Archives for July 2006

‘All of which reinforces the truth behind a classic Levy-ism Ñ if you have more than one of anything, then you probably don’t have any.’

‘I just felt a little tweak, I’ve pulled my right hamstring before so I know it’s nothing to really play around with. I don’t want to come back too early so everything I can to prevent this from happening again I’m going to try to do that.’

‘I suspect you would like to know about Craig, he will miss some practice time. We’re not certain how much yet and we do have to kind of take it day by day. I guess you wouldn’t say it’s minor because he is going to miss some time but I wouldn’t be prepared to say how much because I don’t know, I’m not certain that the experts know, and I’m certain that Craig doesn’t know. He’s going to try it probably every day and see how it feels when they work him and stuff like that. He’s going to miss some time.’

‘It was just some dehydration. It was a precautionary thing, but I feel 100% now and I’ll be out there ready to practice tomorrow. I really haven’t gotten too many cramps before, it was my legs, hamstrings, everything, but I’m good to go now.’

‘Jauron believes McCargo has learned his lesson. "I feel 100 percent now and I’ll be out there ready to practice Monday," said McCargo. "I’ll be drinking my fluids more because it’s very important. I just figured it out yesterday from the cramps."’

‘”It’s really disappointing and it’s obviously severely disappointing for him,” Jauron said. “But he’s a professional, been around for a while and he knows this happens. And once it happens, there’s nothing you can do about it except get it well as fast as you can.”‘

‘McCargo’s agent, Hadley Engelhard, said his client felt fine after he spoke with McCargo shortly after he returned from hospital. "He just overextended himself," Engelhard said.’

‘”The scheme we run is clearly a little bit different,” Bills coach Dick Jauron said Saturday. “Speed is really important. Size is not as important to us. . . . We think Angelo is kind of poised to make a leap. He’s athletic, he’s fast, he’s got range. We’re not handing anybody the job. We are penciling him in.”‘

‘As successful as the Bills have been in extending their franchise boundaries, especially into the Rochester area, they need to make more progress in their toughest area to penetrate, southern Ontario. “I think our biggest challenge is to continue to regionalize our franchise,” Brandon said.’

‘It’s convenient to blame Donahoe and last year’s coaches. There’s certainly justification for that. But the players bear a big share of the blame.’

‘”My thought process is pretty simple,” Jauron said. “They’ve been away from us for about five to six weeks, and I’d like to get them back into it. I’d like to get back to the basics and start teaching again. . . . We’ve got plenty of time in camp and preseason to get the pads on. . . . There’s every reason in my opinion to start them out a little bit slower in that regard – not in terms of speed, but in terms of pads and hitting.”‘

‘Sure, your beloved Buffalo Bills may have brought you to Rochester for the National Football League team’s training camp at St. John Fisher College. But Buffalo’s easterly neighbor has many more play-worthy attractions.’

‘We are told that McCargo is expected to be released in time to be back with the team for a closed practice session on Sunday afternoon.’

‘”I don’t regret anything I say or do,” McGahee said the other day when the Bills opened their seventh training camp at St. John Fisher College. “Things just didn’t go my way last year, but I’m not going to worry about it. I’m not going to say anybody else is better than me. I don’t have to prove nothing to nobody except myself; I’m doing it for me.”‘

‘They were 29th in passing yards, 27th in sacks allowed, 20th in converting third downs, and 24th in scoring points. The inconsistent and often feeble play by the offensive line (this is a recording) was a critical reason why Buffalo’s new leadership regime called in the wrecking ball.’