Archives for July 28, 2017

'“It’s all about opportunities at this level,” Gillislee said. “Wherever I’ve been, I’ve always maximized my opportunities. We have a lot of great backs here, and we compete hard every day.”'

'He spent time visiting with many of his former Nicholls coaches and teammates while attending the 10th annual Pro Football Camp held at John L. Guidry Stadium on July 21.'

'"I have nothing to prove. I know what I'm capable of doing," Watkins said. "My job is to go out there and earn it this year. And if I'm healthy on the field and I'm out there playing with the guys, I'll be all right."'

'Having pleaded not guilty earlier this week, Washington says he's also relieved to know he's still on the Bills roster after his arrest on July 9.'

'The Bills have made it clear to Watkins that it is on him to deliver this season. The team did not pick up the fifth-year option on his contract because it wants to see how the season plays out.'

'Head coach Sean McDermott certainly has his defense thinking “takeaway” every play. Defenders’ hands were constantly slapping or punching at the football until the very end of every play. Of course, with no tackling allowed yet, it’s easier to do that and not worry about missing a tackle. But it’s noteworthy considering he’s made mention plenty of times this offseason about being a team that needs to be aggressive and take away the football.'

'“I haven’t even put in thought about it,” he said. “My job is to go out there and try to catch as many touchdowns and balls and help this team win. Everything else will play out and I have got to earn it.'

'"It's only going to get more and more intense as the season draws closer," McDermott said with the Bulldog and Sal Capaccio on WGR on Thursday. "Again, this isn't my first year in the NFL… I've got a great staff around me, and we're going to work well together and I'm going to be banking on them for things, they're counting on me and I've got a great group of players to work with, so they make my job a lot easier."'

'While Beane is excited, he does realize that improving this team will not happen overnight, "I'm fired up to be in this position, I'm fired up about what we've done. Sean (McDermott) has done a great job even before I got here getting the culture going. It's not an overnight thing, we're not there, we're doing it day by day, practice by practice. But I'm excited to watch us grow. Really, the journey it has started, but the real football starts now… hopefully we see, day by day, incremental growth as an offense, as a defense, as special teams and as a collaborative team."'

'“I’ve learned from my mistakes and I’m going to keep trying my best to keep doing the right thing,” he said. “Probably just the environment I go in and whatever. I’m young, I’ll make mistakes, I’ve just got to learn from them.”'

'Watkins believes his foot injury is a thing of the past and exclaimed after practice that he doesn’t want to hear about it any longer. Along with him, both Andre Holmes and Zay Jones also took reps with the first-team, which sets up for a competition between the veteran and rookie as we go forward into training camp.'

'"We want to get it right," Pegula said.'

'“I think it’s all been good,” said Peterman following his first training camp practice. “I have great teammates here – TJ (Yates) and Tyrod (Taylor) have all been so helpful to me. The speed of the game is definitely faster, but I think with all the work I did in OTA’s and coming out here (Thursday), I’m getting used to it and just got to keep working.”'

'“We’ve put together a rep count that will build up and at times come down a little bit just based off of the plan from the outset,” said McDermott. “But we’ve got to be flexible with that and see how he feels and that starts tonight.”'

'“I think if you look at the type of person that Sean is, the thing that stands out in my head the most is his determination,” Tim said. “He’s got a way of pushing beyond what most people can mentally or physically handle. Whether I saw that in football, in wrestling, in working out. At the point where most people would say I can’t, he had this amazing ability to push through a pain threshold that is incredibly high.”'