‘Phillips is an A-plus on the character scale. He graduated from Stanford with a double major and earned Academic All-America. He throws around terms like “intellectual brutality.”
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Should the Bills pay the king’s ransom to move up in NFL draft to get their franchise QB?
‘I asked Beane point blank if it makes him cringe thinking about the draft picks he’d have to relinquish to make such a move and he smiled and said, “I do like my picks, you nailed that. It’s one of those things where if you’re gonna move up, especially in round one, it takes a lot. The higher you go, it exponentially increases. So, you have to feel good about what you’re doing. You can’t just go up there, hey, we need a quarterback, we’re going to mortgage everything to go up there. We’ve got to know that we feel this guy is the guy and is worth the ransom, or whatever you want to call it, that it would take to move wherever you have to move to get a guy you think fits your long-term plan.”’
NFL Combine: What we learned from Josh Rosen, Baker Mayfield other quarterbacks
‘”You do see some of their personality come out,” Beane said. “How do they handle it when the mistake is pointed out? Do they blame somebody else? Do they take the blame themselves? How do they take coaching? What’s their football smarts? How do they communicate? Are they comfortable? Are they backing down? Do they not know anything? Some guys are very confident when they come in the room and they want the laser pointer, and they’re not only pointing out what their job is but the guy next to them and the guy next to him. They’re pointing out the front on defense. So you can pick up a lot about their knowledge and their personality just by the way you talk to them in the room.”‘
5 offensive players who could interest the Bills post-combine
‘DJ Chark doesn’t have the biggest college resume, but his pre-combine offseason is a nice addition to it. Chark had five catches for 160 yards and a touchdown at the Senior Bowl, then followed that up with an impressive combine. The Bills need a burner, which is a bit weird because the team is not far removed from having a roster which included Sammy Watkins, Marquise Goodwin and Robert Woods. They’d have that in Chark, if his 4.34 40 time, the fastest at the 2018 combine, is of interest. He also has some height at 6-foot-3, but does have a smaller frame.’
Jim Kelly gives inspirational speech days after learning cancer has returned again
‘But any concerns that Kelly might cancel in light of recent developments were immediately put to rest by the quarterback himself. “I go, ‘Hey, I’m not dead. If I can still go, I’m going,'” Kelly told the crowd, according to the Buffalo News’s Vic Carucci.’
Jim Kelly gives inspirational speech at Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner Ball
‘The Lombardi Foundation tweeted Saturday, “We cannot say thanks enough to our Award of Excellence Honoree, Jim Kelly. Thanks for fighting, inspiring & showing your strength & resilience to everyone here. Not only do we want to say thanks, but so did a bunch of Jim Kelly’s friends and brothers.”’
Bills are overdue to invest in franchise QB
‘If Tyrod was in their plans this would be a blip not a thing. They are polling GM’s around the league to find out what the market would be for a trade for Tyrod. If it doesn’t justify the $6 mil to buy that draft pick, Tyrod will be cut.’