‘The Raiders’ defense just can’t stop anyone this season, and the Bills should be able to slow down Derek Carr and Amari Cooper better this week than the Chiefs did last week. Buffalo takes another big step toward the playoffs.’
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‘Play-by-Play: Andrew Catalon.’
Jerry Butler passes locker magic on to Deonte Thompson
‘“He’s just a good person. He was a guy I could find and talk to. We built a strong relationship in the two years I was there. To be honest we really didn’t talk that much football. “We’d talk more about life. He gave me a lot of good advice. Keep going. He knew my situation at the time. He was one guy I could confide in and talk to and he gave me great motivation.”’
Top 10 reasons to get ready for Bills-Raiders
‘Bills legend and decorated sportscaster Paul Maguire, will get back to his Buffalo roots this weekend as the Leader of the Charge. A member of both of Buffalo’s AFL Championship title teams, Maguire holds a special place in Bills history.’
Bills Today: Dareus trade leaves starting DT job open
‘With one fewer defensive tackle it’s more likely that all four defensive tackles will be active. No matter who gets the starting assignment next to Williams on Sunday, the heavy rotation should give all the defensive tackles ample time on the field to make a case to start on a regular basis.’
Marcell Dareus traded to Jacksonville Jaguars
‘Dareus is scheduled to fly to Florida to take a physical to officially complete the deal.’
Bucky Gleason: Marcell Dareus was biggest misfit among Bills’ overachievers
‘The trade was a classic case of addition by subtraction. Buffalo exchanged Dareus’ massive contract for long-term cap relief. They swapped his apathetic attitude for an opportunity to reinforce the notion they value players with high character. And they sent a message to their own players that they can win without him.’
Marcell Dareus trade saves Bills space under salary cap now and next year
‘By dealing Dareus prior to Week Eight, the Bills avoid paying the remaining $5.735 million in base salary due to him over the last nine weeks of the season. Dareus will still count $10.66 million against this year’s cap, but that’s down from the $16.4 million he was scheduled to take up. As of Friday night, NFLPA records had the Bills with $7.332 million in space under the salary cap, which ranked as the 16th most in the league heading into next year.’
A timeline of Marcell Dareus’ tenure in Buffalo
‘Dec. 29, 2013: Dareus is benched for the entire first half by coach Doug Marrone for chronic tardiness to team meetings. The benching comes a week after he sat out the first quarter against the Miami Dolphins as punishment for the same issue. The trade reunites Dareus with Marrone in Jacksonville.’
Vic Carucci’s Take Five: Bills need to find way to put heat on Carr and Raiders’ secondary
‘The Bills sacked Jameis Winston only once in last Sunday’s 30-27 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and had only six quarterback hits. For the most part, they were sending four rushers after him while keeping as many defenders in coverage as possible in hopes of forcing him to throw into tighter windows. The strategy did result in one interception and nearly two others, but Winston still managed to throw for 384 yards and three touchdowns.’
Bills Notebook: Poyer & Incognito questionable, Gaines out for Sunday
‘”Still just day to day right now,” Poyer said. “I could wake up (Saturday) and feel one hundred percent, ready to go. I want to be out there with my teammates. At the same time, I want to be smart for the team. I know it’s a long stretch of games after this. I just want to be able to be healthy and be out there and help this team win football games.”‘
Former Bills teammates unfazed by Anquan Boldin’s desire to play elsewhere
‘”We really don’t care,” Brown said. “He’s one of my favorite players of all time. Great guy. I mean, if he wants to continue playing, that’s great. If he doesn’t want to play here, that’s cool. We’ll hopefully get something else for it.’
Sully’s Mailbag: Fitting time for Cookie to go on Wall
‘Gilchrist was a great player. The late Larry Felser called him the best football player he ever saw. But Cookie said the boycott was “better than anything I did playing football.”‘
Logan Thomas thankful for support of Bills’ organization, teammates
‘”The people in this organization are amazing,” he said. “We’ve had nothing but love and support from everybody in here, anything we’ve ever needed. There’s a couple of people who have gone through the same thing we have, so just being able to lean on them has been nice.’
Preston Brown: ‘It’s a great time for the NFL’ when the Bills are winning
‘“It’s exciting. I mean, anytime the Buffalo Bills are playing winning football it’s a great time for the NFL,” Brown said during an interview on the Jim Rome Show. “So everybody here at Orchard Park is having a great time, and we are just trying to keep this winning streak up.”’