Hall of Fame game set
The NFL has chosen the two teams to play in this year’s Hall of Fame game in Canton.
The New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals have been chosen as the Hall of Fame game participants, which will be played on Aug. 5th. The primetime preseason kickoff will be aired on the NFL Network. Kickoff is set for 8 pm.
The Saints had reportedly volunteered to participate in the game, which makes sense with their Hall of Fame OT Willie Roaf part of this year’s induction class.
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Hall of Fame game set
Hall of Fame game set
The NFL has chosen the two teams to play in this year’s Hall of Fame game in Canton.
The New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals have been chosen as the Hall of Fame game participants, which will be played on Aug. 5th. The primetime preseason kickoff will be aired on the NFL Network. Kickoff is set for 8 pm.
The Saints had reportedly volunteered to participate in the game, which makes sense with their Hall of Fame OT Willie Roaf part of this year’s induction class.
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2012 cap projections
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel took a look at every team’s 2012 cap situation to assess their potential participation in free agency, albeit with some words of caution in how they reached those figures. In any event they put teams in three categories, possible big spenders, working on a budget and tightening the belt. Here’s a look at where the Bills fit in.
Buffalo based on their cap figures were listed under the working on a budget category. The paper made a safe estimate in assuming the cap to be around $124M keeping in mind that $5M must be set aside for one’s draft choices, more if a team has more picks, which the Bills do (9 right now). Here’s what was written as well as the NFL clubs that are in the same boat.
WORKING ON A BUDGET
Teams that aren’t up against the cap, but need to make smart moves to avoid trimming a ton of players and salaries.
Jacksonville Jaguars $107,270,274
Buffalo Bills $108,426,522
Seattle Seahawks $111,742,430
San Diego Chargers $111,960,165
New Orleans Saints $113,358,069
Philadelphia Eagles $113,964,694
Baltimore Ravens $115,670,281
Minnesota Vikings $116,078,422
Houston Texans $116,306,676
Miami Dolphins $116,636,173
Indianapolis Colts $116,773,288
Green Bay Packers $118,001,169
Arizona Cardinals $118,787,639
Bills GM Buddy Nix said last month that they intended to be aggressive where they could in free agency for the three or four needs they believe need to be addressed.
“I’m not limited except by the cap,” said Nix. ”Nobody’s ever told me you can’t do this or you can’t do that. There’s a lot of things that go into it that I’m sure you guys know but one of them is, and the thing that I ask our cap people, Jeff Littman and Jim Overdorf, the thing I ask them is if we sign this guy for this amount, then is it going to cost us this player and this player and that’s kind of the way I try to make my decision is, are we going to be able to keep the core, important guys or are we just going to get this guy and can’t get anybody else?
“Listen, I want to win. That’s what I came here for, that’s what I want to do. I want to do whatever I can to help that along. And I’m saying there’s a lot of us involved. We’ve got a lot of good people in personnel and a lot of good help and we’ll use all the resources and then make the best decision we can.”
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2012 cap projections
BDC 11/1: Bills avg 30+ pts
DAILY REPORT
– Today Buffalo Bills players will speak to the students of H.O. Brumsted Elementary in Holland, NY about the importance of being physically active and making healthy decisions. The players will lead a physical education class as part of NFL’s PLAY 60 campaign and will present the school with a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 grant for health and wellness programming or equipment. Buffalo Bills players including Andra Davis, Jairus Byrd, Dwan Edwards, Drayton Florence, Fred Jackson, Stevie Johnson, Spencer Johnson, Donald Jones, Andy Levitre, Arthur Moats, Rian Lindell, Corey McIntyre, David Nelson, Naaman Roosevelt, Garrison Sanborn, Bryan Scott, Brad, Smith, C.J. Spiller, George Wilson and Eric Wood.
DAILY LINKS
BuffaloBills.com – WR Jones could be back Sunday
BuffaloBills.com – Fitz and Fred rivaling franchise bests
Buffalo News – Tuesday QB: Stopping the run led to shutout
Buffalo News – Keep Dareus inside where he belongs
Buffalo News – Jackson rings up MVP-like stats
Rochester D&C – Was Buffalo Bills’ defense great or was Washington Redskins’ offense bad?
