Archives for July 26, 2008

‘”I’ve been ready,” said McKelvin. “I just want to get out there and help the defense out and just play football.’

‘Kyle Williams was back with his teammates Saturday as he arrived at training camp last night following the birth of his second child, a daughter. Williams stepped right into the starting lineup as he was alongside Marcus Stroud to start team work in 11-on-11.’

‘”He’s agreed to terms and now we’re working out the final details,” agent Hadley Engelhard said. The deal was agreed to two days into Bills training camp, and after McKelvin missed four practices, including two on Saturday.’

‘Right away you can tell there’s a quicker pace here at camp to the spring workouts. Everything is rapid fire going over things in the classroom. Everything is fast. Even on the game plays they’re not going to wait for you. Basically you have to be in your playbook so you don’t fall behind. It’s really fast.’

‘The Bills would like to sign Evans to a contract extension, preferably before the regular season starts Sept. 7. However, league sources say there still is a long way to go in negotiations before the Bills seal a deal with their top receiver.’

‘”I think it will take care of itself,” said Bills guard Derrick Dockery, who plays next to Peters. “If you let it become a distraction, it will be. I look at it as an opportunity for the guys who are here to perfect their game and to get reps they wouldn’t normally get if Jason was here.”‘

‘”We don’t experiment as much in training camp as we do in OTAs,” Jauron said. “We try a number of things in OTAs, just to look at them, but not in training camp, not as much, because you don’t have that many reps to get ready for the real thing. So it’s significantly different.”‘

‘”We’re excited,” said defensive end Chris Kelsay, a comment that first became audible during organized team activities in May and June and has been ratcheted up now that strong safety Donte Whitner has gone on record guaranteeing a playoff appearance.’

‘”You never say never, we have conversations with our guys all the time,” Brandon said. “We have a proven track record with trying to get guys done and extending guys out. We’ve done it already with Kyle (Williams) and (Brad) Butler; we did it with (Aaron) Schobel and (Terrence) McGee in the past.”‘

‘”There are a lot of us out here with his jersey number, and how he handles this will really have an impact on everybody, especially the younger kids,” said Lynch fan Patrick Hurley, 43, of Syracuse.’

‘”There has been some dialogue back and forth and that is certainly good news,” said Evans. “We are moving in the right direction on that so hopefully we can get a deal done. Last time there was some stuff out there, but there wasn’t a lot of dialogue. So there definitely has been some progress.”‘

‘"Everyone understands the situation," said Cahmbers, "and it’s just go and let’s get ready for the season. Things will eventually iron out and we’ll see what happens. Right now you just focus on the next play and focus on who I have to block and how I have to block them."’