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Friday, September 03, 2010

Bills present Harvest Festival to benefit Hospice Buffalo (6:01 PM)
BuffaloBills.Com: East Aurora residents, John Mineo and Vicki Feine Mineo are chair couple of the 10th Annual Harvest Festival, a Celebration of Hospice, Friends and Family, presented by the Buffalo Bills. The gala ...

Couple of undrafteds have a shot (4:44 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Buffalo has a good history of landing undrafted rookies that ultimately make the roster and it appears it could happen again this weekend. In six of the last eight years at least one undrafted rookie free agent has made the Bills opening day roster. Here’s the list of Buffalo’s undrafteds that will have their fingers [...]

RB Bell left impression on Gailey (4:27 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills head coach Chan Gailey and his staff have some roster decisions to make, not the least of which is at running back, where the Bills could keep four RBs and a FB. Should they keep a fourth along with Fred Jackson, Marshawn Lynch and C.J. Spiller, Bell could be the guy after finishing the [...]

Top five greatest quarterbacks to never win a Super Bowl (2:55 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Legends are made by Super Bowl wins. The quarterbacks that could not win the big game are sometimes remembered, but for the most part, they are forgotten. There have been 44 Super Bowl games played and 44 times a quarterback walked away without a ring. Some lost in a last second kick missed by his own kicker, or made by the opposing team's kicker. Other Super Bowl losing quarterbacks just could not put up enough points to compensate for a bad defense.

Top five most embarrassing Super Bowl moments of all time (2:55 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Super Bowl winners and losers experience embarrassing moments in the big game. The difference between making a mistake in a regular season game and the Super Bowl is when you do it in the regular season the whole world is not watching. Sometimes these skilled and highly trained athletes can be the victims of the worst mistakes or make the most horrendous decisions anyone has ever seen. When it happens in the Super Bowl, it winds up on a top five list for posterity's sake.

Best quarterbacks to never play in a Super Bowl (2:55 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Greatness for NFL quarterbacks is measured in many ways. One of the ways that quarterbacks are measured is by how many Super Bowls they have won, or even lost. But there is a class of quarterbacks that can be called great that never even got the chance to show off their talents in the Super Bowl. These are the five best quarterbacks to play in the NFL that never played in a Super Bowl. 5) Randall Cunningham Randall Cunningham played for various teams including his best years as a Philadelphia Eagle, he played in pro bowls and he played in playoff games.

Fan Friday 9-3 (1:15 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: The final roster will be in place by Saturday evening. Remember the deadline is 6 pm. The practice squad will follow a day later. Here’s the latest edition. 1 – Chris – Is there an updated timetable on Ed Wangs’ return? Will he begin the season on the PUP list? It appears as though Demetrius [...]

DBs bring momentum into Week 1 (10:36 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Buffalo’s secondary has talked time and again about being the best defensive backfield in the league. Coming off a season in which the Bills defense compiled the second highest interception total i...

Gailey believes Brown has something (10:26 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Levi Brown saw some of his most extensive action in the preseason Thursday night, and while all of it wasn’t pretty against the Lions, Gailey believes the rookie has something. “He made a couple of great throws and he made a couple of horrendous throws. We’ve got to get the horrendous out and he will,” [...]

Bills-Lions one-liners (7:30 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Michael David Smith: The Lions' starters didn't play well, but the guys who will get cut in Detroit outplayed the guys who will get cut in Buffalo in the second half, and the Lions won the final preseason game 28-23.Lions S Louis Delmas...

Brohm feels he did his best (7:23 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Brian Brohm got his last chance to make a final impression on the coaching staff and convince them that if he can’t be the starter that he should be the backup. Ryan Fitzpatrick, who played more in the third preseason game looked sharp going 6-9 for 77 yards and a touchdown in his final outing. [...]

