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| RECENT NFL TEAM NEWS |
| Coverwire Update |
| BUF |
7/1/2008 |
| The Bills released fullback Mike Viti, a rookie from Army, on Tuesday. |
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| BUF |
6/28/2008 |
| The Bills have locked up starting right guard Brad Butler for the next five seasons, through 2012, The Buffalo News reports. Butler’s old deal ran through 2009. The new deal extends his contract for three additional years and includes $8.8 million in new money, according to league sources. That’s an average of $2.9 million on the three-year extension.
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| BUF |
3/31/2008 |
| The National Football League announced today that a total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2008 NFL Draft have been awarded to 15 teams. The Bills received two of the selections, one in the fourth round (34th, No. 132 overall) and one in the seventh round (44th, No. 251 overal), The Buffalo News reports. Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in a year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks. |
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| BUF |
2/5/2008 |
| The Bills on Tuesday named former lineman Ray Brown assistant offensive line coach. The 45-year-old Brown, who ended his 20-year playing career with Washington in 2005, spent the second half of the 2006 season as a special assistant with the Redskins coaching staff. Brown started 202 of 265 career games with five different teams. |
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| BUF |
1/31/2008 |
| The Bills have finalized a deal to play eight games in Toronto over the next five seasons, according to a report by The Buffalo News on Wednesday. The Bills will play five regular-season games - one per year - and three preseason contests at the Rogers Centre in Toronto starting in 2008, league sources informed the newspaper. According to the report, the deal has been in the works for nearly 1 1/2 years and is likely to be formally announced in Toronto sometime next week. As a result of the schedule change, the Bills will play only seven home games at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, reducing the number of contests for which season-ticketholders will have to pay.
The report also stated that one of Buffalo's home games in December is likely to be moved to Toronto, perhaps the last game of the season, when the Bills have a harder time selling out due to weather concerns. A December game would be perfect for Toronto as it would take place after the season ended for the city's Canadian Football League team, the Argonauts. According to the report, the Bills have a strong contingent of fans in Canada, with an estimated 10,000 crossing the border to pack the stands for home games. Playing one game a season in Canada also may help motivate corporate support from Canadian businesses for some of the high-priced seats at Ralph Wilson Stadium, the report stated. |
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| CLE |
1/29/2008 |
| Head Coach Romeo Crennel has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Browns. The deal has been agreed to in principal and still needs to be signed. Once that happens, he will be signed through the 2011 season. This is quite a turn of events considering he was on the hot seat at the start of the season, but a 10-win season was enough to convince the Browns' brass Crennel is needed long-term. |
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| BAL |
1/20/2008 |
| John Harbaugh, who served as the Eagles' special teams coordinator for nine years and secondary coach last season, was introduced as the new coach of the Ravens at a news conference Saturday. He replaces Brian Billick, who was fired (on December 31) after nine season on the job.
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| CLE |
1/18/2008 |
| The Browns fired Defensive Coordinator Todd Grantham after three seasons with the team. The move comes as a bit of a surprise, given that Grantham signed a contract extension last spring that tied him to the Browns through the 2009 season. In 2007, the Browns ranked 30th overall in total defense, and 27th in stopping the run (129.5 yards per game). The team has replaced him with secondary coach Mel Tucker. Head Coach Romeo Crennel promoted Cory Undlin to replace Tucker as the defensive backs coach. Undlin received a one-year contract extension and is signed through the 2009 season. Undlin spent the past three seasons working with the Browns secondary.
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