Archives for April 2010

‘”The good thing about Eric is his mental toughness,” said coach Chan Gailey. “This young man is very strong mentally. First of all you have to be strong to play in this league on the offensive line as a rookie. You better be tough mentally and we are fortunate to have three to start the season. We didn’t end up with three playing at the end of the year, but we started with three and they all had to be pretty tough mentally. I have no questions about Eric coming back and playing extremely well this year and in years to come.”‘

‘Chan Gailey on what he saw out of Florida quarterback prospect Tim Tebow during his workout: “I think it’s obvious to everybody he’s a very engaging young man. He’s a very intelligent football player. I really enjoyed the short time I had with him talking football, talking life and just what he’s all about.”‘

‘Schouman opened last year as the Bills starter before a knee injury ended his season in Week 2, during a 33-20 win over Tampa Bay. He finished with nine catches for 103 yards.’

‘The last of Buffalo’s restricted free agents that was tendered a qualifying offer has re-signed with the Bills.’

‘"I would take Clausen, but I’m hearing through a lot of different sources that they will not take Clausen so I kind of scratched them off," said Kiper during a conference call. "I think they’re going to go a different route and taking Bryan Bulaga and coming back in the second round and taking Tim Tebow."’

‘He’s a four-year-per-carry guy for his career, has been to a Pro Bowl, and will turn 24 in late April. He can even catch passes out of the backfield (93 in three NFL seasons), keeps his paws on the ball (lost only three fumbles in his career), and is good around the end zone (17 career rushing touchdowns). That’s the sales pitch the Bills should use when shopping him around the league between now and the NFL Draft in a few weeks.’

‘Mendenhall has yet to play an NFL game after being released by Indianapolis before the start of last season. He was an undrafted rookie free agent out of Illinois State, who initially signed with Philadelphia earlier in the year.’

‘Mendenhall (6’0″ 227) was most recently with the Indianapolis Colts prior to the 2009 season as a late training camp signing. He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles last spring.’

‘There is a good chance Clausen could fall to the Bills at No. 9.’

‘Many draft analysts believe there are three or possibly four offensive tackles worthy of the ninth overall pick (Russell Okung, Bryan Bulaga, Trent Williams and maybe Anthony Davis), but they all could be gone. Washington is expected to take one of them to protect McNabb since veteran left tackle Chris Samuels retired.’

‘Regardless, it’s good that the Bills acknowledged the weakness under center. There’s been no boring “we like what we have” rhetoric from Gailey and Nix, just a little bit of hope and belief in what their management can bring to the team. To be honest, I’m starting to hate the idea of quarterback at No. 9 unless Sam Bradford miraculously drops there.’

‘Such behavior tends to be minimized when a player is productive, but once Fred Jackson grabbed the starting running back job and Lynch performed abysmally upon his return, his ticket out of Western New York was seemingly punched.’

‘What could the Bills fetch for Lynch? Not a great return considering he was the 12th overall pick in the draft in 2007. It would depend on whether there were more than one team interested. Willis McGahee, who had a tad more production than Lynch through three seasons and no baggage, fetched a third-rounder. McGahee was coming off a 990-yard rushing season when he was dealt. Lynch had 450 last season. So a fourth-rounder might be the best the Bills could get, if there were an eager suitor.’

‘Wilson got to play Blige’s boyfriend in the video, which is based on her latest single, "Hood Love." It is due to be released in a couple of weeks.’

‘"I’ve been telling people for weeks I couldn’t be more excited about this season coming up with the new defensive scheme that we’re running and with the personnel that we’re bringing in, that we’ve already brought in and just the guys on the team that we already have," Maybin said this week at the Bills’ fieldhouse, where the team is conducting its voluntary offseason conditioning program. "I think it’s going to be great."’