Archives for August 4, 2015

'But with Rex Ryan steering a ship loaded with gifted players on offense and defense, Bills fans will carry an unbridled optimism into the regular season not seen or felt since, well, 1991.'

'yrod Taylor never really misses badly, nor does he have a noticeably poor performance. Taylor does, however, provide the flashiest of plays when he hits for a big one — and that happened on Monday night.'

'"He's a confident coach," running back LeSean McCoy said. "I'm the same way. That type of attitude, that confidence, you want to play for a guy like that." '

'Through the first three days of training camp Cyrus Kouandjio got virtually every single snap with the first team offense at right tackle. On Monday night that changed as Seantrel Henderson was rotated in. Kouandjio still got the lion’s share of the time with the starters, but Henderson got a few reps almost every series of team work.'

'Stone will call the team’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers on Friday, August 14 in Ralph Wilson Stadium. Stone is currently the lead studio host for FOX Sports’ soccer, college football and college basketball programming. From 1997-2012, Stone worked for ESPN in a number of different roles including as a college football play-by-play announcer and the lead soccer commentator. Stone is a graduate of Colgate University.'

'“I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to be back here at training camp. How grateful I am for Terry Pegula, Kim Pegula, Russ Brandon and of course Rex (Ryan) for allowing me back to do my job. I’m sure everybody wants to hear about what happened over the last couple of weeks and I’m not at liberty to talk about it. All I can say right now is I’m excited about being back here working with the talent that we have here on the offensive line, and making them the best they can be in this training camp for the season. That’s my whole goal and my whole focus at this point and excited to be able to do that. Thank you.”'

'Noel started all 12 games and served as a team captain for the Demon Deacons in 2014. He recorded 40 tackles and three interceptions on the way to being named third team All-ACC. The 5-10, 175 pound Wake Forest product started in 43 of the 44 career games he played in and totaled 192 tackles and eight interceptions.'

'“I’m never going to take anything for granted out here. Every single day out here is a blessing for me,” he said. “I said I’m ‘on the bubble’ and yeah, I do play with a little chip on my shoulder. But that’s the way that I play and that’s the way that I’ve always been.”'