Buffalo Bills News - March 5, 2010

Free agent OG Wade Smith visits Buffalo Bills [7:02 PM]
AP reports: 'Smith arrived in Buffalo on Friday, and is scheduled to meet with Bills officials through Saturday, the team announced. He's an eight-year NFL veteran, who spent the past two seasons with Kansas City.'

OL Smith visits Bills [6:10 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Smith (6’4”, 296) is an eight-year veteran that has played mostly guard and center in his time in the league. He has 34 starts in his career and spent the last two seasons in Kansas City where he made 16 of those starts serving mainly at right guard.'

Scott agrees to terms with Bills [6:09 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Scott was coming off his best season in a Bills uniform, finishing third on the team in tackles while also contributing a pair of sacks and an interception. Perhaps most impressive was the safety’s midseason position switch to linebacker, when injuries decimated Buffalo’s linebacking corps.'

Buffalo Bills cautious as NFL free agency kicks off [8:24 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '"You build a football team through the draft," Wilson said. "You can go out in free agency and sign a few that fit your team, but you can't just sign free agents and do it overnight."'

Bills re-sign Scott, tender offers to four others [3:50 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Not receiving offers were guard Richie Incognito, tackle Jonathan Scott, tight end Joe Klopfenstein and quarterback Gibran Hamdan.'

Source: Toronto Argos have an interest in Bills free agent quarterback Hamdan [3:49 AM]
CP reports: 'The six-foot-four, 220-pound Hamdan is among the NFL's free agents, allowing him to sign with the team of his choice, north or south of the border. But the source said Hamdan is interested in coming to Toronto because it gives him the best chance to play immediately.'

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March 4, 2010

S Scott agrees to 2-year deal to return to Bills [4:21 PM]
AP reports: 'Ellison, who missed the final eight games last season with a quadriceps injury, has been a reliable role player in four seasons with the Bills. He's a contender to start in a revamped 3-4 defense being installed by new coach Chan Gailey.'

Bills tender four RFAs [4:21 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'The Bills announced that they have tendered four of their eight restricted free agents prior to Thursday’s midnight deadline. Linebacker Keith Ellison, tight end Derek Schouman, safety George Wilson and cornerback Ashton Youboty were all extended qualifying offers. The level of those tenders was not released per team policy.'

Bills' Nix declines to uncap his plans [3:33 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Asked if the Bills would be operating as if there is a cap in 2010 and planned to spend roughly what they had last season, Nix said: "We're going to take it as it comes, if we need it we're going to try to do it. We're not going to put any parameters either way."'

March 3, 2010

Bills to try and fill holes in free agency [7:04 AM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“I think the way we approach our team is we have to try to do everything we can to get the right players in position for us,” said Gailey. “We’ll just try to evaluate players and do what’s best for the football team. There are always going to be restrictions no matter what the system.”'

Bills' Mitchell pulling for an inside job [3:11 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"Every coach wants to get the guys they are comfortable with," said the veteran linebacker, who is signed through 2012. "So I'm sure they will be bringing some new people in. I'm prepared for whatever happens. I hope I'm back there. I hope they see me in their plans and believe that I can work in their system and continue to be a leader on the field and off the field. It will be interesting what they think."'

March 2, 2010

Bills sign free agent DT Marlon Favorite [4:38 PM]
AP reports: 'He has yet to appear in an NFL game, and first signed with Carolina in May as an undrafted free agent.'

Bills sign DT Favorite [4:37 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Favorite (6’1” 317) was an undrafted rookie free agent last year that was signed by the Carolina Panthers. He did not make their opening day roster, but spent time on the St. Louis, Kansas City, Seattle and New Orleans practice squads in 2009.'

Whaley adds his voice to Bills [6:59 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"The main reason was the professional challenge," said Whaley, "and to take what I've learned in a successful organization and try to implement it on the ground floor with a great group of guys — with Buddy [Nix] and Chan [Gailey] and Tom Modrak and the scouting staff. To see if I can take that and implement and hopefully get this thing moving in the right direction."'

