Archives for April 2015

'The real genius in Rex, however, is that he’s single-handedly removing the pressure from the rest of the organization and placing it on himself. He insists that you watch him because it means peeling your eyes away from the three-headed elephant in the room known as the quarterback position.'

'The last non-Thursday night prime time game the Bills played was the their 2009 season opener at the Patriots on Monday night.'

'"Our whole philosophy in acquiring players is getting the best players out there that can help get us to a championship level," Whaley said. "With what we did in free agency, we feel very comfortable with the pieces of the puzzle we have in place."'

'"We're going to set up our board where we'll put a demarcation line where if we see guys fall, and we think we have a chance to go up and get one, we would consider (a trade)," Whaley said Monday during the Bills' annual draft luncheon. "You never know when that phone rings what can happen. But I'll tell you right now, with the lack of ammunition, I would highly, highly doubt that we (trade)."'

'"Well, the way we looked at it is, we don't have a proven franchise quarterback, that's obvious," Whaley said. "But what we wanted to do is be perfect everywhere else, where that guy doesn't have to put the game on his shoulders and be the man."'

'Levy will be signing at My Favorite Sports Store from noon to 1:30 p.m on April 26 and will charge $25 per signature. The cost includes on inscription. Fans can also take a photo with Levy for $5.'

'"Yes," Whaley said. "No doubt about it. No doubt about it. I feel sorry for you guys. You have to come up with different pieces every day. It's just overkill. At least they moved it a week up compared to last year when we had another week. To tell you the truth, we would like the draft right after the (NFL Scouting) combine. We'd be fine with that."'

'Before we take a guess which games make it to a nationwide audience before the 2015 NFL schedule is revealed on Tuesday, let's review what we know about the Bills' schedule.'

' Gray was among those who made a surprise appearance, along with Minnesota Vikings receiver Charles Johnson.'

'That's the thing about the Buffalo Bills' head coach. He'll never truly say "all he needs to say." He always has another joke, another proclamation, another guarantee.'

'“We feel comfortable that we can come into this draft,” Whaley said, “and look at (the Bills’ players ranking) board and whoever is the name at the top, we can pick and be comfortable with.”'

'Manuel has been criticized for his accuracy since playing at Florida State. Bills Director of Player Personnel Jim Monos said there’s only so much a quarterback can do, “I think you have to factor it in. It’s another measuring tool but you still want to go back to the tape. That’s who they are and quarterbacks especially get so scrutinized on mechanics, and they work so hard on that with their quarterback gurus now, but at the end of the day, if you can shoot a basketball, you can shoot. If you can throw a football, you can throw."'

'“We’re hoping those guys can come in and compete and take a spot. But if not, we want to make sure we have enough interest and they have enough skill set that we can have them on the practice squad and we can keep them on campus and keep them in our program. So what we want to do is have them next year make that next step. And make the roster next year and contribute, and the year after that compete for a starting job. And that’s how you can consistently compete without having the ups and downs because you’ll have guys in your program and they know what’s expected of them on and off the field and especially in the classroom.”'

'“When you’re picking in the top 10, which we’ve had recently, it’s pretty easy because anybody can see those type of players,” Whaley said. “When you don’t have that top 10 pick and you're picking late, it puts the onus on us as scouts to prove our wares. Our scouts have been really excited since the beginning of the process.”'

'“The way our roster is constructed it makes our job a lot easier because when you have holes to fill, not only are you hoping for guys, but you’re pushing guys up (the board) because they look a lot better and you over grade guys,” Whaley told Buffalobills.com. “That’s why we set up the situation that we had last year and even this year where we can go in and grade people just based on their talent.”'