Reason for concerns: AFC East (5:11 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: A capsule look at reasons for concern among teams in the AFC East: Buffalo Bills 1. Left tackle. The Bills might not be good enough at the position. LT Demetrius Bell struggled mightily last season and has gotten limited preseason reps coming off knee surgery, so stamina might be an issue. RT Cornell Green has not looked good in pass protection. The Bills must limit long-yardage situations because shaky pass protection could endanger QB Trent Edwards.

Leftwich, Hardesty injured in preseason finales (4:55 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: First, no Ben Roethlisberger. Now, maybe no Byron Leftwich for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dennis Dixon, you're up next. Leftwich, expected to be the fill-in starter for the suspended Roethlisberger at quarterback for the Steelers, sprained his left knee in the second quarter as Pittsburgh (3-1) beat the starter-less Carolina Panthers 19-3 in the preseason finale Thursday night.

Leftwich, Hardesty injured in preseason finales (4:51 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: First, no Ben Roethlisberger. Now, maybe no Byron Leftwich for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Hardy’s big play wiped out (1:23 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: At some point or another the luck has to change for James Hardy. The wide receiver whose time on the field has been limited in the preseason by injury got his most extended time Thursday night, but his biggest play of the night went for naught. “We were trying to give him a good chance,” [...]

Stafford struggles but Lions close out preseason with win over Bills (12:02 AM)
NFL.Com - Associated Press: Matthew Stafford had aninterception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw apair of second-half touchdown passes to lift the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 winover the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Lions beat Bills 28-23 in preseason finale (10:09 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Matthew Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to lift the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 win over the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night. Stafford's second pass was picked off by Drayton Florence and Detroit (3-1) punted on his second and last drive.

Lions beat Bills 28-23 in preseason finale (10:00 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: DETROIT - Matthew Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown, but third-stringer Drew Stanton threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to lif the Detroit Lions to a 28-23 win over the Buffalo Bills in their preseason finale Thursday night.

Bills starters execute in preseason finale (9:50 PM)
BuffaloBills.Com: It wasn’t head coach Chan Gailey’s intent to play his starters terribly long in their preseason finale. Bills cornerback Drayton Florence did his best to make it an early night for the first team d...

OT Green out (5:49 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills starting RT Cornell Green will not play tonight. Green will be replaced in the lineup by Jamon Meredith.

'10 owner rankings, Part 1: Brown makes 'em laugh (4:23 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: The Bengals' Mike Brown's business acumen is commonly questioned, but he has no problem providing comedy.

No Spiller vs. Lions (3:50 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Buffalobills.com has learned that RB C.J. Spiller will not play in tonight’s preseason finale against the Lions in Detroit. Head coach Chan Gailey has chosen not to dress Spiller simply to rest him up for the regular season. With Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch out the past two weeks, Spiller has endured a heavy workload [...]

Bills, Pepsi and Tops provide youth football grants (2:43 PM)
BuffaloBills.Com: The Buffalo Bills, Pepsi Beverages Company and Tops Friendly Markets teamed up to provide grants to help refresh area youth football teams. Team representatives submitted their ideas on how they wo...

Bills returners tonight (2:38 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: It’s final audition time for some players on Buffalo’s roster in the preseason finale, and often the ones that can show they can help on special teams in addition to offense or defense are the ones that help themselves the most. Here is the list of kick returners and punt returners for tonight’s game agains [...]

Cowboys continue trade talks on Patrick Crayton (1:41 PM)
NFL News & Rumors: Every year, there’s more than a few players that are either released or traded away at the 53 man roster deadline, and this year is shaping up to be no exception. According to ESPN’s Tim McMahon, the Cowboys are still looking at all of their options with wide receiver Patrick Crayton, who is looking to [...]

QB rotation update (12:25 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: After Trent Edwards’ time on the field is done with the starters in tonight’s preseason game against the Lions, here’s how things are expected to go at the quarterback position. Brian Brohm will be the next quarterback on the field and he’s expected to get two quarters of action. Brohm barely got any playing time [...]

