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Buffalo Bills Saw a Show of Great Wide Receiver Depth in Indianapolis at NFL Combine
February 27th, 2013 at 12:23 PM
With the wide receiver pool already looking deep, the Buffalo Bills witnessed a show this weekend when the wide receivers started their drills.  Nine wide receivers were able to run a sub 4.4 second 40-yard dash this season, which means that speed will no longer be a rare commodity. Along with...

Buffalo Bills Better Have Plan in Place After Clearing Out Receiving Corps
February 25th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills have, in the past few weeks, announced their intentions not to re-sign wide receivers Donald Jones and David Nelson. ***PHOTO1*** As a result, here is what the receiving corps now looks like behind Stevie Johnson: Brad Smith, 101 career catches, 949 yards Ruvell Martin, 76 carches, 1,129 yards T.J. Graham, 31 catches,...

Buffalo Bills Will not Re-sign Receiver Donald Jones
February 7th, 2013 at 6:14 PM
The Buffalo Bills will be in the market for a wide receiver this offseason after announcing Thursday they will not re-sign Donald Jones. ***PHOTO1*** "We have made the decision not to re-sign Donald," General Manager Buddy Nix said. "We’re going in a different direction, and this move today gives Donald the opportunity...

Buffalo Bills Receiver David Nelson to Be Ready for Training Camp
February 3rd, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills' presumptive No. 2 receiver said he'll be back and 100 percent for 2013. ***PHOTO1*** David Nelson told the Buffalo News his recovery is going well from a torn ligament that kept him out of the entire 2012 season. He said the early timing of the injury - which happened...

Buffalo Bills Place Donald Jones, Arthur Moats on Injured Reserve
December 18th, 2012 at 7:40 PM
The Buffalo Bills ended the seasons of receiver Donald Jones and linebacker Arthur Moats by placing the two players on injured reserve Tuesday.  ***PHOTO1*** Jones has missed two of the last three games with a calf injury. He was listed as going on IR due to non-football/illness, but the team did not...

Buffalo Bills’ Steve Johnson Backs Off Play-Calling Comments – Unfortunately
November 27th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson made the entirely predictable move Monday, backing off of comments seemingly critical of coach Chan Gailey's play-calling during Sunday's loss to the Colts. ***PHOTO1*** A day after intimating quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick should be left to call the plays, Johnson backtracked and said he was caught up...

Buffalo BIlls Receiver David Nelson Out for Year; Fred Jackson Out Three Weeks
September 10th, 2012 at 7:45 PM
As if losing to the New York Jets by 20 points isn't bad enough, the Buffalo Bills learned Monday they'll be without two of their key offensive pieces for some time. Coach Chan Gailey said running back Fred Jackson will miss at least three weeks with a knee injury. He was...

Buffalo Bills’ Stevie Johnson Questionable on Injury Report, Expects to Play
September 7th, 2012 at 7:45 PM
Although he's listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson fully took part in Friday's practice and is expected to take the field. ***PHOTO1*** Johnson sat out Thursday's practice with pain in the groin he had surgically repaired this past offseason. "I think coach...

Buffalo Bills Bring Receiver Ruvell Martin Back to Active Roster
September 4th, 2012 at 7:30 PM
The Buffalo Bills apparently wanted a little more flexibility at wide receiver entering Sunday's season opener, so they brought a fifth wideout back onto the active roster.   The Bills signed Ruvell Martin to serve in the reserve role. Martin caught seven passes for 82 yards in 14 games in 2011. For...

Buffalo Bills’ Stevie Johnson Does not Occupy Revis Island, New York Jets Say
September 4th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The New York Jets said this week there's nothing special about Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson's performances against star cornerback Darrelle Revis. Funny thing is, Johnson says pretty much the same thing. ***PHOTO1*** The New York Daily News reported the Jets' contempt of the notion that Johnson has Revis' number. Johnson posted decent...

Buffalo Bills Roster Expected to Morph More as Season Opener Nears
September 2nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills pared their roster down to the league-mandated 53 players Friday, but every indication Saturday was those same 53 players will not be there come the season opener Sept. 9 at the New York Jets. Among the biggest surprises was the team's decision to keep three quarterbacks plus QB/WR...

Former Buffalo Bills Receiver Lee Evans Waived by Jacksonville Jaguars
August 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Barely a year after he breezed through Buffalo Bills training camp with a seeming stranglehold on a starting wide receiver spot, Lee Evans may be out of the NFL entirely. Evans was released Sunday by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who signed him this offseason. The Bills traded him almost a year ago...

Past History Indicates Terrell Owens Won’t Be Catch for Seattle Seahawks
August 11th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens signed with the Seattle Seahawks this past week after missing the 2011 season due to front office disinterest. ***PHOTO1*** The 38-year-old did have 72 catches in his last season in 2010 with the Cincinnati Bengals, but the Seahawks would be foolhardy to expect anything similar...

Assessing Buffalo Bills WR Andre Reed’s 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Odds
August 6th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomed its newest class this past weekend, as Willie Roaf, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Dermontti Dawson, Curtis Martin and Jack Butler made up the Class of 2012. And for the seventh straight year, former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Andre Reed had to watch from home...

Buffalo Bills Wide Receivers Yet to Get Grasp of No. 2 Job in Training Camp
July 31st, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The job to start at wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills opposite Stevie Johnson remains wide open. ***PHOTO1*** Through four days of practice at training camp, no clear-cut candidate has stepped up to put an early grip on the No. 2 receiver spot. Donald Jones, David Nelson, Marcus Easley and Naaman Roosevelt...

Buffalo Bills 2012 Training Camp Preview: Three Key Position Battles
July 24th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills enter training camp Thursday with a level of depth they haven't seen in years. But with more players come more problems, and one of them is who to play where. ***PHOTO1*** Where the team struggled to put 53 NFL-ready players on the field when coach Chan Gailey took over...

Former Buffalo Bills Receiver Terrell Owens Faces Jail Time Over Child Support
July 14th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The freefall that is Terrell Owens' life continues, as the former Buffalo Bills wide receiver now faces jail time for failure to pay child support. Owens allegedly owes Melanie Page Smith, the mother of Owens' 7-year-old daughter, $20,000 in back child support. He owes her $5,000 per month for four months. ***PHOTO1*** A...

Buffalo BIlls Sign T.J. Graham, Have All 2012 NFL Draft Picks Under Contract
July 9th, 2012 at 7:40 PM
The Buffalo Bills now have all nine 2012 NFL Draft picks under contract after signing wide receiver T.J. Graham to a deal Monday. ***PHOTO1*** The Bills traded up to draft Graham at No. 69 overall in the third round of April's draft. The North Carolina State speedster had 99 NCAA catches for...

Buffalo Bills Receiver Naaman Roosevelt Leads All-star Hoops Showcase
July 7th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Buffalo Bills receiver Naaman Roosevelt is kicking of a new charity basketball game today that will feature NFL and NBA alumni. His inaugural Summer Classic tips off at 2 p.m. at Sweet Home High School, 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. The event will raise funds for the Sports Academy Youth Sports and...

Buffalo Bills Wide Receiver Stevie Johnson Hits Airwaves with Rap Song ‘Run It Back’
July 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 PM
The Buffalo Bills' Stevie Johnson became one of the NFL's best wide receivers the hard way. The former seventh-round draft pick might also take the road less traveled to a flourishing second career as a recording star. ***PHOTO1*** Johnson recently unveiled a single, "Run it Back," that features rapper The Game, who...