Archives for August 27, 2017

'In Sept. 2015, the Bills signed Dareus to a six-year extension worth $108 million that included $65 million in guarantees and a $25 million signing bonus. This fact wasn't lost on the front office in light of recent developments.'

'Not much offense transpired for awhile one either side. The Bills at one point had more penalty yards than total yards.'

'Wood is the Bills' second longest tenured player behind defensive tackle Kyle Williams. He made his first career Pro Bowl in 2015. That same year, he was nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. After missing 16 games due to injury in his first four seasons, Wood didn't miss a game for three years between 2013-2015. Last season, he started the first nine games of the season, before breaking his leg against the Seattle Seahawks on November 14th.'

'It’s very disappointing. Any player that you have to send home, this is not the norm. This is not what you’re looking for. Obviously, a guy with his contract status, you would hope that we would be a better leader than that and hopefully he learns from it and moves on and just be a Buffalo Bill.'

'On the positive side, Taylor was able to return home with the Bills on the team plane, but concussions are still tricky business because you never quite know the severity until a day or two after the concussion actually occurs.'

'The Bills confirmed that Marcell Dareus had been sent home from Baltimore for violating team rules, and that he would quite obviously not play against the Baltimore Ravens. Although the exact reason is unknown, Dareus not being with the team in any capacity is notable with a much more stern head coach in Sean McDermott running the show.'

'Peterman entered the game and manufactured the first team offense’s first touchdown of the preseason, marching the Bills 80 yards in the final three minutes of the first half.'

'Facing third and long on their second series, Taylor spun away from an initial tackle from Terrell Suggs before being slammed to the ground by Kamalei Correa. Taylor’s head bounced off the turf and he was immediately tended to by trainers on the field.'

'Wood has started 104 games in his career with the Bills. He suffered a broken leg during in the team’s 31-25 loss to Seattle last year and missed the final seven games of the regular season.'

'The team confirmed the 27-year-old All-Pro was sent home for violating a team rule. The Bills did not specify what the infraction was.'

'“It was an unfortunate situation with Tyrod. I never want to see anybody go down, particularly with a head injury. But I liked the way we were able to handle the sudden change. Nate [Peterman" target="_blank"> was poised. All reports from the huddle were that he was very composed and handled himself well. The offense moved at times, and, at other times, we didn’t move well enough. We still have a lot of work to do in all three phases.”'

'Buffalo’s offense again had trouble putting positive plays together as their first six drives covered 23 plays for a total of just 14 net yards. The Ravens did come into the game with the best defense in the preseason, but with a rookie coming in at quarterback and the run game not getting much of a push it made things difficult.'

'Taylor was sacked on a 3rd-and-7 play from the Bills’ 22-yard line and his head was whipped backward into the turf.'

'“It’s very disappointing. Any player that you have to send home, this is not the norm. This is not what you’re looking for. Obviously, a guy with his contract status, you would hope that we would be a better leader than that and hopefully he learns from it and moves on and just be a Buffalo Bill.”'

'"He’s done a great job since he was drafted here in ’09," Beane said. "We think he’s still playing well. We think he’s a leader up front, not only on the O-Line but on the offense, and he’s a guy that we feel is part of what we’re doing going forward. He’s going into the last year of his deal so we wanted to get something done."'