‘The quarterbacks are working out in California with running back Zack Moss and wide receivers Gabe Davis and Isaiah Hodgins. Moss was a third-round pick, Davis was chosen in the fourth round and Hodgins in the sixth last month.’
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Special teams ace Tyler Matakevich eager to fit into Buffalo vibe
‘“I’ve just got a nose for the ball,” said Matakevich on a virtual news conference Wednesday. “I sort of just see ball, go get ball. People always ask me what do you do? I just tell them, ‘Man, I’m just running down there as fast as I can. I’m not going to let anybody block me. And I’m going to beat you to the ball.’ That’s what I love about special teams. You don’t have 70 snaps out there to run down there on kickoff. You only have maybe three or four. You have to make them count.”’
Josh Norman: Bills would be AFC East favorite even if Tom Brady was still on Patriots
‘To say Norman is confident about his new team and its potential in 2020 might be a bit of an understatement. He said that even if Tom Brady was still the quarterback of the New England Patriots he’d like his team’s chances to win the division.’
5 Buffalo Bills 2019 starters who could be off roster in 2020
‘Buffalo can save about $8 million in cap space by releasing Murphy.’
Thank you, NFL
‘Truth be told, I am very much a Sunday at 1 o’clock kind of football fan, but how can you not be excited about the Bills having four primetime games? If you put aside, for a moment, how the make up of the schedule could impact the Bills’ chances to make the playoffs, then this is about as fun of a schedule as you could draw up for a fan of the team. The Bills get to open the season at home, play five of their eight home games before Thanksgiving (which is great if there are going to be fans at games), play the bigger name teams on their schedule in those night games and have a regularly scheduled Sunday night national TV game in Orchard Park for the first time since 2000.’
Buffalo Prep students speak with Bills players ahead of virtual celebration
‘To help kick off the event, Buffalo Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes and cornerback Levi Wallace spoke with some Buffalo Prep students about overcoming adversity and achieving success.’
Bills’ Tyler Matakevich ‘just a hard nosed physical football player’
‘Matakevich told Buffalo media in a Zoom call Wednesday afternoon that, “It’s not hard to see that something special is going on over here. Coach McDermott and his staff have come in and done an excellent job and I think it’s only going to get better. Having those guys there it was kind of an easy decision. I can’t wait to go play for those guys.”‘
Why new Bills LB Tyler Matakevich wanted to join Buffalo
‘Tyler saw the way Lorenzo played, and how Alexander made the transition from strictly a special teams player to a mainstay of Buffalo’s defense.’
Dawson Knox talks breakout year, the NFL’s virtual offseason and his hair
‘Knox was a high school quarterback before moving to tight end in college. He says he’s still learning the position but credits the tight end room in Buffalo and position coach Rob Boras with helping his development.’
3 things to know | Tyler Matakevich
‘Nicknamed “Dirty Red” for his hair and work ethic, the linebacker will be an important piece to a vital phase of the game. From 2016 to 2019, Matakevich leads the NFL in solo special teams tackles with 25. No one posts these stats without being a sure tackler and elite player. Entering the offseason, this was an area McDermott wanted improvement in and Matakevich will provide that.’
Bills Today | Josh Norman putting this ahead of his own career revival
‘”For me I always pride myself on being the best to do it and trying to go out there and show it instead of having all this talk that’s out there,” Norman said. “You can’t do anything about all that. You just have to put it on your back and carry that chip. The main thing I’m concerned about and focused on besides that Pro Bowl or All-Pro is winning that championship. Everything else pales in comparison to that.”‘
Why did Bills QB Jake Fromm drop so far in the NFL Draft? Simple: arm strength.
‘Fromm has been heavily scrutinized in that area since the end of the college season. His performance at the combine reportedly left some teams unimpressed with his ability to make all the throws necessary at the next level.’
Sammy Watkins tells Bleacher Report he was ‘fighting a war outside football’ while with Bills
‘Watkins admitted to Dunne that as a 21-year-old he spent every night on Chippewa Street, drinking and smoking marijuana. “I would go out and get wasted,” he said, “Wasted wasted.”‘
Sammy Watkins discusses ‘bad energy’ from Buffalo Bills HC Sean McDermott, drinking nightly & praying to get out of Buffalo in B/R interview
‘But here’s what you did not see: a 21-year-old drinking every night. That’s no exaggeration. Watkins partied “every night”—yes, “every night,” he repeats—turning downtown Buffalo’s Chippewa Street into his own personal frat party. Beer, liquor—Watkins didn’t discriminate in lighting his $12.8 million signing bonus on fire with friends who followed him north. “Living fast,” he calls it, holding up a pretend blunt. Yeah, he smoked plenty too.’
Buffalo Bills GM: 100% false that team had interest in reunion with Sammy Watkins
‘From his discussion on being an alien to his belief in different dimensions, Watkins said a lot of things that would make a reader drop their jaw. Perhaps the most stunning statement that Watkins made was that the Bills were interested in a reunion with the wide receiver.’