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That would be a very good idea. Wonder if the NFL would shut down a Periscope of a team scrimmage. And why.

I think Powell is this year's Deonte Thompson. Impressive camp, some kick returns. Deonte had a 2 reception year for the Bears, but got 81 yards out of those two. Salas is my favorite between him, Little, and Hankerson. Listenbee and/or Goodwin would keep the other two off the 53.

I'm holding no ticket for tonight's practice, so no notes most likely. I can only hope that someone very special comes through with one. Astro

That's awesome. I like the angle a lot. Thanks!

This is now disgusting me. I think I'll wait for the doctors.

LMAO! NExt time, get over to the far end of the bleachers, top row. Don't be a stranger, 7834!

I personally watched Ragland walk WITHOUT help, WITHOUT a limp from the grass field 150 yards to the building the training room is in. This ain't no big deal. Chicken Little is on TwoBillsDrive.

80 degrees with a nice breeze, lots of rain clouds up there. Woods is over on the turf field on the sidelines going under then over some hurdles. Watkins joins him (not doing the hurdles, but watching), followed by Dez Lewis and Hankerson. Marquise Goodwin and Walter Powell are shagging punts from the JUGS machine. Reggie Bush comes down the sidewalk from the indoor facility, and he pauses to sign ten autographs, the most of any player ever that I've seen. Eric Striker follows him, and signs 7. I notice that he's a lefty, hook-handed writer (I used to be a special ed reading-writing teacher, so indulge me). His signature takes longer as a result. Tyrod signs none (Gugny?). He goes out and plays catch with Kain Colter, who positions his hands in different places for TT to target: center, low left, high right, etc.. Felton is doing leg swings off to the side, IK is doing a very formal warmup before the team warmup. There are two distracting blondes down in the private reception area by the field........Okay, I'm back. Look, but don't touch. Corey White's doing a lot of leg stretches, and later on you see him doing more. Same with Corey Graham. Also off to the side are Watkins, Manny, and two others. One of the guys I'm with thinks it's Shaq Lawson. He's tall, maybe 6'4", and looks good on the ladder drills. It begins to rain, but I'm up top at the far end of the bleachers, and I just go under the eaves of the press box. Reggie Bush looks good during calisthenics and especially during punt catching drill. Powell is second-best today. We remark that ever since the early 90's the Bills have had good ST coaching: Bruce DeHaven. Bobby April. Danny Crossman now. Time spent on special teams has pretty much helped the Bills especially when they have a bunch of core players. I wonder if Marcus Easley will be there this year. We see a few offensive drills next. Marquise Goodwin, Walter Powell, and Kain Colter do some end-arounds, although these never work in 11 on 11's. QBs now work on taking snaps and handing off, doing draws, using a 2-back set, and, once the RB's join them, handoffs down close in the red zone. Meanwhile, in their positional drills, the WRs are catching 30-yard passes over their left shoulders, then catching slant patterns and barreling between two coaches carrying big pads. The OL has been, and continues to be, a concern of mine, especially with our blitzing-from-everywhere defenses. I watch their positional work. Jamison Lalk shows some pop when he blocks. Cyril Richardson is wonderful; he's doing blocks where he needs to turn the defender to create gaps and is doing it very well. Robert Kugler needs to get down more; he's too upright and needs to "sit in his chair" like you see with Cordy. Marquis Lucas is a keeper, albeit maybe with Practice Squad. You can tell he's been coached well, and his story is too compelling anyway (google it). Cyrus Kouandjio is taking part in these drills, which is an encouraging sign if he wants to stay here. The OL now brings the TE's into their drills as the WR's combine with the QBs. The sun comes out. If you don't like the weather in Rochester, wait a minute. Tyrod hits 50% of his throws in the first drill, but it wasn't all his fault. He underthrows Dez, connects with Woods on a 25-yarder on an out pattern, then Goodwin drops a similar throw. Walter Powell, this year's Deonte Thompson, makes a smooth-as-silk reception. Cardale is 33% and it is his fault. He overthrows one, underthrows the next, and finally connects with a beautiful ball to Kain Colter. The crowd is so easily entertained, because as this was happening, the coaches and minions have set up two garbage cans with 3 10" foam prisms on top of them, with a mat in the end zone. They're practicing going over the linemen for a rushing