Archives for July 30, 2016

'In addition, the team has placed defensive tackle Marcell Dareus, defensive back Jonathan Dowling, offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson and running back Karlos Williams on the active/non-football illness list.'

'"You don't hear about other guys like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady getting into incidents like that. So I think sometimes you get so lackadaisical about being successful as a football player, and then you let all the minor, small things go. In a situation like that, [if" target="_blank"> you got security or you got even off-duty officers working for me at the time, and this thing never even gets out of hand."'

'“I called my owners, my coaches, to let them know exactly what happened,” he said. “I’m an honest person. I've never been in trouble a day in my life. I've been from nothing, a hardworking family, so I told everybody. I was honest and I was right. I didn't do anything wrong. And it was obvious. I mean you all read it. you all seen what happened. Nothing came out of it. It just sucks that your name gets dragged into so much negative press, you know, for just being in a situation that you had nothing to do with. But I mean but that's life. I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. It is what it is.”'

'"All contract situations are usually a long, drawn-out process, and we'll see where it goes," Whaley said Friday before the first day of training camp. Both Taylor and Gilmore are present for camp, even as they seen long-term deals. Gilmore has said looking in the ballpark of the record-setting contract signed by Josh Norman.'

'The Bills made a total of 10 roster moves, which includes two players being added to the Active / Non-Football Injury List, four players to the Physically Unable to Perform List, and four more players to the Active / Non-Football Illness List.'

'That much isn’t certain, but as opposed to how grim everything has sounded regarding Gilmore, optimism seems to be rising that something could be struck between the two sides ahead of the year, or more likely, into the season.'

'"What might have been a down year for him (last year), we all looked as 'this guy was awesome, he was a fantastic player for us'," Ryan said. "This is going to be scary because if he can play much better than he did last year, we'll sign up for that."'

'“It wasn’t really a long thinking process. I just sat down and said this is the smart thing for me to do,” said Gilmore. “It was a smart thing for me to come here and be with my teammates and work on my game and do whatever I can to improve myself individually and as a team.”'

'McCoy said he has a giant chip on his shoulder after not meeting his own expectations last season. Much more on McCoy in our feature story on the Bills feature back Saturday morning.'