Archives for August 6, 2008

‘"It felt great. It’s been sort of depressing on that sideline watching everybody, but now that I’m able to get back involved it’s just a great feeling," Hardy said. "Hopefully tomorrow it won’t be as sore and I’ll be able to do the same thing."’

‘Whitner, who was held out of his third practice on Wednesday, says tests on his ankle came back negative and he expects to return to practice next week. Whitner jammed his ankle last weekend and he says it’s still sore.’

‘"I would say Donte and Josh are probably a long shot," said Jauron. "I would be very doubtful about them at this point."’

‘The Bills also know Peters as a person. He’s a polite, soft-spoken, team-first guy who they know won’t go all Terrell Owens on them. The fact that the public hasn’t heard so much as a whisper of complaint out of Peters isn’t surprising to those who know him best. In fact, there’s a line of thinking from sources close to the team that Peters never wanted to hold out in the first place, and that everything’s being orchestrated by his agent, Eugene Parker. It only stands to reason that eventually, Peters is bound to override his overzealous agent’s advice, and report.’

‘”Just because you yell and shout doesn’t mean you’re a good football player,” Catavolos said. “Some guys are quiet. Ko is one of them. There are certain things we’d like to see more of, like we’d like to see Ko be more communicative. But as he gets more confidence in knowing the defenses we’ve called, the communication skills will improve.”‘

‘”We can always get a wet ball and do a wet-ball drill,” he said. “It probably does help you, but I’d just as soon avoid it. I worry about guys slipping and that kind of thing, but it is good to handle the ball.”‘

‘”It was a young team, and I thought they had a lot of potential,” Mitchell said about why he came to Buffalo. “I love the fans, too. The fans are amazing. Every time I have come here I have enjoyed it.”‘

‘”It’s hard for any fullback, whether you’re established or not,” said the Buffalo Bills’ new fullback. “It’s kind of slowly being phased out. For fullbacks it’s a larger issue but being a fullback you don’t think about it because you’re just trying to play.”‘

‘”We got lucky and the rain cooperated to some degree,” said Bills coach Dick Jauron. “It started raining so hard that it made no sense to stay. We really didn’t think we’d finish the practice but we got lucky.”‘

‘He may or may not play as much this season; it depends on if Simpson has trouble either with his ankle or impressing coaches. But, irrelevant of his start total in 2008, Bills fans should be happy Wilson is on their side.’

‘"I use it on the field and I take it out on my opponents," he said. "Sometimes I’ll be on the sideline thinking about my brothers and I’ll take it out on them.”’

‘Around 7:55 p.m., the clouds opened up to a 10-minute torrential downpour that sent fans running for the shuttle buses. Players were sent indoors shortly afterward.’

‘It was a rainy night at St. John Fisher Tuesday as practice was delayed for 15 minutes, and then after 30 minutes of work a torrential downpour forced the team to the fieldhouse to wait it out. Fortunately the rains let up and the Bills could finish their evening of work.’

‘"It’ll change come Thursday and Fridays practice,” added quarterback Trent Edwards. “I think Turk (Schonert) wants to change it up more like a game week, those two practices will be, but the first couple this week will just be normal training camp practices, installing different packages and going through different situations and going against our own defense."’

‘”I was in middle school,” Edwards recalled. “I was over there throwing the football on the side. He said: ‘Give me that kid’s name. I want him to play quarterback for me when he’s in high school.’ And sure enough, I played quarterback for him five years later. It worked out well for me.”‘