Butler injured as Bills return to the practice field

Hangartner struggled with DT Kyle Williams in pass protection once, but held up well enough to allow QB Trent Edwards to deliver the ball in about three seconds.

So let me get this straight – he errors and Trent gets 3 seconds. Last year – Trent got 3 seconds when everything was all good to go – now he gets 3 seconds when there’s a mess up (i’m talking from the C position)?

I can live with that – but Williams is also no Wilfork. so…..

Read that last sentence, particularly the words “down the seam.” How long has it been since a tight end did that consistently in Buffalo?

Don’t get me excited Brian

also – are you just going by the Twitter updates – or is more info (via calls/email) flowing to you when you write articles such as these. Just Curious George on the scene here….

Good report – I know there weren’t too many highlights but was Edwards looking good today? And were they doing more run plays then normal?

Is the T.O honeymoon over? ; )

[Bell]‘s nowhere near ready for significant playing time. Buffalo’s coaches realize that, and we should too.

It’s good to see that they are not pushing Bell along faster then they need too. If we want this kid to turn out right, then we can’t rush him. If this injury to Butler is serious (and I really hope the it isn’t) then I’d rather have Chambers at RT. And if it is serious, then I’m thinking that signing Levi Jones and moving Walker back to RT has just become a serious possibility.

Bills practiced rushing against a 3-4 defensive look. Marcus Stroud, Kyle Williams and Spencer Johnson made up the front three

Any indication on who were manning the LB positions in the 3-4? I would think that it would be Schobel and Maybin on the outside with Mitchell and Puz on the inside. Which makes it a pretty good front seven if you ask me – well for a siuational 3-4, i wouldn’t want that to be our permanant alignment.

Meanwhile, backup quarterback Fitzpatrick – – looked great today… … He’s coming along nicely.

Thats really good to hear, because if I was worried about one player’s performance so far, it was Fitzy’s.

[Hardy]’s also been spotted following Terrell Owens around like a starving puppy.

Thats exactly what I wanted to hear. Let our young guys follow TO’s every move and they should start learning very quickly.

So Bell isn’t the savior of the offensive line? Nobody should be surprised that the guy who was probably the least polished player selected in the entire 2008 draft isn’t ready to start. He might be close to NFL ready as a pass blocker based on sheer athleticism, but I’d bet that despite being in an NFL weight program for over a year, he would be a pretty poor run blocker. Possibly an abysmal run blocker. Nobody should be talking about Bell starting at any point this season unless it’s due to injury.

It’s really encouraging to hear that Fitzpatrick had a good day. I think he’d be a really good backup for a team with a semi-durable QB. He’s a solid backup and I think our fears are more about Edwards staying healthy then they are about Fitzpatrick.

Johnson didn’t tell reporters!!! He told me! I asked him personally while he was signing…. do I count as a reporter now?

The Nelson TD was down the left sideline…. He was split out left on the play.

Brian are you getting soft on me :-)

If you skeptically read reports that Ryan Fitzpatrick had improved throughout last week over the weekend, it’s time to drop the skepticism.

I saw enough of him last year to know to remain skeptical. Maybe a stupendous preseason can help sway me, but we’ll see….

Rumblings says:

With McKelvin on the sideline and Drayton Florence still working in the slot, Reggie Corner replaced McKelvin opposite Terrence McGee.

Chris Brown Says:

Reggie Corner meanwhile ran as a the first nickel with Florence moved up on the depth chart.

So who is right? Did Corner play outside keeping Florence in the slot or vice versa?

Does anybody else love that pic of Wood? He looks like he is getting ready to give someone a karate beat down, like this!

Direct quote from Butler:

Me – How are you feeling? How’s your back?
Butler – I’m OK.

He was walking gingerly…

I will be furious if Trent takes the field this Sunday in HOF game. Ryan Fitzpatrick shouldn’t be allowed to play more than a quarter. We have five of these games and they are our number 1 and 2. We will still have four games left and there is plenty of time to get them ready for New England. This goes for a handfull of other players as well. I could be swayed for maybe a series, but then I ask myself Why risk it. Let the both sit until the O Line is a little more in tune.

Trent has to play alot this preseason, at least 8 quarters over the 5 games.

The oline needs to get used to him and how he moves in the pocket and he needs to get comfortable with the no huddle

Sit Trent and you have thirty teams and one starting quarterback playing in four games. I am sure you can understand my reasoning although you don’t agree. Ther is zero control over injury. They are part of the game that just happens. Trent plays as much in preseason as the rest of the starting unit. Until we know exactly who that is going to be (O-Line) I wouldn’t play him one second. Some of the practices were held with pads, some without, some with a days rest. Sharing reps at the guard spots, Chambers switching to RT. What do we really lose if he sits. I wouldn’t play Collins either. Inexperienced yes, most experience in our system yes. There is still plenty of time.

Simulating a late-game situation with 47 seconds left on the clock, Bills QB Trent Edwards hit TE Derek Schouman twice – the first an impressive pass through the seam, the second a two-yard TD strike for a successful drive.

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Check out my pictures from Monday’s practice.