Archives for July 2009

‘Caldwell worked out for the Bills on Tuesday and the coaching staff was impressed with his conditioning and pass-catching ability. Buffalo began its training camp last Saturday and Caldwell expects to hear something back from the team soon.’

‘As of Tuesday evening Wood was in Orchard Park waiting for his deal to be finalized so he could sign it and report to camp. The Louisville product has missed six camp practices thus far.’

‘”We’re close,” Jauron said, following a training camp practice Tuesday night.’

‘"We wouldn’t have any interest at this time," Brandon said. "We’re comfortable with our roster as it stands right now."’

‘The agreement is for five years. Terms were not available, but it’s expected the contract will be worth more than $12 million.’

‘Wood agreed to a five-year deal, but terms were being finalized Tuesday night so that he could report to camp. His agreement ends a five-day holdout and leaves the Bills with two unsigned draft choices — first-rounder Aaron Maybin and second-rounder Jarius Byrd.’

‘And while there’s disagreement among Buffalo fans about the wisdom of adding a player whose previous three stops ended in controversial fashion – leaving embittered quarterbacks and coaches – there’s little doubt T.O. attracts cameras, microphones and tape recorders like Brad Pitt does the paparazzi.’

‘"That was so disappointing for the young man to get hurt in literally a walk-thru," said head coach Dick Jauron. "It was so freakish, it involved no contact at all. It’s a knee injury, and we think it may be a season ending injury. It’s very, very disappointing for us, and extremely disappointing for the young man."’

‘"I don’t know how to approach that subject right now, because there’s so much time that’s lost and so much teaching that’s going on," Fewell said after the team held a walkthrough Tuesday morning. "Number one, I’ve got to wait until he gets in, find out what he can do, how quickly he can do it, and then move from there."’

‘”As much as we can, we like both sides to come off the ball aggressively,” Jauron explained. “We try to stay off the ground as much as we can. With that being said, we go after it. They’re all very competitive guys. If they get the upper hand on one play the other guy is coming a little harder the next play.”‘

‘”It’s a personal goal of mine,” Nelson said about helping turn around the team’s fortunes at tight end. “Like I said, I’ll just come out and work hard and I know if I do that, then everything will take care of itself. I had mentioned that I want to take that starting role.”‘

‘"It’s not so much about right now. You’re not necessarily going to notice I’m throwing the ball harder. It’s more so when you hit that wall in Week 11, 12 or 13, when I still need to be moving around and throwing the ball with timing and with some velocity on it. That was kind of my focus this offseason. I tried to make sure my workouts would allow me to do that."’

‘"With the pads on it’s a very different practice," Jauron said. "They worked their way through it. Clearly when you start a training camp, there are a lot more mistakes everywhere than you want. But that’s why we’re practicing. That’s why it’s got to start sometime. We’ll work through them."’

‘"There were some crazy circumstances, but I didn’t try to ask too many questions about what happened in the past," McCargo said after the Bills’ lone practice on Monday at St. John Fisher College. "I don’t know too many people who have been in the situation I’m in, still with the same team (after being traded). I have to kind of reprogram everyone’s perception of me, reprogram everybody that I’m out here to get better, I’m out here to play."’

‘"Well, he said that after seeing us practice today, he wondered why we lost so many games last year," wide receiver Terrell Owens said with a laugh.’