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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Bills helping ‘Night of Champions’ (1:21 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills RB Fred Jackson, former 8-time Pro Bowl guard Ruben Brown and Bills Hall of Fame OL Joe DeLamielleure will all be taking part in the ‘Night of Champions’ fundraising bash for inner-city youth on Wed. May 23rd. The Butler Mitchell Alumni Association, who has been helping kids since 1955, will be sponsoring the 2nd Annual [...]

Saturday morning one-liners (11:37 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Mike Florio: It’s not quite as significant as Darrelle Revis gushing about Tebow, but Bills DB Aaron Williams apparently would like to attend a shirtless tequila party with Vince Young. Jeff Bauer, a scout for 11 years with the Jets, replaces Joey Clinkscales at the Jets’ director of college scouting. If everything goes as planned, the Dolphins’…

Friday, May 18, 2012

NFL: Packers waiting before retiring Favre's jersey (6:50 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: The Green Bay Packers will wait at least another season to hold a ceremony to retire Brett Favre's No. 4.

Bills agree to terms with Glenn (5:40 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Second-round pick gets deal worth around $4.9 million.

Bills lock in another draft pick, inking OT Glenn (3:03 PM)
ESPN.Com - Associated Press: The Buffalo Bills continue locking up their rookie draft class after signing offensive tackle Cordy Glenn, their second-round pick.

Fan Friday 5-18 (2:17 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Just one draft choice left to sign for the Bills in WR T.J. Graham. Let’s get to your questions from AskChris@bills.nfl.net for the latest installment. 1 - Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled about the Mario Williams signing. I think if he can stay healthy, we get the Fitzpatrick from the first half of the [...]

Moorman may have his hands full in Buffalo (1:34 PM)
Pro Football Talk - Mike Florio: Perhaps best known for being blown up by the late Sean Taylor during the Pro Bowl, Bills punter Brian Moorman faces a more usual threat as he prepares for his 12th season with the team. As Alper pointed out in today’s one-liners, undrafted rookie Shawn Powell hopes to knock Moorman off the roster. Powell isn’t…

Exclusive Glenn 1-on-1 (1:09 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Our exclusive one-on-one interview with second-round pick Cordy Glenn just moments after he signed his rookie contract is ready for viewing. Glenn heaved a sigh after he finished signing all his paperwork and talked about the relief of putting the business side of football behind him.

Cordy Glenn signs deal with Bills (1:04 PM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: The Bills are getting close to putting the final touches on signing their draft class. One day after signing first-round pick Stephon Gilmore, the Bills announced that they have agreed to a contract with offensive lineman Cordy Glenn. The second-round pick signed a four-year deal with the team. Coming into the draft there was a…

Bills sign rookie 2nd-round pick, OT Cordy Glenn (1:04 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills continue locking up their rookie draft class after signing offensive tackle Cordy Glenn, their second-round pick.

Second-round OL Glenn signs with Bills (1:00 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Cordy Glenn signed with the Bills, giving the team eight of its nine 2012 draft picks under contract.

Is Cordy Glenn key to Bills season? (12:13 PM)
NFL.Com - Rosenthal, Gregg: The Buffalo Bills have joined the signing frenzy by inking Cordy Glenn their eighth of nine draft picks so far this season, but will Glenn be the key to protecting QB Ryan Fitzpatrick on the offensive line at left tackle?

OT Glenn signs with Bills (11:51 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Another day another signing for the Bills 2012 draft class. A day after top pick Stephon Gilmore signed his rookie contract, second-round pick Cordy Glenn followed suit with the offensive tackle ...

Cowboys ’92, Revisited (11:11 AM)
Dallas CBS Channel 11 - jeffburkett: The year before the Cowboys had finished 11-5 and lost in the Divisional round against the Lions in Detroit and I remember my father saying, “next year, you watch. This team will be good.”

BDC 5/18: WR Nelson to appear at Lilac Festival (10:30 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - billsdailycharge: DAILY REPORT –Bills WR David Nelson will make an appearance at the Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY this evening and during country band Steel Magnolia’s concert. He will also broadcast live with WBEE radio host Billy Kidd from the Festival. –Bills captain and S George Wilson will be leading his third annual leadership retreat this [...]

Season ticket holder individual game ticket presale (9:44 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: May 18 Ticket purchases will be limited to six (6) tickets per game per account on May 18. Tickets can be purchased through Account Manager, by phone at 1-877-228-4257, or in-person at the Buffal...

