Los Angeles has an NBA team (Clippers) that started in Buffalo, now they could be adding an NFL team as well. Continue reading →

Roger Goodell spoke to Bills fans on a conference call on Monday, but he couldn’t promise the franchise would stay in Buffalo. Continue reading →

Tom Modrak was the definition of the “Peter Principle” in the NFL, not anymore. Continue reading →

The Bills are still looking for Jim Kelly’s replacement. Auburn QB Cam Newton hopes to be the answer Continue reading…

Former Indianapolis Colts star safety Bob Sanders is scheduled to visit the Buffalo Bills today, a league source told Continue reading…

Marcus Stroud knew his time with the Buffalo Bills would end someday. Perhaps that’s why the veteran defensive end took his release Wednesday in stride. Continue reading…

Bills GM Buddy Nix reiterated the recent comments by coach Chan Gailey on the Bills’ quarterback situation. They believe they can win with Ryan Fitzpatrick but they will keep all their options open in the draft. “We certainly like Fitz,” Nix said. “[His performance] wasn’t more than we expected because I knew Chan would get him to play better. We counted on that and he did. I really like him. I think he’s got a lot of qualities you need. We just need to keep putting good players out there.” — Buffalo News

Andre Reed never had to undergo surgery in his 16-year NFL career. He played in 234 games, and he missed just three in his first 10 seasons. Reed was renowned for his rigorous workout regimen. His former teammates still marvel at his conditioning. Nine days shy of his 47th birthday, the guy still looks capable of going over the middle. So it figures. Last month, Reed visited the Persian Gulf with a group of ex-NFL players, when he was playing a flag football game with U.S. servicemen and

Former NFL and college head coach Dave Wannstedt is meeting with Bills head coach Chan Gailey at One Bills Drive today to discuss the possibility of joining the Buffalo coaching staff. Wannstedt recently was forced to resign under pressure as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh after six seasons in that job. Wannstedt has a close professional relationship with Gailey. If Wannstedt were to join the Bills, it likely would be in some type of oversight role, probably with an assistant head coach title.  — Buffalo News

Bills coach Chan Gailey made his position clear on Monday, describing Aaron Maybin’s status with the team as “tenuous.” Continue reading →

Bills coach Chan Gailey gave about as strong an endorsement as one could expect on Ryan Fitzpatrick, who threw 23 touchdown passes in 13 games. How committed is the coach to Fitzpatrick as the starting quarterback in 2011? Continue reading →

Fred Jackson’s quest for 1,000 yards rushing is the one of the few noteworthy milestones on the line for the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s season finale. Jackson needs 108 yards against the New York Jets to hit the 1,000 total for a second straight season. The Bills’ offensive linemen are not taking the achievement lightly. “I’d love it for him,” said Bills center Geoff Hangartner. “Last year he got it in the last game of the year, and it meant a lot to us last year. It would definitely mean a lot to us. To have back-to-back 1,000 yard rushing years is a great accomplishment. He’s done everything that’s been asked of him this year.” — Buffalo News

Negotiating with LB Paul Posluszny during this season hasn’t been a realistic option for the Bills. Since the NFL is operating in an uncapped year, league rules stipulate that a contract cannot have an annual salary increase of more than 30 percent, excluding amounts treated as a signing bonus. Continue reading →

Safety Donte Whitner’s agent has had ongoing negotiations with the Bills. Whitner, 25, is having his most productive season. He’s leading all NFL defensive backs in tackles with 125, the fifth-highest total in the league. Whitner very much would like to return to the Bills — if the team makes him an offer he views as satisfactory. It’s believed he’s looking for a deal that would put him in the top five at the safety position, in the $7 million-a-year range. It’s believed the Bills so far have been offering well below that — in the $5 million-a-year range. — Buffalo News

Like the Bills’ 4-10 record, C.J. Spiller has been a disappointment, at least to most people not drawing a paycheck from One Bills Drive. Continue reading →

Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, 49, has let it be known that he’s interested in becoming a head coach again. There could be a number of openings next year — Cincinnati, San Francisco, Denver and Carolina — and Mularkey’s name has already popped up in Denver. Mularkey was head coach of the Buffalo Bills in 2004 and 2005. He was 9-7 in 2004, Buffalo’s last winning season before dropping to 5-11.  — Fox Sports

A week ago, strong safety Donte Whitner said he was negotiating a new contract with the Buffalo Bills and expressed optimism that a deal would get done before the end of this season. A lot has changed in a week. Whitner now has a more pessimistic view of his future with the team, saying Thursday that contract talks have stalled to the point where he believes this could be his final season in Buffalo. “Things are not going the way I want them to go or getting it done,” a dejected-looking Whitner said in the locker room before practice. “It might come to me actually hitting the free agent market because we’re far off. We’re far off in dollars, we’re far off in everything, so that’s what it’s going to be.” — Buffalo News