Archives for March 22, 2004

‘This season the Bills will have their home preseason games first instead of the final two weeks.’

‘Week 1 – August 12-16: Denver at Buffalo

Week 2 – August 19-23: Tennessee at Buffalo

Week 3 – August 26-30: Buffalo at Indianapolis

Week 4 – September 2-5: Buffalo at Detroit.’

‘With the team’s first veteran camp coming up Wednesday, Director of Physical Development Rusty Jones along with new strength and conditioning coach Brad Roll have Monday and Tuesday to limber up the players. “The main focus on Monday and Tuesday is to get them used to the new procedures under the new coaching staff,” said Jones. “We’ll try to get them ready for the camp with stretching, and avoid situations in the minicamp by getting them hydrated, getting their carbohydrates and glycogen levels up, so they’re ready.”‘

‘After almost three months on the job, new Bills coach Mike Mularkey will get the first on-field look at his team when he conducts a three-day veteran’s mini-camp starting Wednesday, March 24.’

‘The hard-working Teague figures to excel under the tutelage of McNally. He was the only Buffalo lineman to start all 16 games last season. His agent, Kyle Rote, said the team has not informed him of plans to shift Teague from center, but he’s prepared for any type of change McNally may scheme up.’

‘Bills TE Ryan Neufeld, who played in NFL Europe for the Rhein Fire, is serving as tight ends coach for the team during that league’s training camp. “I wanted to see if coaching was something I eventually wanted to go into and so far I’ve really enjoying it,” Neufeld said. “I don’t think there’s a better situation to learn than to be thrown into a training camp at this level.”‘

‘Still, by most indications, Tennessee appears to be in the driver’s seat to keep Volek.’