Archives for March 10, 2012

‘"I’m excited and I’m definitely honored," Morrison said on a conference call. "I have a full offseason to get everything down pat and to show what I can do. I look at it as a new beginning for me."’

‘”We were impressed by Nixon Peabody’s tremendous amount of experience in these sorts of negotiations, including work on 10 previous NFL stadiums,” Poloncarz said in a written statement.’

‘”I patted myself on the back, and for that I’m ashamed,” he said. “My sense of normalcy was warped.”‘

‘Morrison will earn more than $2 million a season should he meet incentive clauses included in the contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.’

‘Scott loves Buffalo and would love to stay with the Bills, his agent said by telephone.’

‘The Bills could certainly stand to upgrade the defensive end position, there’s no arguing that. Even a player like Mincey stands as an upgrade to what they had there last year. But here’s the rub, will he ever live up to the contract? It’s something a team will have to weigh before going all in on Mincey.’

‘”This offseason I had surgery,” he joked. “I ended up inserting this electric-rod thing inside me, and every time I pick up a permanent marker in the locker room, I get electrocuted.”‘

‘He had a tough time getting on the field last season because he signed less than two weeks before the season opener and had some catch up work to do in learning the Bills defense. By the time he fully adjusted to the scheme, Kelvin Sheppard had begun to emerge as the other middle linebacker opposite Nick Barnett.’

‘Being a part of this team last year, I didn’t get a chance to get on the field a lot to show what I can do. The times I did I tried to show flashes of what is yet to come. I think that the coaching staff saw not only what I bring to the locker room but on the field, my work ethic and my studies.’