Archives for May 10, 2011

‘"The support from the Bethel and McKenzie families, the people back home in Mt. Juliet, even the folks in Buffalo … it’s all been amazing," Jasper said. "Buffalo folks are hitting me up on all the social networking sites, and I want to work hard to make everyone proud."’

‘”We’ll have to find a veteran free agent, or some veteran free agents,” Gailey told Buffalobills.com. “We don’t know which way we’re going in terms of whether we add one or two. We might add a veteran and a young guy or we might add two veteran guys. We’ll see how that pans out, but we have to have at least one veteran player to back up Fitz.”‘

‘While hoping for a long-term deal, he insisted he would be fine playing under a one-year tender. "I wouldn’t have any problem with that," he said. "I’m not going to go in there and be a cancer to the football team. I’m not going to go in there and act out of character. I’m going to go in there and do what I’ve been doing for the past five years. I’m going to lead."’

‘Players re-resigned: S George Wilson: Potential RFA; terms unknown.’

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‘The Bills drafted Dareus to rush the quarterback but they won’t be underestimating what Williams can do in that regard. The hard-hitting 6-0, 204-pound cornerback was the player who ended Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford’s college career, delivering what appeared to be an innocent hit on a blitz during Texas’ 16-13 win over the Sooners two years ago. Bradford recovered and became the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s NFL draft and offensive Rookie of the Year. "It was just a blitz, he play-faked and his back was to me," Williams said of the Bradford hit. "I had a clean shot and I just told myself it didn’t have to be a kill shot, just make sure you get him down. I didn’t hit him very hard, but when he landed on the ground he fell on his shoulder and it knocked him out."’