TD. Okay, I was easily entertained too. Many of the RBs can do 3; if I had to pick a "winner" it was Wilder. The coaches then add a fourth foam prism onto the top. McCoy can't do it. Bush can't do it. Boom Herron can't do it. Then Wilder does it, and the crowd went wild. Wilder, a crowd favorite, does a chest bump with someone. After Cardale and EJ underwhelm on the next passing drill, Tyrod shows why he's the starter. He throws precise passes to Dez Lewis, then Goodwin, then Salas, Powell, Boykin, and Chambers. Only Chambers failed to reel it in. That's why Chanbers is here on my Depth Chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mPhlH_vlqvgrWNkpVH-oxlCsBTEDbDFelpvahy08mb0/edit?usp=sharing TT then works on short throws to RB's coming out of the backfield, with one LB covering, OVER THE MIDDLE. Of all the RBs, Bush makes it looks easiest, Then TT does out-routes to TEs and RBs. Clay does a nice out route to the right, Jonathan Williams does a nice out-route to the left. Boom Herron muffs the ball on an out route . Yep, check that depth chart again. Still in Session 5, O'Leary connects with Tyrod on a deeper slant OVER THE MIDDLE, Clay replicates his out route to the left for a nice chucnk of yardage, Wilder catches a deeper Tyrod throw OVER THE MIDDLE. Blake Annen can't make the catch, then Clay and Tyrod share blame for a missed curl pass. Baby Gronk snares a pass OVER THE MIDDLE vs Preston Brown who's tight in coverage. O'Leary gets another reception on a curl-out from EJ, but Reggie Bush drops a well-thrown EJ ball. They make Tyrod re-throw the curl pass to Clay, and they both make it look routine...Or is it poutine? Lots of red zone work today. Tyrod throws completions on 12 of the next 13 passes, either from the 15 or from the 5. Most of the throws involved a double move on the part of the receivers. This includes catches by Salas, Boykin-2, Powell-2, Little-2, and Lewis. Slants with quick-hitters were caught by Lewis, Goodwin, Little, Powell, Boykin, Colter, and Chambers. The only miss was the slant pass intended for Salas. More end zone work ensued. Here was the order that the players went in, if this might be instructive: Goodwin, Little and Dez, Powell, Hankerson, Chambers, Salas, Boykin, and Colter. All were completions. The play was a catch-and-dive to the pylon. Kudos to Hankerson, who made a sweet catch while turning his body. The new drill was from their own 20 yard line, with 80 to go. "Dance, Dance, Dance" was playing, so Fernando Velasco and Max Valles --I think-- started to dance. Okay, it was a fight lasting about 12 seconds. Check Twitter for the names of the dancers. The defense in 11 on 11's was able to blow up plays. What helped? Having Brown and Ragland getting up to speed with each other. Communication was quick and clear. Increased blitzing from anywhere. Finally, the fact that defenses always look better at the beginning of camp. Mario Butler, Randell Johnson, Eric Striker, and Lorenzo Alexander all had nice blitzes. What did the offense do to retaliate? They ramped up their communication. They brought in 2- and ever 3-back sets with TE going into motion pre-snap. They checked out of plays pre-snap. They used draws, passes to the flat to RB and TE's. The Catch of the Day was Reggie Bush's catch of a pass thrown behind him by Cardale, I think, and he did a Sammy Watkins-type move to catch and secure it, taking off on a nice run. My man Justin Zimmer showed some keen awareness and shut down a run play. Watch for Zimmer in a pre-season game coming soon. The ball's now placed at the 40 with 60 to go. The offense did a slick change-of-formation that drew the D offsides. Both sides argued their point about who should run a lap, but no louder than Tyrod. In the end, nobody had to run. I think the change-of-formation gambit will be used more than once this year. Mike Gillislee had the Run of the Day right up the gut of the defense, and it was a long time coming. Perhaps we can repeat as #1 running team, but it will have to be set up by a 2nd and 3rd receiver stepping forth from this crowd of 12 guys behind Sammy. I am impressed by the orchestration on every offensive play; you see different pre-snap looks already, and today you saw some pin-and-pull schemes by the guards, at least. A couple of clouds on this turns-out-to-be-sunny practice. Baby Gronk had a lot of difficulty making forceful hits, sometimes merely bouncing off his block, and likely needs a year in an NFL weight room. Our 3rd and 1 game still lacks push. Jerel Worthy and Reggie Ragland both took big hits today, but both walked under their own power to the training room--I watched. Dray god dinged at one point, so watch for that. I still don't have a ticket for Saturday night, so if you have connections, hit me up. ~Astro

