‘“He’s a very good athlete. He tested well,” Beane said. “(I) was able to see him live this year versus South Carolina. And warming up, you could just see. I didn’t feel like they used him to accentuate some of the things that he does well. He’s one of those guys, he is a combo guy. Some of the tight ends we think are truly just a flex or some are just a Y that you really don’t want to include in the passing game a lot. I do think that he is a dual threat. I think he’s got upside.”’
Archives for April 27, 2019
NFL Draft 2019: Dawson Knox will make Buffalo Bills look smart for years to come (What they’re saying about new TE)
‘With the No. 96 pick, Buffalo selected Ole Miss tight end Dawson Knox. Knox reportedly held a private workout with the Bills and was one of the team’s top-30 pre-draft visitors. He’ll enter a situation where he can earn immediate playing time as long as he can hold off the likes of Tyler Kroft, Jason Croom and Jake Fisher.’
NFL Draft 2019: Buffalo Bills coaches promised to stand on table for me, says first-round pick Ed Oliver
‘“When I got that call, I pretty much knew who was on the other end,” Oliver told Howard Simon and Jeremy White. “I was so excited because I knew if I was there they were going to take me. Just for them being so honest with me and upfront with me. Their d-line coach (Teerlinck), their defensive coordinator (Frazier) standing on the table, saying, ‘If you’re there, I’m standing on the table for you. We’re going to take you,’ and it actually came true.”’
Here’s what former Bills DT Kyle Williams told Ed Oliver on draft night
‘“Actually, Kyle Williams hit me up last night and basically letting me know that everything gonna be all right and if you need anything, hit him up,” Oliver said Friday at the Bills facility. “I told him, yeah, I wanna holler at him and I wanna pick his brain a little bit and see what kept him around so long.”’
NFL Draft 2019: Ed Oliver to Buffalo Bills among day one’s best picks, says John Clayton
‘The Bills lucked out in having Oliver, one of the draft’s two best defensive tackles, falling to them at ninth overall. Some thought the team was going to trade up to No. 3 overall to land Alabama’s Quinnen Williams, but that would have cost Buffalo a lot of draft capital. Oliver has the potential to be a difference-maker for the Bills’ defense, and they didn’t have to surrender any additional choices to get him.’
NFL Draft 2019: Todd McShay believes Buffalo Bills made one of Round 1’s best picks with Ed Oliver
‘I also really liked the Bills taking defensive tackle Ed Oliver with the following pick. He has the potential to be a high-end 3-technique. Oliver is disruptive in the middle, posting 53.5 tackles for loss over three seasons at Houston. He legitimately could have been top-four pick, but Buffalo had some good fortune in the powerful lineman falling into its lap.’
NFL Draft 2019: How many picks do the Buffalo Bills have on day three (Rounds 4-7)?
‘After entering the draft with 10 selections, Buffalo can currently walk away with eight prospects at most depending on what they do on Saturday.’
Buffalo Bills RB LeSean McCoy spoils Avengers: Endgame; football fans lose their minds (spoiler free reactions)
‘We will not post McCoy’s tweets, but here’s a look at how fans and some media members dealt with the Bills running back giving away a major part of the movie.’
Florida Atlantic RB Singletary selected by Buffalo Bills in third round of NFL Draft; Bills trade up for Ole Miss TE Knox
‘Singletary is a former Conference USA MVP who scored 66 touchdowns in just 38 games with the Owls. He totaled 4,299 yards on 714 attempts over the course of his collegiate career. He wasn’t much of a factor through the pass game this past season and finished his career with just 51 catches for 397 yards and a score.’
Buffalo Bills DT Ed Oliver was afraid he’d be booed when selected in 2019 NFL Draft; Bills trade up for OL Cody Ford
‘“I’m just happy that they were happy with me,” said Oliver upon speaking with the media from One Bills Drive on Friday afternoon. “I’ve seen some picks where guys get booed. When I heard the cheering before I walked through the tunnel, I could hear it when they called my name, I was like, ‘Yeah!’ It had me pumped up. I was just happy to walk out there and have people cheer for me.”’
Ed Oliver joins long list of new Bills excited to call Buffalo home
‘Oliver is the latest in a long list of acquisitions who have gone above and beyond to praise the environment around the Buffalo Bills. From the organization and the coaching staff, to the locker room and to the fans, players are proving the narrative that no one wants to come to Buffalo dead wrong.’
OU football: Cody Ford drafted in second round by Buffalo Bills
‘”You could tell he had the potential to be an NFL player, but really surprised that he developed into a first-round pick,” Robbie Martin, Ford’s high school coach, said. “He exceeded expectations in college. Coach (Bill) Bedenbaugh told me from his first year, ‘This guy’s gonna make a lot of money playing this game one day.’ I’ve been hoping for it, and now it seems to be coming true.”‘
Where he wanted to be all along: Sooners’ Cody Ford picked by Bills in second round
‘“The O-line coach, coach Bobby Johnson, I feel like we hit it off as soon as we met at Pro Day,” Ford said on the NFL Network. “I want to see this organization make big noise this season and let’s see if we can go win one.”’
NFL Draft 2019: Louisiana lineman goes to Buffalo Bills in 2nd round
‘The former Pineville standout signed with the Sooners out of high school. And after redshirting in 2015, he quickly established himself as a presence on the Oklahoma offensive line. He started the first three games of his redshirt freshman season before suffering a broken fibula.’
NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills select FAU running back Devin Singletary in third round
‘Singletary will look to provide the Bills with an instant impact the way Morris gave the Redskins in 2012. Morris arrived in Washington as an unheralded rookie and ran for over 1,600 yards and 13 touchdowns for the NFC East-winning Redskins seven years ago.’