‘In five games with Chicago this season, Thompson caught eleven passes for 125 yards and a touchdown. He also returned eleven kicks for an average of 20.8 yards per return, good for ninth in the league. Thompson is also ninth amongst all active players with a 24.8 yards per kick return average for his career.’
Archives for October 2017
For Bills, opportunity knocks
‘The next four weeks are all games this team can win. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bills are actually favored in Vegas in every one of them. That’s already the case with the game this weekend against the Bucs, at least in the places that are taking action. The Bills are three-point favorites where you can find it. But the game is mostly off the board due to the uncertainty of Tampa’s QB situation. Jameis Winston is dealing with a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder. He may still start, but won’t throw all week. If Winston can’t go, it’s old pal Ryan Fitzpatrick that will get the call under center.’
Buffalo Bills add familiar face, sign WR Deonte Thompson
‘The encouraging part about Thompson is that he started a few games for the Bears and actually made some plays for them this season — though, the Bears have had a pretty brutal passing attack through the first six weeks of the 2017 season. If they wanted someone that had a rapport with Taylor that could assimilate rather quickly, they found a passable player to do just that.’
Bills hold five community outreach events
‘Running back LeSean McCoy, quarterback Tyrod Taylor, wide receiver Zay Jones, and linebacker Lorenzo Alexander were among many Bills who attending the events. Alexander had tweeted out the teams intention to hold these events on Monday, October 16th.’
Bills sign WR Thompson; RB Banyard released
‘Thompson, 28, worked out for the Bills on Tuesday and was signed in the afternoon. He was just cut by the Chicago Bears last Wednesday. The receiver spent the past two seasons with the Bears appearing in 28 games with nine starts.’
Vallejo family fighting wildfires on two fronts in California
‘Vallejo’s father, Rick, and two older brothers are firefighters who are fighting the fires at both ends of the state.’
Bills Today: Preparation for Tampa’s QBs not hard for Hyde
‘Fitzpatrick and Winston present different challenges to opposing defenses. Safety, Micah Hyde, doesn’t anticipate those differences will be a problem.’
'100 percent confidence' for warm, sunny Sunday at New Era Field
'73 degrees and sunshine Sunday afternoon.'
WR Brandon Reilly becomes the latest Bill to take Chicago-to-Buffalo Uber route
'We had a "team meeting at 8 this morning. Couldn't miss it," Reilly said after practice Monday. "I ordered two and they saw where I was going so they canceled it. Some guy accepted and I called him to make sure he was cool with it. I got in and said 'it looks like we're about to get to know each other a little better."'
Five things to know about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Bills' Week Seven opponent
'Who plays QB? Quarterback Jameis Winston suffered a right shoulder injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s game and did not return. X-rays were negative, but an MRI Monday reportedly revealed an AC joint sprain that Winston may be able to play through, a source told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. "I tried, I tried to battle it out and I guess sitting on the sideline only makes it worse and it stiffened up. That's all,” Winston said, via TampaBay.com. "I fell on my shoulder. Yeah, I've had that injury before. If it was in my other shoulder, it would've been fine but the throwing shoulder is kind of tough." If Winston can’t go, the Bills would be in for another dose of Fitzmagic in ageless wonder Ryan Fitzpatrick, the former Bill.'
Bills Notebook: Henderson activated, competition at offense, Dareus excused from practice
'Henderson was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last season. He had used medicinal marijuana in 2016 to deal with the pain from the illness. However, there are no exemptions for medical marijuana under the NFL's current collective bargaining agreement.'
Bills coach Sean McDermott on WGR: ‘We’re still so young and we’re trying to build’
‘Sean McDermott: “We’re still so young and we’re trying to build — the players still haven’t seen, haven’t mastered the entire playbook.”‘
If the season ended today, the Buffalo Bills would be in the playoffs
'The Bills, as they always are, will be relegated to the wild-card race, and that’s where Sunday was a bonanza. The Ravens, Jets, Jaguars, Raiders and Broncos all lost, and if the season ended right now — I know that’s a ridiculous thing to say and I’m slapping myself for saying it — the Bills would own the first wild-card spot in the AFC.'
Leslie Frazier says Buffalo Bills 'still have confidence' in Marcell Dareus
'"I think for us, being a new staff and all, he just, everyone has a new slate," Frazier said. "That's how we've kind of approached every player on our defense, and the slate was wiped clean from day one and that's the way we approached it. All we want Marcell to do is just build on what we saw last week. He did some really good things in the run game, had a good sack when the quarterback tried to step up. If we can build on that and just keep progressing, our defense will get better as he gets better as well, and that's a good thing for us. Really encouraged in what we saw last week against Cincinnati."'
Buffalo Bills move beyond protest, plan 5 community events for off day
'Now, the Bills are planning to go beyond protest and will be going into their communities to try to create change.'