Archives for August 2006

‘Josh Reed vs. Peerless Price for the No. 2 receiving job: There are many candidates here but Reed and Price bring the most experience. Unfortunately for them, opportunities have been few through two preseason games. Reed has one catch with two drops, raising concerns that the concentration problems that have plagued his career have not been corrected. Price has no catches so far, but has shown well in practice.’

‘Rookie DT Kyle Williams is shaping up as a fifth-round steal for the Bills.’

‘Hunter appeared to perform well as he finished his two quarters of action with four tackles. Two of those stops came on successive plays when Buffalo was defending their goal line late in the second quarter. On first-and-goal from the Bills one-yard line Hunter and Jabari Greer dropped Bengals running back Quincy Wilson for no gain. On second-and-goal from the one, Hunter against stopped Wilson for no gain with some help from Jim Leonhard.’

‘On the importance of timing with JP Losman: It’s definitely been a process, but the more comfortable he is, the more comfortable we as receivers are. (The Receivers) have to do what we’ve got to do to get in the places we need to be to make him comfortable. That’s the process, to get him comfortable and be where we’re supposed to be so (Losman) can make his reads accordingly. If we can do that then we’ll go a long way.’

‘Coach Dick Jauron was unavailable for comment following the light workout, but will address the situation on Monday.’

‘”We did a lot of good things, but when you turn the ball over like that you don’t give yourself a chance to win,” Evans said. “But I thought we showed the potential to be very good on offense.”‘

‘I don’t think that Losman did anything poorly enough to warrant a seat behind his other two competitors for the starting position. Holcomb looked vanilla. Craig Nall, back after a hamstring injury, led the bomb squad to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns.’

‘”I’ve got to look at all the tape,” Jauron said when asked after the game if his QB depth chart would juggle. “I don’t feel like much will change, but we’ll let you know as soon as we have an answer to that question.”‘

‘But in the case of the Bills, the stadium in Orchard Park bears the name of one Ralph Wilson. The question is – why?’

‘Bills’ fans who claim four preseason games are too many are dead wrong … that may not be nearly enough for Buffalo to decide on a starting quarterback.’

‘"Preseason games remind me how important and critical it is to hold onto the ball," Losman said. "I can guarantee next week it’ll be all about ball security."’

‘Willis! You didn’t eat before the game? C’mon. A Salad? Beef and Weck? Wings? Applebees? Something. You’re too good of an athlete not to have that fuel for the game.’

‘”We have the potential to do a lot of good things,” Evans said. “The main goal right now is consistency, consistency, consistency. At times we did good things in the first half and at times we didn’t. It’s already hard enough to win in this league. Then you beat yourself, it puts more pressure on you.”‘

‘Brace yourselves, folks. This is what you’re in for with J.P. Losman as the Bills’ starting quarterback, at least in the short term. It will be an adventure. Losman will lift you out of your seat one minute, cheering his name, and the next you’ll be cursing him and wanting to smash a drum set over his head.’

‘”It’s trying to come back,” said McGahee of his speed. “There’s plenty of more to come, to tell you the truth. It felt real good, like a monkey off my back. I really didn’t want my teammates riding me about getting caught from behind.”‘