Archives for April 2015

'Stretch of three consecutive road games and five road games in six weeks.'

'In an interesting twist, the Bills will play their first two games of the season at home, and their last two at home. Of course, this means eight of the 12 games in the middle – including three straight in weeks 10-12 – will be on the road.'

'The Bills will travel a total of 14,954 miles during the 2015 season with a trip to London being the longest of the bunch.'

'The Buffalo Bills will open up the 2015 season at home against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Sept. 13. The big date to circle on the schedule is Rex Ryan's return to New York to face his old team, the Jets. The Bills will travel to the Meadowlands in Week 10 for a game that will be featured on Thursday Night Football.'

'"(Petty, Grayson and Mannion) are guys that you know are going to have a chance to come in and compete right away," Whaley told WGR. "Guys like Brett Hundley are going to have a longer shelf life to try to get in and be able to produce. I like to say he's more of an athletic thrower where as Bryce Petty is more of an athletic passer. Those guys will take a little longer, the Hundleys. But he's in that group. And Brett Hundley in the Seattle Seahawks offense may be more attractive to Seattle. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."'

'"No. I mean I still feel that he can start at this level," Fisher said. "I mean, he was taken in the second round, still feel like he can start at this level. So it doesn't change what I think right now looking at other linemen. I'm not going to sit there and say there's not a better guy out there in this draft and I'm not going to sit here and say there is a better guy in this draft."'

'Following the Miami game, the Bills will play five of their next six games on the road, including three in a row against the New York Jets (a Thursday night game), Patriots (on Monday Night Football) and Chiefs.'

'Final 2015 record: 10-6.'

'So three of the Bills first five games will be against opponents who will be coming off more rest than them. However, after that stretch, it only happens once the rest of the season, and that’s only one extra day. The Bills have the "rest advantage" twice in the third-quarter of the season.'

'December will be a very interesting month for the Bills. They’ll play two domed-teams in the colder, outdoor climate of Orchard Park when they host JJ Watt and the Houston Texans on Sunday, December 6, then Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, December 27. Sandwiched in-between those games will be LeSean McCoy’s return to Philadelphia to face the Eagles on Sunday, December 13, then a trip to the nation’s capital to face the Washington Redskins on Sunday, December 20.'

'The Bills have two prime time games in 2015, both on the road and both in November. The Bills will meet the Jets in New York Thursday November 12th at 8:25PM and face the Patriots in New England for Monday Night football November 23rd.'

'Buffalo will open its 2015 regular season schedule with back-to-back home games against the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots.'

'“You have so many fast guys and playmakers on the field at the same time. The biggest thing is we’ve got to get the chemistry We’ve got to come together as a team. That starts off with offseason training. Starts now. We’re all cool and joke around and (in) training camp we’ll show off.”'

'“For us, as personnel people, it’s more exciting because when you’re picking in the Top 10, which we have recently, it’s pretty easy, because those types of players, anybody can see,” he said. “When you don’t have that Top 10 pick and you’re picking late, or even in the second round, it puts the onus on us as scouts to prove our wares. So our scouting staff has been really excited since the start of the fall scouting process."'

'“Definite possibility,” Whaley said. “I don’t like to corner myself into something by saying, ‘We have to do this,’ because that limits your possibilities and it kind of curtails some other options that you may shut yourself out of by saying that. But it’s definitely something, between quarterbacks and cornerbacks, because it’s a pass-heavy league, that we would lean heavily to considering every year.”'