‘The newest faces of the Buffalo Bills arrived at One Bills Drive this week for rookie minicamp.’
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Justin Zimmer to hold youth football camp in Greenville
‘The camp is for K-12 and will cost $40 per participant, all proceeds will go to For Goodness’ Sake, a non-profit that helps families in need around the holidays.’
Bills rookies develop chemistry in first on-field action
‘”It’s been real cool, and he’s a really cool dude,” Rousseau said. “We’ve been learning from each other, and I’m just ready to get in there and learn from him. I’m sure we’re going to keep on building our relationship, as we will with other players too. It’s pretty exciting to have somebody play the same position as you and come in with you like same rookie class, so that’s going to be pretty dope.”‘
Bills announce additional 2021 rookie minicamp participants
‘The Buffalo Bills have announced the following players will participate in this weekend’s rookie minicamp along will the previously announced Bills draft picks and undrafted free agents.’
Greg Rousseau, Boogie Basham lean on each other in learning Bills’ defense
‘“No, I wasn’t surprised by it. I feel like pass rushers, they rotate a lot and pass rushing is one of those positions where you can never have too many really good pass rushers,” Rousseau said in a video conference call with Western New York media members. “So I feel like it was a really solid pick. I’m excited that he’s here and I’m just ready to be in here and just go through this whole entire journey with him.”’
Vic Carucci: Tight plane squeeze can’t spoil warm Buffalo welcome for Bills’ rookie O-linemen
‘”It was some musical chairs going on with rearranging us and trying to get us in the best spot possible,” Brown said. “Shout out to American Airlines for getting me an exit row. … Jack had the same thing going on and Tommy had the exit row right away. But it was like musical chairs there for a bit.’
Bills announce additions of six rookie undrafted free agents, sign five draft picks
‘Gonzalez most recently spent the 2020 offseason and training camp with the Arizona Cardinals. He has plenty of college experience, appearing in 50 games at Penn State. He was named to the All-Big Ten second team by coaches and media in 2019, starting 13 games at left guard.’
Cole Beasley questions whether it’s ‘now illegal’ to be outside without a mask
‘Beasley’s tweet understandably drew plenty of response, both from those who agreed with him and those who expressed dismay that he would share what they feel is a reckless opinion on social media.’
Alan Pergament: Jacquie Walker to enter state Hall of Fame; WIVB loses big Bills games to prime time
‘However, Channel 4 lost three games against AFC opponents that it would normally get – Kansas City, Tennessee and New England – because they are being carried in prime time. And it also lost the season’s second game at Miami to Fox affiliate WUTV as the league no longer worries as much about sending road games of AFC teams to CBS and road games of NFC teams to Fox.’
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley gets in Twitter spat over COVID-19 vaccination
‘He even went so far as to say that if it was essentially a toss up on whether to cut one player as opposed to another, all other things being equal, he’d probably lean toward cutting a non-vaccinated player if it helps the Bills get to the 85% vaccination threshold the NFL has set which would allow teams to relax COVID-19 protocols.’
Buffalo Bills draft picks get a taste of passion from team’s fans at O’Hare Airport
‘“Yeah, yeah, a few people did recognize us and we were able to talk to a couple of parents, take a few pictures, so it was pretty cool,” he said. “It was awesome to see how passionate fans are and having people recognize us at the airport.”’
Miami lineman wears full uniform while signing with Bills
‘A two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection, Doyle was drafted in the fifth round earlier this month. He was the 161st overall pick and the first Miami RedHawks offensive lineman drafted since Brandon Brooks went to the Texans in the third round in 2012. A 6-foot-8, 320-pound lineman, he started 30 games for Miami.’
Bills Sign 5 Draft Picks, Including 2nd-Round DE Basham
‘Rounding out the class of undrafted rookie additions are San Jose State receiver Tre Walker, a two-time All Mountain West selection; Notre Dame cornerback Nick McCloud; San Diego State safety Tariq Thompson; Bowling Green tight end Quintin Morris and Fresno State offensive lineman Syrus Tuitele.’
2021 NFL schedule release: Bills won’t be playing this team in Week 5 for a change
‘For the past three seasons, Buffalo has played the Tennessee Titans in Week 5. This is just a coincidence by the schedule makers, but an odd one that went unnoticed on the calendar. Buffalo played host to Tennessee in Week 5 of the 2018 season then traveled to Nashville during the same week in 2019 and 2020. The Bills’ matchup against the Titans was in jeopardy last year after Tennessee had a COVID-19 breakout that altered its schedule, but the game ended up remaining in Week 5 and played on a Tuesday — the league’s first Tuesday game since 2010.’
Bills sign five draft picks, six undrafted free agents
‘The Bills added two cornerbacks, a wide receiver, a tight end, and an offensive lineman via undrafted free agency.’