Archives for June 16, 2012

‘"Blocking comes down to heart and will, it really does," he said after Friday’s practice in Orchard Park. "Are you willing to put the effort in? Are you going to work hard at it and take pride in doing it? If you’re going, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, I’m a receiver,’ it’s hard to get you to block."’

‘”Ever since I became a Buffalo Bill, Van has been probably one of my best friends,” Kelly said. “I mean I love the guy. And when I found out they were up here – and even though I have so much going on back home – it’s my daughter’s last day of school (Friday), my older daughter’s junior-senior prom is coming up, so we have to get the house ready, just so many things going on this weekend, I wanted to make sure I made an appearance for Van.”‘

”’I feel there’s agreement on some basic principles, and as a result I feel that we’re headed in the right direction,” Poloncarz said by phone on Friday. ”We’ll be meeting again in the future very soon, and it is my goal as well as the Bills’ organization to have the general terms hammered out by the start of training camp.”’

‘As far as what these three weeks have been like Gailey said, “I don’t know if we even have time to talk about it, we’ve learned a ton about individual players, we’ve been able to install a lot of our offense, defense and special teams, so we’ve gotten a ton out of this.”‘

‘The Bills, like every NFL team, were unable to hold OTA’s last year during the NFL lockout. Many players believe the extra work will make a big difference this season. “I think we’re gelling a lot more. Guys understanding more of their responsibilities, where we have to be and where we have to get to,” said defensive end Shawne Merriman. “That’s happening a lot faster for us now.”‘

‘”I think they have a mindset of wanting to be a championship football team and you can’t be a championship football team unless you take the proper steps to get there and this is one of the proper steps, is for everybody to be here,” said Gailey. “When you have your great players showing up all the time that gives you a chance to be a successful football team.”‘

‘We’ve learned a ton about individual players over the last few weeks. We’ve been able to install a lot of our offense, defense and special team so we’ve gotten a ton out of this. It’s certainly a lot better than last year’s offseason work.’