Posted by webadmin on February 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There were a lot of theories as to what exactly was the reason for the slip in Ryan Fitzpatrick’s play for the Bills last season. It began in the second half of the season after their shutout win over Washington in Week 8. WR David Nelson provided a previously unknown reason why Fitz battled accuracy issues in the second half of the season, which were a contributing factor to a seven-game slide out of playoff contention.
Nelson said Friday at the Super Bowl site in Indianapolis that Fitzpatrick sustained cracked ribs in the Washington game after taking a vicious, but legal hit, from London Fletcher.
“A lot of people don’t know, but Fitz, during the Washington game, actually cracked a couple of ribs,” said Nelson. “So after that he was playing hurt.”
Fitzpatrick finished the game and did not miss another start the rest of the season, but the Bills won just one of their last 10 games.
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Posted by webadmin on February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Buffalo Bills still have more than a month to negotiate a new deal with top receiver Stevie Johnson, but he’s not going to be blind to the free agent process.
Appearing on the Jim Rome show at radio row at the Super Bowl Friday in Indianapolis Johnson said Buffalo is still where he wants to be, but should he make it to the free agent market come March 13th he would listen to willing suitors.
“I’m going to have all my options open,” said Johnson in such a situation. ”This is my first time ever being in a situation like this. I’ve heard from other players that have been in this situation and there are different ways of going about it. But at the end of the day I’m going to keep my options open with anybody. I still have nothing but love for Buffalo and I’m hoping we can connect on something.”
When asked by Rome if he thinks he’ll get a deal done with the Bills Johnson wasn’t sure.
“I don’t know yes and no,” he said. ”I can’t speak to it. I’m hoping they will, but I don’t know. I would think it would’ve already been done so that’s what kind of gets me.”
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Posted by webadmin on February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Bills safety George Wilson was part of a three-player competition among NFL players on the Rachael Ray show for the best Super Bowl dish in her 5th annual Super Bowl cook off. But with Buddy Valastro from Cake Boss as the judge, George was not crowned the winner as the title went to a former Bills player.
Takeo Spikes’ lambchop with roast apples won out over Wilson’s Stuffed chicken with sweet potatoes and steamed vegetables. Josh Cribbs made a filet mignon with crab, but was a distant third. Wilson tried to challenge the ruling throwing a red flag, but Spikes was declared the winner.
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Posted by webadmin on February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Buffalo Bills will be playing one of their 16 games in 2012 in primetime with the strong likelihood of being on a Thursday night.
That according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who during his annual league address at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis announced an expansion of the league’s Thursday night football schedule.
“We have eight games currently on the NFL Network schedule and we’re going to expand that to 13 games starting in the 2012 season,” said Goodell. “We’re going to be playing Thursday night games from Week 2 through Week 15. This will result in every team appearing on a Thursday football game and every team having a primetime appearance throughout the season. We think it’s great for the fans and great for the teams to have that primetime exposure and great for the Network.”
That means 26 of the 32 NFL clubs will appear on the Thursday night schedule during the 2012 regular season along with the two that appear on Thursday night kickoff weekend in Week 1 on NBC which makes 28. Presumably the four that do not will appear either on Sunday or Monday night during the regular season. The 2012 NFL schedule will be released in mid-April.
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Posted by webadmin on February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Bills DL Marcell Dareus is on radio row at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis today and just appeared on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Adam Schein and Rich Gannon and gave a rating for his rookie year performance.
“I think I had an okay year,” Dareus said. ”On a scale of one to 10 I think I was like a seven and a half or an eight. I feel like I can do so much more. I can’t wait for this next season to start so I can really open it up. Me and a lot of the rookies we came into our own in 2011 so we’ll be ready to play this year.”
Dareus admitted that his first time playing a 16-game schedule was a grind both physically and mentally, but said he learned how to take care of his body this season and believes it will allow him to finish even stronger in 2012.
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Dareus rates his rookie year
