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Archives for September 2018

Bills Today: Bills welcome 18 newcomers to final roster

‘Among the biggest surprises from training camp to make the final roster is undrafted free agent wide receiver Robert Foster. Foster joined the Bills after not being selected in this year’s draft following an up and down career at Alabama.’

Bills trade quarterback AJ McCarron to Raiders

‘The Bills will receive a fifth-round draft pick in the 2019 NFL Draft in exchange for McCarron. That gives the team 10 draft picks next spring, their own in all seven rounds, as well as an extra fourth-rounder acquired from Kansas City last year for linebacker Reggie Ragland, the fifth-rounder and a seventh-rounder acquired from Carolina last year for cornerback Kevon Seymour.’

Nick O’Leary, Jon Ryan, Rod Streater among 34 cut by Bills

‘Marshall Newhouse won the team’s competition to be the swing tackle behind starters Dion Dawkins and Jordan Mills. In a mild surprise, Conor McDermott also made the roster after working with the third team for a large stretch of the summer. De’Ondre Wesley, who was with the second team, was released.’

Start of high school football stirs Bills’ memories of ‘Friday Night Lights’

‘“One of the things that’s the most special about high school football is the kids you grew up with,” Phillips said. “Some of my teammates, I went to elementary school with. Those are the people who I was with when I was introduced to the game and then started chasing this dream. In your brain, at that time, you think that’s the end-all, be-all. It’s hard to see into the future at that time. Every day is the most important day ever. To have that goal of trying to win a state championship, build that camaraderie with the guys, it was a fun ride.”’

Pollock: McCarron trade Bills’ only surprise on cutdown day

‘Clearly, McCarron, slowed by a shoulder injury suffered against Cleveland, wasn’t going to win the starting job … a job now reserved for either Peterman (the most likely) or Allen. Trading the veteran free agent from Cincinnati while he had some immediate value wasn’t a bad move … unless, of course, the Bills don’t sign another warm-body QB before the season opener seven days from now in Baltimore.’

Buffalo Bills trade AJ McCarron to Oakland Raiders (report)

‘The Raiders seemed unsatisfied with their quarterback situation beyond starter Derek Carr and pulled the trigger on the McCarron deal to upgrade their backup quarterback spot. The team’s two other passers are former Bills first round pick EJ Manuel and Connor Cook.’

Buffalo Bills cut former first round wide receiver Corey Coleman

‘Coleman played the entire first half in Thursday’s final preseason game against the Chicago Bears. In hindsight, he was likely playing for a roster spot. The Bills offense struggled mightily in the first half and AJ McCarron didn’t start moving the offense until late in the second half when Coleman was no longer playing.’

Buffalo Bills cut day: Thoughts on 8 players who were kept, released or traded (analysis)

‘Robert Foster making the final 53-man roster was perhaps the biggest shocker of cut day. Going into training camp Foster was garnering a lot of buzz because of his speed and familiarity with offensive coordinator Brian Daboll from their time together at Alabama. But throughout camp Foster demonstrated some faulty mechanics when trying to catch the football. He’d often double clutch and catch passes on his pads.’