Archives for August 2015

'“I just want to do whatever I can to help the team win,’’ Harvin told The Post. “I texted [Ryan] and we had a conversation. He gave me a few reps [in Friday’s opening training camp practice], and we’ll see where it goes. I loved it. I played a lot of it in high school. I’m definitely familiar with it. I practiced it a lot at Florida."'

'Harvin says he's "learned from all my lessons," and is determined to be a better person and teammate.'

'Jones, an undrafted rookie in 2013, has spent time with the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans.'

'The 6-7, 341-pound Alabama State product signed as an undrafted free agent with the Atlanta Falcons in 2013, spent time with the Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens and Titans. He was released by Tennessee Friday.'

'EJ Manuel did not take advantage of his first-team reps. He was inaccurate for the better part of 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 work. In one sequence, on three consecutive throws, he threw it behind an open Sammy Watkins across the middle, overthrew Chris Hogan down the middle as he had a step on the defense, then underthrew Marquise Goodwin on the sideline. Later, he was behind Fred Jackson on an easy swing pass to the flat that fell incomplete.'

'On the second day of practice, EJ Manuel got his turn with the first-team offense and had a blatantly average session. The good part for Manuel, though, is that average was good enough to put him ahead of the player that took Friday’s first team snaps: Matt Cassel.'

'Jones was released by the Tennessee Titans on Friday, July 31.'

'“It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be,” rookie CB Ron Darby said after Saturday’s practice. “We did a lot of running today. We didn’t have any subs because we split the field up, so we did like twenty plays in a row, almost.”'

'“Well, of course, you have to have a sense of urgency, especially at our position,” Cassel said. “I think every time you go out there, you’re trying to prove that you’re the guy and also that you’re prepared, you’re ready to go. But I think at the same time, you have to go out with an understanding that you can’t put too much pressure on yourself or you’ll take away from what you’re trying to get done.”'

'It became clear, the more McCoy talked, that he had no idea why the party invitation was so regrettable. He didn’t seem to grasp how bad it looks to ask women to sign a confidentiality agreement at a time when players’ mistreatment of females is a raging issue in the league.'

'“We want to win, I can tell you that much,” Ryan said. “And we expect to win. I think going into it we are going to work. We are going to do anything we can to put ourselves in that position. That certainly is our objective to get in there and obviously we will see, we have a lot of work to do."'

'EJ Manuel: Fumbled his first snap and tripped while dropping back on another. Was way off the mark on three consecutive incompletions in team drills. One was a sideline route well over the head of Sammy Watkins.'

'“They don’t want us to force their children to be witnesses, participants in a prosecution – under the circumstances of this case – where the injuries were minor with the one child who was injured,” Elmore said. “It doesn’t appear there will be any likely contact between them again. It seemed like it was an isolated incident. And as far as the Kromers are concerned, we’re going to honor their parents’ request to drop the charges.'

'The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation will continue to seek counsel from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, in order to achieve local insight and connect with other local grant makers, as part of its mission to distribute more than $1.2 billion over the next 20 years.'

'"I thought it would be tough finding something to top jumping out of a plane, but as a football coach, I think this topped it," said Ryan, who made his much-publicized sky-diving debut a couple of weeks ago during the Niagara Air Show. "This day was a long time coming, you can't wait to get out here, itching and ready to go, you experience the fans, great weather, on the grass and all that stuff, man, it's tremendous."'