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Routt on Bills: 'Sky's the limit'
---Free agent cornerback Stanford Routt came away impressed with his Buffalo visit on Monday, adding he liked the Bills potential to win.
“They beat the New England Patriots, a team that represented the AFC in the Super Bowl,’’ he said. “I don’t really see that as anything you can look down upon obviously everyone can get better accept the one team that wins the Super...
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3 hours ago
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Packers hire Van Pelt
---Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy has hired former Bills player and coach Alex Van Pelt as the team's running backs coach. Van Pelt has tutored Josh Freeman in Tampa Bay as quarterbacks coach the last two years.
Van Pelt, pictured right, played nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills and has been an offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and offensive quality control assistant...
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10 hours ago
Just visiting
---Free agent cornerback Stanford Routt today is scheduled to visit the Bills, one of several teams interested in his services. Routt, pictured above, was released by Oakland last week in part because the Raiders did not want to pay him a $5 million bonus due last week although they apparently managed to pony up $7.5 million for Richard Seymour.
Routt signed a huge contract before...
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12 hours ago
Gronkowski undergoes ankle surgery
---Liz Mullen of the SportsBusiness Journal first reported that Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent surgery today on the ankle that hindered his performance in last Sunday's Super Bowl. Gronkowski is expected to be fully ready for the start of OTAs.
---Rodney McKissic
(www.twitter.com/rodneyjmckissic)
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3 days ago
Buffalo market ranked ninth for Super Bowl
---When NBC Sports reported that Super Bowl XLVI was the most-watched show in U.S. television history with 111.3 million viewers, it said Buffalo ranked ninth among markets by virtue of its 52.9 rating. Here’s the list for the top 15 markets in terms of local rating for the Giants-Patriots Super Bowl on Sunday, with TV market size rank in parenthesis:
1. Boston (7) 56.7 2. Indianapolis...
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3 days ago
Hoops star Harris eyes football
Paul Harris, one of the greatest scholastic basketball stars Western New York ever has produced, says he's going to an NFL Scouting Combine. Harris, 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds, posted a tweet saying he was going to try out at the combine as a tight end. We suspect he's talking about one of the new regional combines that the NFL his holding - essentially open tryouts where players...
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3 days ago
Routt reportedly to visit Bills
The Buffalo Bills are giving the initial impression they're going to be players in this year's free agent market.
Buffalo is one of two teams who have reportedly already scheduled a meeting with ex-Raiders cornerback Stanford Routt, who was released by Oakland in the first surprise move of the NFL offseason Thursday. That report comes from ESPN's Josina Anderson, who quotes...
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3 days ago
Harrison calls out Gronkowski
---Former New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison had some harsh words for tight end Rob Gronkowski, telling ESPNChicago Radio 1000 that the Amherst native "disrespected himself" by dancing and taking off his shirt at the team's postgame party following the Super Bowl XLVI loss to the New York Giants.
"I guarantee you this, if Willie McGinest, Tedy Bruschi...
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4 days ago
Report: Bills release Corto
---Scout.com is reporting that the Bills have released Jon Corto. The Orchard Park native spent last season on injured reserve and has been with the team since 2007.
He was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and was on the active roster from 2008-10, primarily as a special teams contributor. The Bills had to release him once he passed his physical since he was on the waived...
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4 days ago
Cardinals hire Reich
---The Arizona Cardinals hired former Colts quarterbacks coach Frank Reich today, but they are making him a wide receivers coach. John McNulty is moving from receivers coach to quarterbacks coach in Arizona.
The former Bills quarterback was Peyton Manning’s QB coach for two seasons in Indianapolis. Reich, pictured above, was switched to receivers coach with the Colts in 2011...
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5 days ago
Polian says Gronk failed Colts physical
---While appearing with Ross Tucker on SiriusXM NFL Radio’s Opening Drive, former Colts GM Bill Polian said today that Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski failed a physical with the Colts prior to the 2010 NFL Draft.
While there were questions about Gronkowski's back prior to the draft, Polian might have better off taking a gamble on the Amherst native instead of Jerry Hughes...
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5 days ago
Metzelaars back 'home'
Pete Metzelaars is back in Buffalo, where he spent most of his NFL playing career and enjoyed great success. He's also back at his natural position from a coaching standpoint. Metzelaars, the Bills' all-time best tight end, was introduced as the team's new tight ends coach today.
