Bills Drop Adams
Sam Adams already has a poor relationship with Mike Mularkey - and it has just got worse. It remains to be seen if the Pro Bowler can get out of the coach's bad books and get back on to the field - for what remains of the season.
Adams has been plagued by injury issues and has been poor for the last month. He was benched in the second half in the loss at New England, was dropped from a home game against the Chiefs, then sprained an ankle against the Chargers and was forced to leave the game.
Although he practiced all last week and told Mularkey he was good to play against the Panthers, Mularkey shut him out and said he was going with younger players. Adams was put on the game's inactive list. That was it for Adams.
Adams left the stadium. After the Bills lost 13-9, struggling to stop the run yet again, Mularkey had little to say about Adams other than he was scratched for medical reasons. But Adams' agent claimed that the reason his client didn't play against Carolina was personal, not medical.
"This guy doesn't like Sam Adams, and that's fine," Angelo Wright told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "You don't have to like him to play him. Sam wants to play. He likes Buffalo. But you got a coach there who doesn't like him personally, and he's doing everything he can to make it look like it's the player."
In truth Adams has never been known as being committed to practice, but does deliver on game day - this lack of performance in practice coupled with nagging injuries could be the basis for Mularkey's decision.
If you are football betting on Buffalo's next game against Miami - the Bills are getting +4 points on the spreads.
