Archives for February 22, 2006

‘Clements can stay away from team functions, including minicamps and training camp, until accepting the offer. That could mean Clements would miss valuable time learning the Bills’ defensive philosophy under new coach Dick Jauron. The Bills have the right to pull back the offer at any time, which would make Clements an unrestricted free agent.’

‘The salary figure reported for this move is $5.89 million.’

‘But perhaps the most attractive part of Allaire’s resume for the Bills was the work he did under the former coordinator of strength and conditioning Rusty Jones. “I learned a ton under Rusty,” said Allaire. “Prior to coming here I was my own head guy and I went to school for this so I had a real good base knowledge of it, and Rusty turned me on to new things and opened my eyes to a bunch of new things. I still read and try to keep up to date on everything and educate myself.”‘

‘Buffalo’s quarterback prospects, Craig Ochs and Tory Woodbury, turned in strong outings during the combined NFL Europe scrimmages held at Tampa Bay’s Skyway Park on Tuesday.’

‘Clements, who has spent his entire five-year career with the Bills, leads the club in all-time return touchdowns with six and ranks third in club history with four interception return touchdowns. The 21st overall selection in the 2001 NFL Draft, Clements has posted 20 career interceptions and led the team in interceptions in each of his first four seasons.’

‘The NFL season may be over, but many of the Bills have remained active in the community during the offseason.’

‘”We are announcing [Wednesday] that we have placed the franchise tag on Nate Clements,” Bills general manager Marv Levy said. “We consider Nate a valuable member of our defense and believe he will play an important role in re-establishing our defense as one of the toughest units in the league. At the same time, we remain optimistic that we will be able to work out a long-term deal with Nate in the foreseeable future.”‘

‘Clements has spent his entire five-year career in Buffalo since being picked 21st overall by the Bills in the 2001 draft. He led the team in interceptions in each of his first four seasons and has picked off 20 passes in his career.’

‘Mediocrity over excellence.’

‘Moulds has a cap figure of $10.85 million, and Williams’ is $10.81 million.’

‘Sheldon spent the past five seasons as an assistant with the St. Louis Rams, focusing mostly on defense and special teams.’

‘Sheldon brings five years of NFL coaching experience to Buffalo. Most recently, Sheldon had the title of special assistant for the St. Louis Rams and was with the Rams from 2001-2005.’

‘Sheldon spent the past five seasons as an assistant with the St. Louis Rams, focusing mostly on defense and special teams. A former Minnesota defensive back, he previously spent four seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Wisconsin.’

‘The Bills Tuesday announced that the team has signed DeMontie Cross as defensive/special teams assistant.’

‘The Bills Tuesday announced that the team has signed Matt Sheldon to become the team’s linebackers coach.’