Archives for July 26, 2010

‘”He was my roommate when we traveled on the road with the Bills and anything I can do to support him I will do,” Lofton said. “He’s a great guy who has always had the best interests of kids at heart. As far as the Hall of Fame, he’s inching closer.”‘

‘”I’ve never really been in this situation where we have three like this,” Gailey said. “But I certainly am looking forward to seeing how it all pans out because I think you have a chance to give defenses some real problems with that many good running backs and football players.”‘

‘The New England Patriots, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins are overrated and the Bills will be at least 4-2 against their AFC East rivals.’

‘Gailey said both preseason games and camp practices will weigh heavily into the QB decision. "I don’t discount practice," Gailey said. "To me if a guy doesn’t practice well, he hurts himself. It’s not just games. Now I know there’s gamers and there’s practice players. I understand that. You can’t discount what happens in games. That is more heavily weighted. But you don’t discount what happens in practice."’

‘This offseason everybody’s been in Buffalo. We like living here, and the neighborhood we’re in. We live out in Lake View. There’s a million kids on the street. It really is nice for my wife and kids and for me not to be shipping back and forth every weekend to make time to see them. In July we go back to Arizona for a month before training camp.’

‘That’s always been a strength of my game — accuracy, getting completions. You always try to work on your weaknesses, but at the same time you want to make your strengths even stronger. So that’s something I’ve always worked on. A huge thing in this league is making sure you get completions, getting the ball in your guys’ hands and letting them make plays. I feel very good about where I’m at as a quarterback.’

‘The person who will be most affected by Spiller’s arrival is Lynch, who sits third on the depth chart after refusing to participate in most of the spring drills. It’s no secret he wanted out of Buffalo in the offseason. But he indicated during minicamp that he’s ready to accept whatever his role might be. We’ll see.’

‘ Everybody always questioned [whether] I could run between the tackles, because I’m not the biggest guy out there. I just take it with a grain of salt. I really don’t let that get me down. Athletes have to understand that you’re going to get good praise, and you’re going to get terrible criticism, so you just have to keep moving forward. I try to work on all aspects of my game. I don’t focus on my strengths and not work on my weaknesses, or work on my weaknesses and not focus on my strengths, so I try to work on everything I can to help me become a better football player.’

‘Can Chan Gailey resuscitate an offense that has been comatose for so long? The new head coach has a reputation for being an innovative offensive mind. He’s going to need all of those brain cells to be firing because the Bills have ranked no better than 25th in yards gained since 2002, and their quarterback situation continues to be one of the worst in the NFL. Gailey has some skilled players, so that reputation will be put to the test.’

‘Edwards might not deserve that second shot but he is likely going to get it. I would like to see him grab this opportunity and play like a guy who is willing to take some chances, make some plays, bounce back from failure and truly lead a team. He wasn’t given that freedom under Dick Jauron. Maybe he will be given that freedom now. Gailey deserves the opportunity to show he can make this team better and make his quarterback play better. I know we have heard this before with the Bills (see Mike Mularkey) but we really don’t have a choice. I would love a reason to finally be optimistic. I am sure you would too. Chan Gailey’s commericials say he is all about winning. Maybe he will finally be the guy in Buffalo to back that up.’