Archives for August 2013

‘Everyone is going to talk about breaking and you’re leaving camp. But really, we don’t want that type of mentality for our players and I’ve told them that too. We’re going to continue to get better. We’re still a work in progress. We’re not where we need to be as far as getting ready for the first week of the season.’

‘”I think you saw in practice you saw some cards where we’re working on some situations that we haven’t seen yet,” said head coach Doug Marrone. “Then obviously working on our upcoming opponents. We started that tonight, that’s why you saw the coaches out there with the cards. We’re transitioning now and we’ve got to continue to get better. We’re still a work in progress. We’re not where we need to be as far as the first week of the season.”‘

‘The Bills have signed FS Jairus Byrd to a one-year franchise tender.’

‘A former sixth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2011, Williams has spent the better part of the last two seasons on Buffalo’s practice squad. The guard has battled injuries since the spring practices and has missed time in training camp as well.’

‘Buffalo didn’t use the 16th overall pick, who plays the team’s most important position, to have him sit behind a seventh-year journeyman.’

‘”Before I got to college I never played defense, and then they told I was going to go both ways,” Brooks said after a recent practice at St. John Fisher. “I did what I had to do for the team. You have to follow the plans that are out there for you and continue to work.”‘

‘During the traffic stop, Officer Howard Scholl smelled the odor of marijuana from within the vehicle. When questioned, Bradham initially denied having drugs inside the vehicle, but subsequently retrieved a bag of marijuana from the center compartment and handed it over, police said.’

‘”Just to speak to his character the first guy that I heard from before I heard anything was Rian,” said Hopkins. “He just wished me luck, said he wanted the best for me and that he was happy for me. I think that’s just an accurate representation of the kind of guy he is. Just not bitter or anything like that, but genuinely happy for a guy that he’s known for only a few weeks.”‘

‘Of course, at the time there was no way to foresee the historic success of the design. Wright was compensated as a freelancer – his name isn’t signed to his work, and he was paid $400-$500 for the job, and that was the end of it.’

‘”You’ve seen flashes of him being able to win, so it’s just a matter of consistency,” coach Doug Marrone said Monday. “I always work with the players on the mind-set: Going out every day, trying to win and handling adversity. If you don’t get off to a good start, how are you going to get yourself back?”‘

‘The team’s doubts about Lindell resurfaced when they drafted Hopkins in April.’

‘”Obviously it has been too much,” Marrone said after practice at St. John Fisher College. “When we get into situations – especially the red zone – when we work on those drills and we work on those situations, we have to constantly remind ourselves of that and really up our focus because we don’t want any penalties down there. They do, they hurt. It’s very hard to make up certain downs and situations in this league.”‘

‘Lindell’s downside is that he doesn’t have as strong a leg as Hopkins but it shouldn’t take him long to find alternative employment. Hopkins has been a thundefoot. In four seasons at Florida State, Hopkins became the NCAA’s all-time leader in points (466) and field goals made (88). In 2012, he was named first-team All-ACC and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award for the nation’s best kicker.’

‘”(He) opened a center glove compartment and handed me a zip lock baggy,” the police report states. “I asked (Bradham) what was in the zip lock bag and he stated ‘marijuana.'”‘