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NIGHT PRACTICE NOTES A night that started with heavy rain tapered off to a light drizzle for most of Buffalo’s Monday night practice enabling the team to get their work done. Head coach Chan Gailey however, liked that his players were forced to adjust to some wet conditions. “It was really good,” he said. “We needed the wet ball. We needed to be able to handle and throw it and catch and hold onto it. It was good for us.” Though there were a few more dropped balls through the course of the practice, the offense did continue to make plays a bit further down the field. Trent Edwards has been in sync with Lee Evans in particular the last few days of practice and that continued Monday night. “Those are the hardest ones to connect on,” said Edwards of the deep ball. “Obviously, they’re the furthest down the field and they’re the hardest to be accurate with, but Lee’s one of the best go-ball route runners in this league. He runs them down, he pins the guy, he gets open down field. We just have to protect. I got to be able to let it fly. I got to be accurate with it. It just takes a little while for it to develop. You’re going to miss some. Sometimes you’ll look really bad and other times you’ll look really good. You just got to take the good with the bad on that.” After connecting on some go routes the past few practices, the cornerbacks were clearly protecting against it in practice Monday as Evans, Steve Johnson and a couple of other receivers were getting open consistently on the post route inside. “It has been working,” said Evans of the post route. “It’s one of those plays that you call, and that’s where you want to take a shot. You have to have a few of those in the playbook that you call just to get it up there and let the defense know that you will stretch the field vertically. You’ve got to practice it and if you can be successful at it you can be good. So that’s what we’ve really been doing the past few nights.” What was most encouraging about Edwards was his willingness to throw into tight spaces Monday night as he appears to be displaying a greater confidence in his reads and ability to deliver the football with accuracy and velocity.

I seen a picture of Ratliff, he isn't penetrating any gaps / anywhere.

I'll break it down different. We are the only team that I have found that over a ~35 year period that only missed the playoffs once after we outscored all our regular season opponents. So even if we are -4 points against at the end of the regular season, we fail to make the playoffs. Plus one or better in total points for, we only missed the playoffs once 35 years and running. That's longer than any current streaks about missed playoffs or anything you can think of that shows a sign of consistency to how things should go.

Does this help the Bills somehow? How did he end up in a ditch?

Yeah, I just read this. They're far apart, which helps the Bills.

Schobel is no longer with the Bills, so there is nothing to talk about.

Morning Bull; 103.3 The Edge – Live on campus; 6-10 AM (listen online) Paul Posluszny @ 7:30 AM Donte Whitner @ 8:30 AM Trent Edwards @ 8:45 AM

Yeah, I brought up earlier today that we should have a top 10 defense this year.

You have this pegged, the answer has been no for 4 years.

I'll take, score more total points for the season than total we give up. Since 1976, we missed the playoffs once in 2004 even though we scored more points than we gave up in one season. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/

