Archives for August 2005

‘"We’ve got two tomorrow and we’ll see in the morning how I feel about it and how he does," Mularkey said. "I plan on him playing."’

‘”Being in the system another year, maturing a little bit I think gives me a little bit of an edge,” said Williams. “But those other guys, they’re here for a reason too. They’re good and they’ve proven that they belong in this league as well. So it’s going to be tough."’

‘Coach Mike Mularkey said he continues to hold McGahee out for precautionary reasons, but expects him to practice prior to Saturday’s game. Mularkey declined to reveal the nature of the injury, except to refer to it as “a tweak.”’

‘"That’s just going to make the competition level higher," Reed said after practice Tuesday. "I can say it until I’m blue in the face, but I’ve got to go out there and believe in myself."’

Anyone who has watched the Buffalo Bills practice or play thus far during the preseason will notice one glaring difference between J.P. Losman and Drew Bledsoe

‘The exact status of McGahee is unknown as NFL policy does not require teams to publish the exact injury status of its players until the first week of the regular season. McGahee "tweaked" his knee during the Bills preseason game against Indiamapolis on Saturday night accroding to head coach Mike Mularkey.’

‘Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “hero” as any person admired for courage, nobility, etc. In the minds of many in the Buffalo community, Moorman has established himself as the definition of the word “hero.”‘

‘”It will be hard to cut some guys this year,” Gray said. “We’ve got a lot of young guys that are really competing, and it’s not like there is a big space between them. Guys know they can’t slip up because the next guy will catch him. They are pushing each other very hard, and that’s going to make them better and the position even stronger.”‘

‘Perhaps running back Willis McGahee is not as healthy as the Buffalo Bills said he was.’

‘Most calming sight: Cerebral backups Kelly Holcomb and Shane Matthews hovering near Losman each day. They represent 22 years of NFL experience with 35 starts. Even Geico can’t beat that.’

‘McGahee, who limped off the field favoring his right leg during the first quarter of Saturday’s preseason victory at Indianapolis, had his thigh heavily wrapped to his knee.’

‘The Winston-Salem State product made a quick impression on Buffalo’s special teams unit with a big hit against Indianapolis on Saturday, and his best chance of making the Bills is as a special teamer – not something a lot of quarterbacks can say. “I don’t know of another quarterback who plays special teams,” Woodbury said. “But I love contact, so I’m willing to do anything and everything to make this team.”‘

‘The 5-10, 197-pound receiver credits his work ethic to his father, who is also named Lee. His father used to wake up at 4 a.m. to take his place on the assembly line at the Ford plant near their Bedford, Ohio, home. “He has always provided for the family,” Evans says. “Now I’m in a position to give back. And that makes me happy.”‘

‘Bills’ top running back Willis McGahee was held out of practice Monday night because of a sore right leg. Referring to the injury as “a tweak,” coach Mike Mularkey said he sat out McGahee for precautionary reasons and didn’t know whether he would practice Tuesday.’

‘The defense seems to have picked up where it left off last year. It had six sacks and a couple of take aways against the Colts. It wasnt’t just the front line players who contributed. Said defensive back Jabari Greer, “Some of the depth guys got in there and got a lot of repetitions. We went in there and I think we made the best of our opportunities and showed some of these fans, some of these coaches, some of our teammates that we can really step up to the challenge.”‘