Archives for March 27, 2012

‘Easley’s chances appear pretty good and it helps that general manager Buddy Nix said last week that the team won’t pursue any other receivers in free agency. Still, despite the setbacks, we suspect Easley will be ready to seize his chance this summer.’

‘”I’ve just been down here in Myrtle Beach hanging out, playing some golf, training, obviously keeping myself in shape to be ready when we report back on April 21, but I’m looking forward to getting back up there and getting a full offseason instead of last year going through the whole lockout along with free agency and getting thrown right into the situation in Buffalo,” he said. “I definitely felt comfortable about the situation going back to Chan, but now [I] get a whole offseason to get to know the guys, you get to know how the receivers are. It’s tough going into training camp trying to learn the receivers on the go.”‘

‘"It tells you what kind of guy he is," Phillips said. "He’ll be successful doing whatever he does because he can rush the passer. He’s the right kind of guy. You can’t go wrong with a guy like that. He’ll do all the right things, work hard and do all the things you ask him to do."’

‘”Our O line is going to have to do a good job,” Kraft said. I’m sure part of (Buffalo’s motivation) was geared toward coming after our boy, No. 12.”‘

‘Scott Brown spoke with Tasker Monday afternoon. Tasker said that “since the middle of last week I considered getting into the race in a serious way. Over the weekend I talked it over with my family and we decided it was not the right time for us.”‘

‘”I think you have to be concerned there isn’t too much public money,” says former Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski.’

‘Buffalobills.com has learned that the Bills were awarded one compensatory pick at the end of round seven. At 251st overall, it’s just two picks removed from the end of the draft. It’s the 26th compensatory pick awarded to the team since they were first distributed in 1994.’