Archives for August 2008

‘”You need to be able to turn to your tight end in this offense and get him the ball in tight space,” Edwards said. “Rob is obviously a big, physical tight end that we need to get in those situations and be accurate with the football. That’s where we’re going to score points in the red zone, with a guy like that.”‘

‘”You’ve just got to be ready,” Losman said at St. John Fisher College. “During this whole situation, I’ve just kind of been trying to force myself to kind of get ready. It can be tough at times. It’s hard at times. But like tonight, it could happen for just a couple of plays. I’ve got to be ready.”‘

‘”Sometimes they come back quickly, sometimes they don’t,” Jauron said. “Sometimes it turns into a deep bleeding thing and we’re hoping it’s not that.”‘

‘With Parrish and rookie James Hardy banged up at practice this week, the team may not collectively move ahead after completions in game three the way did in Ontario; on top of that, the thigh contusion Trent Edwards suffered in Tuesday’s practice will at best limit him this Sunday, as fans try to breathe deeply and slow their heart rates while hoping to hear that it’s nothing more than a nasty bruise. While everyone waits for an Edwards update, the fact remains that the regular season passing blueprint has been drawn.’

‘”Life is different now,” Johnson said in a somber tone. “I was really close to my dad. He was a great guy, a great father. It was very tough to swallow because he was my biggest supporter. He supported me in everything I did and taught me all the qualities I have now as far as going out every day and taking every day as a blessing and working hard. That’s all I knew and I learned it from him.”‘

‘”It’s too early,” Jauron said. “We’ll just have to wait to see what tomorrow holds, so I’ll wait until morning. Sometimes they come back from these very quickly and sometimes they don’t.”‘

‘”You’ve just got to be ready,” Losman said. “This whole situation, I’ve just kind of been trying to force myself to get ready. It can be tough at times, but in an instance like tonight it can happen for just a couple of plays.”‘

‘Not only that, I detected a little more maturity coming from Losman, and it has nothing to do with the facial hair. He still has plenty of football ahead of him, potentially, and he can’t waste a moment of his time dwelling on what should or could have been. He has to live in the moment, because any moment could mean he’s in there running the offense for real. I mean, hopefully J.P. has heard the infamous Billy Joe Hobert story some nine years ago, when Hobert suddenly found himself in a game at New England, was horrible, and admitted he didn’t really know the playbook very well. Billy Joe’s honesty was admirable, but he was on the next flight out of Buffalo with a one-way ticket.’

‘”Right now is not the time to be thinking about anything like that,” said Losman. “I had a chance to digest everything that happened in that situation in the offseason. Right now I’m strictly focused on being ready.”‘

‘”Trent ended up getting a quad contusion and it was a pretty deep one so they took him in and treated it quickly and tried to get it before it swelled,” said head coach Dick Jauron. “The collision was with Marshawn and his knee was a little bit sore by the end of practice so we took him off right at the end. He finished practice, but hopefully they’ll both be fine as we move forward.”‘

‘Edwards favored his right leg when he was helped up, and then walked with a slight limp as he was led to the team’s locker room at training camp in suburban Rochester. The extent of the injury was not immediately known. Coach Dick Jauron was expected to address the injury following practice.’

‘”He still has more improvement and a ways to go,” Fewell said, noting McKelvin needs to work on his press coverage and learn to anticipate what receivers can do at the NFL level. “But he is progressing very nicely for us.”‘

‘The Bills would be crazy to let him walk, and you have to believe sooner or later something gets done — but this is a team that allowed people like Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, Nate Clements and London Fletcher to escape.’

‘Schonert is here and so is another round of optimism. Some of that is based on the Bills’ performance a week ago against Pittsburgh when everything clicked on offense, Schonert looked like a genius and Edwards looked like the franchise quarterback this organization believes he can be.’

‘Still no word from left tackle Jason Peters, and I mean that literally.’