Archives for August 11, 2016

'WR Greg Salas has a hamstring injury and CB Sterling Moore was in concussion protocol.'

'“In this business you’ve got to have a replacement ready to go and we’ve done a great job of that.”'

'Randell Johnson, Zac Brown and Brandon Spikes will likely have to fill the void.'

'Ragland went down on a non-contact injury during a harmless running play last Friday, and the coaching staff immediately called for a medic. He stayed on the ground for several minutes with the medical staff around him, and even owner Terry Pegula walked over and hovered over the scene. Eventually Ragland was helped up, and walked to the locker room under his own power.'

'With all the adversity the defense has gone through this offseason, and even the last few days, their performance in the two-minute drill against the Bills offense was not just dominant, but they barely even let the offense sniff some successful plays.'

'Ragland was expected to start at inside linebacker alongside Preston Brown in Buffalo’s defense in 2016. Seen as a three-down linebacker the Bills will now look to fill the void with veteran players like Zach Brown and the recently signed Brandon Spikes and David Hawthorne. Third-year player Randell Johnson has also made the conversion from outside to inside linebacker this offseason and has made good progress.'

'“I feel good about the guys that we have,” said head coach Rex Ryan. “Zach Brown has been doing a good job and the addition of (Brandon) Spikes and (David) Hawthorne, along with Randell Johnson, I think we have good depth. We have better depth this year than we did last year at that position.”'

'“I think the trainers did a great job, not with just the injury. We worked on things I need to work on. Fixed things that needed to be fixed with my body,” said Watkins. “We worked on routes and the technique part more so than just the injury and how I can protect the injury and help the injury out by not putting as much weight on it and run better routes. Those things can help me in the long run.”'

'“Me and Preston are always talking,” said Zach Brown. “We hang out as a linebacker corps so for us, it’s the Browns. People are always like ‘P. Brown and Z. Brown,’ so we are always hanging around, talking about plays. You know how the adjustments are going to work, and we just make the adjustments and we tell the coaches what we do.”'