Archives for January 2016

'Henderson coached the defensive backs at Syracuse in 2012. He left with Doug Marrone to be part of the Bills' staff in 2013 and was one of just a few coaches who remained after Rex Ryan was hired last year.'

'Kelly traveled to New York City this week for a CT scan and biopsy procedure. No signs of the disease were found.'

'Buffalo Bills defensive backs coach Donnie Henderson is the odd man out as Rex Ryan reshuffles his staff.'

'Henderson, 58, did not offer an explanation for his departure when contacted by The Buffalo News on Tuesday but did confirm a report that he interviewed with the Indianapolis Colts for their defensive backs coaching vacancy.'

'Henderson served as the Defensive Backs Coach since 2013 and Hamlin was a member of the coaching staff this past year in a Special Teams Quality Control capacity.'

'Henderson primarily worked with the cornerbacks, while co-defensive backs coach Tim McDonald worked with the safeties. The report also hinted at the idea of defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman working with the defensive backs in 2016.'

'The Bills added two more receivers to their offseason roster Tuesday as Greg Little and Jarrett Boykin join Greg Salas, who was re-signed a day after the regular season ended.'

'The Buffalo Bills today announced that Donnie Henderson and Michael Hamlin will not be returning to the team’s coaching staff.'

'What went right: When Watkins spoke, his offensive coordinator and quarterback listened. Perhaps it was a bit too late to help the Bills make the playoffs, but at least they responded.'

'It’s amazing to think that, despite having his defensive methods exposed in such a fashion, Ryan would be allowed to double down on his system by bringing his brother into the fold. But did the Bills really need to invest more heavily into the Ryan family myth, which is losing traction in an ever-evolving NFL?'

'There were pleasant surprises and big disappointments. With that in mind, here is our final look at whose stock is rising and whose is falling following the 2015 season.'

'Unlike Roman, many of us lacked faith in Taylor at the start of the year because even though he had won the three-man training camp quarterback battle, he beat out Matt Cassel and EJ Manuel which wasn’t saying a whole lot. All we knew about Taylor was that he was a former sixth-round pick of Baltimore who sat on the bench for four years, throwing 35 passes, mostly in mop-up duty.'

'"We don't make the calls as players. We've got to go out and execute whatever's called by any means. If it's three guys going, then it's three guys going, and we have to figure out a different way to get there faster on our part."'

'Rex: "I got him good, and it was over. I felt terrible. I couldn't believe I hit my brother like that."'

'“I still think there’s a lot of things that come down to feel,” he said while wearing an orange Clemson polo shirt on set. “This isn’t baseball. There’s no righty-lefty matches and all that kind of stuff. But you will look at some things, ‘hey, how’s this quarterback do versus pressure?’ all those type of things that you’ll look at. But the tape is really the meat and potatoes.”'