Two Bills Drive

‘” You have to have a fearless attitude,” Shaw said after Thursday morning’s light training-camp session at St. John Fisher College. ” You’re going to get hit in this game no matter what.”‘

‘” Hopefully, nothing happens to our starting three guys, so he may not see much, just on special teams,” Gray said. ” But sometimes guys break into this league being a special teams player and you do so well there that you get a chance to play on defense, and I think that’s the position we’re in right now.”‘

‘In 1992, Alan Dorenbos, a computer-sales consultant and a Little League president, bludgeoned his wife, Kathy, to death with a power sander in the garage of their suburban Seattle home. Prosecutors said that Kathy Dorenbos had confronted her husband about an extramarital affair; that Alan Dorenbos, in a fit of rage, stuck his wife in the head with the heavy tool as many as 10 times. Jon, then 12 and the youngest of the couple’s three children, heard all of those details as he sat in a courtroom with his siblings before his father was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison. In an inexplicable blur, three children lost two parents.’

‘"Chris is a high-intensity player," said defensive line coach Tim Krumrie, who’s in his first year as a Bills assistant. "He’s a blue-collar player in my mind; a high-motor, high-effort guy. He’s a typical Tim Krumrie-kind of player."’

‘This was the most impressive part of practice. Coach Williams wasn’t kidding when he said that he values Special Teams very highly… the practice ended with special team drills and EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE TEAM — from Drew Bledsoe all the way down to Lovelle Sape was on the sidelines listening to the special teams instruction.’

‘Danny Smith pointed out a lesser known rule. If it at the end of the quarter, half, or game the Bills punt – but the other team lays off and does not down the football, DO NOT TOUCH THE BALL", the official will call the play dead. If this happens, Smith will go out to the ref and point out the rule that gives the kicking team a FREE play, whether time has run out or not. Smith stressed "this is rule a lot of people do not know".’

‘"You know they’re battling for a spot and going into this week they know that they’re battling for a spot, so when they have a chance to make a play they’ve got to step up and do it. They’ve got to block well in the running game and they’ve got to demonstrate that they know what to do first and foremost and then when they have a chance they’ve got to make a play."’

‘Moore has a strained hamstring and will be a game-time decision, while Campbell (right hamstring) is expected to play, said coach Gregg Williams.’

‘Spikes is a hard-hitter, who also has the range to drop back into coverage. He and Posey will play the outside positions, with returning starter London Fletcher in the middle.’

‘The Bills may have finished out of the playoffs, but they were just one game behind a three-way tie (Miami, New York and New England) for the top spot in the division.’

‘Now with Buffalo, the 25-year-old Witczak is again living the life of an NFL hopeful, but that doesn’t mean he’s given up his other athletic aspirations. He said he hopes to play on the PGA Tour’s senior circuit, the Champions Tour, when he’s 50. If that fails, he would settle for a stat line like that of former Houston kicker Al Del Greco, one of the top players on the celebrity circuit.’

‘But the big news of the day occurred off the field later that morning when the team announced that they would be holding an additional night practice open to the public on Monday, August 18 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM. The third "Prime-Time" session of this year’s training camp will replace the workout scheduled for 2:45-5:00 PM on that day.’

“What Rosenhaus insinuated with that statement was the McGahee would be getting a contract commensurate with his place as the 23rd pick overall. But I don’t believe he should. The Bills had a rare opportunity to draft McGahee, and they should take this rare opportunity again to sign him to a relatively harmless, incentive-laden deal while they can. Rosenhaus and McGahee might not like that, but they have little to no leverage right now.”

‘McDonnell is one of the Bills’ more intriguing diamond-in-the-rough projects in training camp at St. John Fisher College.’

‘Practice today is 8:25 to 10:15 a.m. The team leaves for Baltimore on Friday. The next practice at St. John Fisher is 2:45 to 5 p.m. Monday.’