‘Jones, the 6-foot-5-inch Ohio State product who was a fourth-round pick of the Bills in 2016, started and played the first half of a Defenders scrimmage last week. The 6-foot-7-inch Jackson, who went undrafted last year and spent training camp with the Bills last summer, played the entire second half. Jones lasted just one season on the Bills’ roster before spending 2017 and 2018 with the Chargers.’
Archives for January 2020
NFL Rules Bills Did Not Violate Injury-Reporting Policy
‘The NFL provided the update Monday in an email to the Buffalo chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America, saying no violation was found in its review of the matter. The PFWA raised questions over how the league’s injury-reporting policy was interpreted after Hughes revealed the severity of the injury in a Twitter post following Buffalo’s loss to Houston in an AFC wild-card playoff earlier this month.’
NFL finds Bills didn’t violate reporting policy over Jerry Hughes’ wrist injury
‘”The NFL confirmed that the matter was reviewed and there was no violation of the Injury Report policy,” the league told the Buffalo chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America.’
NFL rules Bills did not violate injury reporting policy with Jerry Hughes, who played with wrist injury
‘The league fined the Pittsburgh Steelers $75,000 and coach Mike Tomlin $25,000 for violating the league’s injury report policy earlier this year. The Steelers didn’t list Ben Roethlisberger on the practice report in the days leading up to the team’s Week 2 game against the Seattle Seahawks. Roethlisberger left the game with a right elbow injury that forced him to miss the rest of the 2019 season.’
Actor Bill Pullman wears Buffalo Bills hoodie on cover of Parade magazine
‘Pullman, 66, is a lifelong Bills fan as he grew up in the city of Hornell which is in Steuben County.’
Bills Today | Who will breakout for the Bills in 2020?
‘Oliver can be even more productive in his second year, with experience and growth being key factors. As an interior pass-rusher, he should benefit from what could be an improved Bills offense too.’
Wear a Bills cap while raking. You never know when a column might drive up
‘I was raking the front lawn of our home in northern Virginia on an unseasonably warm afternoon a few days after Christmas. A white Nissan Sentra drove past. Then it stopped. I noticed the car backing up ever so slowly. It stopped again, this time right in front of me. The passenger side window slowly scrolled down. A woman in the passenger seat smiled brightly. Then the man in the driver’s seat leaned forward, so that he could see around her, and shouted out: “Go Bills!”’
Buffalo worst city to travel to according to anonymous NFL player poll
‘In addition, the poll found Bills WR John Brown as one of the league’s most underrated offensive players, while mentioning Bills DE Jerry Hughes as one of the league’s most underrated defensive players.’
Bills Today | Players and legends remember Kobe Bryant
‘Here’s a sampling of other social media posts sent by Bills players in the last 24 hours.’
Pro Bowlers agree Bills should be AFC contender in 2020
‘“They’ve got guys all across the board,” Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews said. “The thing about them is they’re so well-coached. They’re in the right spots when they need to be. They almost never bust coverages.”’
Bills’ Tre White on spending his whole career in Buffalo: ‘Hopefully I can be that Kyle Williams type’
‘”I can’t start thinking about it until they reach out to me and offer me a contract,” White said. “Then I’ll have my agents, they’ll handle all that — and whatever is the right number for me and stuff like. That’s just something that I can’t control. If they want to reach out to me, then they will, and if not, I’ll just continue to play and try to earn my way. I feel like they’re going to do the right thing and it’s going to be OK.”’
Jordan Palmer on Josh Allen: ‘This guy’s going to be unbelievable’
‘”Early on, seventh pick of the draft, I was like, ‘I think this guy’s going to be unbelievable, but I can’t say how long it’s going take, because it’s not that he had a prolific college career,’ ” Palmer said. “So I think, for me, a part of it was waiting to see how long things were going to take. I’ve spent a lot of time with him and I’m even surprised at how quickly he’s growing and how much better he’s getting and how fast that’s happening. He’s seeing things really quickly, he’s making quick decisions, he’s moving past mistakes really quickly. And every time there’s something he needs to work on, it gets better.”‘
Bills need a wide receiver, edge rusher. Here’s who they may consider from Senior Bowl
‘Based on what I saw in Mobile, here are a few the Bills might consider in those critical second and third rounds at their biggest positions of need, wide receiver and edge rusher.’
Bills preparing for decisions on free agency
‘“Last year I had to defend Buffalo,” Beane said. (But) I think people understand and see what we’re building here. People across the league see that we have a young quarterback that’s developing and growing. You look at what Green Bay did all those years with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. If you have a quarterback to build around, (that’s an) attractive thing.”‘
Brotherly bond: Blake Ferguson aims to join his mentor and brother Reid Ferguson in the NFL
‘”We’re constantly sending film back and forth,” said Blake. “I’ll text him after my games. He’ll text me after his games and say, ‘Hey, did you see this snap? Did you see that snap? Did you see laces here?’ It’s fun to kind of have each other’s back in that way and obviously he’s the three-year pro, and so he probably has a lot more advice for me than I do for him, but it’s good to have an extra set of eyes on you and able to answer questions.”‘