Archives for August 28, 2013

‘”The system is not hard,” said Lewis. “I’m pretty familiar with a little bit of the West Coast since I was in it in Cleveland. Just different terminologies. Once I learn their language I will be OK. You kind of want to get up to speed as quickly as possible.”‘

‘”I had a feeling I’m probably not gonna get picked up until something happens. I’m not naive about that,” said Leinart, who was working out on his own in his native California before the Bills called over the weekend. “For me, it was just staying focused and just constantly grinding away and grinding away and always being ready.”‘

‘”I think there’s two things that you look at: A. The number of times he needs to go play, and then B. The number of days for that preparation,” Marrone said. “If the doctor said ‘you’re not going to get him on that field until Thursday and then he’ll be ready to play on Sunday,’ I would be concerned about doing that. If they said, ‘we can get him on that field Monday or Wednesday.’ I would see how he played and then make the decision.”‘

‘Easier said than done when the potential replacements for Gilmore are Justin Rogers, Crezdon Butler and T.J. Heath.’

‘Yes, the new regime of president Russ Brandon, general manager Doug Whaley and Marrone has to be, in this latest makeover, for the long haul. If the Bills become consistent playoff contenders again, the current run of bad luck will be a forgotten hiccup. But a fast start this season might be the boost they need to get a turnaround going, and it will be tough for that to happen without a legitimate quarterback.’

‘The Bills were consistent and he signed with the Bills within minutes of the draft ending. Our family and friends went out for a celebratory evening with dinner, drinks and dancing.”‘

”’In addressing the adversity situations, I think we’re fine,” Marrone said. ”As far as what we need to do to become a better team, we still have work to do, and it’s a work in progress.”’

‘With injuries to presumptive rookie starter E.J. Manuel and veteran Kevin Kolb, undrafted rookie free agent Jeff Tuel is in line to start Week 1 of the regular season according to head coach Doug Marrone.’

‘”Both he and [Justin] Rogers have had some injuries during camp. We know that when we see them play in the games both those players have played well recently,” Head Coach Doug Marrone said after practice. “I think both those players right now we’re looking at, along with [T.J.] Heath still in the mix, with that cornerback position to see how they do. Both players played well in the last two weeks — Rogers and Butler.”‘

‘”I think there’s two things you look at. ‘A,’ the number of time he needs to go and play, and then ‘B,’ the number of days for preparation,” Marrone started. “So I think that, to give an example, if we were playing New England — obviously we are the first week — and the doctors said you’re not gonna get him on the field until Thursday and then he’ll be ready to play on Sunday, I would be concerned about doing that.”‘

‘Today we were hoping that it would be a slower day. It would be good for all of us. Yesterday we had a lot of stuff to cover. It’s never spread out along. All of the sudden you get so much stuff and you have to pick and choose what you want to go with. It’s kind of difficult.’

‘”That’s why one of the ways we’re training him right now mentally is getting him as much work as possible,” said Marrone. “Now he’s started the physical work, which is good so as soon as we can get out there and get him to start throwing again. That’ll help in the process, but the first day he’s out there doing anything I’ll have a good feel for how long it may be.”‘

‘”I think he’s always worked hard since he’s gotten here,” Williams said. “He’s really paid attention to the small intricacies of playing defensive tackle. You can see it as a player. He’s gotten a lot better over the year and a half he’s been here.”‘