Inside The Bills

No lead pony in QB race

In the wide open quarterback competition for the Bills, head coach Chan Gailey provided an answer when asked if he saw any of the candidates establish themselves as an early front runner.

“No, and if anyone did I wouldn’t tell you,” said Gailey.

Gailey said playing quarterback right now in helmets and shorts is the easy part. He believes a more accurate assessment can be made once the pads go on and there’s more live play in training camp.

So it’s likely that at this point, Gailey is assessing the physical skills of his quarterbacks more than anything with decision making under pressure coming more in the training camp setting.

Gailey hasn’t spoken to Lynch

Bills head coach Chan Gailey addressed the media after OTA practice Wednesday and was asked about whether he had spoken to Marshawn Lynch or expected him in for the voluntary practice.

“No,” said Gailey.

When asked if he was saying no to the first part or second part of the question, Gailey said “both questions.”

Gailey clearly has a lot more on his mind with respect to installing the new offense, evaluating the quarterbacks on a daily basis and running efficient practices. So he doesn’t appear to be all that concerned about Lynch’s whereabouts or when he might show up.

Lynch update part 2

Marshawn Lynch may or may not be in Buffalo, but he’s not at OTA practice here on Wednesday.

Today’s practice is underway and Lynch is not here. He did say in a couple of taped interviews that he would report late in the week.

Lynch update

Despite reports that Marshawn Lynch is in town, it doesn’t appear as though he’s going to be practicing at Wednesday’s OTA workout.

According to Scout.com’s Adam Caplan, Lynch arrived in Buffalo last night.

But as of 10 am his locker stall was untouched and unoccupied. Player meetings began long before that time this morning, so odds are while he may be in town, he’s unlikely to be out on the practice field in about an hour.

It’s just a guess, but the start of voluntary minicamp on Friday seems to make sense as he’s indicated in interviews recently that he would begin practicing at the end of the week.

Wed. player radio appearances

Here’s the rundown of where you can find Bills players on the radio airwaves Wednesday morning.

Fred Jackson – Morning Show, Fan 590 Toronto @ 7:40 AM  (listen online)
Aaron Maybin – Morning Bull, 103.3 The Edge approx. 8 AM (listen online)
Ed Wang – Norton in the Morning, 97 Rock @ 8:30 AM (listen online)

Green not fretting about Wood

As a new member of Buffalo’s offensive line, veteran right tackle Cornell Green naturally wants to get as acclimated as quickly as possible with his new coaches, the new scheme and most importantly with the guard he’s most likely to be working with during the regular season. To this point that hasn’t been possible as Eric Wood is still rehabbing from his leg injury. But Green isn’t worried at this point.

Green has been in the league long enough to understand the importance of team chemistry, especially on an offensive line. But he believes as long as Wood is ready for trianing camp, they should be good to go.

“We want him back here and we want him to be beside me and I want to be able to work with him, but at the same time we’ve got to get him back healthy,” said Green. ”And there’s no need to rush him back or anything. Everything will take care of itself. He’s out here every day going over the plays, he’s out here snapping the ball in 7-on-7. He’s antsy.”

Wood said Tuesday everything is still on schedule for him to participate in training camp, though two-a-days or back-to-back days may not be in the cards for him at the outset.

“I’ll be there,” said Wood. “And I should be working hopefully with the ones. But I may need a day here or there to let the soreness get out. We’ll play it by ear.”

Green: “Trent is ready to go”

Bills starting right tackle Cornell Green is pretty impressed with Trent Edwards approach to the 2010 season. Green believes Edwards is “ready to go” right now.

“Trent is ready man,” said Green. “He’s ready to go. He’s talking to us every day. We’re amongst him every day. We’re just trying to jell right now.”

It’s clear that Edwards is making a more concerted effort to be a leader, and is outwardly displaying a greater sense of  conviction among his teammates.

“Just his confidence man,” said Green. ”He’s confident with what he wants to do. He wants to lead a team. He’s had some years in the league and he just wants to be able to get this team past that point of just being a good team and getting to the playoffs. He works with us every day. We eat breakfast together, we’re chatting with him so I’m looking forward to working with him.”

If Edwards confident nature can translate into more consistent play on the field it would be a big plus for him in the QB competition, but his outward displays of leadership amongst teammates will also help.

Edwards was the second QB through in the rotation in 7-on-7 and first in 11-0n-11 at practice Tuesday.

Bills in Fieldhouse

The Bills will begin their second week of OTAs in the team’s Fieldhouse as rain is moving through the Western New York region here on Tuesday.

The team is scheduled to begin practice at 12:05 pm. This will be the first OTA practice indoors since the rookie minicamp when poor weather forced them indoors one day last month.

Lynch appears on Bay area TV

For those that missed this interview that aired recently, Marshawn Lynch appeared on Bay area TV in San Francisco and addressed his current situation with the Bills.

Lynch appeared on CSN (Comcast Sports Network) and addressed that he will not be traded based on the conversation he had with Bills GM Buddy Nix, among other topcis.

OTAs resume

Bills OTAs fire back up today (Tues.) and Buffalobills.com has you covered.

Practice today gets started at 12:05 pm and we’ll have written and video reports up this afternoon including exclusive highlights of the action from the practice field.