BDC 1/31: Today’s links
DAILY REPORT
– The Buffalo Bills announced Andrew Dees and Eric Thatcher have been hired to the team’s coaching staff. Dees becomes the assistant offensive line coach and Thatcher will serve as the defensive quality control coach.
The team also announced Bob Bicknell will coach wide receivers after coaching tight ends the previous two seasons. Adrian White will serve as the assistant defensive backs coach after serving as the defensive quality control coach since 2008. Bob Sanders will coach linebackers after coaching outside linebackers last season.
Dees joins the Bills after spending last season as the running backs coach/recruiting coordinator at the University of Massachusetts. He coached offensive line at Temple from 2006-2010. He coached tight ends at the University at Buffalo from 2001-2005. The 16-year college coaching veteran enters his first season in the NFL.
Thatcher joins the Bills after spending last season as the assistant defensive backs coach at Mercyhurst College. Thatcher was a three-year starting free safety at Pittsburgh. Upon his graduation in 2008, Thatcher started his coaching career at St. Vincent College in 2009 and then served as a graduate assistant at Pitt in 2010.
– Bills offensive coordinator/running backs coach Curtis Modkins breaks down Stevie Johnson’s game against Darrelle Revis and the Jets in the latest installment of the Top 10 performances. Top 10 Performances – Stevie Johnson vs. the NY Jets
DAILY LINKS
Buffalobills.com – Bills turn to 4-3 as new base defense
Buffalobills.com – Bills add two to coaching staff
Buffalobills.com – Bills re-sign Sanborn
BuffaloBills.com VIDEO – Top 10 Performances – Stevie Johnson vs. the NY Jets
Buffalo News – Bills’ reshuffle results in 4-3
Rochester D&C – Bills announce new coaches
Associated Press – Buffalo Bills add two to the coaching staff
Associated Press – Bills re-sign long snapper Garrison Sanborn
Additional Clips
CBS Sacramento – Buffalo Bills Receiver Stevie Johnson Recaps His Season
WGR – QB coach David Lee joins Howard and Jeremy
WGR – Bills Shifting Back to 4-3 Base on D
WGR – Bills Announce New Coaching Hires
WGRZ – TV – Bills Announce Change in Defensive Scheme and Coaching Staff
WIVB-TV – Bills sign snapper Sanborn
WKBW-TV – Bills Announces Pair of Additions to Coaching Staff
WKBW-TV – SportsBlast 7.0 – Bills switch to 4-3, Sabres back after break
WHEC-TV – Bills re-sign long snapper Garrison Sanborn
Inside The Bills Blog
Bills still need TE coach
Lee sees double threat in Smith
QB mechanics a focus with Lee
Wannstedt’s defense keeps it simple
Stevie wants to be elite
It’s about mental toughness
Stevie to put end to TD displays
Dareus on ESPN2 Monday night
Extensions for restricteds?
Bills Focus: QB Coach David Lee 1-on-1
New Asst D-Line Coach Meets the Media
Chan Gailey on the Coaching Additions
New Wide Receivers Coach Meets the Media
Buffalo News Billboard Blog
Bills shift to 4-3 defense
Gailey confirms Bills’ switch to 4-3 defense
Bills add two assistants to coaching staff
Agent: Sanborn agrees to three-year extension (update)
Pro Football Weekly
Bills make coaching changes
Bills sign LS Sanborn to extension
Buffalo Rumblings
2012 NFL Draft: Brandon Weeden’s Stock Is Rising
Chan Gailey: Buffalo Bills Moving Back To A 4-3 Defense
Buffalo Bills Announce Coaching Staff Changes
State Of The Buffalo Bills Roster: Defensive Line
Four Buffalo Bills Scheduled To Appear At NFL’s Awards Show
Buffalo Bills’ Brad Smith: Lockout Limited His Effectiveness
Hypothetical: Buffalo Bills’ Transition To A 4-3 Defense
Buffalo Sports Daily – 2011 Bills Darkest Clouds- No. 3: Fitz Falters
THIS DAY IN BILLS HISTORY
January 31, 1981 — JIM RINGO IS A HALL OF FAMER
Former Buffalo Bills head coach and Green Bay Packers center Jim Ringo was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1981.
January 31, 1997 — JIM KELLY RETIRES
Bills QB Jim Kelly officially announced his retirement from the NFL in a press conference at the Bills Fieldhouse in Orchard Park, NY.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Chan Gailey
On being a hybrid still or strictly 4-3 this year
Yeah, but we’re going to start in a four-man front. So, it’s going to be when we hand you a lineup card it’s going to have two defensive tackles, two defensive ends and three linebackers. Its going to start that way but how much we end up in even spacing, odd spacing I can’t tell you that today. And I think that’s determined by players and the offense we’re playing and what they give us.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Bills offensive coordinator/running backs coach Curtis Modkins breaks down Stevie Johnson’s game against Darrelle Revis and the Jets. Top 10 Performances – Stevie Johnson vs. the NY Jets
Bills head coach Chan Gailey announced changes to the coaching staff yesterday, including moving Bob Bicknell (above) to wide receivers coach after coaching tight ends for the last two years.
