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NEWS ARCHIVES - AUG 1ST - AUG 7TH, 2016 PREVIOUS WEEK

Training Camp Continues

Sunday August 7, 2016

More Roster Moves: Besides adding two linebackers the Bills also added TE Jimmay Mundine who was an undrafted free agent in 2015 from Kansas. He was with the Patriots last summer before being released. He had 86 catches in 45 college games. The team made room by releasing WR Gary Chambers, CB Javier Arenas, and placed Kevin Reddick on the waived/injured list.

Bills Add 2nd LB: After the new broke that the Bills have added Brandon Spikes, the team added a 2nd inside linebacker signing David Hawthorne. He spent the last three years in Rob Ryan's defense on the Saints. He also played with Jerry Hughes at TCU in 2006 and 2007. He spent his first four seasons in Seattle before spending the last four in New Orleans. Many have taken to twitter that the two signings may mean Reggie Ragland's injury could be season ending. The fact is the team has three injured guys in the middle and need numbers to run practice properly. We will know more about Ragland's injury tomorrow although Rex Ryan did not sound optimistic last night.

Brandon Spikes Back: Rex Ryan said yesterday that the team would bring in linebackers to look at with the injuries on the inside to Reggie Ragland and Kevin Reddick. They didn't waste anytime as the agent for Brandon Spikes tweeted that the linebacker was re-joining the Bills. Spikes served a four game suspension while he was a free agent last year and is now back in football for the first time since his 2014 season also with Buffalo. He's a solid run stopper and would rotate well with Zach Brown if the Ragland injury is as bad as everyone fears. It reportedly is a one year deal.


Saturday August 6, 2016

Scrimmage: Tyrod Taylor went three and out on the first series of the a shortened scrimmage that saw each unit only get three series. EJ Manuel hit Marquise Goodwin for a 43 yard touchdown on his first series. Taylor hit Robert Woods for a 36 yard score later in the scrimmage. Aaron Williams delivered a big hit on James Wilder Jr. without any ill effects on his neck. Zach Brown got first team reps for Reggie Ragland. Reggie Bush was back deep for two punt returns and fair caught both of them. Cardale Jones hit Jarett Boykin for a 52 yard touchdown to end the scrimmage. An interesting sight at the scrimmage was seeing the Bills cap and lead contract negotiator Jim Overdorf talking to Taylor's agent Adisa Bakari.

Rex On Ragland: Before tonight's scrimmage Rex Ryan spoke to the media and re-iterated that he is very concerned about Reggie Ragland. He said there is too much swelling at this time to get a conclusive look at the extent of the injury and he backtracked from his initial statement that he didn't think it was ligament related. It sounds like the Bills are preparing for the worse. Ryan said they will bring in linebackers to tryout next week and he is shortening the scrimmage because of a lack of players at inside linebacker. The unit is further depleted by the sprained MCL suffered by Kevin Reddick. Eric Striker is taking snaps inside tonight after working outside since camp began. Also sitting out tonight's scrimmage besides the players on reserve lists are TEs Charles Clay and Jim Dray and Jamari Lattimore who should return on Monday from a broken nose. Dray suffered an ankle injury yesterday while Clay has missed some time in camp with his back issues. Cordy Glenn limped off early in the scrimmage and did not return. He has an ankle injury but the severity is not known.

Ragland Update: Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports that Reggie Ragland> had an MRI on the left knee he injured in practice yesterday. A source told him that the results were inconclusive and he will have more tests and a second opinion on Monday. While a 2nd opinion is not usually good news we will have to wait until Monday to know more about the extent of his injury. Rex Ryan will surely get asked about it when he addresses the media about an hour before tonight's 6:30pm scrimmage. He likely won't have much more information until Monday.


Friday August 5, 2016

Camp Day Six Notes: It was another hot one on the practice field at St. Johns Fisher College. Reggie Ragland went down with a left knee injury near the end of practice and was looked at by trainers with Terry Pegula hovering over him. He got up and walked off under his own power with a limp and went right to the locker room. Rex Ryan is very concerned but it doesn't appear to be ligament related at this point. He has been having a solid camp. Jim Dray left practice with an ankle injury. LeSean McCoy did not take part in all drills as he was given a veteran rest along with Richie Incognito. Cyrus Kouandjio was back on the field after sitting out yesterday. Jamari Lattimore and Kevin Reddick also sat out today. Dan Carpenter remained hot hitting all 11 field goal attempts. Jerel Worthy also continued his solid work but was banged up and left for a bit to be checked for a concussion but was ok and returned. There were a few false starts and offsides but no penalty laps were run.


Thursday August 4, 2016

Camp Day Five Notes: The Bills were back to work this morning on the hottest day of training camp so far. The team worked on red zone and two minute drills. The offense struggled early but bounced back. Kevin Reddick left practice with an undisclosed injury. Cyrus Kouandjio did not practice today but Charles Clay was back. Jamari Lattimore remains sidelined with a broken nose that was suffered when he took an inadvertent shot from Randell Johnson. Rex Ryan said he hopes to have Marcell Dareus back by the end of the week and Kyle Williams is itching to return as well. Mark Ludwiczak reports that Manny Lawson is aiming to return by week 1. His pectoral injury his a partial tear but it isn't totally torn so he should be able to make it back.


Tuesday August 2, 2016

Camp Day Four Notes: The Bills held their first night practice of camp and it was a near capacity crowd. In attendance today were Jim Kelly, LaDanian Tomlinson, and Thurman Thomas along with the SiriusXM NFL radio crew being live from camp. Reggie Bush is wearing #22 as he took part in his first practice. He muffed a punt and dropped a pass which made him promptly do pushups. By all twitter accounts he did a nice job hitting the hole running the football. Eric Striker took the first team reps at outside linebacker today. The biggest hit in camp so far was delivered by Lorenzo Alexander on James Wilder Jr.. Aaron Williams delivered his first hit of camp on Blake Annen and seemed fine afterwards. Jerry Hughes and Jordan Mills each had offsides penalties and had to run a lap. Dan Carpenter has new competition for the kicking job as Jordan Gay made some field goal attempts but Carpenter was on fire going 9 for 9 including two from 50 according to Joe Buscaglia of WKBW. Gay was 4 for 6. Jonathan Meeks had his second interception in two days as he had a pick six of Cardale Jones. Robert Woods dropped a pass in red zone drills. In other news, Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News repors the Bills are looking towards Monday to get Sammy Watkins back on the field.

Ryan On Bush: Rex Ryan said they are bringing Reggie Bush in primarily as a punt returner and it isn't a given he will be the #2 RB since they have some quality backs behind LeSean McCoy. They are bringing him in to do certain things specifically putting him in certain situations that will scare defenses. He isn't ready to be an every down back like he used to be but he doesn't have to be.


Monday August 1, 2016

Morgan Cut: To make room for Reggie Bush the team released kicker Marshall Morgan leaving Dan Carpenter and Jordan Gay as the only kickers on the depth chart. Gay is not a competition for the kicking job so Carpenter seems safe for now. The team also swapped low end wide receivers releasing Davonte Allen and signing Kain Colter. He was a tryout player this spring and was an undrafted free agent in 2014 signed by the Vikings. He had 50 TDs in his collegiate career at Northwestern. Front Office Page.

Bush Deal Done: The Bills have officially announced the signing of Reggie Bush. Ian Rapoport reported that the physical went fine and that he has signed a one year incentive laden deal to join the Bills. He should be on the practice field tomorrow night. Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News reports that Doug Whaley spoke to LeSean McCoy at length today about Bush's role and said that they may see some formations where both backs will be in the backfield together and reassured him that Bush's primary role will be as a returner. Bush told the team's website that we will definitely see him back there. Bush said it is special being in Buffalo and figures to be in football shape within a week and he is back at full strength from his knee injury. He said he's ready to fill any role with the team and will be ready to return punts and kicks.

Ryan Presser: Rex Ryan felt great that the team got the pads on and the only player who didn't finish it was Marquise Goodwin who cramped up. He said they don't have a real good return game right now but is impressed by Greg Salas returning kicks. Obviously this is the main place that Reggie Bush will help out when and if he signs. It was good to see Aaron Williams get that contact, next up in his mental hurdles will be to get a tackle. They really need him so it was good to see him on the field making contact. The coach didn't help contract negotiations when he said far and away Stephon Gilmore has been the most impressive player out there. He is physically gifted and now on top of the game mentally.

Camp Day Three Notes: The Bills are back on the field for day three of training camp today in pads for the first time. They are hitting but only high and not to the ground. Aaron Williams is in pads for the first time since the neck injury sidelined him early last season. CB Jonathan Dowling passes his physical and he is now off the Active/Non-Football illness list and is on the field. Ronald Darby continues the rough start to his camp getting beat by Greg Little and Robert Woods several times once again today. Sal Capaccio tweeted that the offense got the better of the defense in 7 on 7 drills today. Adolphus Washington is the first player who had to run laps because of an offsides penalty. Taylor's first pass in team drills was the same result as his first pass in team drills on Saturday. It resulted in a pick by Stephon Gilmore who has been dominant in the early days of camp. Marquise Goodwin left practice with cramps. Dan Carpenter went 6 for 7 on field goals today besting Marshall Morgan who was 4 for 6. EJ Manuel was picked off by Jonathan Meeks when he stared down his target downfield.

Taylor Deal Possible? Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network is at Bills camp today and reported for the network that the Bills and the agent for Tyrod Taylor are having ongoing negotiations and there is plenty of optimism a deal could get done before the start of the season. This continues recent reports that the two sides are getting closer which is a change in philosophy that the team would wait and see how he did at least early in the season before locking him up as their franchise quarterback. Rapoport reports that the Bills turned their attention to a new deal with Taylor when talks with Stephon Gilmore didn't go anywhere. If they lock up Taylor they would be able to use franchise tag on Gilmore next offseason if a deal can't be reached.

Bush In Town: Several sources have confirmed a Jason LaCanfora report that Reggie Bush is in Western New York to visit with the team. Reports say he will take a physical and if he passes, he will sign with the team. Bush is coming off of a torn MCL suffered last season in a freak accident. There were reports it was a torn ACL but Shaun O'Hara reports that isn't the case. Sal Capaccio of WGR reports that the team feels he fits everything they do and would step in as the top punt returner and the #2 spot at running back.

Taylor On WGR: Tyrod Taylor appeared on WGR this morning on the Howard Simon Show. Taylor said even though there is no competition per se at the QB spot there is always competition at every position. He is looking to correct his mistakes from last year and get better each day. He wants to perform at a high level and execute well everytime he is on the field. He's looking to distribute the ball to all the playmakers on the team. Each week in their system is unique and they are more comfortable in year two of the offense and the coaches definitely expect more from them and would like them to be more dynamic. He challenges himself each and everyday to get better. He is able to build confidence knowing he is the guy getting the first team reps. It will be very special going back to Baltimore for the season opener. He will always have love for the organization but it is competition and it will be great to go out and play against friends.


Sunday July 31, 2016

Camp Day Two Notes: The Bills held their second straight morning practice to start training camp and for the second day in a row the attendance was lackluster. Rex Ryan admitted that the buzz isn't what it was last year when he took over and their was a QB competition. On the field it may be a good thing that not many fans witnessed a very lackluster practice session. There were several dead ball penalties on both sides of the ball and Ryan said they will deal out punishments of push ups for such infractions. Charles Clay sat out most of the practice as they are being careful with veterans like him. Ronald Darby had a terrible day by all accounts on twitter as he was beaten several times. Greg Little made an acrobatic catch for the second straight day and Greg Salas is carving out a spot in the slot. The defensive line continues to have its way with the offensive line but that is normal this early in camp. Jerry Hughes dominated from his new spot as an outside linebacker in the 3-4 lining up on the left side. Tyrod Taylor has looked lackluster the first two days of camp. The team will be in pads tomorrow morning for the first time but there will be no contact yet. They will not hit to the ground until a scrimmage on Saturday.



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