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Erick Gragg, former Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Coordinator, has been named Vice President of Football Operations and Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills. Coach Gragg’s defense will be running his version of the Cover 2.
Coach Gragg in a surprise move has kept the entire coaching staff. In his first draft, he drafted Quarterback Jay Cutler and put him through a rigorous training camp. Coach Gragg named him the starting quarterback.
In a statement to ESPN.com Coach Gragg also stated that he will be feverishly working on the improving the Defense Line for pressure and Offensive Line for protection.
ESPN reports that Coach Gragg and Bills Management are looking at making 3 major trades to free up some cap room. It’s speculated that Sam Adams –DT will be one of the players.
Preseason: ESPN.com comments Bills barely escape the first 2 games of the preseason by a margin of 14 pts total. Michael Irvin stated it looks like the Bills will be the last team in the NFL for the next 2 yrs.
Coach Gragg commented on the level of play by stating ‘We are working on the Team Chemistry. These close victories are an example of that progress.’
Preseason: ESPN.com reports the Bills who were 2-0 @ the start of the preseason are now 4-0. Bills last 2 games they won by an average of 28 points per victory.
Coach Gragg commented on the Bills preseason success by saying “This team right here will be a very dominate force. Our defense has shown it can be tough with the best of them.”
Coach Gragg commented on the Bills preseason success by saying “This team right here will be a very dominate force. Our defense has shown it can be tough with the best of them.”
Season: Bills thrashed New England score 36 to 10
In the biggest move of his young career Coach Gragg started the rookie quarterback Jay Cutler. Cutler’s stats were not great but effective. He was 14 of 32 for a total of 228 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
In this game the Defense stood out and scored 2 touchdowns off of Interceptions. They also put a hurt on New England running game.
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ErickG30 @ Apr 26
Vikings versus Bills 7-27 Bills win
Bills Offense had a slow start but the defense has strong start again.
Jay Cutler 2 td's 4 int 99 yards and 8-24
Bills Defense 0 TD's and 4 int
Bears vs Bills 3-23 Bills Win
Again Offense had a slow start but the defense has a strong begining.
Jay Cutler 1 td 0 int 6 sacks
Bills Defense 0 td 1 int
ESPN reports on Bills recent success due to the Defense and Special Teams carrying the team to Best record in recent club history 10-6.
After several up and downs games this is how the stats mount for the team:
Record 10-6 2nd in AFC East
Off Yds 4531 pass completions 239 pass TD 22
Rush Yds 1900 pass attempts 454 Rush TD 12
Pass Yds 2631 TDs 39 Def TD 7
INT 22
sacks 44
Bills Defense has 37 Int, 586 tackles, 42 sacks and 7 tds .
Bills make it to the playoffs - 2nd AFC East
Bills beat Ravens by a score of 24-10
Bills beat the NE Patriots by a score of 24-17. Note NE was 1st in the AFC east.
Lost to the Raiders in the AFC title game 48-7.
Coach Gragg comments that the season wasnt a failure the building blocks we needed to advance next year.
Coach Gragg's record is 10-6 in Regular season 2-1 in playoffs.
Superbowl results Falcons beat Raiders 19-14
Bills Offense had a slow start but the defense has strong start again.
Jay Cutler 2 td's 4 int 99 yards and 8-24
Bills Defense 0 TD's and 4 int
Bears vs Bills 3-23 Bills Win
Again Offense had a slow start but the defense has a strong begining.
Jay Cutler 1 td 0 int 6 sacks
Bills Defense 0 td 1 int
ESPN reports on Bills recent success due to the Defense and Special Teams carrying the team to Best record in recent club history 10-6.
After several up and downs games this is how the stats mount for the team:
Record 10-6 2nd in AFC East
Off Yds 4531 pass completions 239 pass TD 22
Rush Yds 1900 pass attempts 454 Rush TD 12
Pass Yds 2631 TDs 39 Def TD 7
INT 22
sacks 44
Bills Defense has 37 Int, 586 tackles, 42 sacks and 7 tds .
Bills make it to the playoffs - 2nd AFC East
Bills beat Ravens by a score of 24-10
Bills beat the NE Patriots by a score of 24-17. Note NE was 1st in the AFC east.
Lost to the Raiders in the AFC title game 48-7.
Coach Gragg comments that the season wasnt a failure the building blocks we needed to advance next year.
Coach Gragg's record is 10-6 in Regular season 2-1 in playoffs.
Superbowl results Falcons beat Raiders 19-14
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ErickG30 @ Apr 26
Beginning of the 2nd year. Coach Gragg has decided to change Offense Philosophies and go with the spread offense. He did release off coord qb and wr coach. Defensively everyone was re signed on the coaching staff including special teams coach.
Here are the goals the Owner and coach gragg agreed to:
1) Win Divison
2) Maintain total rushing TDs
3) Protect QB better
4) Convert more 3rd downs
The Bills Coaching Staff under 2nd year Head Coach Erick Gragg goes as follows:
Off Coord. - Justin Hudson Overall 58 WR 75
Qb Coach - Mike Mularky Overall 85 Qb 87/ TE 79
RB Coach - Eric Studesville Overall 97 RB 94
WR Coach- Timmy O'Leary Overall 77 WR 83
*TE Coach- Charlie Coiner Overall 72 TE 80
*OL Coach- Jim McNally Overall 85 OL 87
Def Coord.- Huey Miller Overall 51 LB 73
DL Coach- Mike Carter Overall 56 DL 71
*LB Coach- Zachary Howard Overall 67 LB 77
*DB Coach- George Catavolos Overall 86 DB 88
*SP Coach- Bobby April Overall 59 SP 73
Scouting- Fred Wright OVerall 55 DL 71/ LB 72
The * by the Coach Positions means they were held over from the last staff.
