Archives for April 2012

‘If the Bills take Floyd I think they are taking a guy who is automatically a starter on this receiver deprived team. But that doesn’t neccesarily mean they are getting a guy who warrants a top ten pick.’

‘Urbik and Rinehart were tendered by the Bills earlier this offseason allowing the club to maintain the right of first refusal in the event another NFL team signed them to an offer sheet. That never happened as the deadline to sign players to offer sheets passed last Friday.’

‘The Buffalo Bills today announced that individual game tickets are scheduled to go on-sale to the general public Tuesday, July 10.’

‘Whatever happens, it’s refreshing to see that the Bills’ proactive approach in free agency seems to have put them in a rare position of power heading into the draft.’

‘”The Achilles is such a unique injury. It’s not one of those things where you look at it and say, ‘Let’s go fix it right now.’ But we reached a point where it was time to get it done. I was very pleased as far as how things went with the surgery. I feel great now. Obviously I’m still in a bit of rehab process with slight limitations. For the most part though, I feel great.”‘

‘Nice fits: Offensive tackle Cordy Glenn, linebacker Lavonte David, cornerback Jamell Fleming.’

‘The Bills have just three tackles currently on their roster. Buddy Nix said he would like to add two more. Iowa’s Riley Reiff, Stanford’s Jonathan Martin or Georgia’s Cordy Glenn could all be possible picks for Buffalo. There are questions if any of those three players will develop into a dominant left tackle.’

‘”That’s the main thing, just trying to build on that momentum that I was able to create the last couple weeks of the season,” Spiller said. “It’s definitely encouraging. I’m looking forward to it, but I still have to put in all the hard work before the season starts."’

‘The workout sessions — which are voluntary — are open to the 70 players currently on the team’s roster. Work will be limited to strength and conditioning as part of the league’s new collective bargaining agreement. The CBA does not allow teams to even use a football during the first two weeks of offseason training.’

‘”Our philosophy when we came in was we’re going to build through the draft,” Nix said. “We’ve got 10 picks and our goal has to be that we hit on all 10 of them. We need to do that. We’ve got places that we need depth and we need better players that can make a difference. I think all of them are important and we have to make them count.”‘

‘The NFL’s 30th-ranked defense in terms of points allowed last season should improve with the addition of Williams, but the secondary could still be helped and South Carolina cornerback Stephon Gilmore makes sense here.’

‘Bills CEO Russ Brandon said that based on last year’s demographic studies and the current ticket-selling trend, Southern Ontario has “inched past” Rochester to become the team’s secondary market.’

‘”My son was born on my birthday – Valentine’s Day,” Kelly said. “I dreamt what all daddies out there dream about. Unfortunately, four months after he was born, we found out about his disease and by that point it was too late. From that point on, my wife and I decided to do something through our son to make sure kids don’t have to suffer through this horrible disease – and to give kids a chance to dream.”‘

‘”It took me a lot longer to get over it because I was pissed, I was mad at God,” Kelly told the Chronicle. “My wife became a believer. I did my own thing. It took me awhile to revise because I realized if I wanted to have a big impact, I had to change my life. And I did. Here we are now and I have families walking up to me and telling me ‘our daughter is alive because of you’ or ‘our son wouldn’t be here today, he would be completely disabled if it wasn’t for what you and your wife had done.’ When you hear that, it totally takes on a whole new perspective for you.”‘

‘"I’ll just be patient, see what happens, I got Buddy’s word and he’s a man of his word so I’m not worried about it. I’ll just keep coming to work and hopefully things take care of themselves."’