‘Billa, currently battling cancer, made the trip to Dallas from North Texas after the team gave him tickets. The superfan had three chemo treatments at the beginning of the week according to his Twitter.’
Archives for April 28, 2018
What Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander said about Josh Allen’s tweets
‘”If it was me in that situation, I think I would,” Alexander said. “Because you don’t want to have that lingering. You’re always going to have guys like, ‘Eh,’ trying to watch it extra close, tying to confirm it versus you addressing it. Then it’s kind of over. Then open it up. ‘Anybody got any questions for me? If you want me to answer them, I can do it now.’ Or, ‘I can take you to lunch.’ Whatever it may be so that you can really get to know the person I am.”‘
Buffalo Bills LB Tremaine Edmunds’ father prepared him to make an instant impact
‘”Why wouldn’t you want your kid to be challenged?” Tremaine’s father and former Dolphins linebacker Ferrell Edmunds said Friday at New Era Field. “If he’s not challenged he could get bored and start getting into stuff. Education is very important for us. You want to challenge your kid to be the best he can be. By making him be the youngest in class, competing with people that have the same drives and goals that you have, I think that’s the best way to go about it.”‘
2018 NFL Draft: How Tremaine Edmunds fits into Buffalo Bills’ defense
‘”He is a versatile athlete,” McDermott said. “He’s got size, length as you mentioned, he has played inside, he has played outside as well, he has played on the line of scrimmage as well as off the line of scrimmage. Some of that flexibility is what attracted us to him as well. We are real happy with what we did and credit goes to Brandon (Beane) and his staff.”‘
2018 NFL Draft: 20 sleepers for Buffalo Bills on days 2 and 3
‘Uchenna Nwosu profiles as a strong-side linebacker in the Bills’ defense. He would be a logical pick for the Bills, who had him in for a pre-draft visit and expressed a lot of interest in him. He could develop behind Lorenzo Alexander in year one.’
2018 NFL Draft: What current and former Buffalo Bills said about first round picks
‘Just wanted to introduce myself so you wouldn’t think I was a coach tomorrow!
Buffalo Bills named 2018 NFL Draft Round 1 loser by NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal
‘Give Beane some credit for his conviction in Allen and talented all-around linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (taken by the Bills at No. 16 overall), who should be a tackle machine in coach Sean McDermott’s system. I hope I’m wrong about Allen, because a happy Bills fanbase makes for a better NFL.’
The Buffalo Bills are the biggest loser of the first round, says The Ringer
‘Just to reiterate how much he disliked the Allen selection, Sherman’s winner after bashing the Bills was “All the Teams That Didn’t Draft Josh Allen.”‘
Stanford players Justin Reid, Harrison Phillips drafted in 3rd round
‘Given the nickname “Horrible Harry” at an early age from a children’s book of that name that his mother read to him, Phillips graduated two quarters early with a double major in sociology and in science, technology and society. He even added a minor in education.’
Millard West grad Harrison Phillips drafted by Buffalo Bills in third round of NFL draft
‘Phillips left Stanford with one year of eligibility remaining following a decorated career. He was a second-team Academic All-American after graduating with majors in sociology and science, technology and society.’
A superfan is fighting cancer, so two longtime Buffalo Bills asked him to announce a draft pick
‘“Viva los Bills!” he cried.’
QB Allen eager to clear the air with Bills teammates
‘”I put it on my shoulders,” he added. “I made a mistake and I just want them to know who I am, because once they get to know who I am, I think they’re going to like what they see.”‘
Buffalo Bills close draft with 5 picks over final 4 rounds
‘Offensive line remains a need after center Eric Wood was diagnosed with a career-ending neck injury and left guard Richie Incognito retired. Another possibility if Buffalo adding running back depth behind 29-yeard-old starter LeSean McCoy and free-agent addition Chris Ivory.’
Bills’ Alexander: Allen needs “good answer” on tweets
‘“He’s gonna have to have a good answer. I’ve listened to a couple of interviews, and I think it’s gonna come from the heart and he’ll be fine. But he’s gonna maybe have to work a little bit harder to get respect from certain people in the locker room, but I don’t think it’s an issue, because that’s who he was and not who he is.”’
For Bills, size mattered in choosing Allen
‘“Both are very good players. We just, talking about Allen, big, this is Buffalo,” said Bills general manager Brandon Beane. “Big guy. An athlete. Really for his size, you look at all of the testing numbers and you look at the film. Very good athlete that makes plays in the pocket and on the run. He’s a really good kid.”‘