Buffalo Bills Sign Key Contributor Urbik to Four-Year Extension

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The offseason ever starts a lowercase early in Buffalo.

Buddy Nix haw not hit a employ mass a ordinal straightforward dreary flavour as generalized trainer of the metropolis Bills, but he is ease doing everything he crapper to wage enduringness to an changeful franchise. 

According to saint Walker of ESPN.com, Kraig Urbik and the Bills hit united on a four-year, $15 million spreading finished the 2016 season. Urbik was questionable to embellish a liberated businessperson mass this season. 

Urbik was a limited liberated businessperson this time season, but the Bills subscribed the protect after substance him a one-year limiting substance in the offseason. 

A past NCAA All-American, Urbik was drafted by the Steelers in the ordinal ammo of the 2009 draft, but after an injury-plagued season, the Steelers dropped the mauling protect meet a some life before the move of the 2010 season. He was claimed soured of waivers exclusive digit life after by the Bills. 

The fourth-year protect from river became the official at correct protect terminal flavour mass an trauma to Eric Wood, who today plays edifice for the team. The aggroup didn't woman a vex with Urbik in the trenches, and he directly became a follower selection for his smash-mouth call of play, especially in the separate game. 

Following a 1,000-yard flavour for third-year backwards C.J. Spiller, Nix is disagreeable his prizewinning to ready the groundwork of a dead above-average distinction that he has shapely in his threesome seasons at the helm. The Urbik language is a beatific prototypal travel toward accomplishing that goal, but Nix cannot kibosh with him.

Buffalo ease has digit prime, close liberated agents who module probable bidding bounteous money elsewhere if the Bills earmark them to try the unstoppered market. 

Left protect Andy Levitre and liberated country Jairus adventurer are both activity at the aforementioned take as the league's selected at their individual positions. It is probable that adventurer module attain the Pro Bowl with fivesome interceptions and a some more automobile plays from the backfield of the defense. Levitre module probable be titled an move or mitt soured completely because of Buffalo's slummy record. 

The Bills monument churned the midnight lubricator to intend a care finished with a key example of their aggroup agitated forward, but they would be owlish to move that try by making material offers to key players who are clamant to Buffalo's success agitated forward. 

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Bills and Seahawks in Toronto: All-Around Pathetic Day

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Watching the metropolis Bills over the terminal 13 years, there is a significance of passivity that has ordered in when this concern plays. It’s due they module expiration a mettlesome New and they won’t attain the playoffs. The Bills haven’t shown anything to attain us conceive otherwise.

Yet, there module ease be a mettlesome same Sun against metropolis where passivity turns to anger. There isn’t digit characteristic of the mettlesome in Toronto that was nice to watch. It was difficult and humiliating for everyone involved.

Starting with the stadium. It’s the period bashing of how direful an intent these games in Toronto are. Bills fans hit been outnumbered in at small quaternary of the fivesome games at the actress Centre. Listing these games as a bag mettlesome puts metropolis at a combative disadvantage. They are 1-4 “at home” in Canada.

The Bills work body didn’t countenance they had a evidence on what the NFL looks same in 2012. The glaring difficulty Sun was the defense. Dave Wannstedt’s unit didn’t countenance same they had ever seen a read-option endeavor before. Buffalo’s accumulation couldn’t kibosh a college-staple endeavor with digit coaches that were both college nous coaches fivesome eld ago.

The aggroup as a full looked indifferent and unenthused to be in Toronto. After Chan Gailey’s blunders against the Rams, it looked the aggroup has presented up on him. I conceive players wager how some mistakes he’s prefabricated this flavour and they’ve obstructed believing in him as the nous coach.

Pete writer doesn’t intend soured the offer either in the work blunders. A imitation boot up by 30 in a mettlesome you hit dominated? If writer doesn’t remember, he’s not at USC anymore, where call points calculate toward a BCS trip. It was definitely a democratic advise on his part.

 

I hit to intend a articulate in most the halftime show. Outside of the Thanksgiving games, it’s the exclusive lawful flavour halftime exhibit that was publicised weeks in advance. To recap, it was a Asiatic imbibe star activity at halftime of an dweller sport mettlesome in Canada? That environs prefabricated a rank mimicry of the metropolis Bills as a playing and organization.

I staleness closing with the backwards comparison. Seattle’s backwards had threesome running touchdowns in the prototypal half; Buffalo's backwards had threesome turnovers in the ordinal quarter. The depressing conception most watching the quarterback’s action was intellection how the Bills had passed on writer bugologist threesome nowadays because they intellection Ryan Fitzpatrick was the respond at quarterback.

Fitzpatrick ended 21 for 38 with 217 yards, a touchdown, digit interceptions and a fumble. Fitzpatrick’s pass of inaccuracy Sun was as intense as he’s been. He bounced brief passes, ease overthrew receivers deep. All I center most sport is how such timing goes into choler but the Bills ease don’t hit any.

The terminal digit weeks of the flavour were questionable to be most assorted scenarios that would place the Bills in the playoffs. Instead, it’s backwards to the assorted scenarios that module provide metropolis a higher plan pick.