March 1, 2010

Nix and Gailey continue to reshape Bills [6:21 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'If you’re keeping track, Buffalo’s announcement that T.O., Reed and Denney will not be offered contracts, leaves the Bills with six players - guards Kendall Simmons and Seth McKinney, linebackers Chris Draft and Josh Stamer, safety/linebacker Bryan Scott and safety Todd Johnson - who will be unrestricted free agents on Friday, if they don’t re-sign.'

Tackles should be available for Bills in draft [7:09 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"I think the talent there is good," Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said of the tackle position. "I think the big guys in this draft is the strong point — on both sides of the ball."'

February 28, 2010

Bills announce they won't bring back Owens [6:03 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The team also announced it will not offer contracts to two of the longest-tenured veterans on the team … receiver Josh Reed and defensive end Ryan Denney.'

Bills hold sit-down with QB Clausen [6:02 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"I've met coach [Gailey] before," Clausen said. "He's a great guy. We were in there just talking, talking ball, having a lot of fun. I've met him before and it was good to see him again."'

Buffalo Bills say goodbye to Terrell Owens, others [6:01 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '"We wanted to inform all three players ahead of the start of the free agency period so they could begin making their plans," general manager Buddy Nix said.'

Bills decline to offer contract to Owens [6:00 AM]
AP reports: '“I would like to thank the great fans in Buffalo, Ralph Wilson & the Bills organization for all their supports this past season,” Owens said on Twitter.'

Bills decline to offer Owens contract [5:59 AM]
The Sports Network reports: 'Buffalo had signed Owens last offseason after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys, but the Bills' passing game did not get off the ground after injuries forced them to play with several different quarterbacks.'

Jimmy Clausen and Bills Have Met [5:58 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'Gailey admitted this week that he doesn't have the find a quarterback to fit his scheme, but will mold a scheme to fit his quarterback. Clausen said this about the subject, "I've obviously been in Coach Weis' system for the past three years. I'm a little familiar with the West Coast system. I don't know what coach's system is going to be with the Bills, but I've played under center for the past three years under Coach Weis."'

Bills Will Let Owens, Reed, Denney Walk [5:57 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'Reed and Denney were among the longest tenured players on Buffalo's roster this past year. Both were drafted in 2002 and lasted through multiple regimes.'

No Owens, Denney or Reed for 2010 [5:56 AM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"All three have represented our organization with class and we thank them for their dedication and hard work.”'

February 27, 2010

Clausen meets with Bills [5:39 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '“Some people say I’m cocky, I’m arrogant and I’m not a good leader, I’m not a good teammate. I think the people that are out there saying those things don’t know me as a person,” said Clausen. “That’s why I was so excited to come here and talk to all the coaches and the GMs and the owners so they get a feel for me as a person.”'

Harbaugh 'interested' in T.O. [5:38 PM]
Baltimore Sun reports: '"We're interested in T.O.," Harbaugh said. "We're interested in all the guys that can make our team better."'

Bills may opt to pass on first-round QB [6:22 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Even if the Bills wanted to take a quarterback with the ninth overall pick in the draft, there is no guarantee they would get a shot at one. There only are two quarterbacks rated as strong first-round candidates — Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen and Oklahoma's Sam Bradford — and both might be gone before No. 9.'

Gailey's special class [6:22 AM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'But besides Buffalo’s pick at nine, seeing three of his former Georgia Tech players get drafted sooner rather than later in late April will be as special as it gets.'

Inside slant [6:21 AM]
The Sports Xchange reports: 'For the Bills, the good news is that four of their key players who would've been unrestricted free agents are now restricted and very likely to return to the team: linebacker Keith Ellison, strong safety George Wilson and guard Richie Incognito, each a starter, and cornerback Ashton Youboty, a key backup. The bad news for Buffalo is that some very good players on other teams that could help them fall under the same category and are now a lot less likely to join them.'

Strategy and personnel [6:20 AM]
The Sports Xchange reports: 'New coach Chan Gailey calls the NFL a quarterback-driven league and yet the Bills haven't had a 300-yard passer in 54 games. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Trent Edwards and Brian Brohm are his problem now. Or maybe not.'

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