Playing time update (11:29 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Buffalo’s starters will get a respectable amount of time in the team’s preseason finale tonight against the Lions. Buffalobills.com has learned that they’ll get 12-14 snaps at the least. Head coach Chan Gailey believes anything less would be a waste of time because it would not allow for enough time to get in a rhythm [...]

Thursday morning one-liners (9:37 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: Joique Bell and Chad Simpson are likely fighting for one spot on the Bills roster Thursday night. WR Marlon Moore leads a list of Dolphins on the roster bubble. Said Patriots CB Leigh Bodden after being placed on injured reserve,...

RB Bell to be well supported vs. Lions (9:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Whenever a player returns to play in the NFL city where he grew up there is naturally going to be a good contingent of friends and family eager to come out and support him. That scenario may be tak...

Five players to watch (7:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: It’s the last opportunity for players eager to make the final 53-man roster to make an impression on Buffalo’s coaching staff. Tonight is the team’s preseason finale against Detroit and job are lit...

2010 Season Outlook: Cleveland Browns (2:29 AM)
NFL News & Rumors: First Glance: The Browns are a team with no clear cut identity right now, having underwent radical changes to their roster that left even the most die hard fans in Cleveland shaking their heads in wonder this off-season. Major question marks abound at almost every key position, especially at quarterback, and at this point, it’s [...]

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

YOUNG GUNS GOING WITH A TEAM FIRST PHILOSOPHY (6:09 PM)
The Bills Beat - Joe Logan: For those of you who missed Coach Sal's interview with the wives of former Bills greats Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas, you missed allot. The interview was awesome not only because both Jill Kelly and Patti Thomas were incredibly fun and informative, but also because they hit on the topic of the team...

Florence helping school kids (9:55 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills CB Drayton Florence is helping kids get ready for heading back to school next week. Florence has partnered with Best Buy to give away 450 bags to local youth to help kids get back into the school spirit. Florence will be at the Walden Galleria Best Buy in Cheektowaga on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at [...]

Backup plans: Who's No. 2? (9:20 PM)
Yahoo! Sports - NYJ: While most NFL teams have a projected backup quarterback who has regular-season starting experience, a handful are going into the season with unknown quantities: Former Pro Bowlers (5): Derek Anderson (Arizona)*, Marc Bulger (Baltimore), Mark Brunell (New York Jets), Michael Vick (Philadelphia), Kerry Collins (Tennessee). Solid and savvy (4): Seneca Wallace (Cleveland), Jon Kitna (Dallas), Shaun Hill (Detroit), A.J. Feeley (St. Louis). Have started at least once (16): Chris Redman (Atlanta), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Buffalo), J.T.

Free agency a potential bargaining chip for players (7:07 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: While a longer season seems inevitable, players need to push for becoming free agents after three seasons.

Rap giants vs. Bills-Lions (3:09 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: The Bills and Lions will be dealing with competition that’s secondary to facing each other, though not by much. The Bills-Lions preseason finale kicks off at 6:30 pm, but a half hour later rap giants Jay-Z and Eminem will be doing the first of a two night show right down the street at Comerica Park [...]

Reports: Cardinals now want to trade Leinart; Giants interested (2:06 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Jay Glazer of Fox Sports tweeted last night that the Arizona Cardinals had gone ahead and started talking to...

Reports: Cardinals now want to trade Leinart; Giants interested (2:06 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Jay Glazer of Fox Sports tweeted last night that the Arizona Cardinals had gone ahead and started talking to...

Fitz's final preseason draft board (1:12 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: Pat Fitzmaurice, a winner of the FantasyPros Top 5 Accuracy Award, offers up his third and final draft board of...

Buffalo Bills deny interest in trading for Leinart (11:36 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: As trade rumors continue to swirl about Cardinals QB Matt Leinart, the Buffalo Bills say they have not talked about trading for him and will not be pursuing him. "Buffalobills.com has confirmed that the Bills have not had any discussions with the Cardinals in regards to Matt Leinart and aren’t anticipating any in the future. The report is simply not true," reads a report on the team's official website . FOX's Jay Glazer had reported yesterday that teams were making inquiries about Leinart.

