‘Clay’s production dropped off considerably last year. In 13 games, the eighth-year player finished with 21 catches for 184 yards and no touchdowns, which were all lows during his four seasons in Buffalo. Overall, Clay had 339 catches for 1,822 yards and nine touchdowns in 54 games with the Bills.’
Archives for February 2019
Bills release tight end Charles Clay
‘Clay, 30, was scheduled to count $9 million against the Bills’ salary cap in the final season of a five-year, $38 million contract. He finished last season with a career-low 184 receiving yards while averaging a career-low 8.8 yards per catch. Despite playing in 13 games and making 12 starts, his 21 catches were his fewest since 2012.’
Bills release TE Charles Clay
‘The Bills now only have Jason Croom and Logan Thomas under contract at the tight end position. Thomas, however, is a restricted free agent.’
Buffalo Bills release TE Charles Clay
‘- After a tumultuous season in 2018 for Charles Clay, his release from the Bills was an imminent one. Had Clay been a bit more productive in 2018, or had the Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott regime signed him, this might have been a bit more surprising.’
Bills Release Charles Clay
‘The veteran tight end never performed up to the five-year, $38 million contract he signed as a free agent in 2015 offseason.’
Bills released TE Charles Clay
‘The Bills will save 4.5 million dollars releasing Clay before the final year of his contract.’
Bills release tight end Charles Clay
‘But his production declined slightly in 2017 and then dropped precipitously this past season with a career low 184 yards receiving. The 2018 season marked the first of Clay’s eight-year career without a touchdown reception.’
Why former Bills linebacker A.J. Tarpley decided to play football again
‘“The decision I made to retire from football is about coming to terms with the totality of my concussion history and what is asked of me as a linebacker,” he wrote. “My position put me at an elevated risk for further injury with the likelihood that I would be exposed to hundreds of even thousands of similar situations. I understand that in order to continue playing at the level expected of me, I would have had to put myself in those exact scenarios.”‘
Buffalo Bills should keep close tabs on BC OL Chris Lindstrom at NFL Combine, says draft analysts
‘“The Bills are in dire need of interior offensive linemen, and Lindstrom is a very steady, reliable prospect. He was outstanding at the Senior Bowl.”’
Can we at least talk about Antonio Brown?
‘To say the Bills are not the Patriots is the understatement of the sports century. You can hold yourself as a disciplined outfit, and I suppose also find players who would consider that appealing, but if you don’t have wins to show for it, what are those players buying into?’
Bills Today: How Buffalo impressed recent free agent signee Spencer Long
‘“He just told me general stuff about Buffalo,” said Long of his conversation with Sirles. “How the building is and how he likes working there. The quality of life. How everybody is aligned with how we think. He had nothing but good things to say. If you appreciate hard-working, smart football players then you appreciate Jeremiah Sirles. That was enough of a sale for me.”’
Bills largely avoided injury bug in 2018
‘Bills starters lost a total of 30 games to injuries in 2018. That’s an improvement over the 39 games lost during the 2017 season and ranked tied for fourth fewest in the NFL, according to roster analysis by The Buffalo News. The league average was 51 games lost to injury by starters.’
Bills’ coaches pitch in at Buffalo City Mission
‘”Any time you can get out there and you can support your local community, wherever it may be, I think is a really fulfilling thing,” offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said. “As a staff, I know among coaches, the support that we have as an organization from the people around this area is important. This is obviously just a very small gesture of appreciation, but any time you can do that, I think it’s important.”‘
Buffalo Bills among neediest teams in NFL, says Sports Illustrated
‘The Bills must use their big, strong, swift QB, Josh Allen, on designed runs behind man-to-man blocking (similar to the ways the Panthers deploy Cam Newton). Success there starts with a mobile guard. Buffalo must find one who can pull-block across the formation, lending dimension to power runs and counters, as well as to play-action passes—tactics that best benefit Allen.’
Capaccio: Examining 8 potential free agent TE targets for the Bills
‘Considered by many to be the best free agent tight end available, Cook is coming off a big year, catching 68 passes for 896 yards and six touchdowns. At 6’ 5”, 254 pounds, he’s always had the measurable and ability to be a standout at the position. But he’s already been on four teams in ten years, probably because he’s never really had the kind of season he did last year and had too many dips in production along the way.’