Scroll down to 14 here to read my notes on our 2017 RD1 pick: http://www.drafttek.com/2017-NFL-Mock-Draft-Round1.asp

I am told that Watkins was signing after practice. [Riot police take off glass visors]

There's not a cloud in the sky, it's going up to 92 by the end of practice, 50% humidity. Hydration will be the name of the game. Up in the top row of the bleachers on the grass field today, there's a slight breeze as players drift toward the field. We see Terry Pegula wearing a Bills bucket hat (which he paid for, I'm sure), and his wife Kim both being squired around in a golf cart by Doug Whaley (with a hat hiding his buzz-cut) and, later, Russ Brandon (shouldn't he be trying to sign someone?). They are doing something with with a smartphone, which I found out was a feeble attempt at SnapChat. On their way in, Watkins walks past the autograph seekers, looking straight ahead. Darby stops twice and signs for young fans, and McCoy signs one lucky fan's photo. I spot and wave at Justin Zimmer, shouting his name, and he gives me a wave back. I've been tweeting with him and his Dad since draft season, and am so glad we signed him. Lunch pail guy whose bench strength topped the Combine. Tyrod trots out again, going to the nearest pylon, and says a prayer. He joins Cardale between the back posts, with Little and Kain Colter catching for some warmup passes. EJ joins them. Last four out onto the field are Kouandjio, Corbin Bryant, Randell Johnson and DE Leger Douzable (there; I've said his name). Schmidt is kicking some punts and if these are warm-ups, we're in great shape. During the punt session, Schmidt's warmup was 47 yds, then three for 60 yards apiece. Blake Annen again is the King of Calisthenics. Every exercise has Blake's twist on it. When the others kneel to one knee, Blake adds a hop, raises the opposite hand, then later pulls his opposite foot up behind him. On the sidelines are Meeks, Watkins, Aaron Williams, Lattimore, and Meeks, all not participating in the calisthenics. They are, however, doing lots of stretches. During positional work, Sammy looks impressive. You see his agility in the ladder drills alternating feet quickly, then jumping, then hopping on one foot. During punt return, the gunners are the same. They will repeat punt return practice later in this 2-hour practice. Gilmore and Darby are off talking with Ed Reed. I am so impressed with the coaching style shown by Reed, as he is always dialoging with someone. I am not a fan of Bush's punt-fielding style, which involves a quick look-up at the onrushing guy bearing down on him (in this case Dowling). Field it first, secure it, then look for daylight. Arenas is more polished, Powell is fast. Drill 1 puts Tyrod on the field with Clay, Woods, Little, McCoy, Felton, and Goodwin. McCoy seemed to be spelled by Jonathan Williams. When EJ was on the field he had Gragg, Goodwin, Gillislee, Gronk, and Powell. When Cardale came on, he had Powell, Kain Colter, Hankerson, and and Blake Annen. Drill 2 was a good time to watch some OL work, as that was my biggest worry from Tuesday night. Different OLinemen pair off, and have to switch so as to deal with different styles. Chris Martin reaches too far; he loses his base and thus all of his power. No surprise that Incognito and Wood are going the most coaching. Jordan Mills and John Miller are strong; they can move their assigned guy even when stretching off core. You see Cordy Glenn's impressive hand-fighting with quick feet movement laterally. Glenn is always moving both hands and feet. Wood is the technician; he adds power with the arc of his body. He plants his feet and arcs his body so that the defenders pressure is used against him--think of pushing a doorstop harder and harder to get in. Positional Drills of the TEs look different. They are practicing OVER THE MIDDLE, point-blank catches. They have to break free from their man, turn in, and catch the ball point blank. Remember this drill, because you'll see it in 11 on 11's. You see some distinction between the guys. Clay, who's known for agility, has lightning-fast reaction time to the location of the ball. Gragg creates separation through speed and agility too, but has an excellent lean to leverage some separation. Blake Annen has impressive hands, catching the ball away from his body. He's the most athletic of all the TEs with the possible exception of Clay. O'Leary was just okay at this and Gronk was with Felton on the blocking sleds. Dray doesn't have something right with one leg; he was trying to shake it between reps. The RBs are doing the garbage can drill, where the running lanes are between the cans. I didn't watch this much because I was paying attention to the TEs, wanting to get some distinction between them. WRs are doing curl routes and comeback patterns. They are being made to touch the ground with their inside hand, forcing them to get low into their breaks. It seems an effective coaching tool. Salas, Woods, and Goodwin were the most impressive. They ran it tight, smooth, and low. Worst at it was Colter and Chambers. You can fault Colter who hasn't been here 3 days. Best hands catch was Goodwin's. When Manuel or Cardale threw, they got Chambers, Powell, Colter, and Boykin. That's likely your practice squad candidate list. Cyrus Kouandjio is walking the sidelines. I am reminded of how Chris Hairston used to be doing the same thing. During Red Zone drill, Cardale was notable. He overled Boykin on his first one, but then made several perfect throws in a row. Muscle Memory. The same thing with Tyrod on the fly pattern drill: He missed