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Bills GM Brandon Beane provides updates on Damar Hamlin, Leslie Frazier

‘”He’s seen several specialists since our season has ended. That’s not done. I think he’s got two or three more that he’s got to see in various parts of the country,” Beane said. “Our medical [staff] — we’ve had one to two guys traveling with him to see these specialists, because it will be a decision for Damar but it’ll also be a decision for us. We want to make sure that we’re hearing everything. … We want to make sure that we’re all in sync.”‘

Another Athlete Speaks Out On The Impact Of High State Tax Rates

‘The median top marginal state income tax rate among all 50 states is 5.0%. While income tax rates have come down in many states over the past decade, they’ve risen in New York. New York state now assesses a top income tax rate of 10.9%, the second highest top marginal income tax rate in the nation. The overall average state and local tax burden in New York is 15.9%, the highest in the nation.’

Brandon Beane says Bills are likely to restructure contracts to help get under cap

‘“Probably more restructuring than outright releases,” Beane told One Bills Live on WGR on Tuesday from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “Not to say no one will be released, but we are definitely looking at everything. We’ve got our plan kind of laid out, working through that with certain players’ representatives and things like that.”’

McDermott: I’m extremely confident in the coaches we have in our building

‘On who could take over for Frazier this season McDermott had this to say, “ We are just getting started in terms of evaluating who and what, so the internal evaluation will continue and we’ll just take it one day at a time and I’m extremely confident in the guys and the coaches we have already in our building.”’

Key takeaways from Day 1 of the NFL Combine per Buffalo Bills

‘The Bills ability to turn to the run game wasn’t always effective, and that could be for a few reasons. Still, the 0-line’s continuity was questionable since the beginning of camp. Brandon says Dion Dawkins and Mitch Morse have created a strong dynamic but also stated ‘ruling out’ a guy like Rodger Saffold isn’t automatic. Beane also gives credit to Ryan Bates, who embraces his backup role and has a solid year, while Spencer started off slow and trended in the right direction toward the second half of the season.’

Damar Hamlin “would want to play” again but future still unclear, Bills GM says

‘“It will be a decision for Damar but it will also be a decision for us,” Beane said. “Assuming he gets full clearance, I know he would want to play. … We’ll continue to support Damar through this whole thing. I’d love to give the storybook ending that he’s going to play, but we just don’t know that yet. But if he does, we’ll all be very happy for him.”’

Bills’ defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to take year off of coaching for 2023

‘Since Frazier became defensive coordinator for the Bills in 2017, there were seasons where the Bills’ defense ranked in the top five in the NFL. According to the team, since 2017, the Bills had an average of 20 points per game, 315 total yards per game, over 200 passing yards a game, and ranked to almost 100 interceptions.’

Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to sit out 2023 season

‘Bills general manager Brandon Beane said Frazier came to the team last week and said he was taking a year off. He said he’s not retiring but wanted to take a step back and return in 2024 — though there’s no indication he’ll return to the Bills.’

McDermott may take over defensive play calling, wants to add ‘nasty edge’ to Bills defense

‘”There’s always things you want to see improve. I think the biggest thing for us is playing good team defense, which we’ve played for a number of years and I thought Leslie did a good job with that,” McDermott said. “Now it’s ‘How can we improve? How can we take another step or two with our defense?’ I think a piece of that is a nasty edge to our defense, and most defenses that are really good have that edge.”‘

Bills announce Leslie Frazier is taking a year off and other coaching changes

‘With Frazier as their DC, the Bills have had multiple seasons where the defense ranked top five in the NFL. Since 2017, the Bills have allowed an average of 20 points per game (3rd in the NFL over that span), 315 total yards per game (1st), 202 passing yards per game (1st), 107 passing touchdowns (1st), have racked up 99 interceptions (2nd) and 158 takeaways (2nd).’