I never said I was a great fan, nor did I start this with that intent to feed some small need. To run down the Bills about how horrible this season is going to be before we even touch the pre-season games is just plain idiotic. I guess you can call the last decade into question and say, hey this team has a history of sucking so it's always going to suck. Things change, teams usually get better.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...50-30132ad9d2ff There was good news and not so good news on the injury for the Bills as they began another week of training camp practices following their off day Sunday. The good news was for the first time in the training camp setting, Paul Posluszny and Keith Ellison were both practicing with their teammates. Posluszny had minor groin surgery two weeks prior to the opening of camp, and has been working his way back to the practice field ever since. The inside linebacker is still limited, but fared well Monday morning. “It feels good, it’s getting close to 100 percent,” Posluszny said. “It’s not there yet. But I can still move around and do some things. It’s getting close, it’s getting better.” Posluszny and Ellison only did individual position drills and they each got a handful of reps in 7-on-7. Neither participated in 11-on-11 team work. Still, it was a step forward for both of them. “It felt good just to be out there running around with the guys,” Posluszny said. “It felt good just to see some routes develop, react a little bit, see the world through a facemask again. It felt good to be back out there.” For Ellison, it’s the first time he’s taken the field since practicing sparingly in the spring workouts. Still no word on whether either veteran linebacker will be well enough to go in Friday night’s preseason opener in Washington. “I’m not sure,” Posluszny said. “They haven’t told me. I’ve got a long way to go. I’ve got to get some contact, I’ve got to hit and tackle. So if I continue to progress well, that might be a possibility, but they haven’t told me one way or the other.” Also returning to practice off minor injuries were RB Chad Simpson and WR David Nelson. Three players nicked Although four players rejoined the fray on the practice field Monday morning, three others left practice early with injuries. The first was FB Corey McIntyre, who got rolled up on a running play and hopped on one foot to the sideline. After being tended to by athletic trainers for several minutes he limped to the locker room favoring his left leg. A short time later, WR Felton Huggins made a diving catch in 7-on-7, but landed awkwardly on his left shoulder. He too headed to the locker room before practice was over after being examined by the athletic training staff. At about the same time OL Andre Ramseyretired to the locker room as well. His malady was not as obvious during team play as the other two, but he walked to the locker room under his own power. Highlights On the defensive side, Antonio Colemanopened up with a pass breakup during run game work on a play fake. Jairus Byrd followed up with a pass defense of his own along the far sideline preventing a completion to Lee Evans. Andra Davis had a tackle for loss in 11-on-11 on a carry by Marshawn Lynch DL Rashaad Duncan had a batted pass to force an incompletion. Ashton Youboty had a pass breakup along the far sideline on a throw that had Naaman Roosevelt targeted. John McCargo had a quarterback pressure during a two-minute drill flushing Brian Brohmout of the pocket and forcing him to throw the ball away. And LB Donovan Woods had a pair of tackles for loss, both of which came on Chad Simpson on receptions from out of the backfield. Offensively, Steve Johnson ran a well-timed comeback route allowing Trent Edwards to hit him for a first down gain. Johnson also had a 30-yard reception to set up a first and goal situation in the two-minute drill. Felton Huggins made a diving grab in 7-on-7 work on a pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick. Chad Jackson also laid out for a pass from Edwards for a 15-yard pickup. Brian Brohm read the blitz well and his his hot receiver, which was Naaman Roosevelt on the play in his two-minute drill series. And Michael Matthews had a big fourth down conversion in the two-minute drill on a nice catch over the middle from Brohm. It should also be noted that both Roosevelt and Donald Jones were busy targets Monday with three receptions each. In and out Eric Wood was participating in practice, but did not see any 11-on-11 work Monday morning. Demetrius Bell did not practice in the morning session. Stepping in for Wood during team drills was Andre Ramsey, and when he left injured he was replaced by Christian Gaddis.

Every news outlet has basically buried us, so I'd plan on no one seeing us coming. They wont be passing deep on us and they will see enough runs to require a diaper, plan on us taking more than expected down. We will also not quit and be in shape to play, unlike the past half decade. Things are changing, witness them come game 1.

Sir, you are a real fan.

I see a similiar result as well, saying were going to be worse with this much coaching organization is just wrong. It's like night and day from previous camps, even admitted by the players.

Having an opinion without seeing the final product is my point, complain at will after having a reason too. Until we have the first 4 or 5 games played, we all know nothing. Judging the team early and claiming the knowledge to know the future because you knew something last year is joke, give it a rest.

I can objectively look at things and see how being negative is a easier way out for everyone but again our teams success is based on results. A top 10 defense looks good, our secondary is one of the best in the league and health willing our line will improve.

Yeah, they fire the OC 10 days before the season and everyone is a soothsayer. Just because you're right one year, doesn't make you right all the time. The rest of your statement is a self-defense mechanism, take medication.

It's hard to question anything right now without seeing what we have on the field. Reading these early predictions about our demise and everything is in the toilet is a joke. The NFL is not college and coaching Pop-Warner is a good start but it's not near the top levels. I suggest some people get over themselves, it's embarrassing.

If you are throwing 5 yard passes, accuracy shouldn't be an issue.

I really have been skeptical of all the moves the Bills made since last year but after thinking it over, who is looking down at them ? We hire professional coaches and management to handle the team. A majority of the detractors couldn't coach a pop-Warner game. We need to see everything as fans first and realize that our input is as limit as the length our remote is, not far reaching. That doesn't mean that we don't have very intelligent posters here or people with inside knowledge, it just means that a majority of the people looking down don't know what their looking at anyways. Go Bills!!

Makes the Bills look like a asterisks, typical T.O. He'll need to outshine the "other" WR in Cin.

You have to turn off IR / Injuries to play the Bills, otherwise you'll need to visit the PS of the Lions all season for players.

The more touches CJ gets, the higher probability of us scoring.

Thank you for eating the mystery meat is what this translates too. I can see Rex looking heavier everytime he is on TV.