Woods, but then came back and hit Hankerson, Goodwin, Salas, and Dez for 40+ yard plays. After EJ came in and hit 1 for 3 on the long ball, they had Tyrod go again to make the 40+ yard pass to Woods that he missed. He put it in the sweet spot. Drill 4, to the tune of "Might As Well Jump" on the PA system, was Tyrod with his starters. Out there at one time or another were Goodwin, Dez, Woods, Wood, Miller, Mills, Gillislee, and Little. EJ is out there with Hankerson and Salas. Salas has to tell Hankerson to move up because he lined up too far back; I was impressed with Salas for doing that. Colter was used as a defender on this drill; I'm sure he feels doomed. The line is not doing any pin-and-pull schemes like Cover1.net describes. It's about conserving energy and avoiding dehydration and cramps. Gragg over-reached to secure the edge in one drill. There is some repetition during this phase, and I'm afraid that some of the younger or less-knowledgeable fans are getting restless. I call them fast-food fans--they want to see the stars perform, but don't want to be bored with the practice that makes perfect. The fans didn't have to wait long, though, because Drill 5 and 7 are as close to real football as you get in a practice. Tyrod throws to Powell who climbs the ladder and reels it in. Darby gets a PBU defending Greg Little, then Corey White impresses on the next play. Tyrod is relentless, though: He reels off a string of completions to Dez LEwis (Sterling Moore can't cover his height), Salas OVER THE MIDDLE with White draped all over him, then Boykin pulls one in when Arenas falls down. Hankerson has a nifty comeback route (remember that drill earlier?), Powell catches a bomb for a 40+ yard gain, then Colter makes a very aware sideline catch over his shoulder when Tyrod puts it where Butler can't get to it. Chambers makes a catch OVER THE MIDDLE , Goodwin gets Meeks with sheer speed, and finally Tyrod has an incompletion when he overthrows Dez Lewis. Sammy Seamster mirrored Lewis well, but ultimately fell down. Then two more completions, one to Little and one to Boykin. Robey made a great defensive play breaking up a pass meant for Salas, and then Sterling Moore was penalized for beating up Powell in a contested catch. Woods made a catch OVER THE MIDDLE , then Gilmore was flagged one play later. One of three Catches of the Day was the next play; Goodwin dashed off the line, raised his hand, and instantly the ball was thrown by TT for a touchdown and a penalty on the defender who'd realized he'd been beat (sorry; no number). I must praise the CB and S guys because it sounds like they weren't doing their job, but Tyrod was on fire and we have better-than-you-think WRs. In Drill 6, Tyrod continued his hot streak, making 4 of the next 5. Kudos to Corey White's defense on Woods, a pair of good catches by Greg Little, and the second Catch of the Day, this one by Woods for a TD with Nickell Robey all over him. It got good applause from the half-full stands (just too hot for most, but Where Else Would You Rather Be....?) Now you see the orange Gatorade coolers and runners bringing water or Gatorade to the players. Some highlights of the rest of the session include a nice catch along the sidelines by Blake Annen, two holes created by our interior line for one run apiece for McCoy and Bush, and Cardale Jones dump-off pass to O'Leary. On one play, Lorenzo Alexander and Randell Johnson looked like NFL All-Pros, and Boykin looked like a goo PS candidate. Cardale has a pass that gets there quick, and Powell and Boykin made the catch. Cardale will learn "touch pass" at some point. One pass was so far past the end zone you could hear Bob Euker say, "Just a bit outside..." They're using vanilla blocking scheme, but it's clear they have begun getting ready for Preseason Game 1. They practiced a "hurry-up" offense in Session 7, with impressive catch and YAC by Clay. He's going to be a key ingredient to this recipe. Miller impresses me; he's clearly worked on his strength in the offseason, but also his trechnique as he stays square to his man. The D is trying some stunting; Preston Brown looks like he's coming, but Lorenzo Alexander does instead. Another time, Striker blitzed, making quick work of his man (Lalk?), and making one of the quickest closings on Manuel I'd seen in person. Dowling on a Safety blitz was dealt with, but kudos to both lines. The defense is talking to each other. One time it resulted in a PBU by Darby because they read it right. Cardale showed a lot in hurry up. He got a pass to Powell, lined up the troops and spiked the ball quickly. In another situation, the D was showing blitz, and Cardale checked to a play that worked, throwing it underneath to Walter Powell, who had run that comeback play from earlier in practice. After punt practice, Tyrod had 2 backs, 2, TEs. Annen motioned, and Dez Lewis and Goodwin cleared out the coverage, leaving Gragg wide open for a TD. On the play, Felton blocked Meeks so hard, Meeks tapped out, and I didn't notice if he returned. Catch of the Day 3 was a 40+ yard bomb to Salas, who dove to catch it. You notice that Felton does a lot to keep the pocket clean. I don't see this position in debate. It's Felton. He has twice the muscle of Baby Gronk. Max Valles, who turns 22 tomorrow, showed good wheels and a great angle to cut off Goodwin's end-around play. He's another PS candidate for sure. Finally, 52 and 59. Preston and Ragland are developing chemistry. It's Powell making the call, but they are definitely learning how to work to be greater than the sum of them. Go Bills! --Astro

