Archives for March 4, 2011

‘”Every player was evaluated and scrutinized, and we tried to project whether they would become productive members of our football program as well as the university at large,” Wannstedt said by phone, repeating comments he made to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette a day earlier. “Every player and each incident was evaluated on an individual basis. And we did our due diligence to make sure that we treated each player fair.”‘

‘General manager Buddy Nix has tabbed this draft as very deep at defensive end, tackle and outside linebacker, calling D-end “deeper than I can remember.”‘

‘The Bills covered their bases regarding several key potential free agents when they extended qualifying contract offers to SS Donte Whitner, LB Paul Posluszny and TE Scott Chandler. In the cases of Whitner and Posluszny, the moves protect Buffalo’s negotiating rights should those players be ruled restricted free agents rather than unrestricted pending the outcome of current labor talks.

‘”Sure, there are always chances of that. There’s chances of trading down, trading up. We don’t turn our phone off at night. We always are looking for ways to upgrade and if that’s the way that we feel is the best way to go we’ll do it.” – Coach Chan Gailey on the possibility of trading out of the No. 3 overall pick and gaining more draft picks.’