Archives for May 2016

'At 6-feet and 221 pounds, Striker went undrafted despite being a three-year starter, and finishing with 46 1/2 tackles for a loss and 23 sacks. He was also noted for his leadership abilities in earning Oklahoma's Bob Kalsu Award last year.'

'The youngest of five Gronkowski brothers, Glenn follows in the footsteps of his older All-Pro brother Rob, as well as brothers Dan and Chris, both former NFL players.'

'Manuel has not been the Bills' full-time starting quarterback since Week 4 of the 2014 season. After beginning that season with a 2-2 record and an 80.3 quarterback rating, Manuel was benched in favor of veteran Kyle Orton.'

'Job well done by Doug Whaley and the scouts. Can we get to training camp already?'

'After beginning his rookie training camp as the backup to Kevin Kolb, Manuel became the starter due to an injury to the veteran. He went into 2014 as the starting QB, but eventually lost his job to Kyle Orton.'

'Size, speed, and strength are all well and good, but for an edge rusher teams look for a player who will never give up in their pursuit for a quarterback. Here in the national championship against Alabama, you see Lawson do just that. His initial move was thwarted, but he kept his eyes on the quarterback, kept the offensive lineman off of his pads, disengaged and brought down the quarterback.'

'According to CBS Sports' Joel Corry , picking up the option would have cost Buffalo $11.357 million. He's due a guaranteed $2.22 million in base salary this season.'

'The Bills released DE Jarius Wynn, CB Bud Noel and OL Ronald Patrick.'

'The Bills agreed to terms with 14 undrafted rookies Monday. Below is a brief description of the newest additions to Buffalo’s roster with some expert assessments from the Bills scouting staff.'

'“I was doing summer school to try to avoid it, but the NCAA didn’t count the class I took at summer school so when I found out I had to go to Hargrave I was in tears at first,” admitted Lawson. “I was thinking that this is going to be like boot camp. There were going to be a lot of crazy things I’d have to do.”'

'“We are basically lining up in a 5-2, to start with,” he said. “You’re going to have Jerry Hughes and Shaq Lawson as your outside linebackers (though virtually ends, with Preston Brown and second-round draft pick Reggie Ragland inside). When you have that, you’re going to have three big ones inside. So any way we configure it, we have four guys that will be primarily in there with obviously Corbin, the young kid Washington and then our two studs with Kyle and Marcell.'

'As an encore to a draft that provided plenty of promise for immediate impact on defense and intrigue in the potential for a future franchise quarterback, the Buffalo Bills have so far made some interesting undrafted free-agent signings.'

'He helped lead protests against racism on the Oklahoma campus. He was used in a "Magic Man" role on the field, lining up everywhere. And, for good measure, he draw leadership advice from FDR, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.'

'And that was exactly what Ryan hoped was achieved by finding two and possibly three defensive starters within the first three picks. As usual, he expressed disdain for the media's appearing to forget his long history of successful defenses before he arrived in Buffalo.'

'Striker got choked up toward the end of his speech, and it's easy to see why the Bills were so eager to sign him. Not only is he passionate about proving people wrong, but Striker is actually a talented prospect coming out of Oklahoma. He played outside linebacker in the Sooners' 3-4 scheme, but he may project best as a WILL linebacker for Rex Ryan. He's a bit undersized at 227 pounds, but he has range that could come in handy'