Archives for July 2015

'"I'm not on Twitter or social media, so it's hard to keep up with that," Williams said. "I'm a little upset I didn't get invited. Probably my wife's glad I didn't get invited."'

'The Bills will have to examine the progress of Cherilus' recovery from an offseason knee surgery. He missed all of the Colts' offseason program due to the injury.'

'It's not unreasonable to think the Bills will keep six linebackers on the roster, though it depends on how versatile they think some of their defensive ends can be. Lawson is a lock, while Johnson should make the team with a strong training camp. Bradham, Brown and Powell are safe bets to make the roster as well, so it's up to Steward, Tarpley or Jimmy Gaines to convince coaches the roster needs six linebackers.'

'"It's awesome that fans are excited," center Eric Wood said. "But from our perspective, we've got a long way to go and we haven't played a game yet."'

'The Colts cut Cherilus because of concerns they had of him coming off knee surgery.'

'The Bills parted with guard Chris Williams and tackle Wayne Hunter in the past week and have holes across the offensive line.'

'“Yeah, I think so. I think you see everything,” Williams said, as he enters his tenth camp. “From Rex, to the players, to the attitude change and player additions, you know I think you would be blind if you said you didn’t see it or feel it, but like I said we’re excited to be here. We’re excited about where we could go, but we have a whole lot of work before we get there. We got a whole lot of work before we have that first game in September, and hopefully, obviously we’ve got some talented guys but I think, hopefully, they understand that there’s a whole lot of work to get done before we can realize any kind of potential that we have.”'

'I still think Cassel is the favorite but that is solely based on the fact he has more NFL experience than Manuel and Taylor. Since they don't have an elite QB on the roster, I think Rex Ryan and Greg Roman will be looking for someone with a steady hand, who makes the right decisions more often than not, and gets the ball into the hands of the various play makers on offense.'

'The 6-7, 315 pound Cherilus has played 104 games, starting 100 in his NFL career. He was selected in the first round by the Lions (17th overall) in 2008.'

'“It does feel different and I’m excited about it,” defensive tackle Kyle Williams said. “We’ve got a group that can do some special things.”'

'“Just happy to have the talent we have,” said defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman. “They were good last year. Our job, for this entire defense, as coaches, from Rex (Ryan) on down is to see if we can get this group from great to elite. One of the defenses that people are talking about for years to come.”'

'“But again, the race isn’t over by a long shot,” Ryan said, “so we’ll see. Seantrel has got to show that he can handle it mentally, physically all of it and then get out here. Obviously he’s a guy that started 16 games last year so I think competition is going to be good, and Kouandjio has got to show that when the pads come on that he can handle the physical aspect of the game.”'

'After years of lackluster coaching hires, the Bills are now run by someone who has spent hours (upon hours) studying how to beat Bill Belichick. Even when his Jets teams were awful, they made Belichick sweat. Last year’s 4-12 disaster lost to the eventual Super Bowl champs 27-25 and 17-16 on last-second field goal misses.'

'"There's a lot of different weapons that we're excited about, and I'm excited to play in this offense, more excited than I've been in a long time," said running back Fred Jackson, who once again this season is the oldest player in the NFL at his position. "We have to work, it's not going to just come at us, but we're excited."'

'"Now, we're understanding how to run routes off any press, off any leverage, to where you won't be covered," Watkins told the Buffalo News. "We were kind of limited last year with certain things. It was, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.' All" Moore "wanted to do was just tie-in what he knew and what he did in his career and just do that."'