Archives for August 9, 2011

‘”The defense needs to show that it is more stout against the run and won’t get pushed around. Marcell Dareus must be an impact player right away. Chan Gailey is trying to change the losing culture in Buffalo, but if the trenches remain a mess this preseason it will seem like the same old, same old heading into the regular season.”‘

‘"At least,” he said, "I’m not holding back anymore. The problem last year is I wasn’t able to explode. I had a partial tear, a 20 to 25 percent tear, of the Achilles, and it wasn’t right. Just nagging all year. Then what happened is I tried to compensate for it, and other things started hurting. So it was good to have the entire offseason to make sure I got everything back to normal. That’s what it feel like now.”’

‘”I think thing are going well,” Barnett said after Monday’s practice at St. John Fisher. “Obviously I came in not having played football for eight months. It took me a while to get the mechanics back down, then get used to the scheme. It’s starting to get better each day, and I am getting more comfortable out there.”‘

‘”I’m Buffalo Bills through and through now,” Chandler said. “It’s pretty easy to change loyalties in the NFL. I’m from Dallas, and it was great to play in my hometown, but it’s nothing like the chance that I have here and I’m excited to be a part of this team.”‘

‘"I think it’s good because you want to compete and if you’re not competing you’re not going to work as hard," said the 6-foot, 201-pound Roosevelt. "I think with all the receivers — there’s a lot of good receivers all through the board — you have to come out here and make plays and do what you need to do."’

‘"Whether Kelsay is injured or not, or whether it’s [Shawn] Merriman or Danny Batten or anybody we have is injured or not, we have to know the position," Carrington said. "That’s why they’re sticking us in there now."’

‘A training camp perennial finally showed up Monday when a pair of fights broke out. The tete-a-tete between offensive lineman Isaiah Thompson and defensive end T.J Langley was the most lively, with several punches thrown before Langley earned points for a takedown and the fight was broken up.’

‘Wang, who stepped in at starting left tackle for the second straight day in the absence of the injured Demetrius Bell, may get some extended playing time on Saturday when the Buffalo Bills open preseason at Chicago.’

‘”I’ll have to go watch the film to get the real story, but obviously our pass protection we just collapsed a few times and you can’t have that,” he said. “We’ve got to let our quarterback stand back there and throw the football.”‘