Metzelaars spent the past eight seasons working with offensive linemen with the Indianapolis...
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6 days ago
Lindell a 'Buffalo' guy
Bills place-kicker Rian Lindell, who officially signed his new contract, says that even after 12 years in the NFL, he never dreams about what it would be like to kick in the comfort of a domed stadium.
"A couple weeks ago it was windy and not the best day, and I thought, “this is football weather,'" Lindell told The News today. "This is what it’s supposed...
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6 days ago
Does Hall of Fame await Eli?
Eli Manning won his second Super Bowl with the Giants, giving him one more than brother Peyton and two wins in championship games over Tom Brady. Peyton Manning and Brady are locks for the Hall of Fame five years after they retire, but is there a place in Canton for Eli?
The answer would be "yes" if based on the euphoria sweeping over the Giants and their fans, but it...
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6 days ago
Focus on Bell's improvement
---According to Pro Football Focus' Trending in the AFC East left tackle Demetrius Bell was the Bills most improved player last season, defensive end Spencer Johnson suffered the biggest drop off and safety Da'Norris Searcy deserved more snaps.
---Seattle has submitted initial paperwork to the league office to host a Super Bowl.
---Brett Favre talks about finally staying...
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6 days ago
Monday Morning QB chat with Rodney McKissic at 9 a.m.
Monday Morning QB live chat with Rodney McKissic
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7 days ago
Perry Fewell
INDIANAPOLIS -- Perry Fewell, the Giants' defensive coordinator, certainly enhanced his chances to get a head coaching job some day with a solid job in Super Bowl XLVI. Fewell, the former Bills coordinator and interim head coach, made some vital adjustments as his team held the Patriots scoreless in the final 26:25 of the game.
Here are some of Fewell's comments after...
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7 days ago
Fitz
INDIANAPOLIS -- I caught up with Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick by phone this morning and Fitz seemed a bit dismayed to know David Nelson had spilled the beans about him playing with cracked ribs this season.
"My only reaction would be, I don't really want to comment at all," Fitzpatrick said from his home in Arizona. "I don't think injuries had...
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8 days ago
Super Bowl live chat at 4 p.m., plus links
Join today's live Super Bowl chat with The News' Jerry Sullivan and Jay Skurski beginning at 4 p.m. and continuing through the game. Sullivan and Mark Gaughan have been in Indianapolis all week, so be sure to browse some of their work throughout the week below.
Following tonight's game get full analysis, including an audio podcast, from Sullivan and Gaughan on BuffaloNews...
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8 days ago
Berchtold heads SB PR staff
Buffalo Bills senior vice president of communications Scott Berchtold is working at his 25th Super Bowl today at Lucas Oil Stadium. Bertchtold has worked in the NFL for 27 years and just completed his 23rd year with the Bills. He has held a vice president title since 1999. A dozen or so NFL PR directors work the Super Bowl each year, aided by a big contingent of assistants. For the...
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8 days ago
Reed denied HOF again
INDIANAPOLIS – So close, yet so far for Buffalo Bills great Andre Reed.
The Bills’ all-time best receiver advanced to the final 10 in the voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a third year in a row. But when the voting to reduce the field went down to the final five, Reed was eliminated.
Reed was among 15 modern-era finalists for a sixth straight year. The modern-era...
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9 days ago
Nelson: Fitzpatrick played with cracked ribs
---Bills wide receiver David Nelson finally confirms what has long been rumored: Quarterback Ryan Fizpatrick cracked a few ribs during the Washington Redskins game and played through the injury for the remainder of the season.
---Rodney McKissic
(www.twitter.com/rodneyjmckissic)
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9 days ago
Bills, Lindell agree to new deal
---Buffalo Bills kicker Rian Lindell has come to terms on a new contract, according to a source. The length of the deal is unknown but a source said Lindell will be paid approximately $3 million a year.
The 35 year old Lindell has been with the Bills since 2002 after spending the first three seasons of his career in Seattle. A shoulder injury limited Lindell to eight games last...
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9 days ago
Live chat coming Super Sunday
Before, during and after the big game Sunday, join myself, the one and only Jerry Sullivan and Bills ace beat reporter Mark Gaughan for a Super Bowl live chat, beginning at 4 p.m.
We'll talk plenty about the Patriots and Giants, of course, but regular readers of our weekly Bills chats know that almost any subject is welcome for discussion.
The chat can be found here on the...
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9 days ago
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