Archives for July 5, 2012

‘That really is the bottom line. In the end, it’s a financial issue. The Bills are already doing creative things to bolster their finances, including games played in Toronto. The teams may harbor legitimate concerns about the potential costs of the new blackout policy, but without that devoted fan base, the team would be nothing. It would be the sound of one hand clapping.’

‘”Every year you have to,” Jackson said of making schematic changes. “You can’t stay stagnant or defenses will pick up on what you’re doing. We make tweaks every day. We’ll come in and run a play one way and come out the next day and run it a completely different way. You’re not just training your body you’re training your mind as to how you’re going to make game plan changes all 16 weeks. It’s what you’re trying to do at the same time.”‘

‘"It was a little bit frustrating at times just because you are going in with a lot of unknowns," said Gailey of what last year, his second in Buffalo, was like. "It was not like we had everything in place going into it. We had a few things in place but not a lot of things in place. We needed the work. We were a team in transition, in progress and we needed the work and did not get it. (So) I think we are ahead. I do not know how much quantum is – I am from south Georgia (laughing) – but we are ahead for sure."’

‘DE Spencer Johnson has been dealing with a knee issue but did return to action during minicamp.’

‘"It would not have been as hard two years ago, but we are in so much more of an advanced stage now than we were two years ago. He is trying to learn what the base concepts are and how we have advanced to where we are today without the benefit of going through the baby steps."’

‘"They (The Bills) want more than I think they know they’re going to get," Poloncarz told WGRZ-TV. "But but we’re not going to give away the store to keep the team here. We’re going to ensure that this team is economically viable and is kept here for many years. But it’s my goal that the Bills contribute to part of the construction costs associated with the stadium. They know that, because they heard that directly from me, and I feel confident that when all is said and done that we’re going to get a lease that is fair for all, and keeps the Buffalo Bills in this community so that they’re the Buffalo Bills, not the Los Angeles Bills."