Archives for July 2014

‘”The Ralph” has certainly served us well and I’m sure can continue to do so for decades to come. Our current stadium has great bones and the necessary infrastructure along with a fieldhouse and administrative offices already in place.’

‘”I thought we had a good day,” Manuel said, a somewhat surprising response given the evidence of what transpired during the two-hour-plus session at St. John Fisher College. “It was the first third-down day so we have to continue to get better, but it was the first full pad practice and I thought we ran the ball well and threw the ball well.”‘

‘”I dunked on Naaman in high school,” Williams said with a smile Tuesday. “They beat us – he played for St. Joe’s and I played at Riverside – but I dunked on him real bad. It was an ‘And one’ and the crowd was going crazy.”‘

‘Fourteen years out of the post-season, a collective record of 88-136, six different general managers, seven head coaches, 11 starting quarterbacks, and still the fans come. As if the Bills have bottled the secret to marketing mediocrity.’

‘Buffalo Bills rookie wide receiver Sammy Watkins will make an autograph appearance on Monday, August 11 at Frontier Field.’

‘”This is what it’s about,” said the new linebacker. “It was good to be back out and getting used to the pads again.”‘

‘Diabate, who played for Bills coach Doug Marrone, joins Chris McAlister and Myles Russ as 2014 Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship participants, the team announced Tuesday.’

‘Kitchens, a rookie out of Florida, had to be carted off the field, and coach Doug Marrone said on Tuesday that he would be out indefinitely. He was designated as waived/injured.’

‘”I looked at it quite a few times,” Tuel said. “One of those things you look at the good, you look at the bad, you move on and you learn. It just seems like from where I am now to where I was then, already I feel like a different player. It’s crazy just to think, it may sound funny to some, not even a year from it I feel like I know so much more now than I did then.”‘

‘Manuel was fine, but the Bills obviously don’t want him taking hits in practice. What they do want, though, is that type of disruption and fire and Hughes, who had double-digit sacks for the first time in his career last year. Tuesday was a day Hughes had been waiting for as the Bills practiced in pads before the first time.’

‘”That’s the goal I always want to set for myself, even growing up,” Gilmore said. “I want to make the Pro Bowl and I want to be the best cornerback on the field.”‘

‘”The guy is making plays,” Marrone said, snapping back into the moment. “A lot of people are excited.”‘

‘”If he was a malicious guy and you looked him in the eye and he wasn’t remorseful, you’d take a different course of action,” Whaley told USA TODAY Sports. “But when you’ve been around this guy and you know him, you know he must make better choices.”‘

‘Marrone also wasn’t pleased with Manuel’s inability to get the ball off during several 7-on-7 drills, when the quarterback decided to take off and run. “I’m not fine with that,” Marrone said. “I mean, it’s 7-on-7. We want to throw the football down the field.”‘

‘Dareus was excused to attend a court hearing in Alabama on Monday. He agreed to enter an NFL substance abuse program to have two felony drug charges dismissed.’