Archives for August 2008

‘Peters is scheduled to make $3.25 million this season, or $191,176 per week during the regular season. If Peters aims to minimize his financial losses, he would likely report sometime around Labor Day. The Bills’ season opener is Sept. 7 against Seattle.’

‘”The thing people don’t realize in the NFL is how fast everything is, the whole flow of the game,” he said. “Luckily, I was blessed to go to [Seattle] and realize the speed of the game. Unfortunately I was released from there but I know what it takes – the study habits, the extra work that it takes to hopefully make the team.”‘

‘With a reliable backup in Fred Jackson ready to take on a small yet crucial percentage of the workload starting Week 1, Lynch will be able to accrue fewer than the NFL-leading 21.5 carries per game he did last season . That should of course lead to less wear, and the strategy to minimize his deterioration ought to start right now.’

‘"I know that we are," Jauron said when asked if the staff is getting closer to finalizing the 53-man squad. "There’s no doubt about it, we’ve been at it for a while and we’ve been through two exhibition games. We’ve had a chance to see a good deal of tape on all the players we need to see."’

‘"It’s on me and I’m not afraid. I’m not backing down," he said. "So at the end of the year, when we’re going into that 17th game, it’ll feel good. And then it’s on me, too."’

‘”I would say there’s not much change in them except for maybe a little anxiety, but no more effort because they have been giving that all along,” he said. “I wouldn’t say there’s any significant (increase in) concentration because they have been trying all along. But I would say that the anxiety starts to rise.”‘

‘The Bills are taking a hard-line approach, demanding that Peters play under his current contract this season before they consider negotiating a new deal.’

‘Jauron said there is no drop dead date when Edwards has to be back practicing that would rule him out for Sunday’s preseason game at Indianapolis.’

‘We all expect he will return to the Bills sometime soon, so what’s the use in prolonging the wait? If he’s serious about gaining an extension there is no choice: He must show up. I don’t know how the Bills can make it any clearer.’

‘MillerCoors, a team partner since 2003, will be an official sponsor of the Bills and receive entitlement of the Rock Pile seating area in Ralph Wilson Stadium. Coors Light will receive ticket inventory to offer exciting consumer contests such as the Coors Light Rock Pile and the Coors Light Super Fan promotions. They will also receive print and internet advertising.’

‘”Certainly I wish Jason was here and we all do,” said Jauron. “But I don’t think about it a whole lot when I’m on the field. I can’t. And when I’m off the field I can’t. That responsibility falls in somebody else’s lap because there’s nothing I can do about it. I was told by my mother a long time ago that worry doesn’t accomplish a whole lot. You waste a lot of time worrying about things you have no control over.”‘

‘”It feels kind of like camp because, obviously, we still have preseason games and stuff like that to take care of,” Williams said, “(but) you know the season is getting closer when you are back at your home facility.”‘

‘”It’s just the nature of … I was going to say the nature of the sport, but it’s the nature of life. Things happen,” Jauron said. “There’s nothing guaranteed. You just go out and practice and hope everything comes out all right. Hopefully, both of them will be all right.”‘

‘”The good thing is that he (Stroud) has been around a long time and this is our third year of doing the same stuff,” Schobel said. “You just keep adding on. It makes it easier not being in a new system. You start off where you left off."’

‘The Bills, who play their third preseason game at Indianapolis on Sunday, are short on offensive linemen. Reserve tackle Matt Murphy is out indefinitely with a partially torn left rotator cuff, while Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters has yet to report to the team as a result of a contract dispute.’