PITTSFORD, New York – Buffalo Bills players reported to training camp at St. John Fisher College Wednesday.
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“There’s always going to be critics out there, but I think my best football is ahead of me and I’m excited about the opportunity”, the 33-year-old said.
Despite posting first winning record in a decade, Bills missed playoffs for 15th consecutive season – NFL’s longest active drought – because of sputtering offense and questions at quarterback. “But I think hopefully (players) understand that there’s a lot of work to get done before we can realize any kind of potential we have”. And they have captured the imagination of a win-starved fan-base, which has set a franchise record by purchasing more than 58,000 season tickets. None of the quarterbacks are quite exactly what the Bills want but they will most likely have to make do.
Meanwhile, Eric Wood liked the fact that the league stuck with a full suspension considering so many end up getting reduced.
“It’s awesome that the fans are excited, but from our perspective we’ve got a long way to go and we haven’t even played a game yet”.
Ryan hasnt provided a timetable for when he intends to pick a starter, and has said the competition leading right up to the opener. Injuries have certainly been a factor, but having watched him play his career out at Florida State I never once came away saying now THAT is a future elite NFL Quarterback! Kromer’s assistant, Kurt Anderson, will fill in at the start of camp.
The secondary that stifled three Hall of Fame quarterbacks down the stretch in 2014 might be the weak link in the Buffalo Bills’ defense, and that’s great news for the 2015 Buffalo Bills.
Of course, we’ll all be watching to see how Ryan conducts his first camp as Bills head coach. Move forward, Wood said.
“As of right now, I don’t know any more than you all do”.
No matter what happens, Wood doesn’t expect “radical changes” to alter the philosophy Kromer put in place last spring.
Williams is the Bills’ player rep, and he stayed as neutral as he could on the subject, which leaped back into the news Tuesday when the NFL upheld its original four-game punishment.
Rookies and veterans will report to camp on Wednesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills haven’t announced the player’s visit. Ryan’s brash approach, combined with McCoy’s acquisition to lead “ground-and-pound” running attack and talent-laden, attacking defense that returns mostly intact puts Buffalo in position to improve on 2014 win total. Playing to Tyrod’s favor even more is the hiring of new offensive coordinator Greg Roman, previously the San Francisco 49ers OC who deployed a similarly mobile quarterback in Colin Kaepernick. The Bills also added receiver Percy Harvin, fullback Jerome Felton and guard Richie Incognito, and signed tight end Charles Clay to an offer sheet AFC East rival Miami declined to match.
The newcomers are being counted upon to provide a spark to an offense that ranked 26th in yards gained, and managed 1,482 yards rushing to set a franchise-low in a 16-game season. “Absolutely we’ll sign up for it, but we want to win a few championships”. Yeah”, Ryan said. “But you know what, we’re not there. “So it’s just the start of training camp and we’ve got a ton of work to do before we start talking about expectations or anything”, said Wood.
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“We’re going to coach this loaded defense and we’re going to coach it to the best of our ability”, said Thurman.