NY Nole remarked, "I'd LIKE to like Little more", as he's the strongest WR the Bills have if you believe Madden: https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/player-ratings/?i=1&p=WR&t=3&s=strength_rating:DESC But Powell is also auditioning for PR and KR, hasn't missed a catchable ball in 3 days of camp. Yes, he needs strength training, but he's doing all he can in camp. Annen is moved ahead of Gragg, and if camp ended today, it'd be Clay-Annen. Gragg lacks awareness at times, and Dray's stronger. Those might cut Gragg, but PFF loves Gragg and hates Dray. I love Graham. So do the statskeepers with his insane annual number of tackles. So does PFF. If you think it's too early, I'm happy to switch it back, but I'll be watching closely tomorrow and Friday. Can't help you on the RB situation. I need to see them in a game, but I'd have it Shady-Karlos-Bush-JWilliams, with Gillislee if they keep a 5th (they might not). IK can't do coverage. Joe Bus said it. NY Nole remarked, "I'd LIKE to like Little more", as he's the strongest WR the Bills have if you believe Madden: https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/player-ratings/?i=1&p=WR&t=3&s=strength_rating:DESC

I do. He and Ragland were steals. As an EDGE player, he's even going to be better than he's been thus far. Huddle Report had a fair assessment. http://www.thehuddlereport.com/archive/2016profiles/Eric.Striker.htm

Can I have 2014 Blanton? He was just as good as Graham and four years younger. Blanton played Safety and Corner. Rex likes chameleons.

I moved Blake Annen and Chris Gragg ahead of Dray. I positioned where Danny Lansanah would fit as backup Nickel LB.

I would like to think you're right, especially from an age standpoint. Bush's best days are behind him. I hope it's a fair fight in preseason. He's battling a Ferrari (or at least a DeLorean).

It doesn't bode well if you're #6 and they keep 5... Here'd be the way I'd stack them right now, usefulness and injuries considered: Watkins Woods Dez Lewis Salas Powell Goodwin Listenbee Easley Little Hankerson Boykin

Thanks. See why it takes a village? LOL Should I list him under Weakside OLB? Looks like ILB. http://buildingtheherd.com/commentary/radar-lb-zach-brown/

I've given everyone permission to View my Depth Chart. What would you change? Click on any player to read an article about him. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mPhlH_vlqvgrWNkpVH-oxlCsBTEDbDFelpvahy08mb0/edit?usp=sharing

Shady is the #1. His backup will be Bush, Karlos will be the #2 if he comes in ready and in shape Week 5. His backup will be JWilliams, who is outplaying Wilder at this point. I don't think Gillislee or Herron make the team.

Tyrod didn't do as well last night, but he's definitely the best we have had since we've been at St. John Fisher.

Fully agree. Bush's running style backs up Shady, not Karlos. I think Gillislee was just made the odd man out of that trio. Herron's as good as gone. Wilder has the hefty, punishing style of Karlos and could get us to Game 5 if necessary.

