Archives for August 2012

‘"They both have not done anything to distance themselves from the other," Gailey said after Tuesday’s training camp practice. "Both – some things are good one day and some things are bad one day. We just have to keep letting them play. They’ve got to get a feel of the speed of the game with pads, feeling the pass rush around them, doing the little things they do best."’

‘”We have a great communication system with some area people about their lightning horns going off, and so we try to monitor that closely,” Gailey said. “Bud Carpenter, our trainer, keeps in close contact with me on that and we have to get off that field before the lightning gets close.”‘

‘”I feel like God has had his hand on me throughout my whole life, from when I was little with racing, surviving that car wreck, then being blessed to play football in college and then get to the NFL, the good Lord has kept me here,” Carder said during a break from Buffalo Bills training camp at St. John Fisher College.’

‘Glenn and second-year player Chris Hairston are battling for the starting spot during training camp. Each player has spent time working with the first team in the battle for the blind side.’

”’We wouldn’t trade him for anybody,” center Eric Wood said Tuesday. ”He’s our guy.”’

‘Key to Bills’ success is play of QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. Is he guy who cashed in after strong first half of 2011 or guy who struggled mightily in second half?’

‘”I know there’s so much improvement still to be made for us. We’re by no means where we want to be. I think that’s why having this experience right now in training camp is great for us, because we’re able to go out there and get the work on the field. We’ll have a couple of pre-season games to iron out some kinks and look at some stuff,” said Fitzpatrick. “But we have so much potential on this team, especially offensively; we’re not even close right now. We’ve got a lot of work to do.”‘

‘”At least we’ve got something to go in and get the last 30 snaps and get a feel for it and get communication, said head coach Chan Gailey. “That’s about what it’s for, communication only.”‘

‘”Last season was tough. I’ve always been on the football field” Morrison told WGR during an appearance on Monday’s morning show. ” I’ve always been productive. I found myself behind Nick Barnett but he was playing great football. With the switch to the 4-3, this is a place I wanted to come back to. With the environment, I love the coaching staff, the teammates, the area, it was for me. This year for me is a year to prove a lot of people wrong who said I don’t know if he can play.”‘

‘Head coach Chan Gailey says right now its a dead heat. “They both have not done anything to distance themselves from the other. Neither one of them have done anything,” he said. “Both of them some things are good one day and some things about bad one day. We just have to keep letting them play.”‘

‘”Yeah, it is tough,” said Mario Williams. “We do not have a bubble here, so what can you do. We just come in and take the physical out of it. But you have to be mentally prepared and on top of your game. It is actually a good way to come in, actually see things a little bit slower.”‘

‘They are both in great shape. They both look good. They both are doing the things that we ask them to do. We will just continue to work the process. We are still in installation right now. We are not nearly where we need to be or want to be for game planning situations or seeing what looks good with what. We are doing a little bit of that, but not much. We are still installing. We will be doing that through the first game, really.’

‘At this point I feel like it is easy to have better mechanics. But it is when you get into the games that it is really going to be the test for me. And not just Week One through Week Five, it is going to be the whole season. Staying consistent. Staying on top of footwork and different things. That is where it is really going to help me is throughout the season once blitzes are coming and once you are speeding up your footwork a little bit and stuff you do not expect is happening. That is when the footwork is going to be something I have to rely on and that is what I am really looking forward to is him (QB Coach David Lee) staying on me in those times.’