Archives for April 23, 2015

'It’s a home schedule Marv Levy would love. The Hall of Famer maintained football coaches were creatures of habit and that, given his druthers, wanted to play every game on Sunday at 1 o’clock. That’s exactly what the Bills do at home this season, unless the NFL’s flex schedule changes the start of the Bengals, Dolphins, Texans, Cowboys or Jets games.'

'During the Bills’ voluntary offseason conditioning program, Lee has sat with Manuel, Cassel, Taylor and Tuel individually to review videotape of each in game action. “And from that, I would talk about what I saw fundamentally, more specifically in the lower body,” said Lee, who is back for a second stint with the Bills after having also been their quarterbacks coach in 2012.'

'The only good news is at least the Bills have 10 days to get ready for New England following their Thursday night trip to MetLife Stadium on Nov. 12. That evens things out with the Patriots, who will have extra rest when they visit Buffalo on Sept. 20 because they will have played the NFL season opener on Thursday, Sept. 10.'

'“We always say in this business, ‘Never say never,’ because in this business, stranger things have happened and you never know who you’re going to work with, who you’re going to have on your team, who you’re going to play with,” Whaley said. “It’s one of those cosmic things that happens in the football world every once in a while. It’s kind of funny, but we are excited about it.”'

'Stretch of three consecutive road games and five road games in six weeks.'