Archives for June 13, 2014

‘It’s pretty clear that Marrone is searching for more accountability from his players. He’s also looking for more signs of internal leadership within his team as the Bills approach one of the most critical seasons in their history. A unified team generally has more of a competitive edge.’

‘The added liquidity would help Pegula acquire the Bills, although a source with knowledge of the land deal claimed it had been in the works since before Bills founder Ralph C. Wilson Jr. died in March.’

‘Stadium video surveillance of the incident from the Nov. 17 Bills game against the New York Jets was shown in court Thursday. The footage revealed that Hopkins slid partway down the metal railing on the edge of Section 339 and climbed back up to his seat multiple times before falling backward on his fifth attempt. He tumbled 20 to 25 feet and landed on Mark Bratcher, who was sitting with a friend in section 240.’

‘”I do see a team that is coming together and is getting to know each other better,” Marrone said. “We became actually a part of a team yesterday.”‘

‘The video from inside Ralph Wilson Stadium will help prove that Robert Hopkins, 29, ignored the risk he could hurt other people during the Nov. 17 game against the New York Jets, Prosecutor G. Michael Drmacich told a six-person town court jury.’

‘”I’m really happy about where it is,” Marrone said. “I’m happy about the ability that we have in our matchup potential now with what we’re doing and the ability where we can put different players. There are things now that we can do that we couldn’t do last year. From that standpoint, I’m happy.”‘

‘Wood hurled some choice words in their direction and the defensive linemen waved him off. That was followed by a sack on the next play by DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, which led to some hollering by the defensive players watching on the end line. Back and forth it went and head coach Doug Marrone was clearly fine with it as it raised the level of competition between the two units. The players seemed to welcome it too.’

‘Obviously with the end of OTA’s here, it’s funny if you go around everyone is going to be real positive about how things went and we put in a lot of offense. We’ve made a lot of improvements on the little things. Our goal obviously was the trust and communication and I think I’ve seen that more from this team than in the past which I’m proud of.’

‘Here now are three unheralded players – Preston Brown, Caleb Holley, and Kenny Ladler – who showed up more on the practice field than initially anticipated.’