Archives for May 7, 2016

'"What I knew about Buffalo is that it's really cold," Striker said. "That's just from the start. And then I saw the '30 for 30' and I'm sure a lot of you reporters are from here and lived here with the whole four times in a row thing. I didn't know about that. That was like, 'Wow.' But that was a great team. To make it four times in a row to the Super Bowl in the NFL… they didn't get the job done in the Super Bowl but that was still a great team. That's what I took from it. A lot of history here. A lot of great players have been through here."'

'“Obviously, he’s got the physical gifts you look for, there’s no question about that,” Ryan said. “You notice the stature and he’s got a big arm and all that … but you also notice that he's just going through everything. It’s spinning right now. He’s throwing behind guys. He doesn’t know where he’s going right now with it.'

'"I think a lot of people have already realized that I’m not as crazy as him," Gronkowski said. "It’s not easy to be that crazy and wild but I think people are already starting to realize that. I’m a little more tame, a little more intelligent probably so I would say people are already starting to recognize that."'

'"You're going to have one of those brain freeze things," Ryan said. "If I have to repeat it, like, twice, then you know I have no idea who you're talking about."'

'"It was cool being out there," he said. "Walking through this field house, I've been in here hundreds of times throughout high school and then in college, but once you put the helmet on, it's football. It's not a dream anymore, it's reality. It's getting to work, and really studying the playbook and getting out there with the guys."'

'What you do though is you try to feed them probably more than they’ve had, then they’ve put in all season at their schools. So you try to give them a lot of volume just to see what guys can handle. The guys that can, you make note of it. You don’t expect them to pick it up, you expect them to ask questions and all that, but every now and then you get some guys that, boom, they just get it. So we’ll see.'

'Licata isn’t the biggest, the most mobile, nor does he have a cannon arm — but he wins with his mind. This is a player who sincerely believes in his abilities, who loves the underdog story of Kurt Warner and worked with Chad Pennington. Be it on the field or the meeting rooms, he’ll need to make a strong first impression at One Bills Drive. As he detailed, Licata is “certain” in his abilities.'

'"I think a lot of people already realize that I'm not really as crazy as him," Glenn said. "It's not easy to be that crazy and wild. I'm a little more tame, a little more intelligent probably. I would say I think people are already starting to recognize that."'

'"They gave us a lot to know on the first day," Jones said. "They are helping us along with things we're not picking up as fast as they thought we would be. Overall, I think I'm keeping my head above water."'

'"He's a great guy, already. When I got to visit here in Buffalo he just had some pretty honest remarks. He told a couple of (Ohio State) players, 'Dude, we're not going to freaking draft you guys. You guys are going to be gone before we can draft you.''

'"I guess the Buffalo wings, but in my mind, I've tasted a great chicken wing," Striker said. "How much better can it be? I don't know. I felt like I've had some great chicken wings. What else can you do to a chicken wing?"'

'"It's not easy to be that crazy and wild," the fullback out of Kansas State said of his far more outgoing sibling. "But I think people are already starting to realize that … I'm a little more tame, a little more intelligent."'

'“I think this time of year you’re putting in drills, you’re doing different things and they’ve never done them before,” he said after the session. “And it’s like, wow, how the heck do you ever get to the end where guys know what they’re doing? It’s like, wow, they’ve got a long way to go, to say the least.”'

'“I’m here to do my job,” Lawson said. “They drafted me to get after the passer and because I’m the player I am. I don’t really think about Mario Williams. He was a great player here, but I’m going to come in and do what I do best.”'