Archives for August 2011

‘Lindell doesn’t kick every day in training camp and before the season. He has a program he follows, “We’re tailing it down a little bit getting used to the in season work. I take two days after the game and two days before and that really helped last year and my legs really felt good at the end of the year. That was huge for me.”‘

‘Today was the first day reporters were not allowed to watch more than 10 minutes of practice. No others saw Dareus afterwards.’

‘It’s not believed to be a serious injury, but Bills first round draft pick Marcell Dareus left practice early Wednesday with a leg injury.’

‘A five-year veteran Martin (6’4″ 220) played last season for the Seattle Seahawks appearing in five games where he had seven catches for 158 yards and a touchdown. In 2009 he was a reserve receiver for St. Louis.’

‘”Those plays are going to happen from time to time,” veteran safety Brian Dawkins​ said. “He already knows, but I told him that I got hit with a $50,000 dollar fine from that same type of a hit running full speed. It’s one thing to be playing in slow motion and have hit somebody, and it’s another thing to be full speed and hit somebody. It’s a moving target. You’ve got to play your game and make decisions as you go.”‘

‘Buffalo needs both guys.’

‘Six members of the New Voice Club, most talking with artificial larynxes, sat in the back of the Bills’ media room Tuesday to pay tribute to the Bills and Pleasant, their former colleague.’

‘"I just go out there and try and make my own name as opposed to try and emulate or imitate someone else," said Wilson, 30. "For the most part, I haven’t done it to the point where I’m a recognizable name in most personnel meetings but hopefully with this opportunity this year, I can put myself and the rest of my teammates on the radar and just be able to make plays when I get those opportunities."’

‘The Bills didn’t give Spiller $20.8 million in guarantees to sit on the bench. They expected him to be a game-changer. Spiller was the first pick of the new regime, a test of Nix’s reputation as an astute personnel man. It was a dubious choice for a team with greater needs. But a new regime favors its own players and distances itself from the old guard. They’ll do what they can to justify the investment.’

‘”There’s still some stuff that needs to be ironed out,” Jackson said. “He told me I was the starter, and we can go from there. We’ll see how things pan out.”‘

‘The better Evans plays, the worse the Bills will look for trading one of their best players and a popular and respected team leader for a 2012 fourth-round draft pick.’

‘As for Jackson’s talk with Modkins he said, “I sat down with Coach Modkins and we had a productive talk, let me know where I stood and we’ll take things from there. There is still some stuff that needs to be ironed out. He told me that I would be starting and we can go from there. But we will see how things pan out. We will see what we do when it comes to Saturday.”‘

‘”You don’t take a guy in the top ten if you don’t plan on playing him obviously,” he told News 4 Sports, “but I feel like I’ve done a lot to speak for myself on the field as well.”‘

‘On if Merriman’s injury will hold him out this week: Yeah it could. I think we will have to see more towards the end of the week and see how it goes.’

‘Well I don’t know what he said. I tried to make sure that I focus on all the good things about every one of these guys. Everybody says something from time to time that they wish they had back or that they wish they had phrased differently. I understand that. Fred is a great player and is going to be a great player and we look forward to what he is going to do for us this year. He is going to have a big part in our offense this year.’