Archives for April 2017

'Buffalo already has Tyrod Taylor, Cardale Jones and Josh Woodrum on their roster, but Woodrum is simply a camp body. Yates will likely get the opportunity to compete against Cardale Jones for the team's No. 2 quarterback job. Even if the veteran loses out to Jones, Buffalo may look to keep three quarterbacks on their 53-man roster.'

'Jamal Adams, safety, LSU.'

'According to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, the Bills worked out North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky on Sunday. Head coach Sean McDermott and team owner Terry Pegula were in attendance for the workout.'

'At 6-feet-2-inches tall and 256 pounds, Seau doesn't possess the ideal frame for the defensive end position, but he plays with tremendous energy. Seau quickly became a favorite on the HBO series Hard Knocks when the Rams were featured on the show last summer.'

'"boy ya dad wish u was as good as me… n ya new contract garbage lol my 2011 money …"'

'The Yates announcement came just hours after Gunter Brewer, the co-offensive coordinator of the University of North Carolina Tarheels tweeted out a picture he snapped with Bills head coach Sean McDermott and owner Terry Pegula.'

'Yates probably is more familiar with new Bills offensive coordinator Rick (Rico) Dennison’s system than Taylor. Yates spent his first three NFL seasons learning it, when Dennison served in the same capacity to then-Houston head coach Gary Kubiak.'

'"This is obviously Tyrod's team," Yates said. "I'm just here to bring experience to the quarterback room and knowledge in the system and help out any way I can."'

'Signing with Buffalo represents a second chance for Seau. He signed with Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted rookie free agent last year but was cut before the start of last season.'

'Yates closed out last season on the Miami Dolphins' roster when they needed a backup to Matt Moore after Ryan Tannehill went down to a knee injury.'

'McCoy's verified Instagram account then posted two comments to the post, directed to Alonso, that read, "boy ya dad wish u was as good as me… n ya new contract garbage lol my 2011 money…," followed by "take me off ya page u BUM."'

'Ian Seau signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent last May from the University of Nevada. His uncle, Junior Seau, was a 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played from 1990 through 2009.'

'Yates is best known for the four seasons he spent in Houston (2011-13, 2015), where he won a playoff game over the Bengals as a rookie in 2011.'

'You can bet there will be some added motivation the first time Miami and Buffalo square off in 2017.'

'“Yeah, that was one thing that was expressed to me (by the coaches),” he said. “That no matter what, there’s going to be competition in the quarterback room and whoever it may be, I’m here to compete and raise the level of play in the quarterback room. Competition is something that I welcome, that I’ve been a part of my entire career and it makes everybody better. The more competition the better.”'