Archives for June 2014

‘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.’

‘The Bills added five lesser-known receivers to the roster who are 6-foot-2 or taller.’

‘With the Buffalo Bills inching closer to being put on the market, Pabst Brewing Company owner C. Dean Metropoulos has emerged as a potential bidder.’

‘A six-member jury was seated Wednesday in Town Court, where several prospective jurors told lawyers they avoided football games because of the alcohol-fueled rowdy behavior of fans.’

‘”Bills fans seem to have a taste for beer before noon on Sundays,” he said.’

‘”Y’all have been talking about drafting a tight end for four years now,” Chandler said after practice Tuesday. “So I don’t really pay much attention to it. If they draft a guy, I’m going to do my best to help him out and be a mentor, but right now we’ve got the guys we’ve got. I think it’s a good group.”‘

‘”The general purpose is to restore some of the family environment to the stadium and downgrade a little bit of the emphasis on tailgating,” said Assemblyman Sean Ryan, a Buffalo Democrat, who said he was approached by the team to introduce the measure.’

‘But enough talk about The Big Game. We are not Indianapolis or Minneapolis and that’s OK. And people who say those two or Atlanta are proof that a new stadium gets you a Super Bowl and we should be in line too are just not thinking clearly.’

‘His lawyer has said the incident was simply an accident.’

‘The pre-trial intervention program, which Giddens said is common in cases of marijuana and cocaine possession, includes drug counseling and could eventually result in Dareus’ case being dismissed.’

‘There was frustration, Manuel said, “Sometimes I get frustrated because I know it’s there and if we have one misstep and it’s incomplete, that’s frustrating. I try to pride myself on knowing it so well, so you just have to keep rolling with the punches.”‘