BillsObserver Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Apparently I picked the wrong practice to go to! Yesterday's night practice was described as a physical, hard hitting practice. Today's practice resembled a Friday practice before a Sunday game, meaning it was really light. It was almost like an extended walk through. Regardless, I still had a good time as the weather was beautiful and I had an awesome seat covered by the shade provided by the roof of the press box. Lets get on with the report: Michael Jasper wins the first man on the field award. I hope this is an indication of his work ethic. I've seen him come out early the other days I was at camp as well. Dave Wannstedt was one of the first few coaches out and while observing him interacting with other coaches I realized he has a certain aura to him. This guy was a prominent coach in this league before and here he is, taking on this low key role in Buffalo. It feels good having an experienced guy taking on this role. Jasper and Chris White were playing 1 handed catch. Both men lost, for those keeping score. At this point the rest of the team made their way out and Torell Troup came out with a huge club on his injured right hand. Maybin was extra excited to inquire about Troup's new weapon. Roscoe came out with just a hat on (no clothes). This was weird. Just messin'. As Gailey said yesterday, Parrish will be taking it easy for the next week or so. Shawn Nelson and LB Eddins were also sitting this one out. Alex Carrington warmed up with the Linebackers again. David Nelson, Donald Jones and Marcus Easley were participating - all guys who have been dinged up the past week. After all of the stretches and standing around, we got some 7 on 7 stuff. Lee Evans had a beautiful over the shoulder catch to start the drill off. Evans dropped one on the very next play. Donald Jones had a nice catch over the middle. Chandler brought one in. Stevie Johnson with a short reception. Fitz overshot Lee Evans on the next play. Chandler brought in another reception. Aaron Williams sighting. Williams had a nice breakup on a ball heading toward the endzone. Brad Smith, lined up as receiver, caught a nice touchdown in the corner of the endzone. Crowd approved! The next ball was almost picked off by Jammie Kirlew. Reggie Corner made a nice play to break up a ball coming to David Nelson Kamar Aiken had a beautiful Touchdown catch from Levi Brown that got a nice response from the crowd. Roosevelt caught his 2nd touchdown of the day. On the other side of the field I noticed Antonio Coleman lost a one-on-one battle to Cordaro Howard. Mike Caussin had a nice catch on the next play. Lionel Dotson (who was being yelled at to report to some special teams duties early on and didn't hear his name over the megaphone which led to the coach going nuts) lost 2 consecutive battles to Colin Brown, #74. TJ Langley beat Isaiah Thompson. Not in a fight this time. Erik Pears beat Jammie Kirlew (pretty sure that's the last time I'll mention that name again) handily Meanwhile, on the other side, Fitz had a beautiful toss to Stevie Johnson. Johnson made a hell of an effort to bring this one. Crowd loved it. Fitz went back to #13 again but was a little bit off. Fitz completed one to David Nelson. Andy Levitre beat Spencer Johnson on the other side. Bad throw from Fitzy to Chandler. Completion to Donald Jones. Fitz rounded up this drill with a completion to CJ Spiller. Time for special teams on the other field. I decided to skip this and keep my nice, shaded seat. Time for the real 7 on 7. BIG run to the left by Fred Jackson. Incompletion to Jackson on a short pass. Completion to David Nelson. Catch and run by CJ Spiller. Decent gain. No Troup yet during this session. Short dump off to David Martin for a short gain. Another short completion to Jackson. Erik Pears held his own against Kelsay and kept him at bay. Thigpen roll out left and completion to Marcus Easley. Troup just checked in. Thigpen completion to Buster Davis. Davis looked smooth here. Bad throw to Roosevelt. Naaman never had a chance. Next play was the first ball I've seen Naaman drop. Thigpen fakes right, goes left to Easley. Easley is looking REAL good. 3rd team is out. 3 consecutive plays to Johnny White. Levi threw deep to Hubbard but he under threw him by a mile. Incomplete. Pass break up by DOYLE MILLER, intended for Kamar Aiken from Levi. Levi completion to Easley. First teamers back in. Designed screen to Stevie Johnson that the D was all over. Dareus dominated the next 2 plays. Would be sack on Fitz on the first one. Good long completion from Fitz to David Nelson. On this play Bell and company stuffed Chris White. Rollout right, completion to Chandler. McIntyre did a good job blocking Kelsay on the rollout. Another short completion to Chandler. GREAT catch over the middle by Donald Jones. D Bell held up Merriman on this play. Good work, Bell. Second team is back on. Short run by Johnny White. Thigpen with the right sideline completion to Easley. Quick toss to Johnny White. Run right by Johnny White stopped by MOATS. Moats was in perfect pursuit of White here. Caulcrick brought in a short reception. MAYBIN WATCH: Cordaro Howard stopped him here. Maybin couldn't do anything at the point of attack. Horn blows, looks like we're going to 11 on 11. Click here to read the rest of the report which includes EVERY 11 on 11 play, nuggets of info, todays standouts and more (including who stood after practice for extra work). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h9l2DFGzxg&feature=player_detailpage Edited August 12, 2011 by Fitzbeardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yall Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Awesome. Very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hopefully the Bills found something in Chandler. And again, hopefully Easley stays healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockinon Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Nice work again Fitzbeardy. I really enjoy your write ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Rob Johnson Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I've yet to read a bad report on Pears, haven't heard anything great, but nothing bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 You're the beard. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Much appreciated. This is my first year without visiting TC (sniff)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I've yet to read a bad report on Pears, haven't heard anything great, but nothing bad either. Yep. And IMHO, no news is good news given the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thank you very much for your detailed report!! Great job as always!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsObserver Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Little present for you guys: Tyler Thigpen touchdown to Brad Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h9l2DFGzxg&feature=player_detailpage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsObserver Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 More videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf8fBeIeFVU&feature=player_detailpage I'll put the rest up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Awesome! Thank you. As someone said before: You da beard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Fitzbeardy.....you da man!! Thanks so much for all your hard work in bringing training camp to life for those of us who are too far away to be there. Much appreciated. I am so pumped that Easley is back on the field and looking good. I also like what I hear about the atmosphere of this training camp. I'm really excited to see some football!! Bring on the Bears!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis in NC Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks for your report! The bulleted list of play-by-play is a nice readable format, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 "fear the beard" - great job! thanks! Your report has driven me to this conclusion: I admit not liking the idea of trading Evans, but with the abundance of talent we have at wide receiver, it might be a good idea if we get real value for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy12 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Well done I felt like I was there again as I read the notes and remembered everything as how they happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsObserver Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks guys. I truly love going to camp so it was my pleasure. I hope the next one I go to is a little more eventful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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