:56 AM
I’m told by a source I trust that Buddy Nix and the Buffalo Bills front
office is “quietly and patiently” monitoring free agent wide receivers
Antonio Bryant and Derrick Mason.
Buffalo Sports Daily/Patrick Moran | Posted at 11:54 AM
Andre Reed doesn't get a chance to share opinions about the
Buffalo Bills like his old teammates do.
Jim Kelly and
Thurman Thomas live in Western New York. They're frequent guests on local broadcasts. The Bills trot them out at news conferences.
ESPN/Tim Graham | Posted at 07:09 AM
On one hand, I kind of feel bad for Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com.
That's assuming, of course, that the astute Marvez was asked by his
editors at FOX to name
winners and losers after three days of NFL free agency,
rather than coming up with the idea on his own. One might argue that
free agency on the whole is irrelevant; I would not agree. Teams can
take major strides forward during free agency; there's little debate
there. Now, handing out praise and/or criticism after three days?
That's another matter entirely.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 06:11 AM
Many Buffalo Bills fans are clamoring for the team to get another tackle with the loss of tackle Brad Butler to retirement.
Bleacher Report/Paul Kasprzak | Posted at 06:08 AM
When the clock struck 12:01 on Saturday morning, struggling teams like
the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions made their desperation known,
attacking the free agent market by signing big time players like Julius
Peppers, Chester Taylor, and Nate Burleson to big-time contracts.
Bleacher Report/Robert Quinn | Posted at 06:06 AM
It's no secret that the Bills are in desperate need of a QB. Their
current roster houses a journeyman in Ryan Fitzpatrick, and unproven
youngster in Brian Brohm, and a mentally shaken Trent Edwards. It would
be a lie to say the Bills have not been searching for their franchise
QB, but their luck in the process has been bad to say the least.
Bleacher Report/Matt Brancato | Posted at 06:03 AM
March 08, 2010
The Buffalo Bills have signed Oakland Raiders free agent right
tackle Cornell Green to a three-year contract. The NFL Network has
just confirmed this report.
The 10-year veteran has been with the Raiders the past three years, starting 38 games, mostly at right tackle.
Buffalo Sports Daily/Patrick Moran | Posted at 04:58 PM
According to a report from WIVB, Oakland Raiders free agent offensive tackle Cornell Green will visit with the Buffalo Bills today (Monday).
The 10-year veteran has been with the Raiders the past three years, starting 38 games, mostly at right tackle.
buffalosportsdaily.com/Patrick Moran | Posted at 11:09 AM
According to Adam Caplan of Scout.com, barring a trade it looks Chris Kelsay will be back with the Buffalo Bills in 2010.
Caplan said in his Scout.com blog Sunday that the team paid Kelsay his $500,000 roster bonus that was due on March 5.
buffalosportsdaily.com/Patrick Moran | Posted at 11:08 AM
After nearly three days of scant activity on the free agency front, things picked up nicely for the Buffalo Bills overnight.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the Bills have serious interest in former Steelers and Dolphins outside linebacker Joey Porter.
buffalorumblings.com/Brian Galliford | Posted at 11:06 AM
For the second time in three days the Bills are hosting a free agent in the hopes of improving their offensive line. Buffalo welcomed free agent offensive tackle Cornell Green to One Bills Drive Monday.
buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 11:04 AM
When an NFL player is sidelined indefinitely by injury there is very little that feels rewarding. You can’t contribute to your team’s success on the field. You can’t spend as much time with your teammates. You can’t show your coaches what you’re truly capable of. Such was the existence of Bills wide receiver James Hardy in 2009. In the end however, for Hardy, there was a reward.
buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 11:02 AM
The Bills search for offensive lineman has veteran Cornell Brown in
town. News 4 Sports has learned that the 12-year vet will meet with
the team on Monday. Brown spent the last three seasons playing for the
Raiders. He started 38 games, mostly at right tackle.
WIBV/Paul Peck | Posted at 05:26 AM
Maybe the Buffalo Bills are biding their time and waiting to surprise us. Maybe they're waiting for a slow
sports news day, so they can get maximum media coverage for a few exciting free-agent signings.
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle/Bob Matthews | Posted at 05:23 AM
Former Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter may not be a free agent for long.
After being released by the Dolphins on Friday, Porter has drawn the
interest of the Arizona Cardinals according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Football News Now/Chuck Connor | Posted at 05:15 AM
As one looks at the Buffalo Bills quarterback situation, since the
retirement of Jim Kelly, there has not been much stability. Brief
stints by beloved CFL-star Doug Flutie and the former Patriot Drew
Bledsoe didn’t prove very fruitful. Now the Bills are looking to the
future; signs are pointing toward Buffalo seriously considering
drafting former Heisman winner
Tim Tebow.
Bleacher Report/GB Bongiovanni | Posted at 05:14 AM
March 07, 2010
Well, we are coming down the stretch for reshaping the Buffalo Bills
roster. Free agency is over and done with. The undersized defensive
players are in different uniforms. Trent Edwards is flipping burgers or
playing in the CFL. The waste has been wasted. In the process, I've
been able to bring in some new blood to the team via free agency. I
have to say, it has really been fun being the Buffalo Bills GM for the
last two weeks.
metrowny.com/Joe Pinzone | Posted at 07:53 AM
The Buffalo Bills' retention of two veteran safeties this week has increased speculation
about the team's plans for Donte Whitner.
The Buffalo News/Mark Gaughan | Posted at 07:52 AM
Since the
Kansas City Chiefs
are obviously not big players in the first weekend of free agency what
else are we to do except follow our unrestricted free agents.
Arrowhead Pride/Joel Thorman | Posted at 07:49 AM
March 06, 2010
After a pretty busy day one of NFL free agency given the circumstances,
Larry Foote's name is one of the biggest left on the market. The veteran 3-4 inside linebacker has drawn interest from the
Buffalo Bills, according to Ed Thompson of
Scout.com.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 08:25 AM
Free agency is a spot in the off-season that the Bills do not like to
dip into heavily. They often sign one or two free agents with some
possibilities. However, this offseason feels different. The Bills
want to win, and one way to aid this roster and provide depth is free
agency, not the draft as some speculate.
Bleacher Report/Kevin Lataki | Posted at 07:46 AM
The Buffalo Bills did not tender guard Richie Incognito.
That means it is all but certain the Bills will be taking an offensive tackle in the National Football League Draft.
Bleacher Report/Paul Kasorzak | Posted at 07:44 AM
The Bills lined up their first free agent visit of the NFL signing
period on the same day the market opened as offensive lineman Wade
Smith arrived at One Bills Drive Friday.
buffalobills.com/Chris Brown | Posted at 07:42 AM
Armando Salguero of
The Miami Herald is
reporting - in a throwaway commentary sort of way - that the
Buffalo Bills have "sniffed around"
Dolphins backup quarterback
Tyler Thigpen.
Buffalo Rumblings/Brian Galliford | Posted at 07:40 AM
March 05, 2010
When
NFL free agency kicked off at 12:01 a.m. today, I half envisioned new
Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix kicking up his feet in his
office and sipping coffee.
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle/Leo Roth | Posted at 05:40 AM
$107,000,000.00. Other than lots of zeroes, what is so special about this number?
Bleacher Report/Dan Van Wie | Posted at 05:39 AM
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