‘While Tre’Davious never actually played hockey at Hirsch Coliseum, or ever, the Buffalo Bill is doing just fine in his new home, “That city and that town, they love and celebrate grit more than anything. You show that you want to be there and you show that you love the town and you’re going to give your all for Buffalo Bills Football, they’re going to support you and love you like you’re one of their own. I consider that home now.”‘
Archives for February 2019
What They’re Saying: National analysts predict the Bills make these moves in free agency
‘“I think they’ve been looking to this offseason all along,” said Barnwell. “All the moves they’ve made over the last two seasons were about clearing out cap space and getting rid of contracts from guys from years past who they didn’t feel were very effective. They’ve got their quarterback in Josh Allen. This offseason is about getting the pieces around Josh Allen. They’ve going to have to add receivers. The offensive line is going to be a point of attention for them.”’
Bills Today: NFL Combine kicks off today for the Bills and these WNY prospects
‘Western New York will be represented, not only by the Bills in attendance, but also by local talent. From the University at Buffalo, quarterback Tyree Jackson and wide receiver Anthony Johnson will take part in the process as well as former Canisius high school running back, Pittsburgh’s Qadree Ollison.’
2019 NFL Draft: Trade helps Buffalo Bills land impact players in 7-round mock
‘The Bills get a call from Washington as the team is looking to move in Round 1 and land a quarterback. Although Buffalo doesn’t get a similar haul from their trade up last season, the team lands Washington’s first three picks.’
What can Ken Dorsey do for Josh Allen’s game?
‘“I think he just added new ways for Cam to learn,” Anderson told Buffalobills.com. “The way that he runs the meetings, you don’t just sit in there listening to him preach about a play or scheme. It’s very player involved. He asks questions, you give responses. There are competitions in the meeting rooms. It’s designed to push your thinking to go forward.”’
Bills Today: Picking the Bills dream draft target
‘Buffalo needs to build an offense around Josh Allen. Allen showed himself as a dynamic playmaker throughout his first season, running possibly better than passing. The Bills won’t succeed if Allen has to scramble for his life every play and that’s why the dream pick for them will be offensive tackle Jonah Williams from Alabama.’
Capaccio: Five pre-combine thoughts on the Bills
‘As I sit here now, I really believe GM Brandon Beane would love to trade down and grab more picks, then still be able to pick a really good football player who can contribute right away. He can’t drop too far from No. 9 overall to be able to do that. So how far is he willing to go down and what does he want in return?’
Bills Today: Where the Bills will draft this year
‘The Bills fourth-round pick is a result of a 2017 trade where Reggie Ragland was traded to Kansas City, the extra fifth round pick is a result of trading AJ McCarron and the seventh is from trading Kevon Seymour.’
Bills front office prepares for the spotlight as free agency and draft approach
‘”We definitely want to fill holes in free agency,” said general manager Brandon Beane. “You use free agency to help you so you’re not going to the Draft in April with all these holes, and now you’re drafting for need. I promise you drafting for need is a mistake that can set franchises back, and I’m not going to do that as long as I’m in charge here.”‘
Robert Kraft gets busted and Buffalo Bills fans go crazy on Twitter
‘Congrats to Robert Kraft on 6 Super Bowl rings and 1 prostitution ring.’
2019 NFL Draft compensatory picks are in: Here are the Buffalo Bills’ draft picks
‘The Buffalo Bills did not receive any additional draft picks, as expected, but the 32 compensatory picks finalized the 2019 NFL Draft order. Following the announcement of the compensatory picks, here’s a look at where the Bills will be drafting this year.’
Hall of Famer Andre Reed visits Kutztown barber who launched reading campaign
‘Reed has been on a similar mission. He launched the Read with Reed 83 Challenge in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs in six NFL cities to encourage kids to read and track the number of books they finish. The incentive offered to those who complete the challenge by reading a certain number of books is an on-the-field meet-and-greet with some of their favorite NFL players.’
Bills receive no compensatory picks from the NFL
‘Buffalo still holds on to the ninth overall pick in the first round as of now.’
No-huddle was no solution for Bills, NFL’s rookie QBs, in 2018
‘The Bills ran no-huddle on 75 plays for the season, which ranked 15th in the NFL and was just less than the league average of 79 plays, according to the analytics site SharpFootball.com. Fifty percent of those Bills no-huddle plays came in the fourth quarter, virtually all when they were playing from behind.’
Bills re-sign special teams snaps leader Deon Lacey
‘Lacey ranked third on the Bills in special teams tackles with six, behind Siran Neal (eight) and Lafayette Pitts (seven). Pitts was re-signed by the Bills last week. He was second to Lacey in special-teams snaps. Lacey played 299 snaps, 69 percent of the special teams plays. In 2017, he played 285 snaps, or 65 percent of the kicking plays.’