Yet another fun day in Buffalo. 1). Bills media relations department releases a new ridiculous set of rules for reporters covering practices. Leading to mockery from the beat writers and criticism from around the league 2). Bills GM Doug Whaley says that football is a game that "shouldn't be played by humans" 3). Waiver wire addition Dri Archer doesn't show up to OTA's. Actually, he hasn't responded to the team at all since being claimed. Don't worry. Rex Ryan mentioned in his press conference that the team is "a zillion miles ahead of where they were last year".
WTF??? Is that rule just for these OTAs or not? Also How is that allowed under the rules? Wouldn't the NFL have a problem with that? I ask because I dont know. Seems to me that ridiculous restrictions like that on the media, the people the league makes big money off of ,would not be something the league's power brokers would be okay with. Sometimes I wonder who in the hell that organization and Rex Ryan thinks they are.
I believe that's any practice, training camp included. That really sucks for their fans. I know a lot of people here enjoy getting those updates to get them through the offseason and stay updated on positional battles.
the tweets from their reporters are just hilarious. lots of tongue in cheek comments. someone compared the Bills to North Korea. "The Bills Reported that in today's practice Tyrod Taylor was 25-25 for 750 yards and 35 TDs"
At first I thought those arcane rules were enacted to prevent Rex from being Rex (i.e. being too honest). But preventing beat guys from providing camp updates has nothing to do with muzzling Rex. I never would have thought the organization that employed Rex Ryan would be the one who actually made the Pats look open and available. I'd have to think King Roger and his minions will ultimately have something to say though...
The policy is stupid, but it is one being adopted by numerous teams around the league. I think they said the Bears were the most recent team to do this, now the bills. Whaleys comments on humans playing football look really weird. Gonna have to see the context on that one, but either way that just looks odd.
I hope the new media policy doesn't become a trend. The NFL offseason is the longest of any sport and all fans get out of it during that time are harmless practice reports. Who gets hurt by knowing Ronald Darby picked off Tyrod Taylor? It's not like Bill Belichick is sitting at his computer reading those tweets. And even if he was, there's no edge he gains from it.
I bet the league cracks down on this soon. The one thing the league has excelled at is making the NFL as relevant as possible year round. Anything that hinders that will be squashed.
numerous teams? where and who? the bears policy does not go to the extent that this policy does. they wont let you film injured players but the reporters can still tell people when there was an interception or a dropped pass lol. Thats where it crosses from too strict to absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. Not wanting the media to disclose anything for strategy is iffy but at least somewhat understandable. I would disagree with that but its a worthy argument. Not wanting the media to report anything "bad" that happens though is absolutely pathetic also some teams are going in the opposite direction the Jaguars open their OTAs to the public http://espn.go.com/blog/jacksonville-jaguars/post/_/id/6143/jaguars-ota-open-to-public-today the Vikings & Seahawks host film sessions where a coach or player talks strategy based on practice film with the media
I think the coverage is getting a little too crazy these days. I've always wondered if it was just the bills or whether all teams do this, but there are reporters literally live tweeting the play by plays at every practice, a full write up practice report at the end of the day on the bills website, along with a video summary each day that wraps up the practice. Do all teams do that? I think it's becoming overkill.
Lol. You'd think Rex would know better after seeing how the media turned on Idzik for being clandestine.
After he gets fired this year he'll complain he was undermined again and didn't get to do it his way.
I don't get how any of that is allowed under the CBA. So basically the media can only report positives? What's the point in attending?
