Archives for May 2024

‘The Bills play in a tough division, with three of the four teams projected to have winning records. And for the fourth year in a row the Bills will face a “first-place schedule” after they again won the AFC East.’

‘Essentially most of the companies in the state working on the steel beams for the stadium are custom steel fabricators.’

‘“It’s been fun getting to know the guys,” Johnson said. “It’s very easy to fit in over here. It’s a very cool group, very cool D-line, defense. It’s one of the very rare locker-room feels that you get. So, it’s pretty cool.”

‘If that happens, the Bills will get a bargain. Claypool signed a one-year deal with the club for the veteran-minimum salary of $1.135 million, that included just a $25,000 signing bonus. For that money, it’s worth seeing if he can recapture the form he showed from his two years in the NFL with Pittsburgh. If not, all it would cost is $25,000 in dead money against the salary cap.’

‘Perhaps it’s recency bias because I just wrote about him, but I’ll pick wide receiver Chase Claypool. He had all the right things to say after practice Tuesday about understanding that this might be his last NFL chance. The wide receiver depth chart is fairly wide open. Shakir, Keon Coleman and Curtis Samuel are the only “locks” to me, although Marquez Valdes-Scantling is close to that status. Claypool will have an opportunity in training camp to earn playing time on offense. He has also embraced the idea that special teams could be his path to a roster spot, which shows a good level of maturity. Defensively, I’ll go with Dorian Williams. He’s got all the athleticism you need for an NFL linebacker, but it seemed, at times, as though he was still learning the defense as a rookie. If he locks that part down, I could see him making an impact, either when the Bills go to three-linebacker sets or in the event either Matt Milano or Terrel Bernard miss any time.’

‘Allen will match all donations that come from the public for Team Allen, which is participating in the event on Tuesday.’

‘Earlier this year, Reed was named the commissioner of the Entertainment Football Association, which will begin play next May with four teams and feature a high-level concert after each game.’

‘Team executives and scouts traveled to Orlando, Fla., for days of briefings about several hundred prospects. “That will be our first introduction to the 2025 class and we can get started on late-spring, early summer work,” Bills director of player personnel Terrance Gray said earlier this month.’

‘It also depends on the market and how many potential buyers are out there. There’s an unanswered question in Buffalo, because PSLs are new to this market. As the second-smallest market in the NFL ahead of only Green Bay, is Buffalo big enough to drive interest in the resale market, once all the hoopla of moving into a new stadium dries up?’

‘Christopher N. Clouser, a Western New York native and lifelong Bills fan, posed with the Bills flag at the Mount Everest Base Camp at 17,598 feet earlier this month.’