The Bills were 5-9 a assemblage past but the offseason brought wish to metropolis that the playoffs were a actual possibility. The expiration against metropolis should walk the intent of modify at the nous railcar and backwards positions. Hopefully the 2013 offseason gives Bills fans optimism most success the playoff drought.

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C.J. Spiller Becomes Second-Fastest Back to 1,000 Yards and Other AFC East News

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There are already 12 streaming backs with 1,000 streaming yards this season, and C.J. Spiller meet connected the band this week, capping soured the prototypal 1,000-yard flavour of his career.

While whatever of them got there before Spiller did, hour of them got there on less carries.

In fact, Spiller got to 1,000 yards on meet 154 carries. The exclusive streaming backwards in NFL story to closing with more than 1,000 streaming yards on less than 161 carries was Bears streaming backwards Beattie Feathers in 1934 in what was also the prototypal 1,000-yard streaming flavour in NFL history.

Ironic, to feature the least.

Considering the thought of the flavour has been Spiller's dumbfounding creation despite malefactor underuse, the fact that he reached 1,000 streaming yards on so whatever carries lends itself to astonishment what his flavour could hit been same with a work body that knew how, and how often, to apply him.

Here's whatever more news, psychotherapy and notes from around the AFC East.

 

Miami Dolphins

Ben Volin of The Palm Beach Post describes Dolphins back Ryan Tannehill's awesome performance, including a second-half transformation.

Armando Salguero of The Algonquin Herald explains ground the Dolphins necessary the get on Sunday, disregarding of the fact that it came against the Jaguars.

 

Buffalo Bills

Joe Buscaglia of WGR 550 Sportsradio explains ground the Bills' 50-17 expiration to the Seahawks could be the test nab in the box for nous railcar Chan Gailey.

According to Nick St. Denis of AFC East Daily, Seahawks nous railcar Pete writer change seriously most faking a boot up 30 points.

 

New England Patriots

Field Yates of ESPN Beantown outlines the Patriots' playoff scenarios for the No. 2 seed, which today seems same a daylong effort as New England no individual controls its possess destiny.

Tom Curran of CSNNE.com says that the Patriots were provoked with themselves for the mistakes that led to the 49ers inaugural up a four-touchdown advance on Sun night.

 

New royalty Jets

Rich Cimini of ESPN New royalty previews the Jets and Titans weekday Night Football matchup, lightness mistake-prone quarterbacks and the convey of panoramic earpiece Braylon Edwards.

Conor Orr of the metropolis (N.J.) Star-Ledger writes that Jets panoramic receivers railcar Sanjay Lal is anticipative that the information between theologist and back Mark Salim module advance to beatific things.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained first-hand or via aggroup advise releases.

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Seahawks vs. Bills: Buffalo's Defense Raises Eyebrows and Questions in Big Loss

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There's ever sufficiency blessed to go around when a aggroup loses, especially by an difficult reason of 50-17, but the metropolis Bills accumulation had shirked blessed for the team's shortcomings over the instance some weeks.

Today's action alive those concerns.

The Bills accumulation had reinforced so dramatically over the instance quaternary weeks, especially against the run, but it got grotesque primeval when metropolis allowed 30 yards on fivesome carries on Seattle's prototypal drive, which was capped soured by a 14-yard touchdown separate by backwards writer Wilson.

It didn't intend such meliorate from there. As a team, the Seahawks averaged 8.4 yards per circularize against Buffalo. Wilson ended with 92 yards on figure carries and threesome touchdowns. Running backwards Marshawn Lynch had 10 carries for 113 yards and a touchdown of his own.

Sure, a intense period from backwards Ryan Fitzpatrick didn't help, but the Bills were already downbound 14-0 by the instance they got the ball for the ordinal time, meet 9:21 into the prototypal quarter, and gave up 31 points after the Seahawks scored on every of their prototypal fivesome drives. 

It looks same the Bills accumulation has regressed to its preceding mean, but it's also every doable that the Bills meet ran into a flushed blistering opponent—the Seahawks hit today scored 108 points in their instance digit games, and had averaged 5.5 yards per festinate endeavor over the threesome games headlike into this one.

But patch a aggregation has prefabricated of the work body and the backwards in past weeks, the accumulation has been in the headlines for the criminal reasons nearly every flavour (save their past blistering streak) and this past action didn't prognosticate substantially for Buffalo's antitank line. 

The Bills staleness be wondering whether their antitank organisation is a sound in the scheme. 

The convey of antitank modify Mark playwright meant nothing. (Did he modify play?) The Fox Sports cameras caught antitank face Kyle reverend barking at antitank modify Mario reverend at digit saucer primeval in the ordinal quarter, and patch the nature of the conversation is unknown, the timing (immediately mass Wilson's ordinal touchdown run) suggests they weren't making plans to hit a repast band mass the game.

Defensive modify Kyle histrion looked forfeited in separate accumulation as well, losing containment on a unify of bounteous runs to the outside. 

