Monthly Archives: July 2009
Wood in full lather for night practice
Climbing up the walls in Orchard Park waiting for his contract to be completed was hard enough. Now that Wood is at training camp, he can’t wait for tonight’s practice. “Oh yeah, I’m ready to go,” he said after the team’s morning walk through. ”I’m sweating after a walk thru, so you know I’ll be ready tonight.” [...]
NFL officials are in
The league’s zebras have arrived at Bills training camp. The officials spend a few days at NFL training camps to re-acquaint the players and coaches as to what will be called a penalty on Sundays in watching their competitive play in practice. They’re also trying to get themselves prepared for the speed of the game [...]
Wood and Byrd on the field
Eric Wood and Jairus Byrd are on the field this morning with their teammates at the morning walk thru. Wood will practice tonight for the first time. Byrd obviously will not, being on the active non-football injury list.
Byrd arrives on campus
Jairus Byrd is on campus at St. John Fisher at Bills training camp. He’s going to be in meetings for most of the evening, even though he won’t be hitting the field right away.
How Wood passed the time
Eric Wood was crawling up the walls waiting for his contract to get done. But he had an interesting way to pass the time. He was playing video games live online. “It’s been a long few days,” said Wood. ”And if you’ve been on X-Box live you’ve probably seen me and I’ve been going crazy. Football [...]
Bills to work out safety
According to the Boston Globe, the Bills will be working out former Patriots defensive back Antwann Spann. Spann spent the last three seasons with New England, either on the 53-man roster or the practice squad. He was mainly a special teams player for the Patriots. He’s scheduled to work out for the club on Friday [...]
Whitner on team’s playoff chances
After making his playoff guarantee in 2008, Donte Whitner was asked what he thought about the squad this year and whether it was playoff caliber. “Yeah, I think this is a playoff team, and everybody else around here has said it and I believe that,” said Whitner. ”We just have to put the pieces together and [...]
Whitner remembering his grandmother
Donte Whitner lost his grandmother to cancer this past March. And he’ll be taking a small piece of the breast cancer awareness color scheme onto the field every day this season. Whitner will be wearing a pink mouthpiece all season. “I wear that to signify my love for her and show my support to everybody [...]
McKelvin steps out of practice
After making an over the shoulder INT in the end zone early in practice Leodis McKelvin stepped out. Just talked to him coming off the field and he said it’s a minor quad strain that forced him to step out of practice, but he said its minor and he’s not worried about it.
DB Fox a new non-participant
Dustin Fox is not practicing. Also on the non-participation list are Shawn Nelson, Steve Johnson, Copeland Bryan and P.K. Sam.
Bills getting thin at DT
John McCargo and Ventrell Jenkins have another DT joining them as spectators at practice this afternoon. Marcus Smith is not participating leaving just 4 healthy DTs.
Bills sign WR Smith
The Bills have signed free agent WR Shaine Smith. Go to the home page for more details.
WR Caldwell gets look from Bills
The Bills are suddenly thin at receiver with four of their 10 on the roster now watching practice. Knowing their healthy receivers could be taxed even more, and thus have a greater potential for injury themselves the club reportedly worked out Reche Caldwell. According to the Tampa Tribune Caldwell worked out Tuesday for the Bills. [...]
Johnson injury update
Steve Johnson was moving slowly off the field Tuesday after watching the night practice. Slowly because any sudden movements aggravate his torn rib cartilage. “I’m just frustrated that I can’t be out there, seeing how everybody’s working hard and it’s hot out here, we have receivers going down and I can’t be out there to [...]
Trent a secret weapon at wideout?
The Bills like every other team are preparing their defense for possible Wildcat looks this season in practice at camp. Trent Edwards however, feels he’s being underutilized when lined up at wideout. “That’s really frustrating me because I do feel like I have a lot of potential at the receiver position,” Edwards said laughing. ”I really feel [...]
Bills player radio appearances
With former Bills offensive linemen Ross Tucker and SI.com’s Peter King broadcasting live from Bills camp on Sirius NFL Radio Wednesday morning from 8-11 am, they’ll have a few name Bills players on with them. Paul Posluszny is scheduled to join them at 8am, with Lee Evans to follow at around 9:45. Locally in Rochester, [...]
McCargo update, P.K. Sam leaves practice
John McCargo’s injury status was updated by Dick Jauron after practice. The Bills head coach said he twinged his hamstring just a little bit, similar to the way Marcus Stroud did and Stroud was back practicing after missing just two days. Meanwhile P.K. Sam left practice with a strained quad. No word on how much time [...]
Stroud back, McCargo, Nelson out
Marcus Stroud is back practicing tonight. John McCargo, Shawn Nelson and Ventrell Jenkins are not. Steve Johnson is still not practicing as well. We’ll have updates as to why McCargo and Nelson are not practicing after practice.
Bills players fired up for night practice
As you well know night practice gets the fans excited, but it’s also got the players jacked up for this evening. Donte Whitner, Terrell Owens, Kawika Mitchell and undrafted rookie Lydell Sargeant all tweeted about tonight’s practice. DonteWhitner: The guys on PTI know nothing about sports or the buffalo bills…time to go to work nite [...]
