Archives for July 2011

‘"I definitely feel like that the biggest jump you make is from that first to the second year in the league," Jones said from his home in Plainfield, N.J. "So I want to be well prepared going into camp, especially since we didn’t have any OTAs (spring practices)."’

‘”The level of play going against the best in the NFL, you need that experience to learn how to block and be able to get open against some of these guys and be able to fit in zones and feel where the open area is. There are so many things where he has to develop and that’s going to take practice and getting experience and playing.”‘

‘"We’ve been preparing as if we’re ready to go," said Todd Harrison, co-director of training camp for the college. "If things get finalized, we’ll be ready to go just as normal."’

‘”People always say, ‘I’m going to train and practice like I’m the starter,’ but I promise there’s a difference,” he said. “It gives you that much more incentive to work hard, you’ve got a lot of guys counting on you. You have to become a leader of the guys to get them together. It’s a big change but it’s something that I love.”‘

‘Sapp, 36, formerly of Seneca Street, was sentenced Tuesday to two to four years in prison for the theft at about 4 a. m. Aug. 12, 2009, of a briefcase that Kelly had left in his unlocked car outside his Town of Aurora home. The case contained Kelly’s sports rings and other memorabilia.’

‘”Being out of the NFL for six years I’ve taken advantage of this time because we’ve done all our playbooks and we’re all set to go for camp,” he said. “That part is done. But it’s been good for me in a non-rushed environment to re-familiarize myself with what teams are doing in the league.”‘

‘”Searcy is probably a little bit more of a legitimate return guy than White,” DeHaven told Buffalobills.com. “He was a pretty good punt returner. Searcy is more of a straight ahead guy and I kind of like guys like that on punt returns, particularly against teams that don’t punt the ball a long distance. He did a good job of getting right up the field.”‘

‘”At first I thought it was for the color guard because we do a lot of the color guard,” he said. “When they called me originally I said, ‘Yeah, no problem. You guys need a color guard? We can help you out.’ And they said, ‘no, we just want you for the jersey unveiling.’"’