May 13, 2013 - 3:02 PM
By Tim Graham
How will we remember Buddy Nix's tenure as Buffalo Bills general manager? With the help of beat reporter Mark Gaughan, we look back on the past three seasons and four drafts under Nix.
Here are his five biggest misses:
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March 9, 2013 - 12:09 PM
By Mark Gaughan
Buffalo Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said two weeks ago he wanted to keep cornerback and kick return ace Leodis McKelvin.
The Bills got it done just three days before McKelvin was due to become an unrestricted free agent.
The Bills reached a four-year contract agreement with McKelvin that is worth just over $20 million, a league source told The Buffalo News. The deal includes $7.5 million of guaranteed money.
January 31, 2013 - 12:48 PM
By Tim Graham
NEW ORLEANS -- Kirk Morrison couldn't get on the field for an historically bad defense that was considered thin at linebacker.
"My knowledge of the game, how many consecutive games I've started over my career," Morrison said, "not to get a start or play significant time was frustrating."
Morrison signed a two-year contract with the Bills in 2011 after starting all but one game in his previous six seasons for the Oakland Raiders, where he was a captain, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Tim Graham returned to The Buffalo News in 2011 after covering the NFL for three years at ESPN and for one year at the Palm Beach Post. Before that, the Cleveland native spent seven seasons on the Buffalo Sabres beat for The News and was president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
@ByTimGraham | tgraham@buffnews.com
Buffalo native Mark Gaughan started working at The News in 1980 and has been covering the Bills exclusively since 1992. He is president of the Pro Football Writers of America, and he is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.
@gggaughan | mgaughan@buffnews.com
Jay Skurski joined The News in January 2009. The Lewiston native attended St. Francis High School before graduating from the University of South Florida. He writes a weekly Fantasy column in addition to his beat writing duties.
