Archives for August 2006

‘The offense had a poor day Friday.’

‘”Watching games really made me realize I didn’t like it at all,” said the 6-foot, 249-pound Ezekiel, a throwback to the blood-and-guts, half-nuts linebackers of the 1960s and ’70s. “I like Ray Nitschke (of the Green Bay Packers),” he said, “and my favorite was Dick Butkus.”‘

‘”Just standing around watching (stinks); it’s never fun,” he said. “Knowing that those guys are taking my reps, it’s kind of eating at me a little bit. I’m trying to get past that frustration, so I’m paying attention on every play and doing whatever I can to help myself and my team.”’

‘”I hate to keep telling you over and over, but there’s nothing,” said general manager Marv Levy after Friday’s practice at St. John Fisher College. “To me it’s stalemated, and I told the agent (Jonathan Hurst) we’re ready to move forward without him. It’s tremendously hurtful. The other guys have moved ahead of him, and I can’t understand it.”‘

‘Kelly, who led the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls, is raffling off the bike to raise money for his Hunter’s Hope Foundation.’

‘Yea, there’s definitely progress. Its progress and then every once in awhile the coaches want to test us a little bit, put some extra in and change the formations and do some things and see what we need to work on. For the most part, we’re getting to where we want to be.’

‘On Takeo Spikes repetitions: He really just rotates… He hasn’t been with the first team nickel, but maybe that’s what you’re seeing. But he’s in there with the first team… In our sub-package we feel at this point it doesn’t make a lot of difference which group he’s out there with and we’ve still got plenty of time. We are just trying to get him the reps and quite frankly we’ve kind of handpicked some of the reps. It depends on what the offense is running.’

‘The offensive line is a question mark, but the bigger issue is the depth at the position. RT Jason Peters, RG Chris Villarrial, C Melvin Fowler, LG Tutan Reyes and LT Mike Gandy give the team an experienced first team. But their backups have little or no experience.’

‘”He’s obviously a tremendous football player and we need him to win this year,” said Bowen. “We need as many guys as we have and we need as much depth as we can. Right now we are working with the guys that we have here because that’s all you can do and whenever Donte gets here we’ll welcome him back and get moving.”‘

‘Cottengim, who threw 40 touchdown passes and was MVP of the Great Lakes Indoor Football League, was one of former prospects at a morning workout. He showed off a strong arm but his footspeed did not appear to be up to NFL standards.’

‘I’m having second thoughts about my opinion that Losman simply might not have what it takes to be an effective starter in the NFL..

‘For Kids Day, tickets for children 14-and-under can be purchased at a reduced cost of $8.00 for the general public and $6.00 for all season ticket holders with a Bills Value Card.’

‘Overall, Jauron said the evening’s execution was on the sloppy side, but it is to be expected. "But, you never accept it," he said. "We will improve."’

‘Brian Taylor was a cornerback and running back for the team in 1991. He wore #21 and played in at least 3 games.’

‘Taylor, a cornerback and running back, wore No. 21 for the Bills and played in three games in 1991.’