Archives for February 2016

'“That would be awesome,” he said. “Obviously, growing up, we were at all the Bills games. We were cheering for the Bills, all that. Obviously they never had been that good (while he was growing up), but we were always there cheering for them and everything. But yeah, that would be awesome to be there.”'

'The 2016 league-wide salary cap is expected to be roughly $155 million. The rollover means the Bills will be allowed to spend an extra $4.4 million in addition to that.'

'The $10 million roster bonus will give them a great deal of temporary relief, but make life harder over the final three years of his contract. If they converted the $10 million roster bonus into a signing bonus, that would potentially reduce his 2016 cap number by $7.5 million.'

'The Bills are doing everything in their power to try and clear up enough room to keep their two key free agents: left tackle Cordy Glenn and left guard Richie Incognito.'

'Multiple published reports, including the Philadelphia Daily News, say a person close to McCoy expects the running back to sidestep any charges in the case, but one of the other three men allegedly involved in the incident will be charged.'

'“We just finished a renegotiation on Charles Clay,” said Whaley. “And there are other guys we may want to extend.”'

'“The production they were able to get, not only from Ronald Darby, but Karlos Williamsand some of the other guys says a lot about what Doug Whaley, and his staff, his college scout director, Kelvin Fisher,” Brooks said, in an appearance on The John Murphy Show at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.'

'“I don’t think we have to pick a quarterback up, but we’re not going to exclude ourselves from that,” said Ryan. “If there’s a great player and we feel good about that player then we’ll take him regardless of the position. This looks like an interesting draft for quarterbacks. Obviously you’ve got some guys that they say are pretty good, so I’ll be excited to talk to those guys.”'

'"Obviously, he's a great physical talent," Ryan said at the NFL Scouting Combine. "And, hopefully, this is just a setback and it's not something that's going to affect his career."'

'So there you have it, your unofficial 2016 Bills slogan: “Fully pregnant.” Whatever that means. At Lucas Oil Stadium, Ryan defended his beleaguered defense and set a clear narrative for the offseason. This is his show. Buy in or leave. And how dare you question his defensive acumen. A year ago, the NFL’s fourth-ranked defense fell to 19th. A unit that harassed quarterbacks to the tune of 54 sacks and a 74.5 opposing passer rating had only 21 sacks and finished 8-8 against a soft schedule.'

'"You prepare for everything as far as players," Ryan said while addressing reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine. "We’ll be prepared to draft, or have a list, of running backs, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, whatever it is. That’s how we go into it."'

'"Not the communication you would normally think — player to player — but, no, it was more player to coach and coach to player," Ryan said. "I think that bodes so well for us moving forward and I'm excited about it. We put Manny Lawson in a spot he shouldn't be playing, inside linebacker. But, you know what, we let him do it because he ran the whole show. He was vocal. That really helped us. You have to be. You have to be that confident and run it. And he did. So those are the things we can take as a positive last year from our defense. Being together and going through the growing pains we did will benefit us moving forward."'

'“Yes, most definitely," said Williams, on if there's a way to make it work in Buffalo. "I love my team. I love my teammates. Everything has been fine. It’s just a matter of if there can be a better understanding of being able to do what we do… at least meet half way. That’s all, meet half way."'

'Speaking on separate conference calls Tuesday to preview the combine, two veteran NFL Draft analysts said the Bills should consider using the No. 19 pick on a quarterback if that indeed was the case.'

'“I tried to combine and that was a mistake,” he said of his attempt to meld his system with the one that Schwartz used in 2014, which clearly did not work. “I think we’ve got to be all in. It’s kind of like being half pregnant; forget that, we’re all in, we’re fully pregnant now.”'