Archives for June 12, 2013

‘”When you look at it from a standpoint of reps … there’s just not enough reps to really do a good job evaluating,” Marrone said of a three-way competition. “I think it’ll be a lot clearer for all of us, or especially for myself as a coach, with the amount of reps that Kevin and EJ will get. … If you’re going around and you’re giving three players reps, it’s tough to keep track of that, honestly. And we keep track of everything.”‘

‘”It feels good after spending so much time in free agency and not on a squad to have a team that wanted me to be a part of their organization and trusted me to come in here and take some pretty quality snaps,” Legursky said. “Coming to a new organization, I have to prove everything again, and I’m fine doing that.”‘

‘I’m not out to change the world or the NFL or what you believe.My plan is to change me and how I operate.’

‘”I know what it’s like to have your team not do well. I know what it’s like to say, ‘Hey, do I want to wear this Bills shirt today? Or do I not want to (be mocked) when I walk around?'”‘

”’The more reps you give them, I think it’s going to be easier to tell it apart,” Marrone said, a day after the team released veteran backup Tarvaris Jackson. ”I believe that we’ll be able to see it at training camp. I think the players on the team are going to be able to see that separation. And that’s the most important thing.”’

‘Byrd is not required to attend practice because he has not signed the one-year, $6.9 million contract the Bills offered by designating him their franchise player in March. The move allowed Buffalo to retain the fourth-year player’s rights before he was eligible to become a free agent.’

‘Here are some brief takeaways from the first session of the week…’

‘”I think it’s very difficult in what we’re trying to accomplish when we’re trying to get a starting quarterback in that competition. When you look at it from a standpoint of reps, there’s just not enough reps to really do a good job evaluating,” Marrone said. “We made a decision to go with the three quarterbacks and the competition out there right now, I think it will be a lot clearer for all of us — or especially for myself as a coach — obviously with the amount of reps now that Kevin and EJ will get.”‘

‘”I think it’s very difficult in what we’re trying to accomplish when we’re trying to get a starting quarterback from that competition,” said Marrone. “When you look at it from the standpoint of reps there’s just not enough reps to really do a good job of evaluating. So we made a decision to go with the three quarterbacks and the competition out there right now will be a lot clearer, especially for myself as a coach, with the amount of reps that Kevin and EJ will get.”‘

‘I think it’s very difficult in what we’re trying to accomplish, when we’re trying to get a starting quarterback and that competition. When you look at it from a standpoint of reps, I mentioned that last week, it’s just not enough reps to really do a good job evaluating. And so we made a decision and I think its tough decisions that are made. And we made a decision to go with the three quarterbacks in the competition out there right now. I think it’ll be a lot clearer for all of us, especially for myself as a coach, obviously with the amount of reps now that Kevin (Kolb) and EJ (Manuel) will get. I think at the same time, I think it’s important, it’s a very tough profession and you want to give people opportunities and I think that we really appreciate the job that Tarvaris did while he was here and how hard he worked and he was improving. Now he has an opportunity to catch on with another team and I think that’s important. He deserves that.’

‘”We were really proud of our (draft) record,” said Monos. “Coach Marrone was there and was part of some of those drafts as well. It’s that hard work element of it where we’re out there at pro days and hitting every single thing we could up until the draft to know as much as we could about those players.”‘

‘”It helps me (now),” Fisher said. “It really helps me. When I started (scouting) doing BLESTO you would meet with the players before they became stars, their junior year going into their senior year. It would give me a good read on the kids then and even now at the NFL Combine it’s a good read. Being around them and looking at their bio and family structure you can see some of the things that make me go, ‘Uh oh, we may want to watch out.'”‘