Archives for February 2009

‘”Scouting college players today is difficult because of where the college game has gotten,” said Bills offensive coordinator Turk Schonert. “You can see this guy is athletic, this guy is fast, this guy has good hands, but as far as technique goes, receivers running the route tree. Sometimes they’re very limited in the routes that they run, so how do you know?”‘

‘The outcome of the gun charges could play a role in whether Lynch gets suspended for violating the league’s player conduct policy.’

‘It’s believed the Bills have made a substantial offer to Greer. However, Greer has been waiting five years for the chance to be an unrestricted free agent. Given the demand for cornerbacks, Greer can’t afford to not see what offers are out there for him.’

‘”He did a lot of good things,” Schonert said of Edwards. “He made some young mistakes. He had some things happen to him that caught him off guard in some games and he struggled. But he regained his composure in some games. Like the Denver game. He started off really bad, missed some throws. But he rebounded and he played very well and we won the game.”‘

‘”He’s come back home to live and raise his family,” said Beth Stevens, executive director of the Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce. “We’re very honored that Kent is part of our community.”‘

‘”I think Jabari knows how we feel about him,” said Bills COO Russ Brandon. “We’ve been in constant communication with his representatives as well. We’d love to have Jabari back in the mix.”‘

‘Convincing the NFL decision makers that despite your injury history you’re still worth the risk of a high pick is a tough sell job, even when you’re as talented as Florida’s Cornelius Ingram and Missouri’s Chase Coffman. The two tight ends know they have to win over those who will be making the draft selections two months from now.’

‘As for difficulties he can control, Dockery needs to not only elevate his own play but also drag his teammates upward regardless of their respective abilities or tendencies to underachieve. He might have to forcibly kidnap them for their own good, but that’s one of the unwritten responsibilities of opulent guards.’

‘”For our Buffalo Bills fans, like all of them, we were disappointed, clearly, in the way our season ended,” Jauron said Thursday. “We’re working like heck to get us into a position where it doesn’t happen [again], where we can sustain and play consistent football through a year and fight our way to a playoff spot. That’s what we plan on doing, that’s what we want to do and certainly that’s what they want us to do.”‘

‘”It’s kind of like coming home for me,” Nix said Thursday. “Mr. [Ralph] Wilson is in the Hall of Fame now, but I’d love to see him get back in the playoffs and win. Tom’s been a good friend for a long time. And a lot of the other guys I know. Hasn’t much changed around there. There’s still a lot of familiar faces.”‘

‘Lynch is still a very young man. He’ll turn 23 on April 23. He has time to sort out his priorities and become a solid citizen. He owes it to himself, his family and his teammates to grow up. There is plenty of time for him to turn his life around. Now would be a good time to start.’

‘”Certainly, at times, we played offence well enough to win, but consistently over the course of the year we clearly need to score more points than we’re scoring. We made an improvement over the previous year in lots of areas on the offensive side, but we need to take another step there and increase our consistency of getting into the end zone more often.”‘

‘Lynch was charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court with possessing a concealed, loaded and unregistered firearm, police Detective Ryan Thompson said.’

‘The fact that Lynch put himself in this ridiculous position and the NFL in a negative light won’t sit well with the commish.’

‘”They (officers) knocked on the window of the car. Someone unrolled the window. They saw three people in the car and they could smell a strong odor – marijuana coming from the car. They had the occupants exit so they could further investigate to see if there was any marajuana in the car. What they found were four, not marajuana cigarettes – what they call blunts or swisher sweets that appeared to contain marijuana in them,” says Tankenson.’