LOL! More like "mature vision" for me. They're quick, but can't read jersey numbers like I used to. BTW, Walter Powell hasn't missed a catchable ball yet. This year's Chris Hogan or Deonte Thompson. He's also catching punts with Bush, Salas, and Arenas.

I miss Deonte Thompson, for sure. He's lighting it up in Chicago now. It was great to collaborate with you NY Nole! Lemme know if you take another practice in! You have better eyes than I.

It was a Chamber of Commerce evening in Pittsford NY, with 84 degrees cooling to 75 over the two-hour practice. Thanks to Ryan Lasal of BillsFanatics who gave me a ticket at the last minute! I wasn't in my seat 5 minutes when a guy comes up to the top of the bleachers, far end where I sit and asks, "Are you Astro?" It was NY Nole! Five minutes after that, Jim Kelly comes by and sits to our right in the press box. Two fathers I knew from The Harley School came up there with their sons. Players are now filtering in from the field house. Walt Powell is fielding JUGS machine punts, and Arenas joins him Salas is stretching his hamstrings as Cardale comes onto the field. After warming up, Cardale does waist turns, and coming around, throws 55 yards down field to a lackey. Reid Ferguson and Schmidt warm up, then Lorenzo Alexander and IK enemkpali suit up on the sidelines, joking and chatting. IK does the exercise that prevents plantar fascitis. Tyrod comes out to some cheering (we're about 20 minutes from start of practice). He kneels and prays at the near pylon, then trots over to where the QB Whisperer is. O'Leary and Dez appear, and Tyrod throws it around with them. Dray is doing knee bends while Wilder does leg stretches. A new number appears, #16. It's Kain Colter, our newest WR who better be better than Davonte Allen. He talks with the receivers coach, then Goodwin joins them. Albright, whose blonde afro is lighter than Eric Wood's joins with Blanton and Boykin throwing it back and forth. Miller and Kujo go to the far field. I see Ed Reed grinning from ear to ear, still wearing his camoflage hat, and now has an olive drab towel draped at his front, pretty sure he has nothing to hide. He chats often with blue-jerseyed defenders Gilmore and Duke Williams first. Ed tosses a ball at Duke as he moves laterally, then as Duke trots away from him so the ball isn't seen until the very last minute. It's 5:56 and we're 3/4 full; eventually we'll be packed to the rafters. Hughes enters like a prizefighter, bobbing his head as if listening to music. The horn sounds to begin calisthenics, and Shady is just coming out. Karlos Williams points to the other field, then a coach comes and points to the other field. Shady runs off, more like trots off to the grass field that runs parallel to Growney Stadium. During calisthenics our eyes are riveted on Blake Annen. He is doing every exercise, but throwing an extra level of difficulty into each one. Keep an eye out; we think he might be O'Leary's successor. Punt coverage is next, with gunners Blanton, Seamster, Chambers, Dowling, and Seymour. Doing the punt returning are Reggie Bush #22, Powell, Salas, and Arenas. Powell catches 5 for 5, Arenas 5 for 5, Bush 4 for 5, and Salas 4 for 5. Crosman is yelling about "inside leverage" to those covering the punt. Wastebaskets are lined up to represent the 5 linemen, and it's clear that Bush has done lots of Training Camp before because nothing's new to him. The RBs are all impressive but I have to think Boom Herron is out, Wilder's appeals are 3-fold, he's built like Karlos and Bush is more like Shady with Gillislee a poor-man's version of Shady/Bush. Through the gauntlet, we are impressed with Bush, McCoy's subtle jukes, JWilliams and Herron have some difficulty, Reggie slipped once, and Gronk is not going to replace Felton. Positional drills continue with the WRs doing out patterns. We grow more impressed with Salas and Dez, but have to give a shout-out to POowell, this year's Deonte Thompson. He catches everything. Woods was too low and didn't get his hands up in time for one ball, but had a smooth night the rest of the way, including a long ball that he makes look easy. We're impressed with Colter's stop and go fake. Little is catching the ball well away from his body, Goodwin had a couple drops, and it may be a concern especially if we have to keep only 5 of these guys. He's likely my 6th man in. Dez catches a long one as does Boykin, his first impressive catch of camp. Time for mano-a-mano between pass blockers and EDGE rushers, the Oklahoma drill. Ragland impressed, Dray lost, Preston won, Hankerson was