Archives for April 2014

‘Along with the $2.5 million worth of cards, the Bills will pay $562,000 in legal fees under terms of a class action settlement approved by a federal court in Florida last week.’

‘The Bills released a statement on Wednesday, describing the posting as “an unfortunate situation” and saying they’re looking into how it occurred.’

‘Also, for the first time, a select number of games are being “cross-flexed,” moving between CBS and FOX to bring potentially under-distributed games to wider audiences.’

‘”I didn’t really have a true offseason necessarily. I might have took one week after I left Buffalo to hang out with my family but after that it was pretty much just getting myself back healthy and also still getting smarter,” Manuel said.’

‘Watkins rewrote the school record books in his final collegiate season with 101 receptions for almost 1,500 yards (1,464) and 12 touchdowns. Though only 6-1 and 211 pounds, Watkins plays bigger on the field, and big plays largely summarized Watkins college career.’

‘”That defense can, in my opinion, be really scary,” running back C.J. Spiller said. “Coach Schwartz loves having guys that can do a lot of things, so I’m looking forward to just watching those guys play, and giving us the ball back, giving us an opportunity to score.”‘

‘Marrone spoke with reporters at length on Tuesday morning, the first day of voluntary offseason conditioning workouts for the Bills’ players. He looked fit, appeared in good spirits and made no mention of any health problems.’

‘Spikes seemed to brace for a backlash, but it certainly wasn’t coming from me Tuesday. Are you kidding? The NFL needs more guys like him, more characters who are unafraid to share their opinions without worrying about getting buried by the very media that begs for colorful personalities.’

‘”I might have took just one week after I left Buffalo to hang out with my family. Then after that I was pretty much getting myself back healthy and getting smarter in the film room.”‘

‘”I could not go back because of the harassment and the way we were treated,” she said, citing degrading sexual comments and inappropriate touching at the Jills annual golf tournament.’

‘On the Bills website, a mysterious story was posted saying that Marrone had a “BLANK TYPE OF CANCER” under a headline that read “Coach Marrone Announces He Has Cancer.” The story was removed Tuesday night, and prompted the Bills to release Marrone’s statement.’

‘”To have all that stuff done, the whole process out of the way,” Manuel said of the laborious pre-draft ritual he had to endure last year, “and just being able to focus from January to this point getting ready for September is great for me. I know my teammates, I know who I’m working with, they know me. We’ve hung out, had a good time, so it’s a lot better.”‘

‘”As I have said before, we’re studying now and it would be premature to talk about a specific owner, a specific location,” Schumer said. “We should look at everything as we will.”‘

‘The announcement capped a bizarre evening, in a bizarre day of news for the Bills.’