Two Bills Drive

‘In 1996, fresh out of Maplewood High School in Nashville, Tenn., Black red-shirted his freshman season at Tennessee State. He didn’t play, he just practiced. That’s essentially just how his rookie season in the NFL went.’

‘Buffalo Bills equipment manager Dave Hojnowski has been on the job 24 years. After that long, you’d think training camp would become ho-hum for "Hojo." To the contrary, he’s having a blast.’

‘"I’m hoping I can use my celebrity to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence," Cowart said.’

‘"A few stores sat back, still waiting for 10:30. And when they turned the system on at 10:30, there were no tickets left."’

‘"I scrambled around too much," Johnson said. "When you’re learning an offense, you should really stay in the pocket and get through the reads."’

‘Antoine Winfield, Travares Tillman, Jay Riemersma, Brandon Spoon, Jeremy McDaniel, Ken Irvin, Leif Larsen, Lance Brown, Sammy Morris, Josh Roth and Corey Moore all sat out Tuesday morning’s practice with various injuries. None are serious.’

"I feel I’m getting better and better at it," Johnson said. "Last night I scrambled around too much, guys weren’t open and when you’re learning a new offense you should really throw in the pocket and try to go through all your progressions. … come game time, when the scrambles are there and you’ve got to make plays, then you take them, but it practice you really have got to get through the reads."

‘The Buffalo Bills started their first day of hard-hitting, aggressive practice on Sunday. The vets are back in camp and the fans are out in full force (5,130 the first day, 6,738 the second day) to get a glimpse of the new team everyone is buzzing about.’

‘Tuesday morning, 11 players watched practice from the sidelines at St. John Fisher College outside of Rochester. They included cornerback Antoine Winfield, tight end Jay Riemersma and tailback Sammy Morris, all starters who are nursing hamstring pulls — the most common injury in camp.’

The Bills officially opened training camp this week, and it is already clear this summer is going to be very intense — and we don’t just mean the weather

Williams’ personality is far more intense than Levy or Phillips, too, leaving observers to wonder if he’s a master motivator or Atilla The Hun.

Polian will have the honor of presenting the venerable 76-year-old former coach into Canton. For what he accomplished and for how long he lasted, Levy — much like Hannibal — also deserves to go down in history as one of the greatest field generals of all time.

Bills fans were turned away at area Wegmans supermarkets this morning after the tickets went quickly. Although several thousand were available, they had to be divided among several Wegmans stores.

Some fans are accusing certain Wegmans stores of handing out tickets early; others say it was a computer glitch. Wegmans is working on a way to rectify the situation.

After holding a Monday night practice in front of 4,838 at St. John Fisher’s Growney Stadium, the Bills sold out the August 6 night practice in just one hour Tuesday morning.

Defensive tackle Mike Lodish, who played in an NFL-record six Super Bowls including two with the Denver Broncos and four with the Buffalo Bills, is retiring after 11 years in the NFL.