'EJ Manuel played with the third-team offense, and that hurt him on the first two series he played. Manuel dealt with bad snaps and drops from his teammates that made it hard for him to get anything going. Then he made maybe the best throw he's made in a Bills uniform when he stepped up in the pocket under pressure and threw a 51-yard strike to Thompson for a touchdown. He finished the day 4-8 for 77 yards and stayed alive in the quarterback race. Three of his incompletions were on drops. His day was far from perfect, but he's not dead in this competition just yet.'