Archives for July 29, 2008

‘The eight-game Bills Toronto Series will kick off with a free football festival and concert on Wednesday, Aug. 13 in downtown Toronto.’

‘Coach ‘C’ (Catavolos) is telling me to be polished out there on the field and stay consistent. As a player you can always work on something and get better. I’m expecting there to be more feedback as I get more practices under my belt. Coach ‘C’ and coach Fewell are both good coaches so I’m ready to take advice from either one of those two guys.’

‘The Bills have a real shot at a Wild Card. Kirwan basically said don’t worry about New England. Concentrate on a couple more wins than last year, get to 9-7 and fight for that spot. Ryan said the Bills do have Cleveland and Jacksonville on the schedule. They have a shot to beat the teams they are competing with head to head. If they did that last year they might have made it.’

‘The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday that tickets will be available beginning Friday, August 1, at 9:00 a.m. for the Bills Verizon Wireless Training Camp night practice on Sunday, August 17 at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.’

‘Orchard Park, NY – The Buffalo Bills and the City of Rochester Police Department (RPD) announced they will host area youth of the Do The Right Thing awards program at the Bills Verizon Wireless Training Camp night practice on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.’

‘The best way to view past failures is as an opportunity to learn how do to things right by examining what went wrong, and Edwards should make specific note of Collins’ utter lack of stage presence. To break down and make a Kelly comparison, the second-year quarterback needs to instead display uncommon confidence and perhaps a tad of cockiness.’

‘”We want to get as much production out of him as we can,” said Bills defensive line coach Bill Kollar. “Our parts are interchangeable, so we said, ‘Hey, let’s play him where he feels the most comfortable.’ “‘

‘”Our goal – the three of us, led by Mr. Wilson and with Roger really caring- is to make the Bills in Buffalo as strong as possible so they’ll stay here a very long time.”‘

‘Bills special teams coach Bobby April always is coming up with creative ways to teach techniques. This summer, on occasion, he has punt returners working on a way to be more sure-handed at catching punts. The returners hold a football in their hands, a punt is boomed into the air. Before the ball comes to them, they must toss the ball they’re holding up, catch the ball that’s been punted, then catch the ball they originally held.’

‘"When Ralph and the commissioner and I get together we talk about how we can further strengthen the Bills," Schumer said. "We’ve had good luck so far and we’re going to keep working and working at it. I am confident in the Bills’ future because of these two leaders. Our goal is to make the Bills in Buffalo as strong as possible so they will stay here a very long time."’

‘Bills coach Dick Jauron said he did not expect Lynch to face a suspension. "I’m certainly relieved," said Jauron. "I didn’t anticipate anything because it wasn’t my position to anticipate. I’m aware of what he said and it certainly makes sense to me and I certainly agree with him. We’re relieved."’

‘”Marshawn had a great block on Kawika. And Kawika’s a great pass rusher. We try to get our shots in whenever we can, like they try to get theirs in. It’s all in fun. We go back and we eat lunch and we’ll sit down and talk about it.”‘

‘There is concern that the Bills are already on shaky ground. Wilson is set to celebrate his 90th birthday this fall, and the team is expected to be raffled to the highest bidder once he dies. And with the team’s lease at Ralph Wilson Stadium expiring in 2012, the Bills appear primed for relocation. Not so, said Goodell and Schumer, who both believe that forging a relationship with Toronto could actually keep the franchise playing in Orchard Park, N.Y.’

‘”We’re talking about the future of the Bills and what we can continue to do to make sure that the Bills continue to be successful here in Western New York,” Goodell said.’

‘”The nature of the conversation was to find out how the Bills were doing. Fortunately, that’s the good news,” Goodell said. “The Bills, particularly in their effort here to regionalize the team further to southern Ontario and Toronto has been a very big success. And I think that’s something that we’re all proud of, the fact that we can now make the team stronger here.”‘