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Archives for March 27, 2019

Sean McDermott on Bills’ free agency: ‘Less continuity you have, the bigger the challenge’

‘”So we took this year and said, ‘Hey, now we have a chance, some flexibility to spend, and let’s not just spend irresponsibly, but let’s target the guys that we feel like that are out there that can help us.’ You can only target what’s out there, right? So now you say, ‘OK, now we’ve got these guys, these names on the paper. Well, how do we bring them all together and form a cohesive team?’ And that’s the challenge every year, in particular, when you’re building it, where there is a significant influx of new people.”‘

Sean McDermott to Bills bashers: ‘Spend a day, spend a week in Buffalo’

‘”In the time that I’ve been in Buffalo, my family’s been in Buffalo, I didn’t realize how important fit was when I was going through the interview process with the different teams to become a head coach,” he said. “I am very grateful to have ended up, and this can be said of all 32 teams, in Buffalo with the Bills because of the fit and because of the people and because of the tradition. So what more can you ask for from a city? Football to me is important to the City of Buffalo. That’s not the case in every city.”‘

ESPN’s Mel Kiper sees Bills rolling dice on Rashan Gary

‘“You hope that once he’s cut loose and turned loose in the NFL he can be a guy who can get more sacks,” Kiper said on a conference call with NFL reporters. “He has a rare skill set. He was the No. 1 player coming out of high school for a reason. He’s 277 pounds. He’s 6-4½. He has really long arms. He ran 4.58, he has really good upper-body strength, and he’s a tremendously gifted athlete.”’

Terry Pegula: New Bills stadium would be ‘scaled-down … Buffalo style’

‘”I think the answer is probably a scaled-down version of some of these palaces that are being built around the country,” Buffalo Bills co-owner Terry Pegula told reporters Tuesday night as the NFL meeting at the Arizona Biltmore came to a close. “The thing (Rams owner) Stan (Kroenke) is building in L.A. is amazing, Jerry Jones’ facility in Dallas. So we need to do something that’s Buffalo style.”‘

Buffalo Bills draft: Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to announce NFL pick

‘Warren will join a Bills player or NFL alumni to make the Bills’ sixth-round pick on April 27 as part of the “NFL100” celebration that commemorates the NFL’s 100th anniversary and its “Original Towns.” The Rochester Jeffersons were one of 14 teams that played in the NFL’s inaugural season of 1920.’

Sean McDermott on Josh Allen, state of Bills rebuild and more at NFL’s Annual Meeting

‘”That’s the challenge every year. The less continuity you have, the bigger the challenge, right? So it’s a challenge to bring guys together that are coming off of different teams in particular with how heavy we went free agency,” McDermott said. “That’s some of the risk of free agency, inherently. That said, we needed to improve our football team from a roster standpoint. So that’s also why you do the research that Brandon and his staff did, Joe Schoen, and so on and so forth, to try and close the gap as much as possible when it comes to knowing the players in free agency. It’s a slippery slope, the process of free agency, but again, we tried to go with our critical factors of what we feel like to close that gap as much as possible.”’

Bills’ Sean McDermott: Spend a day in Buffalo and ‘get around the energy in our city’

‘“I would just say perception and reality are not always the same,” McDermott said. “Spend a day, spend a week in Buffalo. Get around the people, get around the city, get around the energy in our city. People that say (Buffalo is undesirable landing spot for NFL players) haven’t spent that time and really maybe don’t want to spend that time. To me that’s on them.”’

Antonio Brown didn’t want to waste his time on Buffalo Bills (audio)

‘Audio from Brown’s Boomin Experience Podcast shared a long conversation with Rosenhaus about teams showing interest in his services. At the time, Rosenhaus revealed that he thought the Raiders’ interest was fading in the wide receiver at the time. He also expressed that the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles were two teams who showed interest in adding Brown. Rosenhaus stressed that he would make the right decision for Brown’s next landing spot and pair him with a good quarterback. Rosenhaus then used the Bills as an example of a team that he wouldn’t even negotiate with.’

2019 NFL Draft: Mel Kiper finds Kyle Williams’ replacement for Buffalo Bills in Mock 3.0

‘“Gary had a strong combine — he ran a 4.58 40-yard dash and tested well in every workout — but we already knew he was gifted physically. The interviews were more important for him there. He was undoubtedly asked about why he had just 10.5 sacks over three seasons. This pick is a bet for his ceiling, which is extremely high, and coaches will try to get the best out of him consistently. The Bills added receivers John Brown and Cole Beasley in free agency, but don’t rule out a tight end for second-year quarterback Josh Allen here.”’

Source: Bills plan to release RB Ivory

‘The Bills entered Monday with three of the NFL’s four oldest running backs under contract in Ivory, Gore and LeSean McCoy. Gore, 35, is expected to serve as the top backup behind McCoy, 30.’