Archives for April 2020

‘The Bills probably would have been forced to take the best available edge rusher at 22, either Penn State’s Yetur Gross-Matos or Iowa’s A.J. Epenesa. Would you rather have Diggs? It’s not a hard question. Yes.’

‘Numerous options should be available to Bills General Manager Brandon Beane with the 54th overall pick in Friday’s second round, presuming he stays in that spot. They include…’.

‘That pingpong table, on which Beane and his sons, Troy and Wes, would stage frequent matches until the boys discovered “they can’t win,” at least according to their dad, has been replaced by two tables on wheels pushed together to form a desk. An office chair faces two computer monitors – one displaying a digital draft board, the other showing a clock and the picks as they come in – a Microsoft Surface and an office phone sitting on the desk and the large white draft board, with rows of black boxes, removed from the Bills’ actual draft room and attached to a wall in Beane’s basement.’

‘“This may look like separation, but it’s actually solidarity,” Peyton Manning said, narrating the video and kicking off 15 minutes of what amounted to a combination of public service announcements and justifications for the league’s offseason continuing while America’s infections and death toll continue to climb. “It’s sacrifice and service to the greater good. It’s a sign that through isolation, we are fighting as one and there’s no better reason than that for hope.”’

‘McGhin, 6-foot-6 and 302 pounds, signed with the Bills as an undrafted rookie out of East Carolina last May. He went on injured reserve Aug. 20 after two preseason games and was released the next week. McGhin was signed to the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad in November, was activated for two games and then went on the Panthers’ injured reserve list in December.’