‘”We’re very happy with Thad Lewis,” Whaley said. “One of the things that Russ Brandon said that John Butler always told him is, ‘In your backup quarterback, you want a guy to go .500.’ Now, he went 2-3. Is that good enough? Obviously not. You’d rather him go 5-0.’
Archives for February 22, 2014
Scouting combine is critical to Fluellen’s future
‘The Bills announced they will meet with Jairus Byrd’s agent today to discuss what it will take to re-sign the Pro Bowl safety. Bills General Manager Doug Whaley wouldn’t say today whether the club has decided to use the franchise tag on Byrd for a second straight year.’
Saturday looms large for Byrd’s future with Bills
‘If the talks do not go well between the Bills and Parker about Byrd, then Buffalo’s likeliest course of action would be to franchise tag the safety for the second consecutive year. This time around, however, it would be in an effort to not let Byrd walk out the door of One Bills Drive without any compensation for a player that is considered to be one of the best at his position.’
QB needy teams should help Bills at 9
‘”We don’t know exactly which way teams are going to go, but if those quarterbacks go before us that’s a positive in pushing some of that talent down to us at nine,” Bills GM Doug Whaley told Buffalobills.com.’
Bills to talk with Byrd’s agent and other UFAs
‘”Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf do a great job of meeting with all of our prospective free agents here at the Combine,” said GM Doug Whaley, who will also be part of contract talks with player agents. “Before we got here we set a priority list and set the parameters of value that we have on each of these guys and we’ll go from there and see what they think.”‘