Archives for May 2013

‘”Getting better,” said Williams after he took in Tuesday’s OTA session. “It’s always good to get better rather than get worse.”‘

‘The Bills have been waiting to see Stevie Johnson as a part of the team practice setting. After being limited to just individual position drills in his initial return to practice last week, Johnson’s workload was expanded to team work as he got some plays in Tuesday.’

‘”[The rookies] ask me questions and stuff like that and I take pride in trying to help other guys out,” Rogers said of taking on a leadership role. “I was in the same position when I came in and I was asking all kinds of questions to the older guys so I know. It’s not a really veteran group we have. Leodis (McKelvin) is the most experienced, but I do have a couple years so I try to help when I can.”‘

‘I don’t see the Bills beating Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Atlanta or Baltimore which means four wins will have to come from this group: Carolina, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Jacksonville. It doesn’t seem like a Herculean task but the questions up and down the roster and the unknown that is the new coaching staff have me convinced the under is the way to go.’

‘Kalsu’s leadership could be seen in his demeanor and character. He never cussed, not even in the heat of battle. He was “always laughing and joking” with his close friend, Spc. 4th Class David Earl Johnson, who would die alon-gside of him.’

‘But what lifts this above the usual celebrity split – Marzouki says Williams, who was prone to “dramatic mood swings,” broke off the relationship several times in their six years together, the last one of which they were engaged – was when the fiancee took the offensive in a countersuit.’

‘Early on in Marv’s career and our careers, we knew if we didn’t come together as a team, it didn’t matter how many superstars we had, we wouldn’t make it. He made sure to make each individual understand that if we didn’t put our egos to the side, we wouldn’t achieve our goals. He could communicate to players in a way where we totally understood it. He was never the rah-rah, in-your-face type of guy. It was the old cliché: It’s not what you said, but how you said it. Marv always knew what to say and how to say it.’

‘So the Bills are relying heavily on Johnson, both on and off the field. They need him to stay healthy, and they need him to produce as a No. 1 receiver while continuing to mature as a team leader. The idea of Johnson being a mentor for a stable of rookies is a tenuous one, to say the least.’

‘”This defense we’ve got we’re all over the place,” said Anderson. “I might be a defensive end one play, an outside linebacker standing up on another play. I don’t know what my set position is right now, but I have been working at both.”‘

‘”I flunked my physical when I got drafted by the Bills. They said there was a problem with my heart. My wife and I were scared. They found out I could play, but, during that four-week period, my wife said, ‘No big deal, you could coach or do something else.’ It had no bearing on her. My brother Darryl, who just passed away last month and was a great Christian, said I needed a new heart. He said it was a wake-up call to keep my heart pure and clear. It’s not about material things. I realized you can’t have a hardened heart.”‘

‘”Despite his fame and wealth, this court should not allow Williams to misuse the court system, or to avoid the ramifications of his conduct,” Buzbee wrote. “Williams is not above the law. He undeniably lied under oath.”‘

‘”The knee feels really good,” Chandler said. “I feel great. Running routes, you guys saw, I don’t know that it’s 100-percent but it’s better than most so I’m feeling good.”‘

‘Pettine is responding to comments made by several Buffalo veterans in sharing their first impressions of a defense geared toward creating mismatches by having players learn multiple roles. Three weeks into spring minicamps, the question becomes how quickly the Bills can adapt to yet another new system – their third in three years.’

‘”You figure it up, and we start camp at seven months for Scott. Even if the doctor said, ‘You’re strong enough to do it,’ you don’t know confidence-wise how long it’ll take him to get back to 100 percent.”‘

‘”The knee feels really good,” Chandler said at the conclusion of his solo workout. “I feel great. Running routes you could probably tell it’s not 100 percent, but it’s better than most so I feel good.”‘