Associated Press – Rookie DL Dareus puts charge in Bills pass-rush
Associated Press – Bills LT Bell all but ruled out against Jets
Olean Times Herald – ‘Home field’ was no issue for the Bills
Oye! Times – Buffalo Bills Shutout Washington Redskins 23-0 in Toronto
Niagara Gazette – Winning effort wins over Toronto crowd
Toronto Sun – Bills playing like it’s 1999
Thomson Reuters – NFL-Bills big winners in Canada but still a close call for fans
Toronto Star – Columnist Damien Cox takes a look at Toronto appetite for NFL and CFL football
Audio/Video/Photo Clips
BuffaloBills.com
Nick Barnett Monday Interview
Chan Gailey Monday Press Conference
97 Rock
Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick on Norton in the Morning
Bills vs Redskins Highlights Montage
George Wilson joins Norton in the Morning
WGR
Bills’ Kyle Williams Out Again; Two Could Return
HAMILTON: Dareus has arrived
WKBW
SportsBlast 7.0
WGRZ
Dareus Leads Bills Sack Attack
Johnson “Gailey Fresh” on Halloween
YNN
5-2 Bills back in first place
Fred Jackson powers Bills once again
Additional Clips
Inside the Bills Blog
Chan on Stevie’s coach costume, Jets underrated DT back?, Aaron Williams closer to return, Even in fantasy Fred passed over, Kyle out again this week
AFC East Blog (ESPN.com)
Power Rankings preview: Bills or Patriots?
Poll: AFC East Player of the Week
The Sports Xchange (CBSsports.com)
Dareus proves to be a force on inside
Strategy And Personnel
Chandler enjoys stellar return to action
THIS DAY IN BILLS HISTORY
November 1, 1993 DUBENION GOES ON WALL OF FAME
Bills’ receiver Elbert Dubenion was inducted on to Buffalo’s “Wall of Fame” prior to a Monday Night game at Rich Stadium. The Bills defeated the Washington Redskins, 24-10. RB Thurman Thomas rushed for 129 yards a touchdown.
NOTE OF THE DAY
MORE SCORES: The Bills are one of nine teams in 2011 are averaging at least 25 points per game, on pace to tie 2008 for the highest number of teams to average 25+ points per game in NFL history.
| 2011 POINTS PER GAME LEADERS | POINTS PER GAME* |
| Green Bay Packers | 32.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | 32.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | 30.1 |
| Detroit Lions | 29.9 |
| New England Patriots | 28.9 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 26.7 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 26.4 |
| Houston Texans | 25.8 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 25.6 |
MOST TEAMS TO AVG. 25.0+ POINTS PER GAME IN A SEASON | ||
2011 | 9* | |
2008 | 9 | |
2009 | 8 | |
2007 | 8 | |
1975 | 8 | |
1967 | 8 | |
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Head Coach Chan Gailey
On the defense getting 9.0 sacks while missing key players:
I think guys got a taste of playing well and gained confidence as the game went on. When you’re able to play well early and you gain confidence all of a sudden it feeds on itself. I think they just continued to gain confidence and they started working technique, getting after the passer and playing great on the back end. It takes all of it. You don’t get sacks if they’re not covering. They got to cover. We’ve pressured the quarterback this year but we weren’t getting sacks but it created interceptions. Well this week he (John Beck) was holding it not wanting to throw interceptions and we got sacks. It probably was going to happen. I just didn’t think it would happen nine worth in this ball game.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
LB Chris Kelsay tallied one of Buffalo’s 9.0 sacks on Sunday, that put him in sole possession of 10th place on the Bills all-time list with 26.5.
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Merriman, Barnett updates
Here’s an update on a couple of starting linebackers for the Bills.
Shawne Merriman is not practicing here on Friday. He was limited Thursday with an Achilles problem.
Nick Barnett who re-aggravted an ankle injury in Thursday’s practice is participating in today’s practice. We’ll have an update on his level of participation after practice.
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Merriman, Barnett updates