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| Bills release Corto |
NFL Football |
02/09/2012 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have released safety Jon Corto, who missed the entire 2011 season with a shoulder injury. Corto, who had signed a two-year contract extension prior to the 2011 campaign, was a solid special teams contributor during his three seasons with the Bills. The Orchard Park native missed the first five games of the 2010 season due to a broken wrist, but he appeared in the final 11 contests and finished tied for fifth on the team in special teams tackles. Corto, a |
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| Lindell re-ups with Bills |
NFL Football |
02/07/2012 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills re-signed kicker Rian Lindell to a multi-year contract extension on Tuesday. Lindell's 2011 season was cut short by a shoulder injury suffered against the New York Jets in Week 9. He converted 13-of-15 field goal tries and was a perfect 25-for-25 on extra points in eight games, but was hurt making a tackle. Prior to landing on injured reserve, the 35-year-old had never missed a game since joining the Bills in 2003. Lindell has made 262 of his 324 (80.9 p |
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| Tepper tabbed to head Buffalo defense |
Division I College Football |
02/02/2012 |
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| es. I look forward to seeing what our defensive staff will be able to accomplish with Lou on board and an exciting group of returning letterwinners next fall." Tepper also served as defensive coordinator at LSU from 1997-99, then went on to successful head coaching assignments at the Division II level. He posted a 40-26 mark at Edinboro and a 36-18 record at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Buffalo needed a replacement for William Inge, who left the school to take a position with the NFL's Buffalo Bills. |
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| Bills re-sign LS Sanborn |
NFL Football |
01/30/2012 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills re-signed restricted free agent long snapper Garrison Sanborn to a multi-year deal on Monday. Sanborn, one of Buffalo's three restricted free agents, has been the team's primary long snapper since 2009. Terms of the deal for the Florida State product were not disclosed. |
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| Rams make Brian Schottenheimer, Gregg Williams coordinators |
NFL Football |
01/23/2012 |
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| respect for him as a defensive coordinator and value his past experience as a head coach," Fisher said. "He brings an aggressive approach that I'm sure will benefit our defense and he has a wealth of knowledge that will aid our entire team." Williams was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills for three seasons after spending 11 years in Tennessee (1990-2000). He has also spent time in Washington (2004-07) as an assistant head coach/defense coordinator and a year as defensive coordinator in Jacksonville (2008). |
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| Jaguars choose Mularkey as head coach |
NFL Football |
01/10/2012 |
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| with a 24-2 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday. Under Mularkey, the Atlanta Falcons averaged a franchise- record 376.6 yards per game in 2011. The 50-year-old Mularkey has previous head-coaching experience in the NFL, as he was at the helm of the Buffalo Bills from 2004-05 and went a combined 14-18. Mularkey, who attended the University of Florida in nearby Gainesville, got his professional coaching career started in the Sunshine State. He was the tight ends coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1994-95. |
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| Cortez named head coach of Tiger-Cats |
CFL |
01/07/2012 |
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| Hamilton, ON (MySportsbook) - George Cortez, who had spent the last two seasons as quarterbacks coach of the Buffalo Bills, was named the new head coach and director of football operations of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday. "George's track record of success speaks for itself, including more than 30 years of coaching experience in the CFL, NFL and NCAA. He's been a part of four Grey Cup championship teams, has engineered some of the CFL's most prolific offenses and has coached some of the best quarter |
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| Bills fire Edwards, promote Wannstedt |
NFL Football |
01/02/2012 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have fired defensive coordinator George Edwards and promoted Dave Wannstedt to the position. Head coach Chan Gailey made the announcement Monday afternoon, a day after the Bills finished a 6-10 season with a loss to New England. Edwards spent two years as Buffalo's defensive coordinator and has 14 years of NFL experience. Prior to taking the Bills job, he was linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins for five seasons. Wannstedt was promoted after one seas |
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| NFL Game Capsules |
NFL Football |
01/01/2012 |
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| after the Falcons beat the Buccaneers. The Lions will now play New Orleans in the wild-card round. Final Score: New England 49, Buffalo 21 Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots scored 49 unanswered points to beat the Buffalo Bills, 49-21, and claim the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. Brady completed 23-of-35 passes for 338 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for the Patriots (13-3), who will have home-field advantage throughout the postseason for the second year in a |
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| Pats score 49 straight on Bills, earn top seed |
NFL Football |
01/01/2012 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots scored 49 unanswered points to beat the Buffalo Bills, 49-21, and claim the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. Brady completed 23-of-35 passes for 338 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for the Patriots (13-3), who will have home-field advantage throughout the postseason for the second year in a row. New England finished the regular season with a 7-1 mark at Gillette Stadium. Brady became the third player in NFL history with 5,000 p |
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