Archives for January 15, 2015

‘It is of course possible that Manuel shows great improvement under new offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Quarterbacks improve all the time, especially young ones. He has protypical size and good speed once he gets outside the rush and he has Sammy Watkins to throw to. But it’s hard to argue, based on the scouting reports before he came into the league, or his performance since landing to Buffalo, that Manuel will ever be an especially accurate passer, and since he doesn’t appear to throw a great deep ball or deal with pressure very well, it’s tough to imagine other ways he can make up for his inaccuracy.’

‘Consider ourselves very much hashtag blessed to have Rex back in our lives and fully empowered by an ownership group that feels “Wild and Crazy Rex” is the best Rex to make the Bills both relevant on and off the field.’

‘The Bills have requested permission to speak with San Francisco OL coach Mike Solari and Washington OL coach Chris Foerster.’

‘”I know what wins in this league and do I have to get better in certain areas? There’s no question about it. The fact that, do we need to do a better job…do I need to do a better job in building a quarterback and all that stuff? Sure. Certainly but you learn from different things. You have to protect things. We can’t lose games because of the position.”‘

‘Jim Kelly has never been shy about his desire to be more involved in the Bills organization. Now that he’s come out the other side in his fight against cancer, it seems like he’s up for it again, “Hopefully in short time I’ll be able to sit down with Terry and talk with him. I’ve already talked to Rex about my ideas, but right now he needs to settle in, he’s got to understand who his staff is, but yes of course, I’d like to get my two cents where I feel it’s needed whether it’s the quarterback position or whether it’s the wide receiver position which are two positions that I feel are my strong point.”‘

‘Marrone had worked with Bears new general manager Ryan Pace for three years in New Orleans, as well as coached Jets offensive line for four years before he jumped to New Orleans to serve as the Saints’ offensive coordinator.Before Tuesday’s interview with Chicago, Marrone had also reportedly interviewed with the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons.’

‘It was great theater, and no doubt, it’ll fire up the Bills fans who have seen their heyday as a NFL power fade further and further in the rearview mirror. But their friends in green will tell you that’s exactly what it is – theater – and that wasn’t enough with the Jets and won’t be enough with the Bills, either.’

‘”Start preparing that we’re going to be playing games in January.”‘