Archives for January 2018

‘Schefter, citing a source, tweeted Tuesday that the running back is expected to be a “game-time decision.” Schefter also quoted the source as saying it would be a “close call.”‘

‘Gaine joined the Bills last offseason after serving as a front-office executive with the Texans from 2014 to 2016 as director of pro personnel and then director of player personnel. He was the right-hand man for Rick Smith, who has taken a leave as Texans GM to be with his wife, who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.’

‘The fifth-round pick adds to the Bills’ haul in the 2018 draft. They own two first-round picks and two second-round picks. They also owned two third-rounders before trading one to the Panthers in the Kelvin Benjamin trade.’

‘In his book, “Son of Bum,” on which I collaborated with him, he went into considerable detail about the events leading up to that wild-card playoff game against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. He talked about how late team owner Ralph Wilson ordered, in a phone call to late General Manager John Butler, that Rob Johnson replace Doug Flutie as the starting quarterback after Johnson’s impressive performance in the meaningless ’99 season-finale against Indianapolis.’

‘The Bills are lucky point differential didn’t come into play, which is farther down on the list of tiebreakers. The Bills’ minus-57 point differential is the worst of any playoff team since 2011, and the second-worst ever among playoff teams with nine or more wins.’

‘Miller, 36, stunned, wearing a Bills cap and Tyrod Taylor jersey, “went out and ran around the kitchen, screaming and yelling,” until he dropped to his knees in utter euphoria, then collapsed in a chair and started weeping. When his toddler daughter Harper wandered over, he gathered her up. Ashley, a Cazenovia native, captured a video of the moment. You hear her say, laughing: “You did not cry this hard when we had our daughter.”‘

‘But admit it, nothing has ever made you jump up and down and scream and dance and high-five and make a total fool of yourself for so long and so thunderous as when Tyler Boyd crossed that Raven goal line.’

‘Sunday’s wild card playoff game with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Channel 4 will be the first postseason game measured here since meters came to Buffalo in the year 2000. It figures to get a rating in the 50s, which is what Super Bowls have been getting here since meters came to Western New York.’