thanks for the recap

Some of these pics are comic gold!!!!

Is it me, or has news on the Walker front been hard to come by. I know they are not in pads, but how does he look?

that pic of jauron totally makes him look like one of those wannabe hunters in the australian outback with a real guide somewhere nearby.

evans looks like he didn’t sleep well last night, and schobel looks like he’s a little bound up in his picture.

If McKelvin doesn’t develop a confidence problem, I think he’s going to develop tremendously after having to constantly cover TO and Lee. No breaks for him in practice should mean much better development for him.

Thanks for the recap. We’ve still got to take some of it with a grain of salt until the pads are on and poppin’.

I cannot believe they are already done with two-a-days. For a team that has had not mental toughness over the last decade, they sure could have used these. Jauron had the chance to get all this extra work in, let’s hope he doesn’t give us his same old, tired excuses of not being ready.

It’s good to hear Edwards throwing it well. Hope that continues throughout camp and the preseason leading into the season. We need him ready and on point to start the year. Picking up early confidence and building a strong rapport with TO and the receivers is a great thing.

No surprise that Fitzpatrick is struggling. I really wish we had gone after someone better than him for our backup QB position. I just hope he never has to play, because we’re going to be in trouble if he does.

I’m thinking Ellis is going to surprise this year. For everyone who called him a bust after a rookie season, I hope he proves his worth this year. His talent is there, but he wasn’t ready last year. It appears he’ll have an opportunity to make some noise this year, and I think he just might. I hope he does, so we can get him on the field, and someone else off it!!!

Anybody else really love that sized photo for the articles? I think it’s great and rather cool looking.

For a team that has had not mental toughness over the last decade, they sure could have used these

At first glance, I’d agree here. But then I think, there’s got to be other ways to build mental toughness. I’m gonna hem and haw on this one. I see where you’re going, but I’m not sure I’m in total agreement.

I just hope he never has to play, because we’re going to be in trouble if he does.

Can we just try and avoid this subject? I hate the thought of it…

For everyone who called him a bust after a rookie season,

I’ve been a vocal Ellis basher, but I never labeled him as a bust yet. When he was called out for not putting in the effort last camp, that got under my skin. Alleged character issues were a catalyst for that as well. I just never heard anything good about him, and so he felt my wrath. I’d be thrilled if the dude made some progress in his first off season. Maybe a positional coaching change will help as well (even if the picture of him up above with coach Sanders really depicts him as being disinterested). I’ve been hoping we get better play from the DL as a whole due to a healthy Stroud/Schoebel, a little Maybin, a bounce back from McCargo, and even a little more Spencer Johnson. Maybe Chris Ellis will be the guy who actually does the trick?

Is there anyone on the roster getting more of an education everyday than Leo?

MRW explains that on return units, April is using smaller blockers, with a “spread” wedge formation that includes two groups of two blockers a few yards apart, with a fifth blocker filling the middle of the gap solo.

By the way MRW – awesome job on the twitter feeds. Thanks!

Anyway, doesn’t that seem more dangerous than just a three man wedge? I have a lot of faith in April. My hunch is that Buffalo comes out of camp with a much better grasp of the new rules then most teams will, and a better plan of attack that might really come in handy at the beginning of the season.

It’s not surprising to see guys lining up all over the field on offense. You need to do that kind of stuff for the no huddle to work. What advantage do you get rushing to the line if your just going to line up the same way over and over again. But Buffalo can put both RBs and a TE on the field and line up with a single back and four guys at WR on first down, hurry up to the line, put a TE inline and both RBs in the backfield and show run. You can give a lot of different looks with 2 TEs on the field too. The more ways they can line up, the tougher the no huddle will be on opposing defenses.

Forgot to ask MRW these questions…

How did Bell look at OT? Anything of note from him?

What kind of line up was used when Trent went with a three step drop?

Who were the guys paired together on the two man wedges? Is that going to be an official depth chart listing now? Who were the kamikaze guys in the middle of those wedges?

Does McCargo look in shape compared to last year?

Who’s the resident loudmouth at assistant coach now that Kollar is gone?

How many TO cereal boxes did you see?

Was there a heavy national media presence there?

Who was the biggest autograph signer?

Who shocked you on the eye ball test?

Always good hear that McCargo and Ellis are doing well, because if we could get just a little production out of those two underachievers, then we should be pleased.

In terms of our backup QB’s, it’s starting to worry me a little, because we all know the importance of having a good and somewhat trusty backup QB, who can be a game-manager. Right now, I don’t exactly believe – barring any drastic improvement by Fitzpatrick and Hamdan – that they go under that concrete category. Signing Brian Griese would be a very smart move in my opinion, because he’s a proven backup with a lot of starting experience.

I like hearing how Shawn Nelson is being utilized by Schonert, as he’s our by far most athletic TE on the team and is a ridiculous athlete. Hopefully, we can capitalize on his athletic capabilities when the season begins…

Griese would be a good insurance package for Trent, but if Trent gets hurt then it could be a very long year for us Bills fans. The season that Matt Cassel had last year was basically an exception in this league and he had a lot of things going for him that made the transition a little easier:
a) NE has great weapons (so do we now)
b) Their O-line is experienced and has played together for numerous years
c) Their defense won a lot of ball games for them last year so Cassell didnt have to be perfect in a lot of games and could manage the games
d) he was on the team for a number of years and knew the system inside and out which is something that none of our QB’s have the advantage of.