Buffalo Bills Training Camp Day 7 Evans, Owens, Schobel and McGee Day Off

The Buffalo Bills have a extended training camp because they will participate in the Hall Of Fame game next week in Canton, Ohio so, Coach Dick Jauron decided to give his veterans players a day off. The veteran players who were given the day off are Lee Evans, Terrell Owens, Terrance McGee and Aaron Schobel. The reason for some of them They just needed a day off, "said Jauron. They worked awfully hard this week. Lee and Terrell run a lot of routes and we have been low at the receiver position and we got a couple of guys back for practice so we thought it would be good to give the a break. Aaron Schobel speaks for himself and Terrance McGee work so hard. We have got a good idea what these players can do. Outside of executing hand-offs in practice in practice Trent Edwards was another player who got the majority of practice off. Jauron said that his quarterback is ahead of his pitch count. Jauron said that Edwards up around 200 throws already and they only want him to throw between 450-600 passes through the course of training camp. Backup Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick got some extra snaps with the first team offensive line. It Was great, Ryan Fitzpatrick said of the extra practice time. Anytime you can get extra reps like me, certainly in a new offense and everything. I will take them. It is good to work with the number one Offensive Line unit just for communication and tempo. The highlights of the today's camp is that Ashton Youboty started in place of Terrance McGee with the first unit. I was surprised because I thought that Youboty might be on the chopping block when it came to the final cuts on the Bills 53 man roster. The two Offensive Line rookies got a majority of the reps with the first unit but Chambers and McKinney are still part of the rotation. This afternoon Fred Jackson caught a touchdown pass from Hamdan and Lynch had some quality yards rushing during practice. This was your typical training camp practice.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp Day 6 "The New Bills Offense"

The Buffalo Bills are planning to use the no-huddle offense this year with the addition of Free Agent Wide Receiver Terrell Owens as focal point of there wide receiver corp. Trent Edwards will have to use all his Stanford education to study all the game situations that encompass using the Offense during a large portion of a Football game. The most important thing is if Trent can recognize defenses and put his running backs and wide receivers in the right position to make enough plays to win football games. Trent will have to make quick decisions on the fly and to exploit weakness on the defensive side of the football. Much of the stress will be put on Trent who will approach the line of scrimmage with a called play, but has the option to change it depending on the defense scheme. The Bills no-huddle Offense under the leadership of Hall Of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly in which they only ran four running plays was very effective because, you had a great Offensive Line and a great Center in Kent Hull who could make all the right Offensive Line Calls. The Bills Offensive Coordinator simplified the Bills no-huddle offense for Jim Kelly and created multiple plays with simple audible calls from the line scrimmage. Trent Edwards has some serious weapons to work with starting with Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson as Running backs because theses two running backs can run a catch the which is very important in having a successful no-huddle offense. The Addition of Free Agent Dominic Rhodes will help Lynch and Jackson transition to a much faster offense. The Bills could have the best wide receiver corp in the NFL with Terrell Owens, Lee Evans, Josh Reed, Roscoe Parrish, Stevie Johnson and James Hardy. This Offensive should be explosive and there is no reason why this edition of the Bills should not be in the top ten in scoring offense this season in the NFL. The biggest problem the Bills will have is a inexperienced Offensive Line with potential starters at Offensive Guard could be rookies Eric Wood and Andy Levitre. This could slow down the process in transitioning the offense into a no-huddle offense early in the season. The Offense Line will be the weak position on the Bills football team and the media and fans will have to be patient with there progress. Finally this offense involves a lot more communication which is another reason that the Bills are spending so much time on it. So, far the Bills have grasped the offense very well. The Bills have done a great job in practice with the offense. The tempo of the offense is similar to what the Bills will use during a regular season game. We will find out how well the no-huddle Offense is working on September14 when the Bills play they hated rival the New England Patriots.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp Day 5 "Bills Sign Wood And Byrd"

