Monthly Archives: August 2011
Bills Daily Charge – Aug. 23
DAILY REPORT – Today’s practice schedule: Tuesday, August 23 Practice 3:15 – 5:45 pm; Player media availability following practice DAILY LINKS BuffaloBills.com – Levitre tries hand at left tackle BuffaloBills.com – Bills take to expanded practice field Buffalo News – “1″ is a crowd for Jackson Buffalo News – Bills brass can’t fool their fans [...]
Fred still top back
Though there may be a debate out there about the lead or feature back for the Bills, as far as Chan Gailey is concerned it’s still Fred Jackson. “I think probably the best way to talk about it right now is I think they’re both number one backs,” said Gailey when asked where Fred Jackson [...]
Jones, White back before opener
Their injuries weren’t deemed serious, but WR Donald Jones and RB Johnny White are likely to miss the rest of the preseason. Jones suffered a head injury when he took a vicious shot from Denver FS Rahim Moore on a deep sideline route in Saturday’s game at Denver. White also sustained an undisclosed injury when he [...]
Naaman to miss rest of preseason
Bills WR Naaman Roosevelt looks as though he’s not going to be available for the last two preseason games. Roosevelt, who has been one of the most consistent players in camp, suffered an ankle sprain in the Denver game. “He got that ankle rolled up and it’s going to be a couple of weeks with [...]
Bills considered Pryor
Bills head coach Chan Gailey admitted that they considered taking Terrelle Pryor in the NFL Supplemental draft Monday, but it sounded as if a mid-round pick was too high a price as the Bills saw it. “We talked about it just like we talk about every guy,” said Gailey. ”Buddy (Nix) and I talked about it [...]
David Nelson exits
Bills WR David Nelson has just stepped out of practice early. Its unclear if he sustained an injury, but he’s on the side riding the stationary bike.
Levitre still on the move
Last week Andy Levitre rotated with Chad Rinehart at left guard. Then he played center for a short spell in Saturday’s game. Now he’s lining up at another position. Levitre is taking his primary snaps as the starting left guard, but he’s also taking snaps at left tackle with the first unit stepping out to [...]
Moats, Torbor sitting
A couple of Buffalo’s ILBs are spectators at practice. Arthur Moats and Reggie Torbor are both not practicing. Moats suffered a bruised right leg Saturday against Denver. Here’s the rundown of other non-participants. Corey McIntyre Scott Chandler Craig Davis Shawn Nelson Chris Kelsay Chris White Naaman Roosevelt Donald Jones Terrence McGee Johnny White Kellen Heard
Parrish practicing
After missing most of last week and the Denver preseason game Roscoe Parrish is back practicing as well as a couple of other injured players. Parrish, however, is still limited. Rookies Justin Rogers and Chris Hairston both re-joined practice here on Monday as well.
Merriman, Shep back
The Bills linebacking corps got a couple of welcome returns to the lineup Monday. Shawne Merriman and Kelvin Sheppard both re-joined their teammates in the practice setting. Merriman missed most of late week while Sheppard has missed almost all of training camp with a hamstring pull.
Raider take Pryor in 3rd
The Oakland Raiders have taken Terrelle Pryor using a third-round pick in today’s NFL Supplemental draft. That according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. AdamSchefter Raiders take pryor in 3rd
Bills Daily Charge – Aug. 22
DAILY REPORT – The Buffalo Bills return to Orchard Park today for meetings and practice. This week’s schedule is below. Monday, August 22 Practice 3:30 – 5:30 pm Tuesday, August 23 Practice 3:15 – 5:45 pm Wednesday, August 24 Practice 1:50 – 4:05 pm Thursday, August 25 Practice 1:50 – 4:05 pm Friday, August 26 [...]
Late pm practice for Bills
The Bills are back at One Bills Drive, but their practice here on Monday will be late in the day. Chan Gailey will have his team out on the field at 3:30 this afternoon as the team gets back to work on the heels of their last preseason game at Denver. Buffalobills.com will continue with [...]
Batten hoping for no fine
Bill LB Danny Batten, who was flagged for roughing th epasser is hoping to avoid a fine by the league. Here was his comment postgame about his hit. DannyBatten57 Let’s hope the NFL has mercy and dosent fine me for QB hit tonight… I’m not a dirty player. Batten hit the Broncos QB before he [...]
Spiller shows
Head coach Chan Gailey wanted to get C.J. Spiller some additional touches against Denver and he did. What he got from Spiller in return were some positive results. Granted Spiller didn’t bust off a long run for a touchdown, but that’s not where Gailey and the offensive staff wanted to see progress. They wanted to [...]
Bills hot about hit on Jones
It may not have been visible on television, but the Bills offensive players did not take kindly to the hit that Broncos rookie safety Rahim Moore laid on Donald Jones along their sideline Saturday night. So much so that Fred Jackson and Stevie Johnson started screaming at the Broncos players, with Johnson getting in their [...]
Bills injuries not serious
Bills head coach Chan Gailey got right to an update about the handful of injured Bills in Saturday night’s game, including Donald Jones who was knocked cold on an illegal hit along the sideline and Johnny White whose head was slammed into the turf on a tackle and had to be carted off strapped on [...]
Levitre to get center reps
Andy Levitre will be splitting time with the starters tonight with Chad Rinehart. He’s also going to see some time in the pivot. Levitre is going to be getting a handful of snaps at center tonight against the Broncos. Head coach Chan Gailey said it’s merely to see what emergency options they have at their [...]
Quinn #2, Tebow #3 QB
While the QB rotation for the Bills is pretty much set in stone (Fitz, Thigpen, Smith, Brown) there was some healthy specualtion as to which Broncos quarterback would come in after starter Kyle Orton. Now we have the answer. ESPN analyst Mark Schlereth, who played half his career in Denver, said it will be Brady [...]