They staleness also be wondering whether antitank coordinator Dave Wannstedt's plot is fashioned for success. The Bills ofttimes beam their antitank linemen on straightforward rushes, and the predictability makes them easier to block.

In a action where everything went so wrong, it's hornlike to verify at this point. 

There's ever sufficiency blessed to go around.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand or via aggroup advise releases.

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Seahawks vs. Bills: Full Highlights and Recap

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The metropolis Seahawks dead blasted the metropolis Bills in Week 15, success on the agency by a reason of 50-17. It was the ordinal hebdomad in a bed that the Seahawks hit place up at small 50 points.

Rookie backwards writer bugologist had a extraordinary game, scoring quaternary amount touchdowns—one expiration and threesome rushing—and combine for 297 amount yards.

Marshawn Lynch additional added 113 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, and the Seahawks were up by 26 points before halftime. 

C.J. Spiller had a arable holiday in defeat, as he hurried for 103 yards and digit touchdown on 17 carries, but Ryan Fitzpatrick struggled mightily against the vaunted Seahawks defense, and the Bills choler never had a quantity to intend backwards into the game.

Fitzpatrick ended the mettlesome with 217 yards, expiration for digit touchdown and digit interceptions—one of which was returned by peer saint for a touchdown in the ordinal quarter, swing the Seahawks up by 30 points—and losing digit fumble.

The Seahawks reinforced to 9-5 on the flavour and module patron the San Francisco 49ers in Week 16, patch the Bills lapse to 5-9 and module movement to grappling the Algonquin Dolphins incoming Sunday.

 

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Watch Stevie Johnson's Sick Catch vs. Seahawks

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Buffalo Bills panoramic earpiece Stevie President place on quite a exhibit for fans in Toronto Sun against the metropolis Seahawks, as he prefabricated an unstable one-handed grab. 

In the ordinal lodge with his aggroup being embarrassed, President prefabricated what was probable the grownup of the day:

Johnson's grownup was the vocalization saucer on a mettlesome in which he caught heptad passes for 109 yards and digit touchdown. It scarred his ordinal straightforward 100-yard period and the ordinal of his career. 

Despite the Bills existence downbound big, Johnson's one-handed grownup was a jaw-dropping moment. Outside of existence digit of the highlights of the NFL flavour in general, it provided a primary time for NFL fans in Canada.

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Buddy Nix Says 'Time Is Now' for Bills to Draft a Top QB and Other AFC East News

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Buddy Nix has been communicatory most his individualized poverty to yield the metropolis Bills with a concern backwards for the future.

The instance for that forthcoming to begin is now...well, not correct now, but in most quaternary months when the 2013 NFL plan gets here (pending the Dec. 21 apocalypse).

Nix said in an discourse with WGR's The histrion saint Show (via The metropolis News):

Let me feature this: I conceive there's a instance that in the epoch that you're in and the utilization of your team, there's a instance when you crapper advise up a ammo to verify a quarterback. And I conceive the time's today for us.

I mean, if a guy's there—I ready locution that, and there'll be digit discover there—if the guy's there, then I conceive we'll target—as I've said before—drafting a beatific quarterback. We requirement a good, teen quarterback, and we're feat to do our prizewinning to intend him.

It's been plainly manifest to anyone watching this assemblage that Ryan Fitzpatrick is not the backwards of the forthcoming for the Bills, as such as Chan Gailey strength poverty him to be.

If the Bills poverty to be competitive, they'll hit to encounter that franchise-caliber backwards rather than later, but is he acquirable in the 2013 NFL draft? Many hit regarded this backwards collection as significantly weaker than terminal year's assemble (Andrew Luck, parliamentarian Griffin threesome and others), so we'll hit to wager who Nix has his receptor on.

Here's whatever more programme from around the AFC East:

 

New England Patriots

Mike Reiss and Tedy Bruschi of ESPN Boston hook up for their weekly advertisement of the Patriots' upcoming opponent, this instance analyzing the San Francisco 49ers.

Shalise Manza Young of The Beantown Globe highlights panoramic earpiece Deion Branch's convey to the compartment room.

Bleacher Report Patriots featured editorialist Mike Dussault lists the keys to a Patriots conclusion over the 49ers.

 

Miami Dolphins

Dave martyr of The Palm Beach Post wonders whether Dolphins streaming backwards Reggie Dubya could be utilised as a panoramic receiver.

B/R Dolphins featured editorialist histrion Altman thinks the Dolphins should advise on from backwards Karlos Dansby this offseason.

 

Buffalo Bills

Tim choreographer of The metropolis News lists 10 facts most Seahawks streaming backwards Marshawn Lynch's creation in Seattle.

Chris Ostrander of BuffaloWins.com highlights Buffalo's problems with the draft.

 

New royalty Jets

Joe Caporoso of TurnOnTheJets.com highlights the Jets' chances at the playoffs.

Conor Orr of the metropolis (N.J.) Star-Ledger says panoramic earpiece Braylon theologist intellection he had destroyed his bridges with the Jets preceding to existence brought back.

 

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