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DAILY REPORT
– Buffalo Bills safety and team captain George Wilson has been named the Buffalo Bills 2011 Walter Payton Man of the Year as voted on by selected members of the Western New York community. Wilson was also chosen for the award in 2009. This prestigious award began in 1970 and honors players who demonstrate outstanding balance in their lives between civic and professional responsibilities. In 1999, the NFL renamed the award after the late Walter Payton as a tribute to his greatness both on and off the field. Click here for full story >>>
– The Buffalo Bills announced that the team has promoted OL Michael Jasper to the 53-man roster. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jasper has spent the first 16 weeks of the 2011 regular season on the team’s Practice Squad. The 6-4, 374-pound Bethel product entered the NFL as a seventh-round (245th overall) draft choice of Buffalo in April. He will continue to wear No. 69.
Buffalo placed TE Mike Caussin on Injured Reserve. Buffalo also signed WR David Gilreath and OL Jake Vermiglio to the team’s Practice Squad. Gilreath entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Indianapolis in July. The 5-11, 169-pound Wisconsin product spent portions of the season on the Colts’ and St. Louis Rams’ practice squad. He will wear No. 15. Vermiglio entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Arizona in July before being released prior to the regular season. The 6-5, 325-pound North Carolina State product spent a portion of the season on the Green Bay Packers’ practice squad. He will wear No. 62.
TODAY’S PRACTICE
Wednesday, December 28
Practice: 2:00 PM / Open to Media at Approximately 2:00 PM (Stretch & Individual only)
DAILY LINKS
BuffaloBills.com – Bills promote OL Jasper; TE Caussin to I-R
BuffaloBills.com – Fitz to make it 16 straight starts
Buffalo News – No Bills selected for the Pro Bowl
Associated Press – Bills promote Jasper; Caussin on IR
Audio/Video/Photo Clips
WROC – Bills Shut Out Of Pro Bowl
Additional Clips
Inside the Bills Blog
Pats add FB Polite, Bills add 2 to practice squad, CJ up for FedEx player of week
AFC East Blog (ESPN.com) – Sanchez-Fitz-Moore Watch
BillBoard Blog (Buffalo News)
Bills shut out of Pro Bowl
Offensive line hole plugged with Jasper
Pro Football Weekly – Patriots-Bills matchup of the day: Tuesday
NickMendola.com – Betting on the Bills Is Hazardous for Your Health
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Chan Gailey
On how encouraging and necessary it was to end the seven-game losing streak:
It obviously feels a lot better. And we played good enough to win a couple of those, not all of them. But we played good enough to win a couple of those and we didn’t. So it was good to go out and put a complete game together. It took all three phases playing well and winning each phase of it to win a ball game. We’re not that good of a football team yet that we can go win with just winning one or two phases of a game. We’ve got to win all three.
THIS DAY IN BILLS HISTORY
December 28, 1995 — BRYCE PAUP NAMED AP DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR
Bills LB Bryce Paup, who recorded 17.5 sacks in his first season in Buffalo, was named by the Associated Press as the NFL’s defensive player of the year.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Boys Scouts of America WNY Executive Director Pat Coviello (right) and Scout Leader A.J. “Army” Leonetti (left) along with Boy Scouts Michael Coviello (left) and Hayden Holmes (right) present Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey, an Eagle Scout, with a gift of recognition.
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BDC 12/28: Today’s links
Bills add 2 to practice squad
In addition to promoting Mike Jasper to the active roster, Buffalo also added two players to their practice squad.
Buffalo signed WR David Gilreath and OL Jake Vermiglio to the team’s practice squad Tuesday.
Gilreath entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Indianapolis in July. The 5-11, 169-pound Wisconsin product spent portions of the season on the Colts’ and St. Louis Rams’ practice squad. He will wear No. 15.
Vermiglio entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Arizona in July before being released prior to the regular season. The 6-5, 325-pound North Carolina State product spent a portion of the season on the Green Bay Packers’ practice squad. He will wear No. 62.
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Bears to face rival Packers at Lambeau
The Bears will look to snap their four-game losing streak and keep their slim playoff hopes alive tonight when they battle the rival Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
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Bears to face rival Packers at Lambeau
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No decisions yet at quarterback position
Coach Lovie Smith on Monday declined to reveal whether struggling quarterback Caleb Hanie will make a fifth straight start on Christmas night when the Bears visit the Green Bay Packers.
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No decisions yet at quarterback position