Archives for August 2011

‘”I think thing are going well,” Barnett said after Monday’s practice at St. John Fisher. “Obviously I came in not having played football for eight months. It took me a while to get the mechanics back down, then get used to the scheme. It’s starting to get better each day, and I am getting more comfortable out there.”‘

‘”I’m Buffalo Bills through and through now,” Chandler said. “It’s pretty easy to change loyalties in the NFL. I’m from Dallas, and it was great to play in my hometown, but it’s nothing like the chance that I have here and I’m excited to be a part of this team.”‘

‘"I think it’s good because you want to compete and if you’re not competing you’re not going to work as hard," said the 6-foot, 201-pound Roosevelt. "I think with all the receivers — there’s a lot of good receivers all through the board — you have to come out here and make plays and do what you need to do."’

‘"Whether Kelsay is injured or not, or whether it’s [Shawn] Merriman or Danny Batten or anybody we have is injured or not, we have to know the position," Carrington said. "That’s why they’re sticking us in there now."’

‘A training camp perennial finally showed up Monday when a pair of fights broke out. The tete-a-tete between offensive lineman Isaiah Thompson and defensive end T.J Langley was the most lively, with several punches thrown before Langley earned points for a takedown and the fight was broken up.’

‘Wang, who stepped in at starting left tackle for the second straight day in the absence of the injured Demetrius Bell, may get some extended playing time on Saturday when the Buffalo Bills open preseason at Chicago.’

‘”I’ll have to go watch the film to get the real story, but obviously our pass protection we just collapsed a few times and you can’t have that,” he said. “We’ve got to let our quarterback stand back there and throw the football.”‘

‘Bills fans can find solace in the fact that the new faces will improve the team’s talent level, unfortunately it’s not the type of improvement they need. Once again, the Bills couldn’t lure any free agent to Buffalo good enough to make the impact that would make them a serious playoff contender.’

‘He says it’s embarrassing how the Bills allowed 200 yards rushing eight times last season. It was so bad that he jokes he doesn’t like telling people what team he plays for in fear of being accused of stealing money.’

‘”He is a great young player,” Gailey said. “God didn’t give him a lot of speed. God didn’t give him a lot of size, but he gets the most of out what he has. He is a very good young player and I’m excited to see how he does in the games this year. He did well when we threw him in there last year.”‘

‘With Nick Barnett, Chris Kelsay, Shawne Merriman and Andra Davis the likely starters and Arthur Moats, Kelvin Sheppard and Reggie Torbor tabbed as projected backups, the outside linebacker could be fighting to stay on the team – not what Buffalo envisioned when it selected him with the 11th overall pick to rejuvenate its pass rush.’

‘But it’s a lot easier to look at his positives, and the more we see of him, especially now that he has the job from game one, the more difficult it is to understand how Edwards got the nod a year ago.’

‘”It gets the guys together so they can have a sort of cohesiveness with themselves,” Talley said. “They get to learn one another: ‘Can he do this? Can he not do that?’ Those are the things you get to find out. You get to learn the installation of what you’re going to be doing. It’s definitely beneficial for rookies. It’s beneficial for anybody coming into a new place.”‘

‘"He got a sprained ankle when he got down here in the end zone on a catch," Gailey said. "He’ll be out, I don’t know, four days, six days."’

‘Wang appeared in six games last season as a rookie, all in reserve, but coach Chan Gailey said Bell could be out a couple of days, meaning Wang could start the Bills’ preseason opener against Chicago on Saturday.’