For the Preseason, The Bills turned in a record of 4-0.
Preseason Stats are as followed:
Record 4-0
1st downs 56
3rd downs 17
4th downs 5
Total Offense Yards 1618
Rush Yards 610 on Rush Atts 105
Pass Yards 1008 with Pass Comp 61 on 103 Atts with 5 Int and 18 sacks allowed.
Total Tds 16 Rush 7 Pass 8 and Def 1
Here are the goals the Owner and coach gragg agreed to:
1) Win Divison
2) Maintain total rushing TDs
3) Protect QB better
4) Convert more 3rd downs
The Bills Coaching Staff under 2nd year Head Coach Erick Gragg goes as follows:
Off Coord. - Justin Hudson Overall 58 WR 75
Qb Coach - Mike Mularky Overall 85 Qb 87/ TE 79
RB Coach - Eric Studesville Overall 97 RB 94
WR Coach- Timmy O'Leary Overall 77 WR 83
*TE Coach- Charlie Coiner Overall 72 TE 80
*OL Coach- Jim McNally Overall 85 OL 87
Def Coord.- Huey Miller Overall 51 LB 73
DL Coach- Mike Carter Overall 56 DL 71
*LB Coach- Zachary Howard Overall 67 LB 77
*DB Coach- George Catavolos Overall 86 DB 88
*SP Coach- Bobby April Overall 59 SP 73
Scouting- Fred Wright OVerall 55 DL 71/ LB 72
The * by the Coach Positions means they were held over from the last staff.
For the Preseason, The Bills turned in a record of 4-0.
Preseason Stats are as followed:
Record 4-0
1st downs 56
3rd downs 17
4th downs 5
Total Offense Yards 1618
Rush Yards 610 on Rush Atts 105
Pass Yards 1008 with Pass Comp 61 on 103 Atts with 5 Int and 18 sacks allowed.
Total Tds 16 Rush 7 Pass 8 and Def 1
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ErickG30 @ Apr 26
Bills VP of Operations / Head Coach Erick Gragg has announced the signings of 2 Free Agents before the season starts:
Thurston Walker (TE) 23 yr old to an $8.26 mil. with a 210k signing bonus for 7 yrs.
Ovie Mughelli (FB) 27 yr old to an 3.0 mil. with a 30k signing bonus for 3 yrs.
The Bills are starting off the Regular season as favorites in the AFC East. They still have to make a couple of moves to complete this team. First up for the Bills are the New York Jets.
At the end of the 2nd Season The Bills went 12-4 won the AFC EAST by 4 games over the Patriots and then went 1-1 in the playoffs.
Bills Owner Shawn Walker re signs VP/Coach Gragg to a 3 yrs at 3.07 Million dollars. Saying Coach Gragg has a proven success rate.
Thurston Walker (TE) 23 yr old to an $8.26 mil. with a 210k signing bonus for 7 yrs.
Ovie Mughelli (FB) 27 yr old to an 3.0 mil. with a 30k signing bonus for 3 yrs.
The Bills are starting off the Regular season as favorites in the AFC East. They still have to make a couple of moves to complete this team. First up for the Bills are the New York Jets.
At the end of the 2nd Season The Bills went 12-4 won the AFC EAST by 4 games over the Patriots and then went 1-1 in the playoffs.
Bills Owner Shawn Walker re signs VP/Coach Gragg to a 3 yrs at 3.07 Million dollars. Saying Coach Gragg has a proven success rate.
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ErickG30 @ Apr 26
Coach Gragg has announced with the signings of McCoy and Woten the defense will be even tougher now. Also Coach Gragg has announced that by week 6 3 trade deals will be completed on schedule.
ESPN reports the trade deals will be for draft picks and to free up some spots so the team can deal with free agents.
ESPN reports the trade deals will be for draft picks and to free up some spots so the team can deal with free agents.
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During the same Press Conference Coach Gragg announced that the team will be restructuring contracts of key players and coaches. In an effort to raise player overall average to 80 or above on offensive and defensive starters and reserves are to be 75 overall rating.
Bills crush Dolphins 47-10
Bills defense take Dolphins to the cleaners.
Offense
Cutler 101 yards 1 td 2 interceptions 11 out of 27
McGahee 21 attempts 115 yards
Defense
Clements 5 tackles 1 Interception 1 TD
Walls 2 tackles 2 Interception 1 TD
Jets Fall to the Bills by a score of 45-17
Again the Bills Defense has done the job in a complete overhaul. It had 7 interceptions off of the Jets QB and returned 2 for TD's.
Jay Cutler Bills QB had and average day. he was 17-25 234 yards 1 td and 1 int.
After the game a couple of Bills were released due to violations of team policies. RT Dylan McFarland and RG Justin Geisinger. The team did not specify types of violations.
The Bills did sign MLB Troy McCoy and DT Claude Woten to 7 year deals valued around $14 mil each. More details to be released after this weekend’s game versus the Vikings.
Coach Gragg has announced with the signings of McCoy and Woten the defense will be even tougher now. Also Coach Gragg has announced that by week 6 3 trade deals will be completed on schedule.
ESPN reports the trade deals will be for draft picks and to free up some spots so the team can deal with free agents