Archives for June 2010

‘"I felt I had a lot of that already because I was doing the little things just to stay healthy," he said. "It got me adjusted to feeling like I was almost retired already. I was with my kids and with my family and I was trying to find things to keep me occupied so I wasn’t going crazy at home."’

‘"They’re not trying to push me too hard off the bat and hurt my recovery in any way. It’s healed but there’s still a lot going on down there that needs to be ironed out. They’re not giving me all the reps with the [first teamers] but I’m doing about half the reps. I didn’t plan on being back for the end of OTAs but as the rehab went on it looked more realistic."’

‘NFL agent Terry Bolar has told The Associated Press he’s reached a settlement with his former client, Buffalo Bills cornerback Terrence McGee, in a lawsuit in which the player alleged he was bilked out of more than $1 million.’

‘"Absolutely, I have something to prove," Evans told me after Wednesday’s early practice to open Buffalo’s mandatory minicamp. "The reality of it is, I haven’t done anything yet."’

‘”He’s a very interactive coach,” said Edwards. “He’s one of those guys that will call the play and step back and want to talk to the quarterbacks about it. So you’ll see the play going on in front of you and if you’re not in there you can stand next to Chan and he’ll tell you what he’s thinking on a play. He’s talking about reads and where we’re going with the football, what matchup we like, quarterback talk.”‘

‘For Gailey, it’s an ambitious timetable given he’s yet to name a starting quarterback, has an offensive line that’s been unsettled due to injury, and has had a little over a month of practice time to install his system.’

‘My theory is that Edwards and Brohm will fight it out for the starting job. The "loser" will be traded, cut or demoted to No. 3. It would be a feather in Gailey’s cap if he resurrected Edwards’ career or squeezed something out of Brohm that the Green Bay Packers didn’t think he had in him.’

‘Marv Levy used to say that once you start talking about retirement, you’re already retired. Schobel should make up his mind and stop acting as if the Bills are supposed to do it for him.’

‘”You’ve just got to push them a little bit and make sure they have high expectations of themselves because we have high expectations for them,” said Evans of the young receivers behind him on the depth chart. “It’s not necessarily criticizing them all the time, but doing things on the practice field to help them get better and if they can show improvement day by day then they’ll be fine.”‘

Former Bills receiver Terrell Owens and his cousin are being sued in Alabama over expenses for their martini bar.

‘I’ll reserve judgment on Brian Brohm, but if Edwards is right, he has greater upside than Ryan Fitzpatrick. Then again, with the organization desperate for a playoff berth, perhaps quarterback is more a question of "What can you do for me this minute?"’

‘”To be honest, I’m really not thinking that far ahead,” Edwards said following Monday’s OTA session. “I feel like that’s a long way in the distance for me. We still have an OTA [today] and a minicamp coming up at the end of this week. So however it plays out, that’s [Gailey’s] decision. I really don’t think that far ahead so I’m worried about the OTA [today].”‘

‘”I think it’ll come down to how I feel,” he said. “If I’m sore there’s really no point in going out. We’ve got a lot of time and Miami is the goal. I want to play Week One. It’d be a lot of fun to come out this week and practice, and that’s my goal, but if it gets sore and it’s bothering me a little bit I’ll probably just hold off. The strength is back so that’s not a concern. It’s just about getting the little muscles in my calf to keep firing and not get sore.”‘

‘”I believe I can provide support to the leadership, and could definitely help lead if needed,” Harris said. “I believe in everything the coaches say. I am a straight ahead guy.”‘

‘"Are you walking through my drill?" the Buffalo Bills and former Alexandria Senior High player yelled incredulously to several campers while working a group of defensive backs through exercises Saturday at the annual Nic Harris Football Camp at ASH. "Run, run, run!!!’