Archives for December 2014

‘”I’m not worried about that right now,” Spiller said. “I haven’t gotten to that part yet. … The season just ended. I haven’t had time to sit down with my agent.”‘

‘Doug Marrone has a clause in his contract that gives him a three-day window to terminate his deal with the Buffalo Bills, according to a report.’

‘Sure sounds like the Bills are in the market for a new starting quarterback.’

‘Post-game, Spikes tweeted to Matt that “A Bets a bet !! Four tickets in ur name at will call !! Enjoy!”‘

‘erry Pegula made a clear statement weeks ago in declaring that the team would remain in Buffalo and that he would seek to build a new stadium. But there has been no big statement about whether he’s down with the coach and GM for the long haul.’

‘Orton had one year left on a two-year contract he signed with Buffalo a little more than a week before the start of the season.’

‘Orton had contemplated retirement last offseason, but signed with the Bills and helped them finish 9-7, their first winning season since 2004.’

‘Without the 32-year-old Orton, the Bills could be in the market for a quarterback in the offseason. Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents and would likely intrigue the Bills. Buffalo could also have interest in veteran Jay Cutler, who had a down year with the Chicago Bears and has six years remaining on the $126 million deal he signed before the 2014 season.’

‘”It’s one of those things, in talking to him, I didn’t expect him to announce it so soon, or to announce it at all,” running back Fred Jackson said. “I’ll kind of pick his brain and see what made him decide to do so, but you got to respect it.”‘

‘”I think he picked up some nuances that he can incorporate in his game and hopefully get him to where we want him to be, where he wants him to be and that’s a starting quarterback that can produce at a high level in this league. But again like Coach says, you really won’t know for sure. We can see progress until the lights go on next year and have him play.”‘

‘Now Spiller, who will turn 28 ahead of the 2015 season, is set to hit the free agent market unless the Bills elect to re-sign him. Despite the fractured clavicle he suffered, the fact that it claimed seven games from his season and having one of the worst years of production in his career, Spiller is optimistic for his future.’

‘”When I came in this morning Kyle came up to see me prior to our team meeting and informed me of it and I asked him, ‘Hey, is this something that you’re sure about?'” Marrone started. “A lot of times when you make decisions like this you need to spend some time thinking about it and I told him, I recommend that you take some time and think about it before you come to a decision but he said that he was ready and in this game you’ve got to respect the players’ decisions and as soon as I was informed I informed Russ Brandon, I told Russ to make sure that he told Doug [Whaley] at the time because I was texting or trying to call the owner and tell him what was going on.”‘

‘”Kyle did it his way,” Bills quarterback Jeff Tuel said. “It wasn’t a big deal or anything.”‘

‘”I just have been going at it for 10 years and it’s just a family decision and I’ve decided to get home and be a dad and call it a day,” said Orton.’

‘The Bills have signed 10 players to reserve/futures contracts: S Deon Broomfield, G William Campbell, LB Jimmy Gaines, WR Caleb Holley, DE Bryan Johnson, G D.J. Morrell, WR Tobais Palmer, CB Rod Sweeting, DT Jeremy Towns, QB Jeff Tuel.’