Archives for January 9, 2015

‘So how much should team owners Terry and Kim Pegula expect to pony up? A look at contracts for comparable players suggests a five-year deal could average more than $8 million, with somewhere between $12 to $20 million in guarantees.’

‘”A lot of guys at different spots,” said Wood. “Kraig having to move from right to left after getting benched for weeks, Pears going from outside to in, that’s a tough move, Seantrel is a first-year starter, Cordy had his illness deal this summer, and me, no excuse. Us not playing on a more consistent basis is disappointing and we have to improve on that.”‘

‘In the span of just 72 hours, any lingering optimism from the Bills’ first winning season in a decade was pancaked to the turf like a Smurf cornerback trying to take on a 350-pound offensive lineman on a power sweep. As a friend who is a long, long, long suffering fan of the team said in an e-mail: “An army of kittens couldn’t unravel a ball of yarn this fast!”‘

‘Ryan has been through a quarterback situation like this before. He led the Jets to two AFC Championship Games despite having a young Mark Sanchez at quarterback. The Jets then saddled Ryan with Geno Smith, whose struggles in his second season as was part of Ryan’s undoing in New York.’

‘”I would say out of everybody when it comes to studying and being on the same page and finding out what our opponents are going to do he comes to me the most,” said Graham of Gilmore. “Steph comes to me about a lot of stuff. I’ve seen him learn a lot about this game from the start of the season until now.”‘

‘”We kind of knew we were going to be able to do that,” Graham told Buffalobills.com. “Special teams you just need to have a few guys that really buy into the system and really want to do their job and work real hard on special teams. When you bring in guys like myself and Boobie (Dixon), guys who really care about special teams you should be alright typically. Guys bought into it. Guys went out there and competed their butts off.”‘