‘Valdes-Scantling started his NFL career with Green Bay and spent four seasons (2018-2021) playing for the Packers. His best NFL season came in 2020 when he started in 12 games and racked up 33 receptions, 690 receiving yards (career high) and six touchdowns (career high). He also averaged 20.9 yards per reception that year, which led the NFL.’
Archives for May 2024
Bills to play at Dolphins Week 2 on Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football
‘Bills-Dolphins is exclusively on Prime Video, though the game will also air locally in the Buffalo area on an affiliate station to be determined later. It’s the first NFL on Prime Video of the 2024 season. The Bills full 2024 schedule will be released on May 15 at 8 p.m. on NFL Network.’
Bills roundtable: Looking at the attractive road trips, options for Bills’ schedule
‘I will go with Bills at Houston on Monday, Sept. 9 to wrap up Week 1. The Texans are a fashionable team with quarterback C.J. Stroud, but this is all about receiver Stefon Diggs facing the Bills for the first time since he was traded to Houston in April.’
Buffalo Bills 2024 rookie minicamp observations: What did Keon Coleman do?
‘Coleman didn’t have many opportunities during the short practice, but he managed to flash on two plays – one during 7-on-7 and one during 11-on-11 near the end of team drills. The first was an explosive rep featuring a great release and excellent footwork to operate to a wide-open part of the field. Tryout quarterback Jacob Eason couldn’t mess up the play because Coleman was so wide-open. Eason fired it in for about a 12-yard completion.’
Buffalo Bills hiring former NFL ref away from ESPN. Here’s why
‘Parry had served as ESPN’s rules analyst on Monday Night Football before being hired by the Bills. Before his stint at ESPN, Parry was an official with the NFL from 2000-2018.’
Former NFL ref John Parry leaving ESPN for AFC East team
‘Parry is walking away from his role as an NFL rules analyst on “Monday Night Football” to join the Bills as an “officiating liaison,” The Post has learned.’
Bills coach Sean McDermott hiring former NFL ref John Parry, AP source says
‘Parry spent 19 years as an NFL official, including his final 12 as a referee before retiring after working his third Super Bowl to close the 2018 season. He then spent the past five years serving as a rules analyst for ESPN.’
Sources: John Parry leaving ESPN for new role with Bills
‘The Bills did not previously have someone on staff with that title. In this role as officiating liaison, Parry can consult from the perspective of a referee and help the coaching staff have all the proper information for decision making when it comes to reviews during games. He can also assist with rule interpretations.’
Bills hiring former NFL referee John Parry as officiating liaison, per report
‘Parry spent two decades as an NFL official. He began as a replay official in 1999 and was moved to side judge in 2000 before being promoted to referee in 2008, a role which he held until 2018. During his career, Parry was a referee for two Super Bowls (XLVI and LIII).’
How their new ‘officiating liaison’ could be a big advantage for the Buffalo Bills
‘”Officials look at the game so differently than players, coaches, and fans,”Parry told Ben Austro of FootballZebras.com. “So to have somebody up [in the booth]: Hey, this is the mechanic, this is why that person made that call. And no matter what happens to this replay, if they flip it, here’s where the ball will be spotted. Here’s the down in distance. The clock’s gonna start in the ready for play, or it’s a 10-second runoff, so you could take a timeout. So you better start thinking about that, will you take one? Will you not?”‘
Lacrosse star and WNY native Zed Williams gets opportunity to show football skills at Bills rookie minicamp
‘“I’m just trying to get as dialed in as I can but at the same time learn as much as I can, but at the same time, coming from the lacrosse world, it takes those mental reps for me and just kind of walking through things on my own. Like mentally, I’m there and can do things faster.”’
‘Always wanted to come back to it’: Lacrosse standout Zed Williams tries out for Bills
‘“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, actually,” Williams said. “Football is always my first love, then lacrosse. My dad always loved football, always pushed me to be the best football player I could be growing up, since like four or five. So, I knew I always wanted to come back to it. So, this is kind of my chance.”’
Another Voice: New development opportunities should accompany the new stadium
‘A smaller college footprint could well find a trail to the severely diminished McKinley Mall, just a few miles away in the Town of Hamburg. The mall offers thousands of square feet of vacant space which could be expediently refurbished and rented at a reasonable rate to ECC.’
Bills sign Depew native, former UB star Joe Andreessen
‘The 6-foot-1 local product graduated from Lancaster High School before spending five seasons at Bryant University and then returned home to attend the University at Buffalo for his final year. In that season at UB, Andreessen started in all 12 games at inside linebacker and led the Bulls with 90 tackles.’
5th-round pick Javon Solomon is excited to be with Buffalo Bills
‘”The undersized thing is a visual cue, but what you do from a physical standpoint is a whole different thing,” Solomon said. “So I’m going to go out there and do my best and there’s plenty of guys that have been successful. (Elvis) Dumervil… just undersized guys that go out there and kill it. So that’s the plan, just go in there and step it up.”‘