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Archives for April 1, 2022

Report: Cole Beasley played through three broken ribs during 2021 season for Bills

‘According to a report Wednesday night, there could be a good reason for the decline. Beasley’s agent, Justin Turner, told NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo that Beasley played through three broken ribs the second half of the 2021 season. Beasley played in 16 games for the Bills in 2021, missing the Week 16 win over the Patriots after testing positive for Covid-19. From Weeks 9-12, Beasley was on the Bills’ injury report because of his ribs. From Week 13 on, he was only on the injury report for veteran rest days during practice.’

Here’s what happens next with the Bills stadium deal

‘It could take months before all elements of the agreement are finalized. Environmental reviews and pre-construction design and engineering work still must be done. And none of that can be done before the memorandum of understanding between the Bills, state and Erie County has been signed and approved by all parties.’

NFL rumors: Bills may attempt aggressive trade up in NFL Draft, ‘part with veteran or two in process’

‘After making a big move in free agency, the team may be looking to do the same in the 2022 NFL Draft. According to Zig Fracassi of SiriusXM NFL Radio, sources are telling him that Buffalo may be aggressive in trying to move up in April’s draft. Although the Bills seldom let information leak outside of One Bills Drive, it’s very possible that another team is sharing that Buffalo has made calls in an attempt to move up.’

Viewpoint: This is not the way to spend a billion on Buffalo

‘Instead of gifting multimillionaires and billionaires with state funds, the governor should commit to common-sense, broadly popular legislation raising revenue from the wealthiest New Yorkers. These bills are good for Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Albany, New York City. Passing them is critical for our state’s financial future when the federal funding runs out. If the richest New Yorkers want the state to fund projects like a new stadium, they should at least pay their fair share.’

Bills’ new stadium deal resurfaces puzzling question: Why do owners get taxpayer money to build venues?

‘It’s become a bizarre sort of cycle, he and other experts say. For decades, local and state governments have used taxpayer money to help build new sports stadiums for their hometown teams, often with the promise that those venues will have a major impact on the local economy. And for decades, experts have studied those arrangements and found those promised economic boons did not pan out.’

Beane: Stefon Diggs’ contract ‘won’t be a storyline’ with Bills

‘“We’ve got Stefon for two years, we know that,” Beane told reporters that Friday afternoon while also discussing the team’s offseason moves, including signing pass rusher Von Miller. “At the right time we’ll work with his reps and see if there’s something to be done that makes sense for him. It’s got to be fair. It’s got to make sense for him. Make sense for us. But Stef’s been great. I know he reached out to Von, when he heard, on the recruiting process. I know Josh (Allen) did, as well. He’s a winner. He’s all-in on winning and sure, everybody wants to be paid, but he wants to be on a winning team and I think he’s been the best version of himself, so I don’t see that being an issue.”’

Erie County Legislators get brief look at MOU for Bills stadium deal on Thursday

‘Although the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was released by both the Hochul Administration and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Wednesday, there was not much time for Legislators to get a detailed look at the agreement in place. But upon first glance at the MOU, Legislators tend to like what they see.’