Matt Leinart doesn't want to be a backup quarterback (10:27 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Gregg Rosenthal: It may not matter whether the Bills have discussed trading for Matt Leinart or not because Leinart doesn't yet realize what stage of his career he's reached.FOX's Jay Glazer joined the Dan Patrick Show to talk about Leinart.  Glazer says...

Redskins cut Byron Westbrook, unless they haven't (10:16 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Mike Florio: Adam Schefter of ESPN has been busy this morning.  In addition to his report that the Bills have talked to the Cardinals about a trade for quarterback Matt Leinart (which the Bills have denied), Schefter has reported that the Redskins...

Schefter fires back at Bills (10:07 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Mike Florio: Earlier today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported via Twitter that the Bills, Giants, and Raiders have "discussed" trading for Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart.  In the ESPN.com version of the report, Schefter said that the Bills have discussed the subject with...

Wednesday morning one-liners (9:36 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Josh Alper: Said Bills coach Chan Gailey of RB Fred Jackson, "I think he'll still be limited early in the year. But he's going to be able to be on the field for us and give us some plays."Patriots QB Brian Hoyer...

Bills say they haven't "discussed" Leinart (9:28 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Mike Florio: Earlier today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported via Twitter (this is where we'd made the crack about it maybe being a hoax, but we're already getting tired of that one) that three teams have talked about trading for Cardinals quarterback...

Leinart rumor erroneous (8:59 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on his twitter account that the Bills were one of three teams that have discussed trading for Arizona QB Matt Leinart along with the Raiders and Giants. That report is erroneous. Buffalobills.com has confirmed that the Bills have not had any discussions with the Cardinals in regards to Matt Leinart and [...]

Maybin role defined (8:51 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: A lot of Bills fans want to know just exactly what Aaron Maybin’s role will be this season. Head coach Chan Gailey made it pretty clear. Appearing on Sirius NFL Radio with Peter King and Bob Papa, Gailey was asked about Maybin’s role and why he’s just playing in nickel and passing downs. Gailey described Maybin’s [...]

Three teams have talked Leinart (8:28 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Gregg Rosenthal: Trading Matt Leinart won't be easy because of his contract, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that three teams have discussed picking up Leinart: The Bills, Raiders, and Giants.  It's unclear whether they've talked to the Cardinals...

Arizona Cardinals in trade talks with teams about Matt Leinart, sources say (8:11 AM)
ESPN.Com - ESPN.com news services: The Bills, Radiers and Giants have had discussions with the Cardinals about trading for Matt Leinart, league sources tell ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Bills-Lions preview (7:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: The preseason opponent Buffalo has seen more than any other in their history will be on the other sideline Thursday night as the Detroit Lions host the Bills for a 6:30 pm kickoff. This is the 29th...

Boiman getting crash course in Lions defense (5:36 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Rocky Boiman isn't going to get a chance to ease his way into the Detroit Lions' defense. It's going to be more like cramming for final exams in his days at Notre Dame. The veteran linebacker signed with the Detroit Lions earlier in the week and is scheduled to play in Thursday's final preseason game against Buffalo.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

REBROADCAST - The Bills Beat Live and Fantasy Football Now (8:40 AM)
The Bills Beat - Joe Logan: We had a great show this week. We talked in depth about the Bills Bengals game. We also discussed our conversation with the Bills communications department regarding our request for interviews and press box access. We also discussed some embarrassing moments at Bills games. At the 8PM hour we had...

Recovering RBs Lynch, Jackson back at practice for Bills (6:56 PM)
NFL.Com - Associated Press: The Buffalo Bills' running back corps is getting healthier with Marshawn Lynch set to play in the team's preseason finale against the Detroit Lions on Thursday.

Gailey on Fred’s Wk 1 prospects (4:53 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Fred Jackson practiced with his teammates Tuesday as he shed the cast for the broken bone in his hand. His availability for Week 1 however, is still up in the air. Head coach Chan Gailey appearing on Sirius NFL Radio Tuesday indicated that Jackson stands a good chance of being available in the opener, but [...]

