Two Bills Drive

Bills have interviewed Green Bay assistant offensive line coach Pat Ruel for their vacant ofeensive line position. Ruel has only three years NFL coaching experience, but has been an offensive line coach for 28 years. He has spent the past two years in his current capacity with the Packers following a one-year stint guiding the Detroit Lions offensive line.

Special teams coach Danny Smith will return for at least another year, despite his units’ overall performance drop-off, in which punt and kickoff return yardage declined and opponent kickoff return yardage increased.

The Buffalo Bills announced Friday that five assistant coaches have re-signed contracts. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. Running backs coach, Steve Fairchild was offered a contract, but elected to pursue other opportunities. That leaves the coaching staff with another position to fill.

‘Buffalo running backs coach Steve Fairchild is in line to join the Rams’ coaching staff, sources in Buffalo and St. Louis have told the Post-Dispatch.’

‘Terms were not disclosed, but a league source said each received a two-year renewal, not just a one-year contract.’

‘Parker, who had a radio call-in show during his Bills years, and former Dallas star Michael Irvin will be the studio analysts alongside host Al Trautwig for NBC’s coverage of the Arena Football League.’

‘Buffalo still has coaching vacancies at offensive line, linebacking and running back.’

Season and individual game tickets in several sections will increase by $3.00 per game. Those sections include lower level sideline seats, upper deck seats, and 200 level seats in the tunnel end zone.

The price for tickets in the Tops Family Section will remain the same and over 500 new seats have been added. That brings the total number of seats in the Tops Family Section to nearly 1,400.

‘Danny Smith (special teams), Fred Graves (receivers), Steve Jackson (safties/third down specialist) Dan Neal (tight end) and Pat Thomas (defensive backs/cornerbacks) all resigned contracts.’

Kicker Steve Christie connected on five field goals and quarterback Jim Kelly returned to the lineup to lead Buffalo to a 29-10 victory over Miami, and a berth in a third straight Super Bowl.

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Special teams coach Danny Smith will return for at least another year, despite his units’ overall performance drop-off, in which punt and kickoff return yardage declined and opponent kickoff return yardage increased. The Bills also signed six other coaches, but their running backs coach or defensive line assistant coach were not among them.

The Buffalo Bills today announced that five assistant coaches have re-signed contracts.

‘The Buffalo Bills requested permission to interview Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander. Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan couldn’t confirm Thursday night whether the team has given the Bills the right to speak to Alexander. The Rochester, N.Y., native has been the Bengals’ offensive line coach since 1995.’

‘Lewis on Wednesday spoke with current offensive line assistant Paul Alexander about staying on but there was no resolution of his status. Alexander was recently interviewed by the Buffalo Bills.’