Archives for January 27, 2015

‘Palmer is the most interesting of the hires. He has 22 years of NFL coaching experience and last worked as offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans in 2011 and 2012. Over his career, Palmer spent two seasons as the head coach for the Cleveland Browns and seven seasons as an offensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans.’

‘”He’ll be, I believe, at the top of the list of candidates next year,” Schefter continued. “If he doesn’t get a head coaching job ever again, he made a colossal mistake. Colossal. If he doesn’t get a head coaching job in the next year or two? Huge mistake. But let’s see how it plays out. People are ripping on him. Hey, he’s got $4 million in his pocket, he’s got whatever Jacksonville is paying him. He walks into a situation where there was no quarterback, was no one, and now he starts over. He rolled the dice a little bit and we’ll see how it plays out. It’s too early to say he made a mistake.”‘

‘However, fans aren’t quite as sold on the Bills’ ability to crack the postseason in 2015: Only 49 percent of those polled think the Bills will end their playoff drought next season.’

‘”Physically, I’m back to 100 percent, back to doing normal activities,” Spiller told The Post and Courier on Friday. “As far as football, free agency will start in March, and I’ll get with my people next week and get a game plan together.”‘

‘”He knows what he is doing,” said Buffalo’s Donnie Henderson, one of the NFL’s top secondary coaches. “From the first time he walked into the room, you knew he knew the game and how to play it. He won’t be out there long, somebody is going to hire him as a coordinator or head coach again.”‘

‘The Bills announced Monday they also hired Michael Hamlin as a special teams quality control coach, Sanjay Lal as wide receivers coach, Anthony Lynn as a running backs coach, D’Anton Lynn as a defensive assistant and Chris Palmer as a senior offensive assistant.’

‘Palmer is the former head coach of the Cleveland Browns and last served as an offensive coordinator with the Tennessee Titans. He has 22 years of coaching experience in the NFL. Lal, along with both Anthony Lynn and D’Anton Lynn, will all join the Bills staff after having been with Rex Ryan and the New York Jets last season.’

‘Head coach Rex Ryan has secured the services of ten assistant coaches – four retained from the previous regime – to continue filling out his coaching staff.’

‘While the Bills stood fourth in points per game allowed, when you strip down Buffalo’s points allowed to those only scored by opposing offenses, the Bills ranked second in the league allowing just 271 on the year. It was a sizable improvement from 2013 when Buffalo ranked 20th in that category.’