I spoke to a source inside the Buffalo Bills organization and learned that fifth round draft pick Ed Wang is practicing again regularly with the team. However, despite playing offensive tackle at Virginia Tech and being projected at tackle for the NFL, Wang has been practicing exclusively as a guard with the Bills.
Wang, the first full blooded Chinese player ever drafted into the NFL, was the ninth pick (140th overall) in the fifth round in this past April’s draft. He’s yet to see any game action because of a leg injury suffered on June 4 that the team termed a high ankle injury.
The organization has remained extremely tight-lipped regarding his progress, but we’ve learned he’s physically close to being game ready.
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If you’re the 1972 Miami Dolphins, you can go ahead and order that champagne right now. We’re just past four weeks into the season and already Kansas City is the lone team without a blemish in the loss column. It’s a great feel good story, though it certainly won’t last much longer. This season is the polar opposite of 2009 when it was obvious early New Orleans and Indianapolis were on a Super Bowl collision course.
The good news is that it makes for a plethora of exciting and unpredictable games. This is just our fifth weekly power rankings poll and we’ve already had three different teams chart the tops. Last week we learned anything can happen. The Rams have run off two in a row, the Browns beat the Bengals, Donovan McNabb had a triumphant return to Philadelphia and hopefully, the Buffalo Bills have finally bottomed out.
Here’s our week five NFL power rankings. Feel free to disagree:
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So the Marshawn Lynch era is over in Buffalo, and the return from Seattle is a fourth rounder in 2011 and a conditional pick the following year.
First and foremost, the move was necessary because there isn’t enough footballs in this (to this point) anemic offense for C.J. Spiller, Fred Jackson and Lynch. Spiller is the ninth overall pick while Jackson signed an extension just a year ago, and is a young 29 years old.
Jackson proved last year he can carry an offense, gaining more than 1,000 yards both in rushing and kickoff returns. He deserves more playing time and now will get it.
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Jay Glazer of Fox Sports was the first to report that Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch has finally been traded. He’s been dealt to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a fourth round pick in next year’s 2011 draft and a conditional pick the following year.
Lynch trade talk has been on and off ever since the Bills selected C.J. Spiller with the ninth overall pick of the draft last April. Seattle has been linked to Lynch ever since draft day, when it was rumored the Bills rejected an offer for him.
Lynch finishes his Bills career with 2,765 rushing yards, 670 receiving yards, and 18 total touchdowns.
He’s also been linked over the past few months to Green Bay and Philadelphia, but it’s out west to Seattle where he’s headed.
We’ll have plenty more on this move later, as it appears the Bills are in full-fledge roster turnover mode. Given the state of the 0-4 team, that’s a good thing.
All we know for sure is that somewhere, Fred Jackson is jumping for joy.
**UPDATE** Adam Schefter reports that the conditional pick is a 2012 sixth rounder that can go to a fifth based on performance.
It’s been a run of 26 successive Buffalo Bills home games fans have been afforded the opportunity to watch their hometown team on television. Sadly, that streak is but a few flips for the calendar from coming to its conclusion. The Bills are winless, appearing more unwatchable than ever, play an unappealing Jacksonville Jaguars team this Sunday, and more than 11,000 tickets still remain.
Can you hold fans accountable for that?
Forget the Super Bowl era glory days, it feels like centuries ago since the Drew Bledsoe and Eric Moulds-led Bills even had a winning season. Yet week after week, ever since December 24, 2006 when they hosted Tennessee, Ralph Wilson Stadium has sold out. Through thick and mostly thin, loyal fans of Bills football are a glutton for punishment.
That may not be the case anymore.
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It’s like being stuck between a rock and a hard place for forward Mark Mancari.
In four of the last five years, Mancari has posted 20 goal seasons; he’s been an AHL All-Star twice and holds the record for the hardest shot (102.8mph), yet he’s stuck in the AHL.
He’s caught in tweenerland, where a player is exceptional at the AHL level, but for any number of reasons can’t seem to find their way to the NHL on a consistent basis, which has left Mancari somewhat frustrated.
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University at Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack has been named the Mid-American Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week following his standout performance in the Bulls’ 28-26 win at Bowling Green on Saturday.
Mack had a team-high nine tackles, including a career-best four tackles for loss. The redshirt-freshman also had two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble, one pass break up and one sack. He was part of a defensive effort that limited Bowling Green to a season-low 176 yards of offense and only ten first downs. Mack’s first quarter sack and forced fumble set the Bulls up inside the Bowling Green 20 where Buffalo scored their first touchdown of the game.
Mack is making an early statement for MAC Freshman of the Year consideration. The Fort Pierce, FL native leads the MAC in tackles for loss with a team-best eight. He also leads UB with four quarterback hurries and ranks second on the team in sacks (2.5) and pass breakups (5) to go along with his 23 tackles.
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