Archives for July 2010

‘"Well, he just made a lot more plays that we thought were positive plays during the course of the minicamps and OTAs," Gailey said. "He did a good job of handling the team. He did a good job when he had the threes, as well as when he had the ones. And that was impressive to me, to be able to go out there and work with whoever he was throwing with."’

‘Terrell Owens is gone, and apparently, so is the buzz. Last year, there were constant cheers whenever Owens tied his shoe laces. On Thursday, a long completion or defensive play barely drew a reaction from the onlookers.’

‘The Bills practiced in full pads, a stark departure from the Dick Jauron era, in which they went at least two practice days without pads before breaking out the hits.’

‘"After evaluating all the OTA and mini-camp things, we just felt that Trent deserved to start training camp with the first group," Gailey said after the Bills opened their 11th training camp at St. John Fisher College in front of a small crowd that baked under a bright afternoon sun.’

‘"I think a lot of people were (thinking that)," Wood said. "People thought I’d be out a lot longer, but over the past few months it has really come along quickly. Now it’s just about getting better and getting back to where I was last year and beyond that."’

‘"It is nice to see expected leaders like Leodis McKelvin drop to his knees and bang out some push-ups right along with lesser-known players like Lydell Sargeant," said Viavattine, a 28-year-old Rochester resident. "There may be a lot of questions regarding the overall talent of this team and how many wins they can put together, but it looks like they are going to work hard and you have to be encouraged by that."’

‘Wood was a limited participant at the team’s final minicamp in May. On Thursday, it was left tackle Demetrius Bell, less than eight months removed from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, who dressed for practice but sat out the full-team drills. “I feel pretty good,” Bell said. “I don’t think I’m far off, but still, I have a ways to get back totally.”‘

‘”I told the players, I thought we were a little sluggish out there,” Gailey said. “It was the first day with pads on, first practice, they’re trying to get back into it carrying pads and that’s not an easy thing all the time. But I thought the mental retention that we had during the course of practice was very good.”‘

‘”It was just a little bit different style,” said Trent Edwards. “A little different set up, some longer periods here and there, some shorter periods here and there. For the most part the one big thing was we haven’t been in pads when Dick (Jauron) was here the past few years and now we’re padded up and we’re going full go right away and that’s kind of the mentality here where we’re hitting and banging heads right away and that’s kind of the attitude we’re going to take.”‘

‘Without providing any details of the injury, coach Chan Gailey says Kelsay “will be out a little while,” but didn’t know for how long.’

‘Zero: That’s how many Super Bowl wins the Bills have, and even though training camp is a time when hope springs eternal, the chances of the Bills winning this year’s Super Bowl are zilch (but we hope they prove us wrong).’

‘”After evaluating all of the OTA and minicamp things we felt like Trent deserved to start the training camp with the first group and we’ll have the other two guys, (Ryan) Fitz(patrick) and Brian (Brohm) alternating with the twos during the course of the first few weeks here,” said head coach Chan Gailey. “And then we’ll get Levi (Brown) as many reps as we can get him.”‘

‘Edwards had a majority of practice time in the first 45 minutes of the Bills first practice Thursday, and opened each of the individual drills by taking the first snap. Coach Chan Gailey said last month he intended to open camp by establishing a pecking order after providing his three quarterbacks equal time during the team’s offseason minicamps.’

‘The team also placed safety Jon Corto (broken wrist) and linebacker Nic Harris (knee) on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list. They can be activated for practice once healthy.’

‘Schobel’s designation removes him from the active roster so he does not count toward the 80-man roster limit.’