The Buffalo Bills got one of there first round draft picks under contract as Offensive Linemen Eric Wood signed his contract and headed straight to practice. It has been a long few days Wood told the Bills local media. My intentions were not to holdout, but that is just kind of the way it happened. That is not my style, but it is what it is. I want to thank Mr. Wilson and Mr. Overdorf for all there hard work to get me in camp, even if it is a few days late. After missing seven practices the Louisville product is eager to get going as he was crawling up the walls knowing that his team was practicing without him. Wood expected to compete with the veteran Seth McKinney at Right guard in much the same way as a fellow rookie Andy Levitre has been competing with curt chambers for the Left Guard position ever since he arrived in camp Monday. The Bills also, signed the Second round pick Jarius Byrd but he will not be taking the field with his teammates right away. Byrd was placed on the Active Non-Football injury list. He still counts toward the active roster, but will not be participating In practice right away. The Oregon product missed all the team spring workouts due to his schools late final exams. It forced Byrd to miss valuable time on he field, especially since he is transitioning from Cornerback in college to a safety with the Bills. But in mid-June Byrd spent a couple of weeks at One Bills Drive studying up on Perry Fewell's Defense Scheme with Defensive backs coach George Catavolos. To make room for Byrd on the roster the Bills also placed wide receiver P. K. Sam on the waived/injured list. The highlights from Bills practice was the play of their defensive backs. Terrance McGee had his best day of practice with a pair of pass break-ups on throws intended to Terrell Owens. McGee said it was there intention to be more aggressive in light of all the double moves the receivers were throwing at them. Defending against the like of Owens, Evans and Parrish has raised the level of the Bills secondary. Fellow starting Bills Cornerback Ledios McKelvin made his first big play of training camp pulling in a over the shoulder interception in the end zone on a pass from Trent Edwards. But McKelvin had to pull himself out of practice after straining his left quad. Ko Simpson could have had his second interception of training camp but he could not hold on to the wet ball. The Bills Defense had strong day stopping the Bills Offense on the final two-minute drive when Trent Edwards threw a check down pass to Fred Jackson who was well short of the first down. The surprise of the camp Ellis Lankster got some second team reps. with the defense. The Bills also signed Free Agent Shaine Smith on Wednesday. I have been working hard in the off season all in need is a opportunity to showcase my skills. said Smith after a walk through practice Wednesday mourning. Smith 6' 2 189 spent last year training camp with St. Louis Rams, but not make the final roster. The Hofstra product was on the New York Jets Practice squad in 2007. He will wear jersey number 87 for the Bills. The Bills will practice under the lights Thursday night

Buffalo Bills Training Camp Day 4 "Under The Lights Practice"

The Buffalo Bills had there first night practice with the team in pads. The various team positions squared off against each other early in the practice session. The Bills had the "Sorry Ass" Tight Ends blocking the Defensive Ends and the Defensive ends were getting the best of the battles. The Tight Ends tried but the Defensive Ends are much more experienced group and showed it. The battle between the Receivers and Cornerbacks in one-on-ones Terrell Owens had a long touchdown pass down the sidelines from Trent Edwards. There was some sprited battles between Offensive and Defensive Lineman. The most notable was between Brad Butler and Chris Kelsay as they went toe-to-toe for a while. During the running game period of practice there were a few good hits when Kyle Williams "Stuck" Bruce Hall in the backfield for a loss. Ashlee Palmer shot the gap and also stuck Bruce Hall in the backfield. Bruce Hall had a tough practice. The Bills Kickoff team returners were Fred Jackson and Leodis McKelvin who were extremely explosive last year. The punt return team top man Roscoe Parrish who is one of the top punt returners in the NFL. The most notable changes in training camp is that Drayton Florence is now the starting Nickle Cornerback. He replaced Reggie Corner and third nickle Cornerback is Ashton Youboty. Finally, the highlights of the practice that Trent Edwards threw a touchdown to Derek Fine and Gibran Hamdon threw a 35 yard touchdown to Justin Jenkins. Lee Evans caught a few nice passes from Edwards during practice. Ellis Lankster made a nice interception during practice. Lankster has made some nice plays during training camp.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp Day 3 "The Offensive Line is Terrible"

The first day in watching the Buffalo Bills in pads it seems like the Bills have a serious problem at there Offensive Line position. The Guard position maybe on life support because the Bills Defense had there way early in the practice. Keith Ellison broke through the line and smashed the running back in the backfield. A few plays later John McCargo got between the guard and tackle and disrupted the running play. Kawika Mitchell and Chris Ellis both got penetration on one play as they were in position to register a tackle for a loss. Aaron Schobel, Bryan Scott and Paul Posluszny all found there way into the Bills backfield as they seemed to be coming from all angles. The Bills need a extra pre-season game because that Offensive Line could be the worst in the NFL. The Bills better sign Michael Vick because, I personally don't think that Trent Edwards will survive a whole season behind the flawed Bills Offensive Line. The Bills need to get Eric Wood signed to a contract soon because this Offensive Line will need some serious reps. during the pre-season games if they are going to compete against the Patriots on September 14. The highlights of the day was Terrell Owens catching a long touchdown pass from Trent Edwards. Trent also, threw some nice passes to Josh Reed who is Trent Edwards underneath safety blanket. I love this second year running back Bruce Hall who might have a outside chance of stealing a roster spot from veteran running back Dominic Rhodes. The only reason Rhodes might be on the 53 man roster because of the suspension of Marshawn Lynch. Owner Ralph Wilson made his first appearance at Bills Training Camp and received a nice ovation from Bills Fans. This was the first time Terrell Owens has met Ralph Wilson.