Michael Pachla: More changes for the Sabres front office

Great read as usual.....Wonder what's up in the front office...? Interesting summer, eh?

Changes .. Front office needed it as well as the players. Hope they are improvements and not just moves to make moves.

FOX Sports' Mike Garafolo reports the Bills have begun "internal discussions on whether to explore" signing free agent RB Ray Rice.

In other words, this thing is at the very preliminary stage and doesn't mean Rice will get his long-awaited second chance from Buffalo. However, Rice and coach Rex Ryan were together in Baltimore in the early part of Rice's career, and Ryan has never been shy about taking a chance. Buffalo is in dire need of running back help with all five of LeSean McCoy, Fred Jackson, Karlos Williams, Bryce Brown, and Anthony Dixon hurt.

Changes .. Front office needed it as well as the players. Hope they are improvements and not just moves to make moves.
- cabin

The McKenney thing is a long time coming IMO. It'll be nice to get a new face in there with new philosphies. Seemed we always had a ton of injuries and such.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports LeSean McCoy (hamstring) is expected to be ready for Week 1 against the Colts.

McCoy badly pulled his left hamstring in Tuesday's practice, requiring an MRI. There was concern McCoy would have a lengthy absence, but the test results came back clean for the most part, and McCoy is merely week-to-week and in no real danger of missing regular-season action. It's highly unlikely we'll see him the rest of the preseason. Injuries have become a slight concern for McCoy, as he's also dealt with recent toe issues.

The McKenney thing is a long time coming IMO. It'll be nice to get a new face in there with new philosphies. Seemed we always had a ton of injuries and such.
- HonkFortheGoose

Agreed. What we had wasn't winning us anything .

Changes .. Front office needed it as well as the players. Hope they are improvements and not just moves to make moves.
- cabin

Word is torrie rejected a renewal. It sounds stupid but I don't think the strength and conditioning coach really matters at the professional level. At that point it's up to the player to put the work in. Most of them probably have their own trainer outside of the team that they work with.

Agreed. What we had wasn't winning us anything .
- cabin

I'm surprised he's been around as long as he has with all the coaching changes and such. I would think that each coach would have a guy they like to use for that type of role. Guess we'll have to wait and see who they bring in to replace him. Have about a month before camp starts.

Word is torrie rejected a renewal. It sounds stupid but I don't think the strength and conditioning coach really matters at the professional level. At that point it's up to the player to put the work in. Most of them probably have their own trainer outside of the team that they work with.
- Sabresfan-365

Seems Torrie wasn't a fan of the amount of travel he was having to put in. A quote in the blog states that he had to go to Europe 6 or 7 times and won't have to do that in his role with the Kings. From what I got out of the blog, he's going to be dealing more with scouting the pro guys and not the amateurs anymore.

Seems Torrie wasn't a fan of the amount of travel he was having to put in. A quote in the blog states that he had to go to Europe 6 or 7 times and won't have to do that in his role with the Kings. From what I got out of the blog, he's going to be dealing more with scouting the pro guys and not the amateurs anymore.
- HonkFortheGoose

Makes sense

Great read as usual.....Wonder what's up in the front office...? Interesting summer, eh?
- sovietsnyper24

not sure what's going on...we knew Pegula wanted to win and now we're seeing some of the cost

Kelvin Benjamin out for the season torn ACL.... That sucks i like him a lot... sucks for people who had there drafts already

Kelvin Benjamin out for the season torn ACL.... That sucks i like him a lot... sucks for people who had there drafts already
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

Oh man. Thanks for the heads up.

Kelvin Benjamin out for the season torn ACL.... That sucks i like him a lot... sucks for people who had there drafts already
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

ouch


I never do my money drafts til after the weekend before the last preseason game

ouch


I never do my money drafts til after the weekend before the last preseason game
- homiedclown

I agree we do ours as close to the opener as possible

ouch


I never do my money drafts til after the weekend before the last preseason game
- homiedclown

I'm in 2 leagues and neither draft is usually until Labor Day weekend. One of them happens to be Aug 30th though this year. I'll have to be extra careful when I draft that one this year.

Oh man. Thanks for the heads up.
- HonkFortheGoose

IMO he was going too high

I'd take cooks, hopkins, allen and mathews before him, before the injury

IMO he was going too high

I'd take cooks, hopkins, allen and mathews before him, before the injury
- homiedclown

With him being 6'5 and that verticle, he is (was) going to put up alot of TDs and they really dont have anyone else to throw to besides Olsen and him.

Kelvin Benjamin out for the season torn ACL.... That sucks i like him a lot... sucks for people who had there drafts already
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

That's why you always wait

id have kept him in my auction draft for a buck which would have made my starting wrs be Benjamin and Kennan Allen for a total of $2 bucks

With him being 6'5 and that verticle, he is (was) going to put up alot of TDs and they really dont have anyone else to throw to besides Olsen and him.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

I fell for that only wr trap with dwayne bowe a few years ago

don't get me wrong I would have been ok with benjamen in the 4th rd, just liked a lot of other guys more then him at that spot

I fell for that only wr trap with dwayne bowe a few years ago

don't get me wrong I would have been ok with benjamen in the 4th rd, just liked a lot of other guys more then him at that spot
- homiedclown

I think he would of been in the top 10 range this year for WR honestly.

here is your sleeper pick for the draft that will be money

you can probably get him in the 13th round or later and start him right away

Tyler Eifert

I fell for that only wr trap with dwayne bowe a few years ago

don't get me wrong I would have been ok with benjamen in the 4th rd, just liked a lot of other guys more then him at that spot
- homiedclown

I had him last year and he put up good numbers for me most of the year. I had Hopkins as well.

here is your sleeper pick for the draft that will be money

you can probably get him in the 13th round or later and start him right away

Tyler Eifert
- homiedclown

With Gresham gone, he should get a lot more looks now. Just has to stay healthy.