David Nelson appearance (9:43 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills WR David Nelson is going to be in Rochester this evening (Friday). Nelson will be making an appearance at the Lilac Festival in Rochester, tonight for country band Steel Magnolia’s concert. He will join WBEE for a live broadcast from the Festival with Billy Kidd. He’s expected to be on hand from 5:30-8:30 pm. The slot receiver also [...]

Friday morning one-liners (8:44 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: P Shawn Powell wants to learn from Brian Moorman and then take his job with the Bills. A look at how the Dolphins have gone out with the old and in with the new. FB Spencer Larsen hopes that his versatility helps him land a spot with the Patriots. Jets wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal…

Buffalo Bills idol (8:06 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: In the state of Texas Vince Young is about as close to iconic football status as there is with a few other exceptions (see: Dallas Cowboys). People in his native Houston joked that as a high schooler he was on TV more than the Texans. So it’s only natural that fellow University of Texas alum [...]

Future looks bright at corner (7:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Bills veteran secondary coach George Catavolos often pays closest attention to his youngest players. There’s more for them to learn, experience and visualize both on the field and in the classroo...

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Tennessee Titans Aren’t Worried About Kenny Britt’s Latest Knee Surgery: Local Fan’s Take (2:01 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt tore his ACL and MCL in his right knee during a regular-season game against the Denver Broncos on September 25, 2011. Britt has been making a rapid recovery as he was running in workouts at Baptist Sports Park fewer than eight months since his injury. ACL injuries normally take anywhere from 8-to-12 months to heal.

Stephon Gilmore: Could Start Soon (1:45 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Update: Gilmore signed his rookie contract with the Bills on Thursday, The Buffalo News reports.

Gilmore signing one of quickest (1:39 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: The Bills and every other club in the league has the new Collective Bargaining Agreement to thank for the rapidity with which draft choices in general and specifically first-round picks have signed. It’s less than a month since the 2012 draft and Buffalo’s top pick is already signed along with six others across the NFL. [...]

Lawrence Taylor auctioning off his Super Bowl XXV ring (12:13 PM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: The 2011 Giants got their Super Bowl rings on Wednesday night, just as one of their forbears was putting one of his own baubles up for auction. Lawrence Taylor is auctioning off the Super Bowl XXV ring he got after the Giants beat the Bills 20-19 in 1991. Bidding on the auction currently stands at…

Mario is Top 20 on CBS Top 100 (11:52 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills DE Mario Williams to no surprise is on another Top 100 list. CBSSports.com’s Pete Prisco put together his Top 100 players, looking forward to the 2012 season and Mario Williams checks in at #18. 18 - DE Mario Williams – Buffalo – He missed most of last season for the Texans with a torn pectoral [...]

Stephon Gilmore signs four year contract with Buffalo Bills (11:07 AM)
Fox Sports: Buffalo Bills first-round cornerback Stephon Gilmore has signed afour-year guaranteed contract worth roughly $12.1 million.

Bills sign top pick Gilmore to four-year contract (10:50 AM)
ESPN.Com - Associated Press: The Buffalo Bills have signed their top draft pick, cornerback Stephon Gilmore, to a four-year contract that's worth about $12 million.

Bills get Gilmore's contract finished (10:46 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Buffalo's top pick agrees to $12.1 million package.

Bills sign top pick Gilmore to four-year contract (10:36 AM)
ESPN.Com - Associated Press: The Buffalo Bills have signed their top draft pick, cornerback Stephon Gilmore, to a four-year contract that's worth about $12 million.

Our 1-on-1 with Gilmore signing (10:08 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Here’s our exclusive 1-on-1 with Stephon Gilmore just moments after signing his contract at One Bills Drive this morning. Gilmore is just the seventh first-round pick to sign in the league and the second top 10 selection joining Carolina’s Luke Kuechly.

Bills sign top pick CB Gilmore to 4-year deal (10:05 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills have signed their top draft pick, cornerback Stephon Gilmore, to a four-year contract that's worth about $12 million.

BDC 5/17: CB Stephon Gilmore signs (10:04 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - billsdailycharge: DAILY REPORT –The Buffalo Bills today announced the signing of first-round draft selection (10th overall) CB Stephon Gilmore. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gilmore, a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection at South Carolina, started all 40 games played. The 6-1, 190-pound cornerback recorded 181 tackles (140 solo), 17 passes [...]

