Archives for August 31, 2011

‘Suddenly, Easley is making a push not only to make the opening day roster, but perhaps be a starting wide receiver.’

‘The Buffalo Bills announced that individual game tickets for the home opener vs. the Oakland Raiders on September 18, 2011 and the Philadelphia Eagles home game on October 9, 2011 are sold out. The Bills also announced that a limited number of tickets remain for the home game on September 25, 2011 vs. the New England Patriots.’

‘”Fred Jackson makes a great addition to the M&T team. He works hard in practice, runs hard on the field and he shares our belief in serving Bills fans and the community, which makes him a great member of the team to raise the green flag of M&T Bank,” said Peter Eliopoulos, M&T chief marketing officer.’

‘Buffalo is expected to have their entire starting defense on the field for the first time since the preseason opener Thursday night.’

‘It’s not as if he was canceling practice, he says jokingly. To make clear how much more work needs to be done, Gailey intends to have his starters play a series or two on Thursday, when the Bills (1-2) close their preseason schedule hosting the Detroit Lions (3-0).’

‘"I haven’t been thinking much about the big picture," Urbik said after 90-minute workout at the Bills’ practice facility. "In the NFL, it’s week to week. It’s day to day. You can’t focus on the other stuff until after the season. It hasn’t even hit me yet, and I haven’t even thought about it all during camp."’

‘It’s no shock to hear that the bean counters are making personnel decisions to save Ralph Wilson money. In retrospect, it’s even more outlandish to think Wilson was ready to spend big bucks on a new head coach two years ago.’

‘”He needs to play,” coach Chan Gailey said. “He hasn’t played in a couple of years. He wants to play. He seems to be physically fit. If he wasn’t we wouldn’t put him out there, so we’re going to let him go try a few plays.”‘

‘”They didn’t tell me anything about it beforehand, they just told me I was going to move to ‘backer the next day and I had to roll with it,” said Carrington, a third-round draft pick in 2010 out of Arkansas State who the Bills believe can make a real impact this season in sub packages.’

‘Today, Chapter 25 is featured.’

‘”I’m ready. I’m fired up,” Parrish said, after returning to practice this week for the first time since Aug. 10. “I’m just appreciating every moment.”‘

‘Coach Chan Gailey provided the update Tuesday, a day after Huggins was hurt. His injury further depletes the Bills group of receivers for the team’s final preseason game against the Detroit Lions on Thursday.’

‘The move was announced in a press release prior to practice Tuesday, two days before Buffalo hosts Detroit in its preseason finale. The Bills had signed the Georgia Tech product prior to the start of training camp.’

‘”If you’re a linebacker, the first thing you want to know if who’s in front of you. Talking to Shawne he said, it’s myself, Marcell Dareus, Kyle Williams and Chris Kelsay up front. We’re going to keep you clean. We’re going to keep you free. When you hear a guy like that talk and tell you things like that you get excited as a linebacker. One of my mentors has been Ray Lewis since I’ve been in the league, he guys that he had in front of him, Terrell Suggs and guys of that stature, he said that that’s the best way to play football because you have guys in front of you who are going to work their butt off and keep you clean.”‘

‘On what he’s expecting from the young guys who are vying for a roster spot: “This is the game where they’ve got to make their final statement. There are a lot of them who are sitting there, and we’re trying to make decisions on. Special teams will have a big part of it as well as how they play offensively and defensively. Then there are some guys like Sheppard (Kelvin) and Morrison (Kirk) who need to play to play. They haven’t played at all. There are different scenarios in the game, but we all need to see exactly what we have from those guys that are not the starters right now.”‘