The Bills finished their preseason schedule by losing to the Lions 28-23 Thursday night in Detroit. The starting units for the Bills didn’t see too much time, but were impressive yet again when they were on the field, helping the Bills jump out to a 10-0 lead before making their way safely to the sidelines.
Edwards continued his strong preseason play against the Lions
Trent Edwards had a nice outing for the Bills, going 4-4 for 66 yards, including a 50 yards pass to Lee Evans, on his only series. While it was not the nicest deep ball ever thrown, as Edwards put a little too much air under the ball, it was good to see him giving Evans an opportunity to make a play down the field. The drive was 13 plays for 65 yards and ended with a Rian Lindell field goal. Marshawn Lynch returned to action, but was ineffective, carrying five times for just two yards.
The starting defense had its finest showing of the preseason, highlighted by Drayton Florence intercepting a Matthew Stafford pass (intended for Calvin Johnson), and returning it 40 yards for a touchdown. Matthew Stafford finished just 3-6 with 21 yards and 1 int.
With final cuts due on Saturday, Sept. 4th, several players on the bubble played extended time and tried to prove themselves worthy of a roster spot.
Brian Brohm got some extended time, and did not have the outing he would have liked to. He finished 7-15 with 78 yards and one int. Brohm did not receive much help from receivers, particularly J.P. Foschi, who had two dropped passes, including the ball that former Bills’ LB Ashlee Palmer intercepted. Brohm showed more mobility than he has in previous outings, gaining 34 yards on four carries.
If there will be a fourth RB on the roster, it was likely not decided tonight by the lackluster performances of Joique Bell and Chad Simpson. Bell carried five times for 10 yards, while Simpson carried eight times for 16 yards.
In the defensive backfield, Ashton Youboty and Reggie Corner made strong showings, each defending a couple of passes. With Terrence McGee, Drayton Florence, and Leodis McKelvin locks to make the roster, and Youboty and Corner playing well this preseason, you have to wonder if Ellis Lankster has seen his last game as a Buffalo Bill.
Chad Jackson was the Bills’ leading WR, catching five passes for 59 yards. James Hardy had three catches for 23 yards, but had a 74-yard touchdown catch from QB Levi Brown nullified by a holding call. Naaman Roosevelt, University at Buffalo product, had 2 catches for 23 yards, and returned 3 punts for 16 yards. Donald Jones caught one pass for 11 yards, but was targeted five times and was also a receiver who had trouble holding onto the football when it was thrown his way.
Reserve fullback Rodney Ferguson made a nice catch, shedding a tackler, and gaining 12 yards on one play, and, more importantly, made his presence felt on a couple of special teams plays, including making a nice tackle.
Stay tuned to the BuffaLowDown to keep track of news and insight on the Bills upcoming roster cuts, as the team trims to 53 players by Saturday.
The NFL preseason is over and come next week the real games begin. By 4:00pm Saturday the Buffalo Bills along with the rest of the league must get down to 53 active players on each respective roster.
Head coach Chan Gailey doesn’t have too many difficult decisions to make, at least concerning the front end of [...]
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown gave Human Resources Commissioner Karla Thomas the boot today, reports YNN. This came swiftly on the heels of the the close of an investigation that showed the city of Buffalo has been paying health insurance for deceased former employees (to the tune of almost 2 million dollars). The audit placed blame with the Department of Human Resources Division of Compensation and Benefits. And that would be Karla. The same Karla that the mayor had previously instructed to buy the social security death index (which makes it easy to identify who’s dead and who should still get benefits) and which Karla still didn’t. The same Karla who helped conduct a serious, nationwide search for a local man to become the new police commissioner.
Confucius says: GTFO!
Termination notice the Mayor gave to Thomas...
A hearing is scheduled September 16th on the matter. Are these things held publicly?!
"As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired."
The Buffalo Bills played an excellent 28 minutes of football before deciding their preseason was basically over. The Bills scored the game’s first 16 points, before utter sloppiness took over and the Detroit Lions scored four unanswered touchdowns and eventually won, 28-23 in a game the Bills clearly didn’t care about winning.
If you think Chan [...]