overmatched with Hughes (duh), Randell Johnson gets his first kudo, and Striker too against Gragg. IK killed Wilder, Albright flashed some impressive bullrushing to stand JWilliams right up. Albright is physical, not shy; we have something there. Randell didn't do as well against Dray the blocker, Reggie Ragland just popped his man, Gronk had extreme difficulty, and Wilder held his own vs IK. Herron also had trouble. Felton is an impressive blocker, stopping Reddick and others. Time for the Session 4, and here's what's new. Gragg, Felton, Dray, and Shady all in on the same play. There is lots of pre-snap motion, which we're impressed with as we haven't seen this much in a loooong time. We saw Goowin confused on three occasions tonight. Bush is faking it very well. Salas was used in the slot at times; Colter was out in the Z position, as was Woods. More new stuff: Striker was playing some OLB with Hughes on the other side at strong side. In the 6 on 6, Tyrod had some difficulty. He threw one too hard, it bounced off the receiver's hands straight back, and Ed Reed caught it. Crowd went wild. Dray catches a nice ball OVER THE MIDDLE, then TT threw behind O'Leary who couldn't bring it in. Dray catches the ball on an out pattern, then Striker gets right on JWilliams preventing the reception. IK showed good coverage on O'Leary on the next play. Dray makes another sideline catch. Cardale came in and showed his quick trigger finger and rifle-like arm, getting it to Powell then Salas for two quick first downs. Manuel had Dezmin, Goods, and Woods in the lineup, and made the throw, but threw way over Powell's head then was relatively late throwing to Powell again, with impressive blanketing by Duke Williams, who's making this squad. Tyrod came back in and threw a TD to Powell, Cardale kept up his quick decision making connecting with Little covered by Nickell Robey, then an underneath route to Dez. Hughes then jumped offsides and had to run around the field, getting the business from the luxury boxes on the far side. In the 11 on 11, Tyrod was given a lot of pressure by our defense. He evades the rush and throws to Woods. Aaron Williams has his first neck-testing slobberknocker and breaks up a pass fpr Blake Annen. McCoy gets a draw which minimizes the rush, but Worthy gets a would-be sack--I think he's made an impression so far. Jordan Mills is called for offsides and has to do the Lap of Shame. Reggie Bush has his best run of the night, likely a 15-20 yarder, but NYNole notes that Striker was pushed out of the way, which could be a problem with Striker especially on run downs. Striker's very good in coverage. Manuel throws too high to O'Leary; these QBs aren't doing him any favors. EJ has a nice ball to Salas, then a nice draw play to JWilliams. Gilmore deftly defenses a pass and it goes incomplete, and Wilder gets a handoff up the middle for a short gain. Tyrod is back in, and passes OVER THE MIDDLE to Gragg, then buys time with his quickness and passes to Dray. Tyrod throws OVER THE MIDDLE to Gragg, and Ragland takes Gragg to the ground. Powell is overthrown and on his final play, TT throws deep but Darby makes his first impressive play of camp. EJ came in and throws to Hankerson and Seamster slips, Hankerson scores. EJ throws OVER THE MIDDLE to Dray again, who's auditioning for all-round TE tonight. The ball was a little high but Dray climbed the ladder. EJ completes his last pas to Woods who gets YAC; I don't think his knees touched and he kept on going. Watch for that this season. Cardale's final quick throws were to Salas OVER THE MIDDLE and a swing pass to Wilder. Carpenter and Gay had a FG contest. Carp was 3 of 3 from the 24, missed from the 25, and made one from 30, 35, and two from 40. They did a fire drill FG in 10 seconds which Carp hit from the 35. Gay hit from 25, 30, and was 2 of 3 from the 37. I've run out of time, but highlight players in Session 9 were the DLine pressure, Shady draws, Wilder's effort, a sweet Reggie Bush screen, Lorenzo Alexander blowing up Wilder, a nice O'Leary reception and an INT when Woods stumbled. Adolphus and Preston were in on many plays, Boykin climbed the ladder for a high EJ pass, and EJ's handling of an all-out blitz getting it to Hankerson for a 20-yarder. Cyril Richardson was offsides and ran the lap. Session 5 had 5-wide in shotgun, with TT having Salas, Woods, Dez Lewis, Gillislee and Dray all running patterns. Corey White made a strong play on the other end of the field, and both EJ and Tyrod scored QB draws at the exact same time, EJ following it up with one more QB draw. Go Bills!