Archives for September 2013

‘Manuel participated in warm-ups and individual drills during the portion of practice open to the media. He moved well and did not appear to show any effects from the injury. He was wearing a small brace on his left knee underneath his black spandex.’

‘Burton gives the Bills some depth at cornerback. The Bills are without top corner Stephon Gilmore for 6-8 weeks due to a broken wrist and have little experience at the position behind Gilmore.’

‘Burton, a fifth round pick of the Vikings in the 2011 draft, played in 14 games in two seasons. He played collegiately at Utah.’

‘”He’s still working his way back in. Doing a couple of team things, but still working his way back in to get him into a position where he can help us.”‘

‘Burton has played in 14 games with Vikings from 2011-12. One of those games was a start. The Utah product entered the NFL as a fifth-round draft selection of Minnesota in 2011.’

‘EJ Manuel was back on the field Sunday and did everything during the 15 minutes the media was allowed to watch practice.’

‘Asper re-joins the Bills after being selected by the team in the sixth-round of the 2012 Draft. The 6-7, 325-pound Oregon product spent portions of his rookie season on the 53-man rosters of the Minnesota Vikings and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He will wear No. 62.’

‘Manuel underwent an unspecified minor surgical procedure on his left knee two days after that game. Since then, he’s slowly been working through rehab-throwing from a stationary position with trainers and running on the treadmill.’

‘Burton was Minnesota’s fifth round draft pick in 2011 from Utah. He played in four games in his rookie season, with one start. Burton did not start a game in 2012 for the Vikings, but saw action in ten games.’

‘Buffalo brought back late cuts LB Jamie Blatnick, DL Izaan Cross, and QB Thad Lewis, who each spent time on the roster under the new coaching staff, along with OL Mark Asper, Buffalo’s sixth-round draft pick in 2012, and WR Tommy Streeter.’

‘Sure, first day of transitioning him back in. He did all of individual. He didn’t take part of the team part of it. Tomorrow we’re expecting him to take part in the full practice.’

‘Well each day my injury has gotten better and like I said, I have been two or three treatments a day. That has been helping me a lot. Chris Fischetti has done a great job helping me get back on the field. I have been progressing every day.’

‘Like I said the supporting cast of Coach Marrone, our CEO Russ (Brandon) and our GM Doug Whaley; I was texting those guys, checking up on them, they were checking up on me. I was letting them know I was pretty good. I just wanted to get that out the way and thank everybody for the privacy for the most part with my family. We were grieving and everyone was trying to get a statement, but it wasn’t the appropriate time that I thought. I told them I’d handle everything as far as a statement or whatever once I got back to Buffalo.’

‘7-9.’

‘”The more you can do, the more you know, the better for you,” he said. “Just want to put yourself in the best situation, make a good impression on the coaches and hopefully they’ll believe in you.”‘