Archives for June 30, 2012

‘There is always a level of uncertainty surrounding rookies heading into their first training camp. Expectations range from player to player, but their lack of game experience at the professional level is something that they all have in common. A coaching staff can certainly get an inkling of who they feel will be an early contributor to the team during OTAs and mini-camp, but nothing is settled when players are in shorts and t-shirts.’

‘”I really, to be honest with you, don’t know what they were thinking,” Kelly said. “Me, if I was a general manager or a president or the owner of a team, I would not have done that.”‘

‘”I think what the Bills have done in the free agent market is comparable to what the Bills did in a pair of offseasons in ’95 and ’96,” said Spielman. “The Bills brought in Mario Williams, well the year before I came to the Bills they brought in Bryce Paup. When you have Bryce Paup on one side and Bruce Smith on the other side that puts a lot of pressure on an offense. And both of those guys fed off each other.”‘