Archives for August 6, 2016

'After practice, head coach Rex Ryan said he did not think there were ligaments involved, but he was concerned due to the fact that it was a non-contact injury. “Sometimes those can be the worst ones,” Ryan said.'

'Ragland stayed on the ground for several minutes as they looked at his left knee, and even owner Terry Pegula hovered over him while he was being checked out. Ragland was able to get up and walk to the locker room under his own power.'

'The other thing that stood out in the first live drills was that backup runner James Wilder, Jr. failed to discern himself when given carries.'

'long with Dareus, former starting right tackle Seantrel Henderson has been a member of the Non-Football Illness list and has only been able to work on the sidelines with team trainers. Henderson had a battle with Crohn’s disease, and whenever the Bills have been asked about his potential playing status, they have deflected and directed reporters to the medical staff instead. That same trend continued on Friday, which means one thing: there is no immediate plan in place for Henderson to get back anytime relatively soon.'

'It’s long gotten comical how much the Patriots, their high-end talents, their coach, and their system continue to swirl around in Rex’s head, even MONTHS before they take the field against each other. Reporters know they’re going to get a drawn-out answer and perhaps a money-quote or three when they pose questions about the team at Patriot Place. In fact, you don’t even need to ask him sometimes, he’ll just bring them up.'

'“I think it’s big. We treat it like a preseason game,” said head coach Rex Ryan. “In fact, our ones practice more in this game or scrimmage more than they do probably in the first preseason game. So it’s a good—I think it’s a first shot, you know, of really evaluating guys in live situations so as a coach, you’re really excited about that for sure.”'

'“It’s a knee,” said head coach Rex Ryan of Ragland’s injury. “I’m not sure the extent of that injury. But we’ll obviously be very concerned with that injury. Hopefully right now it doesn’t appear to be with the ligaments involved. So we’ll just keep our fingers crossed there.”'