‘According to a memo sent to all 32 NFL teams on Thursday, all coaches can begin returning to team facitlties beginning tomorrow, Friday, June 5.’
Archives for June 2020
Bills’ Jake Fromm apologizes for racist remark
‘The phrase “elite whites” is not sitting well with many people, especially after the last week of protesting police violence of the African-American community across the country. What appears to be Fromm’s sister, then messaged @Ashleymp20, asking her not to make the conversation public. Now that the conversation is public, Jake Fromm has come forward to acknowledge the messages are real and offer an apology.’
Frazier emphasizes education and communication in response to Fromm’s texts
‘“We don’t want to be a team that becomes fractured over what’s going on in the world today and it could easily happen, where your locker room is split because of comments or things that are happening around the world,” Frazier said. “So we really emphasize educating ourselves, whether you’re in the majority or the minority, as well as making sure those lines of communication are open. And if someone has a concern, bring it up, let’s talk about it. We’re supposed to be in this as one. And if we can’t talk about issues without feeling like ‘I feel uncomfortable doing it,’ well, let’s take that out of it. Let’s do what we think is the right thing to do to help us be a team and be unified, because this is something that we need to be unified around. We may have some difference of opinion in some areas, but this is one area where we need to be unified as a group, and make sure that we’re all fighting the same fight. And I think our guys get that message and time will tell.”’
Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologizes for using phrase “elite white people” in text
‘The text conversation surfaced on social media today, where it was retweeted hundreds of times.’
Bills rookie Jake Fromm apologizes for racially insensitive text messages
‘In his statement, Fromm says, “Although I never meant to imply I am an ‘elite white person,’ there’s no excuse for that word choice and sentiment. While it was poor, my heart is not.”’
Bills DC Leslie Frazier says we’re seeing a ‘watershed moment’ in this country
‘“Just seeing the reaction throughout our country. I got an email today from a former GM in our league who really poured his heart out about his negativity about recognizing some of what the issues were. And the video tape of George Floyd’s death really brought it home to him. And he was very apologetic for the fact that he has not been as involved as he should have been in the past,” Leslie Frazier said on a zoom call with reporters on Thursday.’
Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm apologizes for using ‘elite white people’ in text conversation
‘ In his tweet, Fromm says he’s sorry he chose to use the words ‘elite white people’ and that there was no excuse for choosing those words.’
Leslie Frazier: ‘This can be a watershed moment in our country’
‘Frazier said he got a letter from a former NFL general manager who explained how the George Floyd video affected him and he apologized for not being as involved and active as he could be but said now he will be better and more involved.’
Leslie Frazier opens up about Fromm’s texts and ‘watershed’ moment
‘”Jake [Fromm] seemed very sincere,” said Frazier about Fromm’s apologies to the team. “Our leaders will be able to see what’s real and what’s not real. He acknowledged he made a mistake.”‘
Fromm issues apology over racially insensitive text message
‘The fifth-round pick in this year’s draft out of Georgia took to social media this afternoon to say he’s “extremely sorry.”‘
Five takeaways from Sean McDermott’s offseason conference call
‘It was confirmed by McDermott that it was Josh Allen who was the orchestrator and organizer of last weekend’s offensive player practice sessions in south Florida. Every skill position player on the offensive side of the ball was in attendance for the player-run sessions, and for Allen specifically, McDermott felt it was an important exercise in leadership.’
Why Leslie Frazier believes this could be watershed moment for racial injustice
‘”Seeing the results and what (the Floyd video) created across the country, I really appreciate the outpouring of love you see from people, and the passion and the empathy, as well,” he said. “It seems like it could very well be a watershed moment for our country. It definitely got a lot of people’s attention like never before.”‘
Jake Fromm issues an apology for inappropriate text comments
‘I am extremely sorry that I chose to use the words “elite white people” in a text message conversation. Although I never meant to imply that I am an “elite white person,” as stated later in the conversation, there’s no excuse for that word choice and sentiment. Now, more than ever, is the time for support and togetherness and I stand against racism 100%. I promise to commit myself to being a part of the solution in this country I addressed my teammates and coaches in a team meeting today and I hope they see this incident is not a representative of the person I am. Again, I’m truly sorry for my words and actions and humbly ask for forgiveness.’
Bills Today | Why team communication is critical for Buffalo right now
‘”We don’t want to be a team that becomes fractured over what’s going on in the world today and it could easily happen where your locker room is split because of comments or things that are happening around the world so we really emphasize, educating ourselves whether you’re in the majority or the minority,” Frazier said.’
For Bills, challenge of team-building just got tougher
‘”I just believe in that for a lot of reasons, one of which is getting away, I think, builds fellowship and camaraderie,” he said. “And you share an experience. Anytime you can share an experience, I think that bodes well for building community and chemistry, which is so important, in my opinion, to building a good team.”‘