Bills get Stephon Gilmore’s contract done (9:54 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: In another sign that we’re living in a different NFL, a second top 10 draft pick from April has agreed to a contract more than a week before Memorial Day. The Bills announced Thursday that they have signed cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the 10th overall pick in the first round. Like all the other first rounders,…

Bills sign first-rounder Gilmore (9:47 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: The Bills have agreed to a contract with CB Stephon Gilmore, the 10th overall pick in last month’s NFL draft. Gilmore is the second player picked in the top 10 to agree to a deal.

Stephon Gilmore signs with Bills (9:26 AM)
NFL.Com - NFL.com: The Bills signed their first-round draft pick on Thursday, South Carolina cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the team announced in a release.

Gilmore gets contract done (8:44 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: It’s not something that’s been seen in Buffalo or many other NFL cities in a long time. To see a first-round draft choice sign his rookie contract before Memorial Day was a rarity, but Stephon Gi...

Bradham relishes special teams role (7:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Sometimes in football the special teams aspect of the game goes underappreciated and unnoticed. Buffalo’s fourth round draft selection Nigel Bradham would beg to differ. “I always took it as being ...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Fitzpatrick fine with Young as backup (10:28 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Quarterback says GM Nix told him he is the unquestioned starter.

Ryan Fitzpatrick likes Vince Young, says they won’t compete (4:39 PM)
Pro Football Talk - Michael David Smith: Vince Young’s arrival in Buffalo is welcome news to starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who says Young will provide competition in training camp — but not for Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that the benefit of having Young in the mix is to have a good competition for the backup spot, but that everyone…

Why Fitz feels secure (3:38 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Even though Vince Young was signed as a free agent, Ryan Fitzpatrick has been told he’s the starting quarterback. While those outside the organization wonder how tenuous the situation could get, Fitz is as self-assured as ever about his role as a starter and offensive leader. Appearing on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Fitzpatrick explained why he’s [...]

Fitz on addition of Vince Young (3:33 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills starting QB Ryan Fitzpatrick made an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio Wednesday and was asked for his thoughts on the addition of fellow QB Vince Young. Fitzpatrick explained how Bills GM Buddy Nix filled him in onYoung before the signing even took place. “Buddy Nix has been a guy that has been very fair [...]

Adam's Mark the Official Hotel of the Bills (11:26 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: The Buffalo Bills today announced a renewed partnership with the hotel of the Buffalo Bills, and the venue where the team stays before each home game played at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Adam’s Ma...

Bills' Nix assured Fitzpatrick he will start at QB (10:52 AM)
NFL.Com - Sessler, Marc: When the Bills signed Vince Young, some questioned Ryan Fitzpatrick's grasp on the starting QB role in Buffalo. The team assured Fitzpatrick his No. 1 spot is safe -- for now.

Parameters for Glenn (10:04 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: As draft choices across the league continue to sign, the contract parameters, if they needed to be narrowed down anymore have been for second-round pick Cordy Glenn. That’s because Chiefs second-round pick Jeff Allen has signed his four-year deal with Kansas City according to reports. Allen, an offensive tackle from Illinois went 44th overall, just [...]

Forgotten Vince Young TD run (9:53 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Just about everybody remembers Vince Young’s scramble for a touchdown in the waning seconds of the 2006 National Championship game when Texas beat USC. But there’s a touchdown run that went a lot longer than that back on Christmas Eve 2006, when Young, then a rookie quarterback brought the Tennessee Titans to Buffalo.   I asked Young [...]

BDC 5/15: OL Mike Jasper to host ‘Cover The Earth’ Tonight (9:47 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - billsdailycharge: DAILY REPORT –Buffalo Bills OL Mike Jasper will present ‘Cover the Earth,’ Bethel University’s Vocal Authority tour, tonight from 6-8:30pm at Bethesda Word Harvest International Church on Main Street in Buffalo. Teammates including: Marcell Dareus, Bryan Scott, George Wilson and others that will be in attendance for the concert will be available for autographs immediately [...]

Wednesday morning one-liners (8:53 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Michael David Smith: Said Bills backup QB Vince Young of Ryan Fitzpatrick, “He’s our starting quarterback and I’m behind him 100 percent.” Here are 10 questions facing the Dolphins right now. Patriots WR Donte’ Stallworth says the year he was suspended from the NFL for killing a man while driving drunk made him appreciate football more. The Jets…

Player radio appearances (7:02 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Here’s a rundown of where you can find Bills players today on the local radio airwaves and TV. Arthur Moats – CW23/WIVB-TV; Winging it Buffalo Style at 8:00 am serving as a celebrity host for the day. Vince Young – WGR 550; Howard Simon Show at 9:00 am David Nelson – WGR 550; Schopp and [...]