Archives for July 29, 2006

‘”I guess you could say I am confident that I’m going to be here for awhile and that I want to be here for awhile,” the Bills’ third-year quarterback was saying following a soggy first training camp practice at St. John Fisher College on Friday morning.’

‘”Right now we’ve penciled that in,” said Jauron. “That’s how it is on opening day, and what I like to tell them is that it is penciled and you can change it. They’ll make the decision for us as we move along.”‘

‘”He very much wanted to work things out and be here on time for the afternoon practice,” general manager Marv Levy said. “In fact, he probably got more of a workout hurrying to get here than he did in practice.”‘

‘”It’s just a great family experience and tremendous opportunity to see professional players up close.”‘

‘Jim Kelly says the people in the Rochester area have been very supportive. “It’s always, it makes you feel good. They look at you, not as a professional athlete, but as a father of a special child,” said Kelly. “And we want to make a difference for other kids.”‘

‘The quarterback battle…the three-way battle to see who gets to start under center in six weeks. The Bills aren’t hiding from it. It’s the issue that will define the 2006 training camp. The work began in earnest today in the steady downpour this morning for the bills first practice. The first snaps in team-work went to J.P. Losman who was handed the starting quarterback spot a year ago. This year he has to earn it in camp.’

‘”I think I fit in well with this defense,” McCargo said. “They like defensive tackles that penetrate, get up field, and that’s what they look for and I think I’m good at that.”‘

‘A few hardy Bills fans braved the elements for the Friday morning session. It rained all through the night and into the morning so Dick Jauron’s Bills practiced on the field turf at Growney Stadium instead of on drenched grass fields.’