Archives for August 1, 2015

'“Well, of course, you have to have a sense of urgency, especially at our position,” Cassel said. “I think every time you go out there, you’re trying to prove that you’re the guy and also that you’re prepared, you’re ready to go. But I think at the same time, you have to go out with an understanding that you can’t put too much pressure on yourself or you’ll take away from what you’re trying to get done.”'

'It became clear, the more McCoy talked, that he had no idea why the party invitation was so regrettable. He didn’t seem to grasp how bad it looks to ask women to sign a confidentiality agreement at a time when players’ mistreatment of females is a raging issue in the league.'

'“We want to win, I can tell you that much,” Ryan said. “And we expect to win. I think going into it we are going to work. We are going to do anything we can to put ourselves in that position. That certainly is our objective to get in there and obviously we will see, we have a lot of work to do."'

'EJ Manuel: Fumbled his first snap and tripped while dropping back on another. Was way off the mark on three consecutive incompletions in team drills. One was a sideline route well over the head of Sammy Watkins.'

'“They don’t want us to force their children to be witnesses, participants in a prosecution – under the circumstances of this case – where the injuries were minor with the one child who was injured,” Elmore said. “It doesn’t appear there will be any likely contact between them again. It seemed like it was an isolated incident. And as far as the Kromers are concerned, we’re going to honor their parents’ request to drop the charges.'

'The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation will continue to seek counsel from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, in order to achieve local insight and connect with other local grant makers, as part of its mission to distribute more than $1.2 billion over the next 20 years.'

'"I thought it would be tough finding something to top jumping out of a plane, but as a football coach, I think this topped it," said Ryan, who made his much-publicized sky-diving debut a couple of weeks ago during the Niagara Air Show. "This day was a long time coming, you can't wait to get out here, itching and ready to go, you experience the fans, great weather, on the grass and all that stuff, man, it's tremendous."'

'“He was pissed off I didn’t invite him,” McCoy said of Ryan. “He gave me a speech for about two hours on how it’s ‘about the team. If one guy has women, we all need women.’ Yeah we talked about it.”'

'“Kurt’s obviously going to head up coaching the offensive line,” Bills coach Rex Ryan said. “He’s obviously been here throughout (the offseason, not to mention four years on previous Bills staffs). I think he’s got the qualities to be a fine offensive line coach, but it’s just business as usual for us.”'

'“You get out here and experience the fans, you experience the great weather … on the grass, man it’s tremendous. I’m glad I’m getting paid what I’m getting paid, but when you look at this, you would do it for a heckuva lot less. I mean way, way, way less.”'

'Finally, on Thursday night, almost a week after Drake's first diss track came out, Meek Mill responded. So when Williams made it back to his dorm ready to turn in before his first training camp practice Friday morning, he couldn't sleep. First, he had to listen to Meek Mill's "Wanna Know" at least a few times. He came away disappointed.'

'"Kurt was there when I got here last year, so that's my man," Henderson said. "Me and Kurt already got that chemistry. He was a big reason why I played last year. He stayed on me, stayed with me, you know what I'm saying? He told me exactly how to do everything, and so did coach Pat Morris. But Kurt is my man. I love working with Kurt. They all just wanted to see me do well and succeed in this league."'

'What does this mean for Kromer's future with the Bills? It can't hurt. Rex Ryan and the Bills opened training camp Friday with Kurt Anderson as the offensive line coach, but Kromer is still under contract with the team and can return to coaching as soon as Ryan and the rest of the organization's decision makers are comfortable.'

'"He wanted to help this team out in anyway," Ryan said. "And you know you have a guy like Leodis go down or whatever you can't have enough depth at cornerback in my opinion first hand info. So lets see what he can do. Obviously we are not going to over coach him and all that stuff. We expect him to be a top receiver."'

'"It just had a different feel," Ryan said. "I don't know if it is because it is my second chance or whatever it is. I think I am better prepared now than I was then even though that same enthusiasm that I have now I had back then I can promise you."'