Bills RB Lynch learned to accept reality

After spending most of the offseason on requiring for a trade to another team, the Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch now has a good knowledge that a trade is unlikely to happen to him and he will have to remain with the Bills for at least another season. Accepting the reality, Lynch now said that he is turning attention back on ball.

"I'm here, and I'm going to be here," Lynch told ESPN.com. "I'm in the mix. I'm cool. I see things getting better for us as a group, we all complement each other, I feel. You got a couple backs that just fly. You got some backs that'll just bruise. And then you got backs that can do it all. With all of them on the field, it's endless, the amount of production that you can see. But one thing about us all, we're all going to ball."

Accepting the reality also means that Lynch will have to stay calm for playing a supplementary role behind Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller. He may have a lot of time to sit at side line in his beloved Archie Manning jersey and watch starter or backup playing. At age 24, he still has time to wait for his turn, but he needs playing time to prove his talents and playing skills. Perhaps he will get new chance next season when the Bills find him really expendable or lose one of Jackson and Spiller.

Bills RB Jackson was fined $5K for not using standard strip

Now the NFL is called by many the “No Fun League” as it at times finds new reason to fine those play football in NFL jerseys. The latest reason it found to collect money from players is using a different strip of eye black from what is called the “standard” strip. Truly, the Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson was just fined $5,000 for the very reason.

Jackson painted “DIII” under his eyes during last Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons and got to know that he would have to pay $5,000 for that Wednesday. Complaining about the fine after Wednesday practice, Jackson said he was surprised by the punishment because he’s been wearing “DIII”—which stands for his Division III college football background—since the Coe College product first broke into the league with Buffalo in 2007.

And he had previously never received any kind of warnings on using non-standard strip from the league, who declined to comment, neither explained what rule the running back violated, but said all player fines will be confirmed on Friday.