Archives for June 25, 2010

‘Gailey says the competition is close and that he knows in his mind who is at the top of the list.’

‘”We have three guys,” said Gailey referring to Brian Brohm, Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick. “They got pretty much equal reps during OTAs and minicamps. We’ll go to camp and, like I said earlier, we’ll have a pecking order but nothing is in concrete. Everybody still is going to have a chance to win the job.”‘

‘"He’s a very interactive coach," Edwards said. "He’s one of those guys that will call the play, step back and then want to talk with the other quarterbacks about it. And what’s nice is having a guy that you report to with one voice. One guy that you have to talk to is nice — you just have to report to Chan."’

‘After an off-season of watching third-year pro Demetrius Bell, whose father is former NBA great Karl Malone, Gailey is convinced the former seventh-round pick out of Northwestern (La.) State can play at a very high level in the NFL. It’s a view that was formulated by Bills coaches and front executives last year when Bell was named the starter and veteran Langston Walker was cut.’

‘"Well you better have confidence in this business. If you don’t have confidence in this business, you’re going to lose in a hurry. So we have confidence that our system will put guys in position to make plays. You still have to go make them but I think we’re going to have guys that have some talent. We’ve got to make sure that they get the opportunity to go be special on the field and that’s what we’re working on. You try to have confidence without being cocky." — Coach Chan Gailey how confident he is in rebuilding the offense.’

‘”I’m just ready to go,” Meredith says. “I was with the first group in the rookie camp and it just carried on over. I’m going to hold the fort down. Hopefully, Demetrius will get back and we’ll have a lot more healthy linemen.”‘