The Bills signed free agent LB Kirk Morrison, who played with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year. He racked up 89 tackles in his lone season with the Jags. Prior to his 1 year contract with the Jags, he played 5 seasons with the Raiders where he amassed at least 100 tackles each season.
Morrison said in a radio interview that Shawne Merriman played a role in his decision to come to Buffalo. He was also a fan of Dave Wannstedt's work. It's believed that Morrison was not a good fit for the Jaguars defense and works much better in a 3-4 scheme. This move comes as a bit of a surprise because the Bills seemed set at the ILB position. This either means that Torbor's injury is worse than thought or that Arthur Moats could be moving back to OLB.
The deal is a 1 year deal worth 2 million. The Raiders were attempting to bring Morrison back but he wanted to move on from them. Here is a link to a video of Morrison mic'd up with the Jags: Morrison mic'd up.
DAREUS HURT
In the biggest scare of the day department, Marcell Dareus was seen on crutches in the locker room with his left ankle wrapped up.
Around 4:30pm Rodney McKissic from the Buffalo News tweeted the following:
@rodneyjmckissic Marcell Dareus seen walking on crutches with left ankle wrapped.
ESPN then followed up with this:
A person familiar with defensive lineman Marcell Dareus' ankle injury has told The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills are awaiting tests to determine its severity after the rookie first-round draft pick was hurt in practice.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity, because the team has not released any information or confirmed Dareus was hurt.
The injury occurred in practice Wednesday, during a portion that is closed to reporters. Dareus was briefly spotted walking on crutches in the locker room after practice.
Then John Murphy tweeted the following:
Murph_on_sports: Bills Marcell Dareus not thought to be seriously injured.
Murph posted the following on WIVB's website:
Sources tell News 4 Sports Dareus was kicked in the calf during the portion of the afternoon workout that was closed to the media. He left practice early and reportedly was seen in the Bills locker room after practice walking on crutches, with his lower left leg heavily taped. Sources say the injury is not believed to be too serious, but Dareus could miss some time.
The best case scenario for the Bills is if Dareus can be 100% ready for the season opener. It looks like he will be gone for a few weeks. With all of the bad news the Bills have had, this is the last thing Bills fans needed to hear. The Bills absolutely need Dareus for the season opener against the Chiefs. For once, it seems like the Bills got it right with their high first round pick and it would be a shame to see him out for any length of time.
BILLS SIGN WR
The Bills sent me a text in the afternoon announcing the signing of WR Ruvell Martin who played in 5 games with the Seahawks last year. He is a big receiver - standing in at 6'4 and 220 lbs, which fits the Buddy Nix mold of receivers. His numbers are nothing to speak of.
In their infinite wisdom they also decided to mention that he would be using the number #83 in the same text.
This is a move just to have another body around for practice and the last 2 preseason games. With the current injury situation, the Bills need more Wide Receivers around without the pressure of rushing their guys back. Donald Jones won't be back until the opener, Naaaman Roosevelt is gone for the rest of the preseason as well, Roscoe Parrish has a hamstring injury that the Bills are being extra cautious with and Craig Buster Davis is just coming back from an injury.
Here is an interview with the newly signed Martin talking about his role with the Bills: Martin talks Bills.
KELSAY CAN'T SEE
Chris Kelsay had blurry vision after taking a hit to the side of the head in the preseason game against Denver last weekend, so he decided to get his head checked out.
“I had a hole in my retina so I wanted to get that corrected and have some laser surgery done on it,” Kelsay said. ”I just wanted to do a few tests on my head. It wasn’t too bad. They just did a quick laser procedure, it literally took like 10 minutes. I’m just limited to contact for a couple of days.”
Kelsay is not expected to play in Saturday’s game.
FRED JACKSON WANTS TO GET HIS CHEDDAR
After all of that hoopla surrounding Fred Jackson and his reps, it appears it was more about Fred Jackson wanting to get paid more than anything else. Fred even mentioned this in his post practice meeting with the press. In the NFL, respect is measured by what you earn and Fred will be making less than CJ Spiller this season. As a veteran leader of this team, he felt the need to speak up about the situation.
Fred signed a bad deal a few years back and subsequently fired his agent. From what I heard, when he got wind that the Bills were opening negotiations with Kyle Williams and possibly others (Stevie Johnson is a name I've heard), and he wasn't on that list of names, he was upset. Whether the Bills give him a new deal is unknown at the moment but one thing is for sure, the Bills aren't looking to trade Jackson.
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