jaybee

Looks like Bellechick has lost a little weight.

BANG ! Thats nailin it right there.

That was a good interview. Made me happy to hear him say he will spend his retirement doing things like football camps, skateboarding stuff etc.with kids. Give kids an opportunity to get off the street and do positive things. Very cool. He was saying his agent reminded him of just how "large" he is and antics such as the "why so serious" moment are a bad example to set for the rookies...and other young players. I am VERY proud to have Stevie Johnson on our team. IMO...the face of the franchise .....so far. Love everything about the kid. Go Stevie, Go Buffalo ! LOL ! EDIT: I'm paraphrasing here...but he said something to the effect I'll do what I have to do when week one comes along to make plays. Like Bandit said.....not playing in this pre-season game is the prudent thing to do. We need Stevie badly. Not just for his talent but I'm thinking he will be a respected leader of our young receiving core.

Ya know its kind of funny. I miss football HUGE every year at the end of the season and beyond. Then...the pre-season starts and I have no interest whatsoever in watching the games. The Bills....A DIFFERENT STORY. I will watch every play of every game in the pre-season doing my own talent evaluation for MY BELOVED BILLS !! Will listen to Murph on the blackouts.....and tune him in on the non-blackouts while watching the tube. I'm pretty excited about this team. More so than in recent years. It just has a now or never feel to it. A sense of urgency I dont really recall....with the exception of the Mario signing which....well....maybe wasnt all that good of an idea but I hope I'm wrong on that one. Thanks for the note, Jack. jb

Danario Alexander, WR, San Diego Chargers. Torn ACL. http://www.boltsfrom...-has-a-torn-acl EDIT: It just kills me to see these players get hurt. I'm not a fan of these other teams here but I really dont like seeing great athletes on any team get hurt.

Time to trade for Skelton maybe ? LOL !

25 yard FG by the rookie Dustin H. Tuel some good play action and some nice chunks of yardage run for by Kendall Gaskin on that drive.

EJ picked again on a tipped ball. Arthur Moats pick.

Coach thinks Kolb will be ready for Monday's scrimmage. I really hope this to be true. We need two healthy QB's to start this war of a season. We are suffering more injuries early on than I'd hoped. http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2013/08/04/kolb-has-chance-to-play-in-scrimmage/

Which isnt too bad but he (and Stevie, Mike Caussin) lose reps learning this new system which is kind of a bummer. I guess EJ maybe ends up getting the nod if this is the case. Not a bad thing. Just hope he's ready come the NE opener and if not I suspect the offensive coaches will install an offensive game plan that he is proficient with. If EJ does start, and wins week one against NE I'll lose my voice for about a month ! LOL ! EDIT: EJ does look like one of those guys that is a thoroughbred, and one that'll be a good one regardless of how hot the fire is when they throw him in. May take some time. When its all said and done I think he'll make us fans happy. Sure hope so anyway !

Yea, he's a Colt.

I am wondering if Brad Smith will be worked into the rotation, if its a serious injury. EDIT: This was not the 1st news I wanted to hear today.

Lets hope it is nothing serious. We need Kolb healthy.

According to Dan Moriarty (just interviewed on Radio) the status of Stevie's injury will be addressed by Coach Marrone tomorrow at 11:00am after practice. Dan also stated that Kevin Kolb had his best practice of training camp so far and EJ was sharp as well having taken more reps against the #1s. I guess EJ ended his day with a bomb TD to M Goodwin. Cool !

Believe this to be correct. Really bummed about Stevie. I guess if it had to happen, better now than during a game. It gives more time to groom his back-up I suppose. Get well Stevie. I also saw on the TC blog that back-up TE Caussyn (sp?) was injured as well.....no details.

I look at it this way...I hope its a knock down drag out fight that is VERY close and VERY hard for the coaches to decide. This way if whoever the starter is goes down, we've got a capable back up that can play just as well. I'm routing for both of these guys to play lights out football.

Spot on. Its not just the Buffalo media either. Its a big reason why I'm a frequent visitor of this board. I prefer the fans take on our team. Even though I dont always agree with all of it, its their honest assessment without any axe to grind and not an attempt at raising unneeded controversy. I applaud coach Marrone in his handling of the recent interview too. He tactfully told the guy to kind of shuddupp !!! LOL !

LOL ! I guess I meant he "shanked" it. Is that a word ? !! Only went about 15 yards.

We're only 2 days into training camp so I think its still up in the air. To me, EJ clearly looked better today. A lot of his stuff was short throws but they were released quick and made it accurately to the receivers in stride. Early on his throws were low and in a few cases a bit behind the receiver. I was VERY impressed with Robert Woods and Marquise Goodman made one helluva grab. Gragg made a few grabs. Kid almost looks more like a WR than a TE. Another name you dont hear but the kid must have caught a dozen balls today #15..Chris Hogan. Kolb had to throw a few balls away when no one was open. He seemed to take a bit too long getting rid of it today I thought. He is very vocal out there and appears to have a good command of the huddle. Man there was one play where Kiko blitzed from the left side. He looked like he was shot out of a cannon. EJ completed the pass but would have been crushed had it been a real play. Shawn Powell was dropping punts from the stratosphere. He did muff one but man that kid can kick. TJ muffed a punt. He was peeking, the ball went thru his arms and o/b at around the two. I sat right next to Howard Simon. He must have scribbled 4 pages of notes.

Couple shots from today.

Darn copy cat !! LOL.

Very good review. Many thanks. Should be able to make it today. Will likely ride the scoot. I'll be wearing black leather and have a Canon SLR camera.

All good but lets hope all of our "rooster" spots are saved for screaming chickens !! .............of the TD scoring variety ! GO BILLS ! jb

Personally I'd prefer the Sutherland lot. Corner of Jefferson road and Sutherland street in Pittsford. http://www.buffalobills.com/team/training-camp/directions-and-parking.html

Lots of people on THIS BOARD thought he'd be gone. He is a good football player and now that we have a coaching staff his value will become evident fairly quickly. Keep in mind..... many of these dweebs are fantasy football losers. There is a difference between knowledgeable fans and fantasy dweebs. Fantasy dweebs are gamblers. Nothing more. Know little about the game. Route against their own team to make 2 dollars. Zero's every one of em in my opinion. The Buffalo Bills are a better football team with Brad Smith on the roster. Period.