Archives for January 19, 2017

'According to sources close to the situation, Olson's decision mainly came down to a lifestyle preference. He lives in Northern California, and he and his wife have teenage children in school there.'

'Gilmore checks in at No. 13 and as the top-available cornerback, in Clayton's estimation.'

'After nine years of coaching at the collegiate level, he broke into the NFL as a tight ends coach with the Oakland Raiders in 2007. Skipper remained in that role through the 2008 season before moving to running backs coach from 2009 to 2014. He spent the next two seasons coaching running backs in Jacksonville.'

'The National Football League Players' Association on Wednesday released the amount of unused salary-cap space from 2016 that each team will carry over for the upcoming season. For the Bills, that figure checks in at $2,837,222, the 10th-smallest amount. The Cleveland Browns will carry over a whopping $50 million in space, by far the most in the league, while the Los Angeles Chargers will carry over the least at just $113,693.'

'"Yeah, and how many times does this make it that you've sworn never to let your heart get broken by these teams again? It has to be double figures."'

'“We decorated this one differently that we have our other homes. I really wanted everything to be casual and Peter (Balistreri from Ethan Allen) has done a beautiful job with the house. I think it’s beautiful,” Michelle Ryan told Buffalo Magazine.'

'McDermott knows Dorsey well from their time together in Carolina. Dorsey has served as Carolina's quarterbacks coach since 2013 and has been with the Panthers organization since 2011. Following his playing career, Dorsey became a scout for the Panthers organization before moving onto the coaching staff.'

'Buffalo has not been linked to any other candidates, but they could be waiting to hire a candidate that is still coaching in the NFL playoffs.'

'Position coaches aren't talked about too much once the season gets underway, but Frazier's hiring last year seemed to be regarded as a good move. He has head coaching experience, and what NFL defensive back wouldn't want to be coached by the man who led the 1985 Chicago Bears' defense in interceptions?'

'Waufle is known as an intense, strict coach, having a past in the U.S. Marines. From 2004-09, Waufle coached the New York Giants defensive line and won the 2007 Super Bowl.'

'Dorsey, 35, just finished his fourth season in Charlotte, where he worked with Cam Newton during his MVP season of 2015. Newton took a step back this past season with career lows in several passing categories, prompting Panthers coach Ron Rivera to say the team needs to evolve its offense this offseason with Newton's future in mind.'

'Skipper will work with Juan Castillo, who was hired last week to serve as offensive line coach and run-game coordinator.'

'Skipper will be tasked with keeping LeSean McCoy and Buffalo's top-ranked rushing attack headed in the right direction. The Bills averaged 164.4 yards on the ground per game last season and 5.3 yards per attempt.'

'If unfamiliar with the first time around for Van Pelt as Bills OC, that’s probably because it lasted just one season, and he was actually hired the week leading up to the team’s opening game after Turk Schonert was fired after the preseason. Van Pelt had already been on the Bills staff for a couple years, serving as the team’s offensive quality control coach from 2006-07, then QB coach for the 2008 season.'

'Skipper also coached in college at UCLA, where he went from running backs coach to offensive coordinator and Washington State, where he was the special teams coach on top of coaching the running backs.'