The seat has been occupied by the same senator for decades and is now coveted by three Republican candidates. Patrick Gallivan, Jim Domagalski and David DiPietro stood head-to-head in a 59th Senate seat debate on YNN Thursday evening.
Three Republicans are facing off for a chance to run for the 59th Senate District seat in the general election. Former East Aurora Mayor David DiPietro, former Erie County Republican Chairman Jim Domagalski, and former Erie County Sheriff Patrick Gallivan squared off in YNN’s studios Thursday night.
Thursday night wasn’t the way the Bisons had hoped to end the home portion of the 2010 season.
A great year on and off the field in downtown Buffalo concluded on a sour note in front of 15,539 at Coca-Cola Field. The Herd lost to the Yankees, 9-2, and saw their slight playoff chances officially come [...]
It wasn’t head coach Chan Gailey’s intent to play his starters terribly long in their preseason finale. Bills cornerback Drayton Florence did his best to make it an early night for the first team d...
A Rochester man drowned in Lake Ontario just off Olcott Harbor. Niagara County Sheriff’s Deputies say the 37-year-old man was fishing with friends Thursday afternoon and he decided to go swimming.
Earlier today, PUSH Members, joined by State Senator William Stachowski and Erie County Legislator Maria Whyte, gathered outside the Public Service Commission Office in Buffalo. They were there to formally submit public comments which urged the Public Service Commission to reject National Fuel’s Conservation Incentive Program (CIP) petition and require a program that works for the community, instead of one that passes costs on to customers who can least afford it. PUSH leaders gave personal testimony on the high cost of high heating bills, as well as a discussion about community solutions to the problem.
National Fuel has submitted a formal request to the Public Service Commission to extend its CIP program. PUSH has sought a dialogue with National Fuel CEO David Smith about ways the program could be improved to reduce heating costs and create jobs in Buffalo’s low-income neighborhoods. Thus far, the company has rebuffed PUSH’s request to offer community input.
“National Fuel fails to pay for its own CIP, instead shifting the cost to its customers,” said PUSH leader Bob Cook. “The program is funded by a surcharge on customer bills, authorized by the Public Service Commission in National Fuel’s most recent rate case and the $10.8 million that National Fuel puts into the program amounts to approximately $22 per customer.” Cook continued.
PUSH believes a real Conservation Incentive Program would include the following:
· A strengthened emphasis on weatherization in low-income neighborhoods, including clear reporting requirements so that the program’s impact is transparent.
· A requirement that weatherization projects funded through CIP create “pathways out of poverty” by requiring that contractors train and hire workers from high-poverty census tracts and meet standards for the use of women and minority-owned contractors.
· Stronger integration with other programmatic weatherization efforts, including the Weatherization Assistance Program and Green Jobs/Green NY.
PUSH urged the Public Service Commission to place National Fuel’s petition to extend its Conservation Incentive Program (CIP) on hold until the company engages in a substantive dialogue about how to best employ resources to meet the critical heating and conservation needs of low-income customers in Buffalo’s neighborhoods.
There’s a reward of up to $20,000 offered for information leading to convictions in the City Grill shooting. But one of the community activists who helped turn the prime suspect over to police is saying thanks, but no thanks. Our Ryan Burgess explains.
After posting on quality of life issues last week, and featuring a tree surrounded by asphalt at the Evans National Bank driveway at Delavan, I received an inspiring email earlier today. Even though it was City property, Mike Lucchino, owner of the neighboring properties (he also owns Elmwood Taco and Sub), took it upon himself and ripped up 6'x6' of asphalt surrounding the tree. Tomorrow he is having the bed mulched.
Not only will Mike not have to deal with a dead tree in the future, the property will have an attractive entranceway rather than an asphalt pad. When I originally called on the issue, and opted to use that image for Al Labruna's post, I never thought that anything would come from it other than hoping that the image would be a lesson to others who were considering doing the same thing. When Mike sent me a photo of the work that he commissioned to right the wrong, I almost fell out of my chair. Mike, you will see me at ETS tomorrow for lunch to personally thank you for the incredible improvement to the block, the Elmwood Village and the city.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has fired the city’s human resources commissioner Karla Thomas. A hearing on her termination is scheduled September 16th. YNN’s Nicki Mayo tells us the firing comes after problems in the city’s HR department went unsolved for months.
