What’s certain is that Bills general manager Brandon Beane is facing his cliched make-or-break draft. He has only six picks, his fewest in a single year, and has to make every one count.’
Archives for April 19, 2023
Damar Hamlin Cleared to Resume Full Football Activities
‘Beane said Hamlin is “just like anyone else who’s coming back from an injury.” Beane added: “He’s in a great headspace to come back and make his return.”’
Bills GM Brandon Beane discusses trade-up option, contract situation at defensive tackle
‘“Everybody’s boards are different, too. You could talk to another team and they could say ‘Man, we love what’s available in the first for our team for what we’re doing.’ But I’ll just say again, when it starts getting to pick 20, five, six, seven picks out, I think we’ll start to know whether we think there’s gonna be someone there that we should try and stay for, move up for or as you suggested, move back and gain more picks.”’
Bills quarterback Josh Allen knows the day is coming when he’ll have to change his play style
‘“I know this sounds crazy, but I’m getting older,” the Buffalo Bills’ 26-year-old quarterback said Tuesday. “It’s like, ‘I can’t continue to do this.’ I know when I’m using my youth, I feel like I can, but over the course of my career, I’m going to have to learn to adapt and change. I’ve always had the mindset of ‘I’ve been a football player first and a quarterback second,’ and at some point that’s going to have to switch. When that point is, I don’t know. I guess I’ll let my body tell me.”’
Bills QB Josh Allen says all is good with Stefon Diggs, and ‘Stef’s gonna Stef’
‘“I know he’s not here right now and I wish he was here, but OTAs are a little bit of a different beast when it comes to all that stuff,” Allen said. “But I’m just looking forward to getting back with him and working on things and continuing to get better, because he is the best receiver in the league, and he helps us out a lot on this team. Looking forward to continuing our relationship on and off the field and him continuing to make plays for us.”’
Bills safety Damar Hamlin cleared to play football: ‘I plan on making a comeback to the NFL’
‘Hamlin said Tuesday that his official diagnosis was commotio cordis, which occurs when there is blunt force trauma to the heart at exactly the wrong millisecond in one’s heart rhythm, leading to the heart stopping. The American Heart Association says that there are no risk factors for commotio cordis, and that it is extremely rare.’
Bills won’t replace executive who exited job in business operations
‘His departure comes a few months after Mike McFarlane exited his post as senior vice president of finance and administration for the Sabres and PSE. Sinnarajah and McFarlane were hired at the same time.’
Titans vs. Bills: How the two recent NFL stadium deals stack up
‘But the larger public investment in the Titans stadium should result in more spinoff development in the Nashville area, because it’s an enclosed facility, as well as, simply, that city’s stronger growth.’
Damar Hamlin back on the field with Bills teammates
‘“To have a family, to have people that are around me that love me and that care about me and for those people to still have me in their lives,” Hamlin continued. “They almost lost me. Like I died on national TV in front of the whole world, you know what I mean? For them to still have me around and for me to still have them, it goes both ways. So that right there is just the biggest blessing of it all is for me to still have my people and my people still have me.”’
Bills news, notes: ‘I’m getting older,’ Josh Allen says as he aims to stop taking big hits
‘“It just happens quick; this is going into my sixth year,” Allen said following the Bills’ second day of optional OTA workouts. “It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. I feel like I was sitting here for my first press conference coming in on that Friday after the draft talking to you guys. So, it happens quick.”’
Is everything cool between Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs (who isn’t at voluntary workouts)?
‘“Stef’s gonna Stef,” Allen said when asked about the cryptic tweets. “I love the guy. He is one of my favorite people on this planet. He is so fiery, so competitive, he wants the ball in his hands 24/7 and I’m never gonna not like a guy like that. He wants what’s best for the team.”’
Bills’ Damar Hamlin fully cleared to resume full activities, eyeing return to football
‘“(The specialists) all in agreement. It’s not two-to-one or three-to-one or anything like that. They’re all in lockstep of what this was and that he is cleared to resume full activities, just like anyone else who was coming back from an injury or whatever,” Beane said on Tuesday. “He’s fully cleared. He’s here. And he is of the mindset – he’s in a great headspace to come back and make his return.”’
Bills’ Damar Hamlin suffered Commotio Cordis after collision, says heart is still in the game
‘“The diagnosis of pretty much what happened to me was basically Commotio Cordis,” he said in his first press conference since the injury. “It’s a direct blow at a specific point in your heartbeat that causes cardiac arrest. And five to seven seconds later, you fall out and that’s pretty much what everyone’s seen January 2 of this year.”’
Von Miller says DeAndre Hopkins wants to join the Buffalo Bills
‘“I talk to Hop all the time,” Miller said. “It’s kind of like the same thing with OBJ [Odell Beckham Jr.], you just never know until you know. Hop said he wanted to be a Buffalo Bill, and you just never know until you get that DeAndre Hopkins signature on the contract.”’
Bills safety Damar Hamlin fully cleared to return to football field
‘“It’s exciting to, you know, to go from a guy who was fighting for his life, to he is now… you know, his story hasn’t been written,” said Beane. “Now, it’s about the comeback. And so, to see that he – you know, it was all about his health, and it still, it’s always gonna be about his health. But to truly, you know, however many months later be talking about he’s been fully cleared is pretty remarkable. And, you know, I’m excited for him and his family and where they are in this journey.”’