Buffalo Bills News and Discussion
Jennings joins Ruben Brown and Jerry Ostroski on the offensive line injury list. To make things worse Marcus Price, suffered a concussion shortly after.
"Obviously (Farris) is getting more repetitions now with a few of the guys down," said Williams. "He’s technique has gotten better. This is a good time for him to stand up and show us he’s back."
Pat Williams knows all about Wossman High School and the kids who go there. It's not just that the Bills defensive tackle comes home every summer to prepare for the frigid Buffalo winters in the sweltering streets of his home town. It's that he knows how lucky he was to have a high school coach who guided him through the tricky turns of adolescence in a place where young black men frequently bog down.
Bills guard Ruben Brown, a six-time Pro Bowl selection, has added another accolade to his collection by earning the fourth annual Arthur S. Arkush Humanitarian Award from Pro Football Weekly.
‘Buffalo Bills’ offensive line, already down two injured starters, suffered another blow Monday morning when both starting left tackle Jonas Jennings and his replacement were hurt.’
”Anyone seen Erik Flowers lately, or for that matter, ever?’
‘Bengals LB Takeo Spikes has a slightly torn chest muscle and is out 2-4 weeks. Spikes got hurt while sacking Buffalo’s Drew Bledsoe in the first quarter of the Bengals’ 24-17 preseason victory Friday night. “I caught Bledsoe and I slipped off him and he was falling,” Spikes said. “I was trying to go for the extra effort and pick him up and trying to dump him, and then I just felt like a catch in my chest.”
‘His best season was in 2000 when for the Bills he had a career-high five sacks and 74 tackles.’
‘Williams paid $10,000 for the new uniforms for the Wildcats. He also bought the basketball team new shorts. “They had new jerseys, so I just got them shorts,” Williams said. “I just wanted to give something back, because football there meant so much to me.”’
"This (first week of preseason games) gives us a chance to see some of the things we need to work on in a game situation as well get some more film to scout other teams," said Nate Clements. "This game here was a game to loosen our pads and get that football back in you."
Robinson: We're just starting off and we have a long way to go. We are making strides and improving. Guys are giving a lot of good effort and taking criticism contructively. Everyone is just trying to learn, we are going in the right direction.
Fans grade Friday's preseason game against the Bengals
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‘"I see a lot of niftiness in the slot. The biggest thing is either you have that feel inside or you don’t. It’s tough to teach it. He obviously has a knack for getting into open spaces."’
‘"It will probably be the Busch because it takes a lot to put a race team together. It’s not just a half-million dollars, it takes a couple of million just to be competitive in this sport."’
‘"Josh is a young guy but he sure doesn’t play like one," Bledsoe said. "He plays like a guy with experience. He’s got excellent ability. He’s very quick, he has strong hands and he’s a physical player. He’s come along quickly and we’re expecting big things out of him this year."’