Bills' RB Lynch cleared for pre-season finale (1:40 PM)
Yahoo! Sports: ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is set play in the team's pre-season finale against the Detroit Lions after missing nearly three weeks with a sore ankle.

Marshawn Lynch of Buffalo Bills cleared to play in preseason finale (1:35 PM)
ESPN.Com - Associated Press: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is set play in the team's preseason finale against the Detroit Lions after missing nearly three weeks with a sore ankle.

Wang not fit to play yet (1:25 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Bills fifth-round pick Ed Wang was back on the practice field Tuesday for the first time since thumb surgery about a month ago. Wang was limited by a heavy wrap on his left hand to protect the surgically repaired thumb, and he won’t be ready to play Thursday night. “We’re not trying to do that [...]

Byrd update (1:22 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Head coach Chan Gailey provided an update on FS Jairus Byrd, who is still recovering from an undisclosed non-football injury. When asked if Byrd would be ready for the season opener, Gailey indicated that it appeared as though he would. “He’s on track. He’s on track,” said Gailey. ”He hasn’t been able to get out here [...]

Lynch to play Thursday (1:20 PM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Head coach Chan Gailey made their plans official for Thursday night. Marshawn Lynch will play in the preseason finale against the Lions. “Marshawn took quite a few reps today and looked good,” said Gailey after the team’s Tuesday practice. ”He didn’t look like there were any residual effects so we’re looking forward to seeing him Thursday night.” [...]

Jackson's hand progressing well (1:12 PM)
BuffaloBills.Com: Bills running back Fred Jackson was given a timetable of four to six weeks for the broken bone in his hand suffered in the preseason opener on Aug. 13. Just 18 days later, Jackson had the big bulky...

Marshawn Lynch expected to play this week (11:27 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to return from an ankle injury and play in this...

Marshawn Lynch expected to play this week (11:27 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to return from an ankle injury and play in this...

Marshawn Lynch expected to play this week (11:27 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to return from an ankle injury and play in this...

Wang practicing (11:13 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Rookie 5th round pick Ed Wang is participating in practice for the first time in about a month. Wang is practicing with a big club on his left hand to protect his surgically repaired thumb. We’ll get details from head coach Chan Gailey after practice.

Jackson’s cast off (11:06 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Fred Jackson is out on the practice field minus one heavy cast on his left arm. Jackson no longer has a cast on his arm for the broken bone in his hand. We’ll have an update as to how much he’s practicing shortly. Marshawn Lynch is also participating in practice.

Marshawn Lynch expected to play this week (10:40 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to return from an ankle injury and play in this...

Screen game has potential (9:47 AM)
Buffalo Bills Blogs - Chris Brown: Screens and draws are two elements of Buffalo’s offense that have been noticeably absent the past few years as they’ve been run rather infrequently. That could change this season. The Bills had a pair of well executed screens in Saturday night’s win over Cincinnati. One went to Corey McIntyre and picked up 16 yards, while [...]

Marshawn Lynch expected to play Thursday (9:39 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Gregg Rosenthal: A fourth preseason week that won't include many starters should include the return of a familiar face in Buffalo.Bills coach Chan Gailey said he plans to get Marshawn Lynch some work in the team's preseason finale.  Lynch has been out...

Tuesday morning one-liners (8:30 AM)
Pro Football Talk - Evan Silva: Bills coach Chan Gailey isn't ready to name RB C.J. Spiller a starter just yet.Dolphins LB Channing Crowder has gone for a second opinion on his mysterious leg injury.The Monday Night Football crew doesn't envision a return to excellence for the...

Bills O-line coming together (7:00 AM)
BuffaloBills.Com: It was a major question mark entering training camp. With a pair of starters on Buffalo’s offensive line still recuperating from long rehabilitations following surgery, there was only a finite amou...

WR Parrish finally finding niche in Bills' offense (4:58 AM)
Yahoo! Sports: By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer