Archives for July 2013

‘The Bills announced the move Saturday morning, as players were scheduled to take physicals at camp in suburban Rochester. The first practice is set for Sunday evening.’

‘Scott, 6-foot-4, 360 pounds, was signed by the Bills off the Tennessee Titans practice squad last year.’

‘”Everything that’s happened has been unfortunate, but it is what it is and I can’t let that distract me in any way with how big this is for this city and for the fans. And that’s my mindset.”‘

‘”We’re not going to do anything in the public or in the media,” Whaley started. “Just know that we have been in contact and lines of communication are open.”‘

‘Heading in to training camp, Smith had two years remaining on his initial four-year agreement signed with Buffalo. Owed a base salary of $2.75 million this year and $3 million the next, the Bills also would have been on the hook of paying a $500,000 roster bonus each year if the wide receiver had made the team.’

‘I tell people all of the time that it doesn’t change because every time I walked onto the field in my old role, I had the mindset of being the GM and how I would approach different situations. The mindset does not change, but the responsibilities have changed.’

‘All that outside stuff, the things people write about us and say about us, that we’re the same old Bills or whatever, that’s their opinion. We can only go out there and try to win games and position ourselves to make a run at the playoffs.’

‘This is really where you get the majority of your work done in preparation for the upcoming season.’

‘”Our goal as coaches is to make it fair for both players, not just at the quarterback position, but other positions of competition,” he said.’

‘”We just completed our conditioning test, which is part of our physical about where the players are,” said Marrone. “They’ve shown that they’ve done a lot of work in the offseason. We did wind up releasing a player, Chris Scott. It’s just unfortunate in this profession. We have expectations as coaches coming in and we didn’t feel that Chris fulfilled his expectations to us, his teammates or the coaches so we let him go.”‘

‘Shuler, a 6-4, 247-pound Penn State product, entered the NFL as a seventh-round (214th overall) draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings in 2010. He signed with Buffalo on May 14.’

‘It’s very realistic. I feel like we have the team to make that move and I believe in that. Why not now? Why not us? We’re going to make it happen.’

‘”My philosophy has always been that if someone starts off and they’re running well we’ll just keep feeding them the ball,” he said.’

‘”Each year you’ve got to re-prove yourself,” said Bills center Eric Wood. “And I learned that early on, when you see veterans get cut that have made a lot of plays around the league. Your job is never safe in this league, especially with the lack of money that rookies are making these days. They’re always looking for someone who can take your spot, and rightfully so. That’s what they should be doing.”‘

‘Williams had surgery to repair bone spurs in his right heel in February. He had the same injury on the left heel in 2011, although the right heel wasn’t nearly as bad.’